JIO HUMSAFAR PRIVACY POLICY
Thank you for using Jio Humsafar! Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your
privacy, and to
help ensure a rewarding experience for all users, we provide this privacy policy.
Scope:
Jio Humsafar mobile application and web Platform (hereinafter referred to as “Platform”, “we”,
“our”, “us”)
is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
- This policy (this “Privacy Policy”), together with the Terms and Conditions of the
Platform
outlines the Platform’s privacy practices regarding the collection, use and safeguard of
your
information through the Platform and the services offered thereupon.
- By using the Platform or registering or signing up for the Platform and submission of
personal
information; or if you are a minor, the submission of your personal information either by
your parents
(or your guardian) or by you with the permission of your parents (or guardian) to the
Platform will be
deemed as your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
- The Terms are an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000
(as amended /
re-enacted) (“IT Act") and rules thereunder, and is published in accordance with the
provisions of Rule
3 (1) of the of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines and Digital Media
Ethics code)
Rules, 2021, which mandates for publishing of rules and regulations, privacy policy and
terms of use for
access or usage of application. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and
does not
require any physical or digital signatures.
- Changes to the Privacy Policy:
- We are obligated to protect your information in accordance with applicable laws, and
regulations.
- This Privacy Policy is subject to modification based on changes in the business,
legal and regulatory requirements and will be updated online. We will notify you
whenever any change to the Privacy Policy are made. You are encouraged to
periodically visit this page to review the Privacy Policy and any changes to it.
- Third Party Services:
-
Please note that your mobile service provider, mobile operating system provider,
third party applications, social media platforms and websites that you access, third
party operators may also collect, use and share information about you and your
usage. We
cannot control how these third parties collect, use, share or secure this
information.
For information about third-party privacy practices, please consult their respective
privacy policies.
- Personal Information we collect:
- Personal information is defined as information that can be used to identify you and
may include details such as your name, age, gender, contact information, products
and services you are interested in or require more information about. Insofar as
sensitive personal information is concerned, it will carry the meaning as may be
defined by applicable laws from time to time.
- The following is the manner in which we collect, use, share and retain personal
information:
- Collection:
- You agree that the Platform may collect such personal
information, whenever relevant, to help providing you with
information
and to complete any transaction or provide any product you have
requested or authorized. You also consent to the collection of
certain
personal information in the course of your applying for the products
and/or services.
- Usage:
- The Platform seeks this information either to (i) validate
and process your request for the services of the Platform or
information; (ii) to improve the quality of the Platform; (iii) to
assist you to determine which services best meet your needs; or (iv)
to facilitate our internal business operations, including the
fulfilment of any legal and regulatory requirements; or (v) to
provide you with recommendation about services you may be interested
in, based on your use of the Platform; or (vi) to provide you with
marketing communications and advertising that the Platform believe
may be of interest of you ;or (vii) to facilitate your purchases .
- Sharing:
- We may disclose personal information to our affiliates when
necessary to perform services on our behalf or on your behalf, to
provide display advertising and promotional services, providing
search results and links (including paid listings and links),
processing credit card payments, providing customer service etc.
- We may also share personal information with external
organizations or individuals if we believe that access, use,
preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably
necessary to: (a) meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process
or enforceable governmental request; (b)detect, prevent or otherwise
address fraud, security or technical issues; (c)protect against harm
to the rights, property or safety of our customers or the public, as
required or permitted by law.
- Retention:
- The information so collected shall be retained only for a
limited duration necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined herein
unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law and
only for the purposes defined above. Once the purpose is achieved,
all personal information is deleted in a safe and secure mode.
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Non-Personal Information:
- Non-personal information is defined as any data that does not personally identify
you and may include unique system or hardware identifiers, system or application
software, and peripherals.
- Any non-personal information, when clubbed with personal information shall be
treated as personal information.
- The following is the manner in which we collect, use, share and retain non-personal
information.
- Collection:
-
You agree that the Platform may collect diagnostic, technical, usage
related information, for the usage purposes described below.
