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PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: 19th June, 2024

Bringmea Technologies Private Limited (“Company” or “Bringmea”) owns, operates and manages a website having domain name https://bringmea.in/ (the “Website”) and the software application for use on small, wireless computing devices such as smartphones and tablets and also for use on desktop or laptop computers under the name and style of “Bringmea” (“Application”) (collectively referred to as “Platform”). Bringmea provides certain services to its end-users, customers who are registered with Bringmea (“users”) which can be accessed, used and availed in accordance to the terms and conditions of use/services available at https://bringmea.in/ (“Terms of Use”). Bringmea enables transactions on its Platform between participating restaurants/merchants (“Merchant(s)”) and users who place their orders on the Platform (“Buyer(s)”). The restaurants/merchants are entities dealing in (a) prepared food and beverages, (b) consumer goods, and (c) other products and services. When a user avails the service of ordering aforementioned items (“Item(s)”) and a platform delivery partners (“PDPs” or “Delivery Partner”) is assigned to ensure delivery of such order (“Order(s)”) such service of delivery of prepaid orders is known as "Platform Services". Additionally, Bringmea also enables delivery of packages (“Package(s)”) from one location to another within the area of operations and completion of Tasks at selected localities of serviceable cities across India as per the request(s) placed on the Platform for completion of such service(s) by the PDPs ("Delivery Services"). The Platform Services and Delivery Services are collectively referred to as “Services”. For both Platform Services and Delivery Services, Company is merely acting as an intermediary between the Merchants and Buyers and/or PDPs or Delivery Partners and Buyers/Merchants.

This Delivery Partner Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Bringmea or we/us/ our collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process Personal Information in connection with Delivery Partner Platform (“DP Platform”) or any other interactions you have with Bringmea as a prospective or active Delivery Partner. “Delivery Partner” or you/ your/ yourself shall mean an individual who has executed Agreement for the provision of Delivery Services on the DP Platform i.e. the Delivery Partner shall be responsible for picking up the orders placed by the users on the main Platform; This Privacy Policy does not cover or address our users, employees or other personnel. If you see any undefined terms in this Privacy Policy, it shall mean that such term has been defined in our Delivery Partner Terms and Conditions (“Delivery Partner T&C”) and both this Privacy Policy and Delivery Partner T&C’s shall be read together to determine application of terms on the Delivery Partner.

This document hereinafter referred to as the “Privacy Policy” or “Policy”, inter alia, states the following:

  1. The type of information collected from the Delivery Partners, including Personal Information (as defined below) and Sensitive Personal Data or Information (as defined below) relating to an individual;
  2. The purpose, means and modes of collection, usage, processing, retention and destruction of such information as aforementioned; and

This Privacy Policy shall apply to any person who browses, uses or accesses the DP Platform. This Privacy Policy is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (the “IT Act”) and rules made thereunder and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic documents / records in various statutes as amended by the IT Act. Further, this electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

This Privacy Policy is published in compliance with Section 43A of the IT Act, regulation 4 of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (the “SPDI rules”), regulation 3(1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries’ Guidelines) Rules, 2011. It is important to emphasize that various other provisions within the IT Act will endure and maintain their relevance. In scenarios where inconsistencies arise between the stipulations of the IT Act and those outlined in the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (“DPDP”), the proposed course of action is for the provisions of the DPDP to take precedence, ensuring a coherent and harmonized regulatory landscape. Any new features and/or services that are added to our current Services at any point in the future shall also be subject to the terms set out in this policy.

Personal Information” is defined under the SPDI rules to mean any information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information available or likely to be available to a body corporate, is capable of identifying such person. The SPDI rules further define “Sensitive Personal Data or Information” of a person to mean Personal Information about that person relating to: (i) passwords; (ii) financial information such as bank accounts, credit and debit card details or other payment instrument details; (iii) physical, physiological and mental health condition; (iv) sexual orientation; (v) biometric information; (vi) information received by body corporate under lawful contract or otherwise; (vii) visitor details as provided at the time of registration or thereafter; and (ix) call data records. Note that the information collected by us from you or the information collected by you from the DP Platform towards provision of Delivery Services to the users may constitute ‘Personal Information’ or ‘Sensitive Personal Data or Information’ under the SPDI Rules.

