TY Trade Technologies Pvt. Ltd. ("Coalmandi," "we," "our," or "us") is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the policies and procedures on the collection, use, disclosure and protection of your information when you use our website located at www.coalmandi.in, or the Coal Mandi mobile application (collectively, “Coal Mandi Platform”). By using our Platform, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
The terms “you” and “your” refer to the user of the Coal Mandi Platform. The term “Services” refers to any services offered by Coal Mandi whether on the Coal Mandi Platform or otherwise.
Please read this Policy before using the Coal Mandi Platform or submitting any personal information to Coal Mandi. This Policy is a part of and incorporated within, and is to be read along with, the Terms of Use.
YOUR CONSENT
By using the Coal Mandi Platform and the Services, you agree and consent to the collection, transfer, use, storage, disclosure and sharing of your information as described and collected by us in accordance with this Policy. If you do not agree with the Policy, please do not use or access the Coal Mandi Platform.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We are committed to respecting your privacy. We further recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any Personal Information You share with us. We may collect the following information:
· Information provided by Buyer to us and/or to our Vendors directly. Coalmandi collects information on the Service when the Buyer interacts with us, our employees, personal buddies and Vendors or service providers (independent contractor Vendors or service providers are collectively called “Vendors”), such as when you engage with the Coalmandi Platform when the Buyer interacts with our Platform.
· The personal information we (and our/or Assistants) collect may include your name, mobile number, Password, mailing address, email address, date of birth, Location, GST Certificate and any other information necessary to fulfil your request. We will also collect any other information you store or upload through the Platform.
· Coalmandi requests phonebook access from client to enable them to select and upload contacts to their Reference list on Coalmandi. Coalmandi takes only the mobile numbers of selected contacts and then identifies the uploaded contacts and connects them directly to the client for their dealing benefit. Coalmandi reserves the right to send communications directly or through our other entities or vendors, or communication partners.
· Tracking Information such as, but not limited to the IP address of your device and Device ID when connected to the Internet. [This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on the Website or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on the Website or not), your computer browser information, and other information associated with your interaction with the Coal Mandi Platform;
· The User should feel free to decline to provide any information that we request, however, please note that doing so may make it impossible for Coalmandi to fulfill your service request. We use the information that we collect to provide the products or services that you request, to improve and customize our Platform, to provide you exactly what you require and to contact you about special promotions and new products.
· We collect information as to how you interact with our Services, preferences expressed and settings chosen. Coal Mandi Platform includes the Coal Mandi advertising services (“Ad Services”), which may collect user activity and browsing history within the Coal Mandi Platform and across third-party sites and online services, including those sites and services that include our ad pixels (“Pixels”), widgets, plug-ins, buttons, or related services or through the use of cookies. Our Ad Services collect browsing information including without limitation your Internet protocol (IP) address and location, your login information, browser type and version, date and time stamp, user agent, Coal Mandi cookie ID (if applicable), time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other information about user activities on the Coal Mandi Platform, as well as on third party sites and services that have embedded our Pixels, widgets, plug-ins, buttons, or related services.
· Payment Gateways of third party including details of billing, Debit and Credit Card details;
· Details such as, not limited to, Offers, Campaigns and Sales and on this platform;
· Details of App usage for analytics;
· The type of device and operating system used to access the Platform and the date and time you access the website;
· We may collect and store information about you to process your requests and automatically complete forms for future transactions, including (but not limited to) your phone number, address, email, billing information and credit or payment card information.
· Content which you provide to us, which may include reviews, booking details and history, addresses, contact information of people you refer to us and other information you provide on the Coal Mandi Platform;
· When you voluntarily send us electronic mail, we will keep a record of this information so that we can respond to you. We only collect information from you when you register on our site or fill out a form. Also, when filling out a form on our site, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address or phone number. You may, however, visit our site anonymously. In case you have submitted your personal information and contact details, we reserve the rights to Call, SMS, Email or WhatsApp about our product and offers, even if your number has DND activated on it.
· We may fetch your location by using geo tagging feature on your device.
This privacy policy also applies to data we collect from users who are not registered as members of this site, including, but not limited to, browsing behaviour, pages viewed etc. We also collect and store personal information provided by you from time to time on our platform.
Where any service requested by you involves a third party, such information as is reasonably necessary by us to carry out your service request may be shared with such third party. The Company may also use contact information internally to direct its efforts for service improvement, but shall immediately delete all such information upon withdrawal of your consent for the same through our ‘unsubscribe’ button or through an email to be sent to our email
We shall collect and store all such information in our internal Company servers for a finite period time, as long as you are a User of the Website, and we may keep such information for some time even after you cease to be a user for internal operations and records.
