Privacy Policy
At Aap Ka Bazar®, we highly value your privacy. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information when you use our website, mobile application, or visit our stores. Please read this policy carefully and agree to it. If you disagree, please refrain from using our site. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, with changes taking effect immediately upon posting. By continuing to use the site or app, you are indicating your acceptance of these policies.
COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
Personal Data
When you register or engage in activities on our site, mobile app, or in our stores like chatting and using message boards, you can provide information such as your name, address, email, phone number, age, gender, hometown, and interests. While sharing personal information is optional, not doing so may limit your access to certain sites and app features.
Derivative Data
When you visit Aap Ka Bazar®, our servers gather information, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, access time, and the pages you looked at before and after. For mobile app users, this might also involve device details, phone numbers, country, preferences, responses to posts, interactions within the app, and any additional information you choose to share.
Financial Data
For Users: If you've willingly given us personal or financial info, like phone numbers or email addresses, through any means, you're not just a visitor; you're a user. In that case, this Privacy Policy applies to you, and all the statements in it are relevant. For Visitors: No personal or financial info is automatically collected from visitors of stores or just browsing our Platforms. However, our Privacy Policy applies to physically store visitors too, and you should read and accept before/after visiting.
Social Accounts Permissions and Data
The Site and our mobile app can automatically get your basic Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, etc.) Account Details like your name, email, gender, birthday, city, and profile picture link (optional), along with any other public info. AKB might also ask for other access permissions, like sending/accepting follow requests, accessing your friends/followers, and checking your id/accounts. You can choose to allow or deny each of these permissions on your social media account Permissions Reference page.
Third-Party Data
AKB doesn't share your personal information with third parties. We keep your data private. However, we may use it for our promotions or advertisements within AKB, especially if you connect your account to a third party and permit us to access their information.
Data from Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys
Your info from contest/giveaway/etc. entries, surveys, and common details like name, age, and gender may be kept safe from third parties but AKB uses this information solely for advertising and promotions of their brands/items.
Geo-Location and Mobile Device Information Data
Aap Ka Bazar® might ask for location info from your mobile device, either continuously or when using our app for location-based services. You can change this in your device settings. We might also request access to various device features like push notifications, Bluetooth, camera, contacts, and more. Device data like ID, model, and operating system are collected, along with IP address. You may change these by changing the privacy settings of your device or AKB accounts.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Accurate information helps us provide you with a better experience. We use your data to:
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Aap Ka Bazar® may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
To Comply with the Law or Protect Rights
Aap Ka Bazar® may share your info if required by law or to safeguard the rights, property, or safety of others. This includes cooperating with entities for fraud prevention and credit risk reduction.
Third-Party Service Providers
AKB may share your information with third parties who help with services like payments and customer support. If you agree, we can share your information with third parties for marketing, as the law allows. We also use third-party advertisers who use cookies to show you ads based on your interests. In our app, you might see offer walls from third parties that give rewards for completing ads, and they may get your user ID. We might share your info with advertisers and investors for general business analysis and marketing, following the law.
Interactions with Other Users
Your interactions on the site and app, such as chats, posts, and likes, might be visible to other users. Any content you post can be seen by all users and may be shared outside the site and app.
Affiliates
Your info could be shared with our affiliates, subject to this Privacy Policy. Aap Ka Bazar® may share your info with business partners for product offerings.
Social Media Contacts
If you connect with AKB through social networks/media, your contacts/followers/etc. can see your activity like comments, likes/dislikes, reviews, etc.
SALE AND BANKRUPT
If AKB changes how we're organized, sells our assets, merges, or gets acquired, we might move your info to the new owner. If we close or go bankrupt, your info could be sold to someone else. You understand this might happen, and the new owner might not follow this Privacy Policy. We can't control what third parties do with the info you share, and we can't stop their messages. If you don't want their emails or messages, you need to contact them directly.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
AKB uses tracking technology like cookies, web beacons, and tracking pixels on the Site and our mobile app to customize and enhance your experience. When you use the Site or app, we don't collect your info with tracking tech. Most browsers accept cookies by default, but you can remove or reject them. Note that this may affect the Site or app's availability and features. You can't decline web beacons, but disabling all cookies or changing your browser settings to approve or deny each cookie individually can render them ineffective. Our Cookie Policy, part of this Privacy Policy, explains more about how we use cookies. By using the Site, you agree to follow our Cookie Policy.
POLICY FOR CHILDREN
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Internet-Based Advertising
At Aap Ka Bazar®, we use third-party software for ads, email marketing, and interactive marketing on our website and app. This software may use cookies and tracking technology to enhance your online experience. If you want to opt out of interest-based ads, please visit the NAI Opt-Out page.
WEBSITE ANALYTICS
At AKB, we work with third-party vendors such as Adobe Analytics and Google Analytics who use technologies like cookies on our website and app. This assists us in understanding user activity and popular content. When you use the website or app, you permit these vendors to gather and use your information. Please review their privacy policies and reach out to them for any questions. It's important to note that if you get a new computer or change browser settings, you opt-out preferences may be reset.
Third-Party Websites
Our AKB website and app may include links to third-party websites that are not part of our organization. Please be aware that the information you provide on these external sites is not protected by our Privacy Policy, and we can't ensure its security. It's advisable to review their privacy policies before sharing any information. We make efforts to safeguard your information, but it's important to understand that no security is flawless. Online data can be susceptible to interception. While we do our utmost, we cannot promise absolute security.
CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Several web browsers and some mobile systems offer a 'Do-Not-Track' feature to indicate you don't wish to have your online activity tracked. However, there isn't a universal method for this at present. Therefore, we currently do not act on these signals. If a standard is created in the future, Aap Ka Bazar® will inform you through an updated Privacy Policy. But if you activate the 'Do-Not-Track' signal in your browser, we will respect it.
Account Deactivation
You have a few options to manage your account. You can log in to update your information or contact us to close your account. If you choose to close it, we will delete your account and data from our primary databases. However, AKB may retain some data to safeguard your account, prevent fraud, address concerns, aid in investigations, enforce our Terms of Use, or meet legal obligations as needed.
Emails and Communications
To stop getting emails, messages, or notifications from AKB, you can adjust your preferences during account creation or by logging into your account and changing your settings. If you want to stop messages from third parties, please contact them directly.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
If you're a California resident, you can ask us once a year, at no cost, about the types of personal information we shared with third parties for direct marketing, and get the names and addresses of these third parties in the past year. To make this request, contact us in writing using the address and mail on the App/Site. If you're under 18, live in California, and have an account with our Site or app, you can ask us to remove data you posted publicly. To do this, contact us using the provided details, and include your account's email address and a statement confirming your California residency. Aap Ka Bazar® will ensure it's not displayed publicly, but some data might not be completely removed from our systems to safeguard your account, prevent fraud, address concerns, aid in investigations, enforce our Terms of Use, or meet legal obligations as needed.