In order to have access to all the features and benefits on our DP Platform, a Delivery Partner must first create a DP Account on our DP Platform. To create a DP Account, a Delivery Partner is required to provide the following information, which such Delivery Partner recognizes and expressly acknowledges as Personal Information allowing others, including us, to identify the Delivery Partner: name, Delivery Partner ID, email address, gender, country, ZIP/postal code, age, phone number, password chosen by the Delivery Partner. In addition, at the time of a registered Delivery Partner availing of the Services, the Delivery Partner is required to provide certain Sensitive Personal Information which includes its bank account or card details for undertaking transactions on the DP Platform for availing the Services. We may, in future, include other optional requests for information from the Delivery Partner.

DISCLAIMER- BY USING AND ACCESSING THE DP PLATFORM OR BY OTHERWISE GIVING US YOUR INFORMATION, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO THE PRACTICES AND POLICIES OUTLINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE PRIVACY POLICY. YOU HEREBY CONSENT TO OUR COLLECTION, USE AND SHARING, DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE, MODIFY, ADD OR DELETE PORTIONS OF THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION, AT ANY TIME. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AT ANY TIME, DO NOT USE THE DP PLATFORM OR GIVE US ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION. IF YOU USE THE DP PLATFORM ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO (I) ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY POLICY ON SUCH INDIVIDUAL’S BEHALF, AND (II) CONSENT ON BEHALF OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO OUR COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL’S INFORMATION. YOU MAY NOTE THAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS BASED ON THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF INDIA AND GOOD DATA PRIVACY PRACTICES ADOPTED BY THE COMPANY IN INDIA AND MAY BE FOUND DEFICIENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN PRIVACY LAWS OF SOME OTHER COUNTRIES. BY VISITING THE DP PLATFORM, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS CONTAINED HEREIN, PLEASE DO NOT USE OR ACCESS OUR DP PLATFORM OR AVAIL ANY SERVICES ON THE PLATFORM. BY MERE USE OF THE PLATFORM, YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO OUR USE AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

  1. PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We respect your need to understand how and why information is being collected, used, disclosed, transferred and stored. Thus, we have developed this Policy to familiarize you with our practices and demonstrate our commitment to the protection of your privacy and your Personal Information. This Privacy Policy sets out the way in which we process your information when you visit the DP Platform or use the Services in accordance with applicable data protection laws. By accessing our DP Platform you agree to be bound by the terms of this Policy. It is important that you read this Policy together with any other policies we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing your personal data and Personal Information, so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your personal data and Personal Information. This Policy supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.

The information contained on this DP Platform and the Personal Information collected by using/ login and or accessing this DP Platform are stored at a secured server. It is stated by the server service provider that they have all the best security practices required for the server. The DP Platform is owned by us and is located in India. Hence, we are bound by duty to abide by the laws, including but not limited to, regulations, rules, circulars and notifications governing privacy in India.

  1. SCOPE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We provide this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding collection, storage, processing and sharing of personal data and Personal Information that we receive from Delivery Partner of the DP Platform or those which are stored or accessed by us at the time when users are availing the Services on the Platform.

With regard to this Privacy Policy, the terms "using" and "processing" information include, without limitation; the use of cookies; and the collection, storage, transfer, evaluation, deletion, disclosure, management, handling, modifications and use of personal data and Personal Information.

This Privacy Policy applies only to personal data and Personal Information that you provide us via the DP Platform. We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect any changes to our Services. We will do this by amending the Privacy Policy on the DP Platform. The changes will take effect automatically, as soon as they are posted on the DP Platform. In addition, we will notify all Delivery Partner by email if any material changes are made to the Policy, subject to the Delivery Partners’ acceptance to receive emails from us.

This Privacy Policy is applicable to all Delivery Partner of this DP Platform. By providing the Delivery Services, registering with us or by otherwise giving us your information including Personal Information, you will be deemed to have read, understood and agreed to the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by the terms hereof. You hereby consent to us collecting, using and sharing and disclosing your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

  1. COOKIES

The Platform uses cookies, and while using the DP Platform you will be prompted to accept all cookies. We may place text files in the browser files of your computer system. A cookie itself does not contain Personal Information and it will only enable us to relate your use of the DP Platform and your behaviour on the DP Platform to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. The only Personal Information that a cookie can contain is the information you supply to the cookie. A cookie can’t read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites.