The Company will not use your financial information for any purpose other than to complete a transaction with you. To the extent possible, we provide you the option of not divulging any specific information that you wish for us not to collect, store or use. You may also choose not to use a particular service or feature on the Site, and opt out of any non-essential communications from the platform.
Further, transacting over the internet has inherent risks which can only be avoided by you following security practices yourself, such as not revealing account/login related information to any other person and informing our customer care team about any suspicious activity or where your account has/may has been compromised.
At every stage prior to, during or after information collection, you have the right to access all personally identifiable information provided, however for rectification you need to contact Coal Mandi through Registered Email ID.
Information We Collect from Third Parties.
· In order to offer you services, we may gather data about Users from third parties and services that we (and/or our Assistants) interact with or engage. In addition, we might gather details about Users from services provided by third parties and from sources that are open to the public. When a user interacts with our site via social media, such as by liking us on Facebook or following us on Twitter, or by logging in to our service using their Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or another third-party account, we may receive information about them.
· Your social network privacy settings will affect the information we receive. We are in no way responsible with regard to the veracity of the data that is given to us or the data we gather from these numerous third-party websites. Before linking to or connecting with third-party websites and services, the User should carefully examine and, if required, modify your privacy settings on those websites and services.
· We may receive information about you from third parties, such as other users, partners (including ad partners, analytics providers, search information providers), or our affiliated companies or if you use any of the other websites/apps we operate or the other Services we provide. Users of our Ad Services and other third-parties may share information with us such as the cookie ID, device ID, or demographic or interest data, and information about content viewed or actions taken on a third-party website, online services or apps.
EXTERNAL LINKS ON THE WEBSITE
The Coal Mandi Platform may contain links to other websites. Any personal information about you collected whilst visiting such websites is not governed by this Policy. Coal Mandi shall not be responsible for and has no control over the practices and content of any website accessed using the links contained on the Coal Mandi Platform. This Policy shall not apply to any information you may disclose to any of our service providers/service personnel which we do not require you to disclose to us or any of our service providers under this Policy.
USES OF YOUR INFORMATION
We only collect and use such information from you that we consider necessary for achieving a seamless, efficient and safe experience, customized to your needs including:
1. To enable the provision of services opted by you;
2. To communicate necessary account and service related information from time to time;
3. To allow you to receive quality customer care services;
4. To comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations;
5. To administer and enhance the security of our Coal Mandi Platform and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
6. To generate and review reports and data about, and to conduct research on, our user base and Service usage patterns;
7. To provide you with information about services we consider similar to those that you are already using, or have enquired about, or may interest you. If you are a registered user, we will contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS or telephone) with information about these services;
8. To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you;
9. We permit third party online advertising networks to collect information about your use of our website over time so that they may play or display ads that may be relevant to your interests on our website as well as on other websites or services.
We use Your tracking information such as IP addresses, and or Device ID to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information. We will not sell, license or trade Your personal information. We will not share your personal information with others unless they are acting under our instructions or we are required to do so by law. Information collected via Our server logs includes users' IP addresses and the pages visited; this will be used to manage the web system and troubleshoot problems. We also use third-party analytics, tracking, optimization and targeting tools to understand how users engage with our website so that we can improve it and cater personalized content/ads according to their preferences.
We may combine the information that we receive from third parties with the information you give to us and information we collect about you for the purposes set out above. Further, we may anonymize and/or de-identify information collected from you through the Services or via other means, including via the use of third-party web analytic tools. As a result, our use and disclosure of aggregated and/or de-identified information is not restricted by this Policy, and it may be used and disclosed to others without limitation.
We analyse the log files of our Coal Mandi Platform that may contain Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type and language, Internet service provider (ISP), referring, app crashes, page viewed and exit websites and applications, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. This helps us to administer the website, to learn about user behavior on the site, to improve our product and services, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
2. HOW WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGY TO COLLECT INFORMATION
Pixel Tags and Cookies
· We and our third party partners may automatically collect certain types of usage information when you visit our website or use our Service. For instance, when you visit our website, we may send one or more cookies—a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters—to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets us enhance your navigation through the site. A cookie may also convey information to us about how you use our website (e.g., the pages you view, the links you click, how frequently you access our website, and other actions you take on our website), and allow us to track your usage of the Platform over time. Cookies can also help us provide information, which is targeted to your interests. Cookies may be used to identify logged in or registered users. Our Website uses session cookies to ensure that you have a good experience. These cookies contain a unique number, your 'session ID', which allows our server to recognise your computer and 'remember' what you've done on the site.
