Buy1Get1 (“Buy 1 Get 1”) operates buy1get1.in and may operate other websites. It is Buy1Get1’s policy to guard and respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
At Buy1Get1, we want you to make the most of our website and online services keeping in mind that we have implemented fair information practices created to safeguard your privacy. Our privacy policy is applicable to Buy1Get1 (the “Site”).
The privacy policy highlights the information we may collect during your visit to this Site, how we use your information, when and under what circumstances we might disclose your personally identifiable information, and how you can manage your personal information.
This privacy policy does not apply to Sites belonging to other companies or organizations to which we may link or who may link to us back. We are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third-party sites.
By visiting our Site, you are willingly accepting the practices highlighted in our privacy policy, including use of cookies and other similar online tools. If under any circumstance you do not agree to the terms of this privacy policy, kindly avoid using the Site.
We reserve the right to change or amend the terms of our privacy policy at any given time without prior notice. If we intend to apply the changes or amendments to “our” or “this” privacy policy, we will announce the modifications or amendments and seek your consent for such use.
“Personal data” is information related to an identified or identifiable individual. Data could be as simple as a name, an address, a number, or could include other identifiers such as a cookie identifier, an IP address, or other factors.
“Usage data” means any diagnostic and usage-related information related to the use, performance and operation of a Service, including, but not limited to Service features, type of browser, type of systems that are used and/or accessed, and so on.
A “cookie” is or “cookies” are small pieces of data stored on your computer, mobile, tablet, or any other device.
A “data controller” is an individual or legal person who determines the purposes and the manner in which any personal data or information is used or processed.
In the case of this Privacy Policy, Buy1Get1 is the data controller of your personal data.
A “data processor” (or service provider) is any individual or legal person who processes the data for the data controller.
We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
When you use our Site, we collect two types of information. These include “non-personally identifiable information (non-PII)” and “personally identifiable information (PII)”. Non-personally identifiable information does not identify you individually. However, it may include tracking- and usage-related information about your demographics, current location, use of the Site and the Internet. Personally identifiable information is any information that can identify you as an individual. It typically covers your name, address, contact number, and email address, or other non-personally identifiable information that has been linked to such personally identifiable information.
You can browse the Site without submitting your personally identifiable information to us. However, there are different circumstances where you may have to provide us with your personally identifiable information. These include:
When you browse the Site or interact with us, we may gather certain information that does not identify you individually. This is non-personally identifiable information. Some examples of non-PII are:
Also, when you interact with any Buy1Get1 property page or account on social media, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, or Tumblr, we may gather the personally identifiable information that you share on that page or account (including your social media account ID). However, we ensure we comply with the privacy policies of the corresponding social media sites. In addition, we will only gather and store the personally identifiable information that we are allowed to gather by the aforementioned social media platforms.
If you choose to link or login to your Buy1Get1 account with or through a social media site, Buy1Get1 and the concerned social media site may share certain information about you and your activities. With your consent, we may also share information about your activities, including what you view on the Site, with the users of the concerned social media site.
We gather and store your device’s source IP address which may disclose the general location of your device when you access the Site. As a result of this, advertisements and relevant content may be directed to you.
We use the information we gather from you to personalize, enhance, and continually improve your experience on Buy1Get1. Therefore, in simpler words, we use your information to:
Also, data collected from a particular browser or device may be used with another computer or device that is linked to the browser or device on which such data was collected.
We will not disclose your personally identifiable information collected from the Site to any organization(s) that is not a part of Buy1Get1 or its subsidiaries or related entities, except as described in this privacy policy.
We work with different third-party sites that perform different functions on our behalf, including, but not limited to, content syndication, content management, website hosting, social media integration, marketing, analytics and reporting, billing and customer service. These entities may have access to personally identifiable information if needed to perform their functions. If such access is required, the third parties will be obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of that personally identifiable information. They are restricted from altering, distributing, reusing, or selling, this data in any way other than to provide the requested services to the Site. Below is a list of third-party scripts or software development kits (SDKs) that may be used on Buy1Get1:
Google Analytics is a web-based analytics service designed and developed by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google collects and tracks the Site data to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may also use the collected data to contextualize and personalize ads from its advertising network.
