Welcome to Krishivaas LLP (Krishivaas Company’s privacy policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”).
Krishivaas LLP and its affiliates (Collectively, “Krishivaas”, “We” or “us”) are engaged in the business of providing web and mobile-based solutions to farmers and other farming-related businesses.
This Policy outlines our practices in relation to the collection, storage, usage, processing, and disclosure of personal data that you have consented to share with us when you access, use, or otherwise interact with our website available at https://www.krishivaas.com/ or mobile application ‘Krishivaas’ (collectively, the “Services”) In this Policy, the services offered to you by service professionals on or through the Platform are referred to as “Professional Services”.
At Krishivaas, we are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. In order to provide you with access to the Services or the Professional Services, we have to collect and otherwise process certain data about you. This Policy explains how we process and use personal data about you.
Please note that unless specifically defined in this Policy, capitalized terms shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in our Terms and Conditions, available at https://www.krishivaas.com/terms (“Terms”) Please read this Policy in consonance with the Terms.
By using the Services, you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by this Policy and consent to the processing activities described under this Policy.
Please refer to Section 1 to understand how the terms of this Policy apply to you.
1. BACKGROUND AND KEY INFORMATION
- (a.) How this Policy applies:
This Policy applies to individuals who access or use the Services or otherwise avail of the Professional Services. For the avoidance of doubt, references to “you” across this Policy are to an end-user that uses the Platform.
By using the Platform, you consent to the collection, storage, usage, and disclosure of your personal data, as described in and collected by us in accordance with this Policy.
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(b.) Review and Updates:
We regularly review and update our Privacy Policy, and we request you to regularly review this Policy. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please let us know if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
- (c.) Third-Party Services:
The Platform may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, services, and applications (“Third-Party Services”). Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We neither control nor endorse these Third-Party Services and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave the Platform or access third-party links through the Platform, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of such third-party service providers.
2. INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.
- (a) We collect different types of personal data about you. This includes, but is not limited to:
(i) Marketing and Communications Data, such as your address, email address, feedback, comments, pictures and discussions in our blog, responses to user surveys and polls, your preferences in receiving marketing communications from us and our third parties.
(ii) Technical Data, which includes your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, details of an operating system, access time, page views, device ID, device type, frequency of visiting our website and use of the Platform, website and mobile application activity, clicks, date and time stamps, location data, and other technology on the devices that you use to access the Platform.
(iii) Usage Data, which includes information about your activity on the Platform, user taps and clicks, user interests, time spent on the Platform, details about user journey on the mobile application, and page views.
- (b) We also collect, use, and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data under law as it does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Policy.
- (c) What happens if I refuse to provide my personal data?
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract (such as the Terms), and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract (for example, to provide you with the Services). In this case, we may have to cancel or limit your access to the Services.
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3. HOW DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA?
We use different methods to collect personal data from and about you including through:
- (a) Direct Interactions. You provide us with your personal data when you interact with us. This includes personal data you provide when you:
(i) Create an account or Profile with us;
(ii) Use our Platform Services or carry out other activities in connection with the Services;
(iii) Upload Farm and Crop details,
(iv) report a problem with the Platform and/or our Services, give us feedback or contact us. - (b) Automated technologies or interactions. Each time you visit the Platform or use the Services, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, server logs, and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites or apps that employ our cookies.
- (c) hird-parties or publicly available sources. We will receive personal data about you from various third parties:
(i) Technical Data from analytics providers such as Facebook and advertising networks;
(ii) Identity and profile-related Data and publicly available sources, etc.;
(iii) Personal data about you from our affiliate entities.
4. HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
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(a) We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data where we need to provide you with the Services, enable you to use the Professional Services, or where we need to comply with a legal obligation. We use your personal data for the following purposes:
(i) to verify your identity to register you as a user, and create your user account with us on the Platform;
(ii) to monitor trends and personalise your experience;
(iii) to improve the functionality of our Services based on the information and feedback we receive from you;
(iv) to track transactions and process payments;
(v) to send periodic notifications to manage our relationship with you including to notify you of changes to the Services, send you information and updates pertaining to the Services you have availed, and to receive occasional company news and updates related to us or the Services;
(vi) to administer and protect our business and the Services, including for troubleshooting, data analysis, system testing, and performing internal operations;
(vii) to improve our business model;
(viii) to enforce our Terms; and
(ix) to respond to court orders, establish or exercise our legal rights, or defend ourselves against legal claims.
- (b) You agree and acknowledge that by using our Services and creating an account with us on the Platform, you authorise us, our associate partners, and affiliates to contact you via email, phone, or otherwise. This is to provide the Services to you and ensure that you are aware of all the features of the Services and for related purposes.
- (c) You agree and acknowledge that any and all information pertaining to you, whether or not you directly provide it to us (via the Services or otherwise), including but not limited to personal correspondence such as emails, instructions from you, etc., may be collected, compiled, and shared by us in order to render the Services to you. This may include but not be limited to FPOs, Government Organizations, social media companies, third-party service providers, storage providers, data analytics providers, consultants, lawyers, and auditors. We may also share this information with other entities in the Krishivaas Company group in connection with the above-mentioned purposes.
- (d) You agree and acknowledge that we may share data without your consent when it is required by law or by any court or government agency or authority to disclose such information. Such disclosures are made in good faith and belief that it is reasonably necessary to do so for enforcing this Policy or the Terms, or in order to comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
5. COOKIES
- (a) Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your device’s hard drive through your web browser (if you permit it to) that enables the sites or service providers’ systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information.
- (b) We use cookies to help us distinguish you from other users of the Platform, understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer you a seamless user experience. We may contact third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
- (c) Additionally, you may encounter cookies or other similar devices on certain pages of the Platform that are placed by third parties. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties. If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the Platform, we may collect such information within a file specific to you.
6. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
- (a) We may share your personal data with third parties set out below for the purposes set out in Section 4:
(i) Service professionals to enable them to provide you with Professional Services;
(ii) Internal third parties, which are other companies within the Krishivaas Company group of companies.
(iii) External third parties such as:
- trusted third parties such as our associate partners, and service providers that provide services for us or on our behalf. This includes hosting and operating our Platform, providing marketing assistance, conducting our business, processing payments and transaction-related processes, transmitting content, and providing our Services to you;
- analytic service providers and advertising networks that conduct web analytics for us to help us improve the Platform. These analytics providers may use cookies and other technologies to perform their services;
- other registered users on our Platform upon your request or where you explicitly consent to such disclosure; and
- regulators and other bodies, as required by law or regulation.