· We use cookies and similar technologies for purposes such as:
· We may collect log file information about your browser or mobile device each time you access the PLatform. Log file information may include anonymous information such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, information about your mobile device, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on our website, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information. The information allows for more accurate reporting and improvement of our website.
· We also use an email delivery and marketing company to send emails. Pixel tags and cookies are used in those email messages and at our website to help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing and how visitors use our site. A pixel tag (also called a web beacon or clear GIF) is a tiny graphic with a unique identifier, embedded invisibly on a webpage (or an online ad or email), and is used to count or track things like activity on a webpage or ad impressions or clicks, as well as to access cookies stored on users’ computers. Coal Mandi and our Third-Party Advertising Company uses pixel tags to measure the popularity of our various pages, features and services. We also may include web beacons in e-mail messages or newsletters to determine whether the message has been opened and for other analytics.
· We may also collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools, to help us measure traffic and usage trends for our website. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit, your use of third party applications, and other information that assists us in analyzing and improving our website.
· We may also allow third parties to provide audience measurement and analytics services for us, to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet, and to track and report on the performance of those advertisements. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, SDKs and other technologies to identify your device when you visit the Coal Mandi Platform and use our Services, as well as when you visit other online sites and services.
· When you access our website by or through a mobile device, we may receive or collect and store a unique identification number associated with your device (for example, a UDID, IDFA, Google Advertising ID or similar), mobile carrier, device type and manufacturer, and phone number. We may use the data collected through cookies, log file, device identifiers, location data and pixel tags to:
1. Remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it the next time you use our Service,
2. Provide custom, personalized content and information, including advertising,
3. Provide and monitor the effectiveness of our website and our email communications
4. Monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, usage, and demographic patterns on our website.
5. Diagnose or fix technology problems; and
6. Otherwise, to plan for and enhance our website. The information we collect through these tracking technologies may be linked to the Personal Information you have chosen to share with us when you register.
· On our website, we make use of Google Analytics and other tracking applications. Cookies are used by Google Analytics and other comparable tracking programmes to gather anonymous traffic data that we may use to study how people interact with the website. Google and other relevant tracking tool providers will receive and keep on servers the data created by a cookie on how you use the website (including your IP address). This information will be used by Google and other related tracking tool providers to assess how you use the site, create reports on site activity for us, and perform other tasks related to site activity and internet usage.
· When required to do so by law or when such third parties process the information on Google's or another tracking tool provider's behalf, Google and other related tracking tool providers may likewise send this information to third parties. By using the website, you agree that Google and other relevant tracking technology providers may use data about you in the ways and for the reasons outlined in this Privacy Policy.
· Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
· Typically, the information is collected through cookies or similar tracking technologies. You may "opt out" of the collection of any information through cookies or other tracking technology by managing the preferences or settings on your browser or mobile device. However, if you decide not to accept our cookies, your ability to use some features on our site may be impaired. Please refer to your browser's or mobile device's technical information for instructions on how to delete and disable cookies, and other tracking/recording tools.
· If you have any questions about opting out of the collection of cookies and other tracking/recording tools, you can contact us directly.
We permit third party online advertising networks to collect information about your use of our website over time so that they may play or display ads that may be relevant to your interests on our website as well as on other websites or services.
4. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your personal information in the instances described below. For further information on your choices regarding your information, see the "Your Choices About Your Information" section below.
We may share your personal information with:
· Our Employees or Interns
· Vendors
· With our representatives in order to perform your requested service. Third-party vendors and other service providers as needed to fulfill your request. There may be a number of services offered by external service providers that help you use our Platform. If you choose to use these optional services, and in the course of doing so, disclose information to the service providers, and/or grant them permission to collect information about you, then their use of your information is governed by their privacy policy. We may also share your information with our Service Partners, consultants, marketing partners, research firms and other service providers or business partners, such as Payment processing companies, to support our business.
· Coalmandi uses various payment methods to process payments and does not store payment information or process payments of the Buyers. However, your information, including payment information, may be stored by third parties that transmit or process this data on our behalf, which transmits text messages on our behalf. This Privacy Policy does not govern the data practices of our third party service providers.
· With Advertisers and advertising networks: We may work with third parties such as network advertisers to serve advertisements on the Coal Mandi Platform and on third-party websites or other media (e.g., social networking platforms). These third parties may use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (including clear GIFs), Flash LSOs and other tracking technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content to you.
