PRIVACY POLICY
We are Cygnus Technologies Private Limited, with our registered office at “Registered Address”. The website www.waash.in and/or mobile app (“Platform”) is owned and operated by Cygnus Technologies Private Limited and its subsidiaries waash (collectively “waash” or “we” or “us” as the context requires) governing your use of waash software, services and or products. At waash we acknowledge the importance of protecting your Personal Information shared.
This Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices and your options regarding, how the personal data is collected, processed and protected; that we collect from the user and subscribers (“You”). Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy.
By visiting or using our website (www.waash.in) and domain name, content, mobile applications, or/and using any other services; we offer from time to time (collectively, the ‘Mobile App’), or by using the Services / Products (as defined in our Terms and Conditions of Uses ) in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the policies and the practices outlined in this privacy policy, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use, and share your information in the ways mentioned hereinafter.
This Privacy Policy is in compliance with Section 43A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011 (“SPDI Rules”), General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) requirements.
What Personal Information do we collect?
When you visit and browse the Platform, browser, sign up, subscribe or contact our team through a form or send us an email, we may collect certain information. We may use this personal information to improvise and personalize our services for you, to allow our users to set up a user account and profile, to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, to analyze how users utilize the Mobile App and Product, for communication and as otherwise outlined in this privacy policy. We may share certain types of personal information with third parties as may be required for providing few services.
Information we collect directly from you: When you fill out the form on the Platform or directly contact us (via an email or a phone call), we may collect the following personal information from you (“Personal Information”):
- Your full name;
- Phone number;
- Email address;
- Other information you provide voluntarily to us.
In case you choose to register or login to our website using a third-party sign-on service that authenticates your identity and connects your social media login information ( e.g Google ) with our website, the information that gets collected is limited to and for registration or Login and that you have permitted the social media to share with us, such your name and email address. Collection of more information shall be determined by the privacy setting you have set with the social media provider, therefore kindly review the privacy setting that you have with such social media providers.
Information that shall be collected, receive, store and analyzed; when you subscribe to our services: For example, personal information such as your name, username, email address; Personal Information such as gender, birth date, location, career related information as may be required for servicing and further developed.
How is Personal information used?
We collect, store and process your Personal Information either with your consent or to serve our legitimate business interest. In case additional and optional Information is required, we shall inform and notify on this at the time of collection.
The main reason for collecting Personal Information are as follows:
- Provide you with the information/services that you request from us;
- Communicate with you and respond to your inquiries;
- Maintaining a contact with you;
- Inform you about changes and development in our services and products;
- Improve your experience on our Platform based on the feedback and information we receive from you;
- Conduct conventional direct marketing by providing you with information on advertising and promotion related to our products and services;
- To keep informed about upcoming events, webinars and seminars.
- Prevent illegal activities and suspended fraud;
- Resolve disputes, if any and troubleshooting.
Cookies
“Cookies” are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. waash uses cookies for a number of purposes
For instance to enable us to make the logging on process easier for registered users, to help ensure the security and authenticity of registered users, to provide the mechanisms for online shopping and to enable to monitor the online traffic, to provide optimal browser experience and analyse advertising effectiveness.
This information is collected and used in integrated forms, and, in no manner personal identity is revealed. Whilst you may change your preferences on your browser or mobile app and do not need to allow your browser to accept cookies. However, this may prevent you from taking the best advantages from your mobile app or website.
Most browsers allow you to turn off the cookie function. If you want to know how to do this, please look at the help menu on your browser. As described above this will restrict the waash services you can use.
Will the Information share with any third party?
waash will never share or rent or sell your personal information to anyone for commercial purposes. We share your personal information in personally identifiable form with third parties only as described below.
- Agents: We employ other companies and people who perform certain tasks on our behalf and it is required to share your information with them; in order provide Products or services to you. This information shall be shared with our agents only with a purpose to serve you subject to services and products offered by waash; this agent does not have any right to use the personal information we share with them, beyond what is necessary to assist us.
- Change Business Ownership: It may happen, that we may choose to sell, merge or change control of the business. Under such circumstances and transactions, Client details /information is typically one of the business assets that gets transferred. The new management shall have access to your details, however, such access shall remain to be in use in the same manner as mentioned in this Privacy Policy unless otherwise is agreed by You.
- Service Providers: We may need help of some services providers ( e.g. analysis, audit, payments, fraud detection, marketing , and development ) They shall have access to your details /Information as may be reasonably necessary to perform their duties on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose to others or make use in any other purpose.
- Legal Disclosure: We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information if it is necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations, court orders, to respond to a subpoena, other lawful requests, and to defend our legal rights and the rights of our business partners and clients.
- Disclosure with your Consent: Except as set forth above, you will be notified, if and when your personal information may be shared with any third party, and will be able to prevent the sharing of this information.
How safe your Information is with Us
waash endeavors to protect the privacy of your account and the personal Information store in our records. We take appropriate measures to protect data collected against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your Personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored with us.
Though we have efficient encryption technology, we cannot guarantee the security of our database nor can we guarantee that the information you share may not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the internet. The transmission of the details and Information over the mobile app and website shall solely at your own risk.
What Rights You have
- To update or modify your Data - You can write to support@waash.in and request us update or modify the information you feel is inaccurate or requires changes.
- Right to be forgotten - We at waash collect and store the data for a reasonable time, as may be required by Law. You will always have right to access your details and also ask to modify or delete your data.
- Breach Notification: we shall notify you and Data protection authority or emergency authority if there is any breach in data protection without any delay.
- Right to opt out- We may engage third parties to deliver and monitor advertisements. Our advertising partners may make use of cookies. These third parties are subject to their own privacy policies. In case, if you wish to opt out of online advertising, please write to us support@waash.in
Updates to Privacy Policy