PRIVACY AND SECURITY POLICY
Kankatala Textiles Private Limited ("Kankatala" or "Company") operates and owns Kankatala.com ("Website"), which is an e-commerce portal offering a wide variety of Sarees .This Privacy and Security Policy ("Policy") applies to the Products/Services offered by Kankatala. This Policy describes Kankatala’s use and sharing of information received from persons accessing or using the Services ("User") whether he/she is a "Visitor" (which means that User simply browses the Website, or otherwise uses the Services without being registered with Kankatala) or is a "Member" (which means that User has registered with Kankatala). Kankatala adheres to the applicable laws regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information.
Kankatala’s Policy is subject to change at any time without notice. The User shall review the Policy periodically to make sure that he/she is aware of any changes to it. The User agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Policy while accessing the Website. If User does not agree with the terms and conditions of the Policy, he/she should not use or access the Website.
The Policy is incorporated into "Terms of Use" and is subject to the terms laid down therein.
1. Information Collected from User
1.1 When User registers with Kankatala or uses the Services, Kankatala may ask the User to provide information such as:
(1) personally identifiable information, which includes any information about the User that could reasonably be used to identify him/her in person, such as User’s name, address, email address, date of birth, driver’s license number or phone number ("Personal Information");
(2) financial information such as information about User’s income, credit card details, bank details, etc. ("Financial Information");
(3) billing and account details, such as payment history, communication history, transaction history (including completed and pending transactions), etc. ("Transaction Information") and
(4)information relating to any communication User may have with Kankatala or any other User using any of the Services offered on the Website such as e-mails, blogs, chat room, discussion boards, IM communications, forum communications, membership on mailing lists, etc. ("Communication Information").
1.2.In addition to any Personal Information or Financial Information that User chooses to submit to Kankatala, Kankatala and its third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies that automatically (or passively) collect certain information, including but not limited to usernames, passwords, and other security related information, whenever User visits or utilizes the Services ("Usage Information"). Kankatala automatically receives and records information that User’s browser sends whenever User visits the Website. Further, these server logs may include information such as User’s IP address or a unique identifier ("Device Identifier"), browser type, browser language, the date and time of User’s request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify User’s browser from his/her computer or other device used to access the Services ( a "Device"). A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to User’s Device used to access the Services, and Kankatala’s computers identify User’s Device by its Device Identifier.
1.3.Cookies (data file placed on a Device when it is used to access the Services) may be used for many purposes, including, without limitation, remembering User and User’s preferences and tracking User’s visits to the Website. Kankatala uses temporary and permanent cookies when User signs in, to identify him/her and keep track of his/her personal session. All such information is securely stored, and no Personal Information is stored on User’s cookie. If User chooses to disable the cookies on his/her Device, some features of the Services may not function properly. If User chooses to allow the cookies on his/her Device, User is hereby permitting Kankatala to use the Information collected by the cookies.
1.4.Kankatala uses aggregate data collected in log files and cookies to enhance or otherwise improve the Services, store items in the User’s shopping cart, ascertain User’s preference, to customize the advertising and content User sees, retrieval of information already provided by the User on the Website, improve the Services, develop new services, conduct research, etc. These cookies and log files do not store User’s Personal Information, but they are tied to User’s Personal Information in Kankatala’s system.e
1.5.Kankatala uses session ID cookies to make it easier for User to navigate through the Website. Session ID cookies expire upon 30 minutes of inactivity or when User closes his/her browser whichever is shorter. Kankatala also uses a persistent cookie that remains on User’s hard drive for an extended period of time, so that Kankatala can recognize such User when he/she returns to the Website.
1.6.Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as "1x1 GIFs" or "clear GIFs") may be present on the Website. Web beacons may be invisible to the User, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into the Website can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count Users of the Services, to monitor how Users navigate the Services, to count how many sent e-mails were actually opened or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a User's computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on the Website. Kankatala does not tie web beacons to Personal Information.
1.7. Further, a programming code that is designed to collect information about User’s interactions with the Services ("Embedded Script") is temporarily downloaded onto User’s Device from Kankatala’s web server. However, such Embedded Script is active only while User is connected to the Services, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.