While you cannot opt out of advertising on the Coal Mandi Platform, you may opt out of much interest-based advertising on third party sites and through third party ad networks (including DoubleClick Ad Exchange, Facebook Audience Network and Google AdSense). Opting out means that you will no longer receive personalized ads by third parties ad networks from which you have opted out, which is based on your browsing information across multiple sites and online services. If you delete cookies or change devices, your opt out may no longer be effective.
· For Internal Use: We may share your information with any present or future member of our “Group” (as defined below)or affiliates for our internal business purposes The term “Group” means, with respect to any person, any entity that is controlled by such person, or any entity that controls such person, or any entity that is under common control with such person, whether directly or indirectly, or, in the case of a natural person, any Relative (as such term is defined in the Companies Act, 1956 and Companies Act, 2013 to the extent applicable) of such person.
· Other companies whose products or services may be of interest to you.
· Other parties in connection with any company transaction, such as a merger, sale of all or a portion of company assets or shares, reorganization, financing, change of control or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company or third party or in the event of bankruptcy or related or similar proceedings;
We cooperate with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement and other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us or you to legal liability. We may share this information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us, when we are:
a. Obligated under the applicable laws or in good faith to respond to court orders and processes; or
b. Detecting and preventing against actual or potential occurrence of identity theft, fraud, abuse of Services and other illegal acts;
c. Responding to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates the intellectual property rights of a third party;
d. Under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements, policies or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others, or in the event of a claim or dispute relating to your use of our Services. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud detection and credit risk reduction.
We may also aggregate or otherwise strip data of all personally identifying characteristics and may license, sell, or otherwise distribute that aggregated, anonymized data to third parties. We reserve the right to use and disclose anonymous data for any purpose in our discretion.
Our Assistants and Employees will share your information with us, and may share in accordance with this Privacy Policy, in each case, for the sole purpose of providing you the Services.
5. YOUR CHOICES ABOUT YOUR INFORMATION
How to Control Your Communication Preferences?
You can stop receiving promotional email communications from us by clicking on the "unsubscribe link" provided in such communications. We make every effort to promptly process all unsubscribe requests. You may not opt out of Service-related communications (e.g., information about your orders, changes/updates to our products or features of the Service, technical and security notices). If you want to opt-out of having your information shared with third parties for marketing purposes, you may contact us directly.
By providing your mobile phone number to request our Service, you consent to receive SMS messages from Coalmandi and you are responsible for all messaging and data charges that may apply.
Modifying or Deleting Your Information
If you have any questions about reviewing, modifying or deleting your information, you can contact us directly through an email from your registered email address. Coalmandi may retain your information for a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, or audit purposes.
6. HOW WE STORE AND PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
Storage and Processing
Your information collected through our website may be stored and processed in the India or any other country in which Coalmandi or its subsidiaries, affiliates or service providers maintain facilities.
Keeping Your Information Safe
We have in place appropriate technical and security measures to secure the information collected by us.
Coalmandi cares about the security of your information, and uses commercially reasonable physical, administrative, and technological safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of all information collected through our website.
However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of our systems 100%. In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, Coalmandi will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and, where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations. Once we have received your information, we will use strict physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to try to prevent unauthorized access.
7. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Coalmandi does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 18 or knowingly allow such persons to register as Users. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 18, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from a child under 18, please contact us here.
8. VENDOR WEB SITES AND SERVICES
In order to provide our Service, it is necessary for us to share the User’s information with Vendor, who help us provide our Services to you. Because of the nature of our Service, the Buyer may not know the identity of the Vendor or service provider, we share the Buyer’s personal information with, in order to fulfil their request unless and until we have fulfilled their request. We do our best to work with only reputable Users, but we are not responsible for the data collection and use practices of these third-party services. By electing to use our Service, you agree that we may share your personal information with these service providers for the purpose of fulfilling your request.
Our website may integrate with or contain links to other third-party sites and services. We are not responsible for the practices employed by third party websites or services embedded in, linked to, or linked from our website and your interactions with any third-party website or service are subject to that third party's own rules and policies.
9. PRIVACY AND CHANGE OF CONTROL
In the event Coalmandi goes through a business transition, such as a merger, reorganization, financing, change of control, or acquisition or sale of all or a portion of our business, we may transfer your personal information as part of the transaction.
10. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
By using our Service, you consent to the collection, use and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.
We may occasionally update this Policy and such changes will be posted on this page. If we make any significant changes to this Policy we will endeavour to provide you with reasonable notice of such changes, such as via prominent notice on the Coal Mandi Platform or to your email address on record and where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent. To the extent permitted under the applicable law, your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to this Policy shall constitute your consent to the updated Policy. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy policy or our website, you can send us an email.