We may place both permanent and temporary cookies. A permanent cookie will remain on your web browser until its expiry date, unless deleted prior to such expiry date. However, most cookies are “session cookies” meaning that they automatically get deleted from your computer system at the end of the session. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser or alternatively you can also set your browser to warn you before accepting any cookies. Therefore, you are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, however we use certain cookies to authenticate Delivery Partner on each page after the Delivery Partner logs on to the DP Platform or accesses any Services. All visitors, however, are encouraged to use the “clear cookies” functionality of their browsers to ensure such clearing / deletion, as we cannot guarantee, predict or provide for the behaviour of the equipment of all the visitors of the DP Platform. Note that you are not a casual visitor if you have willingly submitted any Personal Data or Information to us through any means, including email, post or through the registration process on the DP Platform. All such visitors will be deemed to be, and will be treated as Delivery Partner for the purposes of this Privacy Policy, and in which case, this Privacy Policy applies in its entirety to such persons.

The data that cookies collect will be used to process and/or analyse information by third parties to help improve or facilitate our Services, to provide Service on our behalf, to DP Platform related Services, including but not limited to; maintenance services; fraud detection services; database management; web analytics; monitoring; and evaluation services. If you have any questions about our cookie usage, please contact us at the contact details/information mentioned below.

  1. HOW WE COLLECT, USE, AND SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

From time to time, we may also receive information about you from other Bringmea entities and affiliates, background check providers, co-marketing and other lead generation partners, service providers, and from other third parties. For example, we receive publicly available information about a Delivery Partner’s driving record or criminal history from our background check providers, and we use this information to evaluate an individual’s eligibility to be a Delivery Partner.

We may receive additional information about you from Merchant(s) or User(s) (e.g., care communications and ratings and/or reviews). Other users or public or third-party sources such as law enforcement and insurers may provide us information about you, for example as part of an investigation into an incident or to provide you support. We do not control, supervise or respond to how the third parties providing your information process your Personal Information, and any information request regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information to us should be directed to such third parties.

We may use identifier information to: (i) determine your eligibility and process your registration, including verifying your information to ensure its accuracy and validity; (ii) verify your identity; (iii) process your registration, notify you regarding the status of your application, and/or onboard you to using the Platform; (iv) fulfil orders by sharing your contact information with Merchant; (v) assist and/or intervene if there are safety and security concerns; (vi) notify you about pricing or other updates that will affect your Services; (vii) send you important information regarding the Platform, such as certain changes to our terms, conditions, policies and/or other administrative information; and (viii) compensate you for the Services performed, including setting up direct deposit, calculating payments owed, and issuing payments to you.

We do not sell or share this information with third parties for business or commercial purposes, though we may disclose it for other lawful purposes, as described in greater detail below in Clause 4.9 and 4.10.

Bringmea retains identifier information about you for as long as you are a Delivery Partner for Bringmea, and for such additional period as Bringmea determines is necessary to comply with its legal obligations and defend against legal claims.

We may use this information to: (i) enable you to provide the Services by indicating your availability, accepting or rejecting orders, viewing your transaction logs for fulfilled orders, and managing your payment preferences; (ii) collect, confirm and verify information about Services performed by you; (iii) perform analytics, detect activity patterns on our Platform and Service, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and otherwise research usage; (iv) schedule and otherwise facilitate order pick-up and/or delivery; and (v) test and develop new features and functionality and otherwise enhancing the Platform and Services.

We do not sell or share this information with third parties for business or commercial purposes, though we may disclose it for lawful purposes, as described in greater detail below in Clause 4.9 and 4.10.

Bringmea retains commercial information about you for as long as you are a Delivery Partner for Bringmea, and for such additional period as Bringmea determines is necessary to comply with its legal obligations and defend against legal claims.

We collect Bringmea data to verify your identity, to authenticate your identity documents, and to protect against fraud, misrepresentation and unauthorized use of the Platform (e.g., identity-borrowing). Facial recognition technology may not be available in all jurisdictions. In those circumstances, Bringmea may still collect your photographs and perform manual facial comparison analysis.

This biometric data is generated and maintained by our trusted third-party vendor to perform the identity verification service on our behalf in accordance with our contractual agreements. The vendor has represented that biometric identifiers will be promptly deleted once no longer needed for identity verification purposes, which will occur no later than 3 (three) years after your last interaction with us. For identity verification, security, and recordkeeping purposes, the vendor may retain the photographic images themselves for a longer period. Bringmea receives and stores the results of the identity document authentication as well as the verification analysis.

We do not sell or share this information with third parties for business or commercial purposes, though we may disclose it to our service providers, or for other lawful purposes, as described in greater detail below in Clause 4.9 and 4.10.