2.Use of such Information Collected
2.1.Kankatala will use Personal Information, Financial Information, Transaction Information and Communication Information collected from Users to deliver the products and Services requested through the Website or Kankatala’s Facebook or instagram or twitter account, enhance the operations of the Website, improve Kankatala’s marketing and promotional efforts, analyze Website use, improve Kankatala’s product and Service offerings, collect payment for the Services offered, to inform Users about online and offline offers, products, services, updates, and to tailor User’s experience with third parties. For example, if User sends Kankatala’s customer service an email we may use User’s comments and feedback to tell others about Kankatala’s services, and may post User’s comment in Kankatala’s marketing materials or channels or on the Website. Kankatala may also use the Personal Information to troubleshoot, resolve disputes, accomplish administrative tasks, contact User, enforce Kankatala’s agreements with User including Website’s Terms of Use and this Policy, comply with applicable laws, and cooperate with law enforcement activities.
2.2.Kankatala shall use the Personal Information for collecting and analysing the demographic and profile data of the Website’s User and such User’s activity on the Website. Personal Information and Usage Information may be used by Kankatala to ensure that the Services and the Website are available at all times to the User. Such information may also be used by Kankatala for gathering demographic information by way of occasional online surveys.
2.3.Further, Kankatala may also share Financial Information with Kankatala’s authorized third party service providers, such as payment gateways to facilitate the transactions proposed to be entered on the Website in relations to the Services.
2.4.Kankatala will use Transactional Information for the purpose of determining and verifying the charges applicable for the Services rendered to the User and for administering the relationship between Kankatala and the User. Kankatala may disclose Transactional Information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to summons, court orders, or other legal process. Kankatala may, if required for purposes other than legal compliance, disclose to third party the Transactional Information only in an aggregated form, which is not capable of being manipulated in a manner so as to identify the User.Further, Kankatala will use the Transactional Information to ensure the User’s compliance with the Terms of Use, this Policy or any other policy in force from time to time.
2.5.Kankatala will not indulge in any trading activity using the Personal Information, Financial Information, Transaction Information, or any other information collected from Users.
3.Disclosure of Personal Information
3.1.3.1Except as set forth herein, Kankatala does not rent, sell or share Personal Information it collects about User to or with third parties, and Personal Information collected from User is only used to provide him/her with Kankatala’s products and Services, suggest products that might be of interest to User ("Personalisation")and to comply with any requirements of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing statement, User has the option to opt-out of Personalisation.
3.2.Kankatala’s agents or contractors may have access to User’s Personal Information for the purpose of performing Services on behalf of Kankatala. All such agents or contractors who have access to User’s Personal Information are required to keep the information confidential and not use it for any other purpose than to carry out the Services they are performing for Kankatala or as otherwise required by law.
3.3.Kankatala may share Personal Information with its other corporate entities and affiliates to detect and prevent identity theft, fraud and other potentially illegal acts; and correlate related or multiple accounts to prevent abuse of Kankatala’s Services. Those entities and affiliates may not market to User as a result of such sharing unless User explicitly opts in.
3.4.Kankatala may disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to summons, court orders, or other legal process. Kankatala may disclose User’s Personal Information to law enforcement offices, third party rights owners, or others in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce Kankatala’s Terms or this Policy, respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violating the rights of a third party, or protect the rights, property or personal safety of Users or the public at large
3.5.Further, if Kankatala should ever file for bankruptcy or merge with another company or sell its assets, Kankatala may sell or transfer the information User provided to Kankatala on this Website to a third party or share User’s Personal Information to the company with which Kankatala enters into such transaction.
4.Security of Information Collected from Users
4.1.Kankatala works continuously to protect the privacy and security of User’s Personal and Financial Information. Kankatala updates and tests its technology regularly to ensure that it maintains commercially reasonable standards in securing User’s privacy. Kankatala maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect User’s Personal and Financial Information. Kankatala has designed its systems to ensure that passwords and any other access codes are always private and confidential. For User protection, only Users have knowledge about their access codes. In addition, User’s Personal and Financial Information resides on secure server(s) to which only selected personnel and contractors have access. Kankatala encrypts sensitive information using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure that User’s Personal and Financial Information is safe as it is transmitted to it.
5.Links to Other Websites
5.1.The Website links to other websites that may collect User’s Personal Information. Kankatala is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those linked websites.
6.Communication
6.1.If User has any questions or concerns regarding privacy at the Website, Kankatala can be contacted at: Kankatala Textiles Private Limited, V square, Dwarakanagar, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh – 530016 , Toll Free :18003098772 (India Only)(5:00AM-11:30PM) / Mobile : +91 7993456666
Email: hello@kankatala.com.
7.Your Rights and Preferences
7.1.As a customer you have complete right to withdraw your consent from processing your information/data. Post which , your account shall be deleted along with all your information/data and services related to Kankatala pertaining to your account will come to an end.To delete your account ,Please contact us on: hello@kankatala.com