- Usage:
- The above mentioned information is gathered periodically to
provide and improve the Platform and services therein, facilitate
the provision of software updates, product support and other
services to you (if any) and to verify compliance with the terms of
this Policy.
- Sharing:
- To enable the Platform partners and third party developers
to improve their software, hardware and services designed for use
with the Platform, we may also provide any such partner or third
party developer with a subset of diagnostic information that is
relevant to that partner’s or developer’s software, hardware and/or
services, as long as the diagnostic information is in a form that
does not personally identify you.
- Retention:
- The information so collected shall be retained only for a
limited duration necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined herein
unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law and
only for the purposes defined above. Once the purpose is achieved,
all information is deleted in a safe and secure mode.
-
Location Services:
- The Platform, its licensees and agents, may access, collect and analyse your usage
of the Platform and other information related to your location on a regular basis
through Bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals and other technologies and data for the
performance of the services provided by the Platform and to help improve the design,
functionality, performance, and content of the Platform. In order to collect
geo-location information, the location settings must be enabled on your device.
Therefore, in some cases, the Platform may request that you enable the location
settings.
- Except in cases where any specific services requested by you require or involve
personal identification, the Platform collects location data anonymously and in a
form that does not personally identify you. By using the Platform, you agree and
consent to transmission, collection, maintenance, processing and use of your
location data and queries to provide and improve such services of the Platform.
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Cookies:
- Information collected by cookies and other technologies are treated as
nonpersonal information. However, to the extent that IP addresses or similar
identifiers are considered personal information by local law, we treat any
information linked to such identifiers as personal information. Similarly, to the
extent that non-personal information is combined with personal information, we will
treat the combined information as personal information.
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Other Information the Platform collects:
- The Platform also may collect other information about you in ways that the Platform
describe to you or otherwise with your consent. You can choose not to provide us
with certain types of information, but doing so may affect your ability to avail
and/or use some services.
- By clicking “I Accept” button or by usage of the Platform you permit to enable
certain functions of the device to find the location of your device, modify or
delete SD card contents, read phone statistics and identity, mount and unmount file
systems, contacts saved in your device, conferencing logs and history etc.
- The features of the Platform may allow you to post content such as profile
information, status update, comments, and other content and/or information (User
Content). The ownership over the User Content created by you remains with you;
however, by sharing User Content through the Platform, you agree to allow others to
view and/or share your User Content in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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Third Party Applications, Websites & Services:
- The Platform may include links to other websites/applications or may display
advertisements from third parties and other content that links to third party
websites. Such websites/applications are governed by their respective privacy
policies, which are out of the Platform’s control. Use of any information you
provide while using a third party website or application through the Platform, is
governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the website / application /
operator you are using/ visiting. That policy may differ from that of the Platform.
If you can't find the privacy policy of any of such websites /application via a link
from the website's homepage, you should contact the relevant website /application
operator directly for more information.
- Access, Correction and Deletion:
- The Platform strives hard to keep its records updated and accurate with your latest
information. You shall be responsible to ensure that the information or data you
provide from time to time is and shall be correct, current and updated and you have
all the rights, permissions and consents to provide such information or data.
- You may note that deletion of certain information or withdrawal of consent may lead
to cancellation of your access to the Platform or your access to certain features
and services of the Platform. Additionally, we may not be able to process your
request of correction, updating or deletion, in case the same is not supported by
valid documents or data retention is required by the applicable law or law
enforcement requests or under any judicial proceedings or it is extremely difficult
to implement (such as requests related to backup copies or if a new system is
required to process the request or change of technical design) or risks the privacy
of other users.
- You acknowledge and agree that you may receive certain notifications relating to the
Platform on your Device or on registered contact detail. At any given point of time,
if you decide to not receive notification, you may turn off such notifications
through the settings module.
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Queries and Complaints:
- We are committed to protect your personal information collected and processed
by us and look forward to your continued support for the same. In case of any
feedback or concern regarding protection of your personal information, or any
privacy-related feedback or concerns you may contact: Ms Radha Nair,
grievance.officer@jio.com