Personal data collected: Cookies and usage data. View Google’s Privacy Policy
Disqus is commenting software. We used discuss to collect comments from our readers and website users. Read Discus’ Privacy Policy
We have integrated the Facebook “Like” button and “social widgets” to allow easy interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and usage data. Read Facebook’s Privacy Policy
The Twitter “Tweet” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.
Personal data collected: Cookies and usage data
Read Twitter’s Privacy Policy
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and usage data.
Read YouTube’s Privacy Policy
The Site may contain links to “other websites.” We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these other websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
In some cases, we may use or disclose your personally identifiable information to a third party if we are required to do so by law or if we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law or legal process; to protect and defend our rights or to prevent misuse of our Site; or to protect the personal safety of our employees, agents, partners, the users of the Site, or the public.
We may disclose or share individual, non-personally identifiable information and aggregate information in any manner other than that described herein that we deem appropriate or necessary. Among other things, we will disclose non-personally identifiable information to third parties to help us determine how people use parts of the Site and who our users are so we can improve our Site. We will also disclose non-personally identifiable information to our partners and other third parties about how our users collectively use the Site.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track your activity on our Site and retain certain information.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies We Use
Session Cookies. A session cookie contains information that is stored in a temporary memory location and then subsequently deleted after the session is completed or the web browser is closed. This cookie stores information that the user has inputted and tracks the movements of the user within the website.
Security Cookies. Secure cookies are a type of HTTP cookie that have Secure attribute set, which limits the scope of the cookie to “secure” channels (where “secure” is defined by the user agent, typically web browser).
In compliance with European privacy laws, in particular the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Buy1Get1 provides specific additional rights for citizens of the European Territories such as the right to access, rectification, right to object, to complaint, erasure outband blockage. More specifically:
In addition to the above, we reference certain rights for European Territory citizens throughout this Privacy Policy. Pursuant to the GDPR, citizens from “European Territories” mean the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, the term “European Territories” shall continue to include the United Kingdom, even after the United Kingdom leaves the European Economic Area following Brexit.
Please email admin[at]buy1get1[dot]in with the subject line “GDPR Request” for any questions about exercising any of the above rights.
We take reasonable security measures to protect your information, including the use of physical, technical and administrative controls. Please understand, however, that while we try our best to safeguard your personally identifiable information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. You need to help protect the privacy of your own information. You must take precautions to protect the security of any personally identifiable information that you may transmit over any home networks, wireless routers, wireless (WiFi) networks or similar devices by using encryption and other techniques to prevent unauthorized persons from intercepting or receiving any of your personally identifiable information. You are responsible for the security of your information when using unencrypted, open access or otherwise unsecured networks.
The time period for which we keep information varies according to the purpose for which it is used for. In some cases, there are legal requirements to keep data for a minimum period. Unless there is a specific legal requirement for us to keep the information, we will retain it for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data was collected or for which it is to be further processed.
When we run a contest or giveaway or game relating to our Site, it will be accompanied by a set of rules. The rules for each contest, giveaway or game will specify how the information gathered from you for entry will be used and disclosed if it is different than as described in this privacy policy. In conjunction with your entry in such a contest or giveaway, personally identifiable information will be collected only if you voluntarily submit it.
The Site is not intended for children under 16 years of age. Buy1Get1 does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 years of age. If you are under 16 years of age, do not provide personal information to Buy1Get1 without providing us with consent from your parents. If we discover that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with personal information and we do not have parental consent, we will immediately delete that child’s information from the Site.
Buy1Get1 does not disclose your personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes unless you affirmatively agree to such disclosures.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy[at]buy1get1[dot]in.
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