We also collect analytics information which includes information about the way you access and use the DP Platform, such as the pages you visit on the DP Platform, the links you click on the DP Platform, your login history, whether you open emails or click the links contained in emails that we send, and other actions you take on the DP Platform. We may collect analytics data or use third-party analytics tools such as google analytics to collect this data.

We may use this data to: (i) provide, maintain, improve and develop the DP Platform and Service; (ii) perform analytics, detect activity patterns on DP Platform and Service, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and otherwise research usage; (iii) collect, confirm and verify information about Services performed by you; (iv) create and personalize content on the DP Platform and your account; and (v) test and develop new features and functionality and otherwise enhance the DP Platform and Services.

We do not sell or share this information with third parties for business or commercial purposes, though we may disclose it for lawful purposes, as described in greater detail below in Clause 4.9 and 4.10.

Bringmea retains internet usage information for as long as you have an account with Bringmea, and for such additional period as Bringmea determines is necessary to comply with its legal obligations and defend against legal claims.

We use this information to enable Bringmea’s auto-dispatching technology to coordinate fulfilment of all delivery orders placed across our network of Delivery Partners. Orders are offered to Users based on demand and strategic fulfilment algorithms. Delivery Partners that are not within a reasonable distance from Restaurants may be considered unavailable to pick-up Order(s). We also use the location information to track the progress and completion of deliveries, and disclose it to Merchants from whom you have accepted an order(s) so that they can track the order(s) and/or communicate with you.

We do not sell or share this information with third parties for business or commercial purposes, though we may disclose it for lawful purposes, as described in greater detail below in Clause 4.9 and 4.10.

Bringmea retains location information for as long as you have an account with Bringmea, and for such additional period as Bringmea determines is necessary to comply with its legal obligations and defend against legal claims.

We do not sell or share this information with third parties for business or commercial purposes, though we may disclose it for lawful purposes, as described in greater detail below in Clause 4.9 and 4.10.

Bringmea retains audio and video information for as long as you have an account with Bringmea, and for such additional period as Bringmea determines is necessary to comply with its legal obligations and defend against legal claims.

We do not sell or share this information with third parties for business or commercial purposes, though we may disclose it for lawful purposes, as described in greater detail below in Clause 4.9 and 4.10.

Bringmea retains protected characteristics information for as long as you have an account with Bringmea, and for such additional period as Bringmea determines is necessary to comply with its legal obligations and defend against legal claims.

For clarity, Bringmea does not and will not use any information provided by you and/or generated by your use of the DP Platform to supervise or control you in performing Services arranged using the Platform.

  1. APPLICABLE LAWS

We ensure that your data and information shall be protected under the provisions of, IT Act, and SPDI Rules along with any amendments made to these acts, rules and regulations.

It is important to emphasize that various other provisions within the IT Act will endure and maintain their relevance. In scenarios where inconsistencies arise between the stipulations of the IT Act and those outlined in the DPDP, the proposed course of action is for the provisions of the DPDP to take precedence, ensuring a coherent and harmonized regulatory landscape.

  1. GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (“GDPR”)

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under applicable data protection laws in relation to your Personal Information. It is our Policy to respect your rights and we will act promptly and in accordance with any applicable law, rule or regulation relating to the processing of your Personal Information. Details of your rights under GDPR are set out below:

  1. DPDP DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

We assure Delivery Partners that their rights are safeguarded and Digital Personal Data Protection (“DPDP”) rights are upheld in our Privacy Policy. We respect Delivery Partner’s rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, objection, and protection against automated decision-making. Any violations can be reported to us for prompt resolution. Every Delivery Partner is entitled to the following:

You may exercise any of the above-mentioned rights by sending a request to us on our contact information as detailed below. You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within 1 (one) month. Occasionally it may take us longer than one calendar month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

  1. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL

Redressal Mechanism: Any complaints, abuse or concerns with regards to content and or comment or breach of these terms shall be immediately informed to the designated Grievance Officer as mentioned below via in writing or through email signed with the electronic signature to Avirup De ("Grievance Officer").

Corporate Address: UNIT NO-1017, VIPUL BUSINESS PARK,SECTOR-48 SOHNA ROAD, Gurgaon-122018, Haryana

Email: contact@bringmea.in

QUESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS

If you have any question or complaints about the processing of your personal data and Personal Information, write to us at contact@bringmea.in. Our team will be happy to assist you.