Introduction

In this Privacy Policy, references to "you" means any person submitting any data or information to Sulekha.com New Media Pvt Ltd ( Hereinafter for the sake of brevity referred to as 'Sulekha', Sulekha.com ).
The term "Platform" used in this document refers to the website (being www.sulekha.com), mobile apps and / or any other services offered / to be offered by Sulekha.
Privacy issues are a high priority for us at Sulekha and we follow standard industry practices to maintain your personal information. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy.

Policy coverage

This Privacy policy covers Sulekha's treatment of personally identifiable information that Sulekha collects when you are on the Sulekha site, and when you use Sulekha's services. This policy also covers Sulekha's treatment of any personally identifiable information that Sulekha's business partners share with Sulekha. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Sulekha does not own or control, or to people that Sulekha does not employ or manage.

Use of information by Sulekha

Sulekha is one of India's largest digital Businesses and consumer brands that has transformed local services ecosystem through a powerful need fulfillment and monetisation Platform. Your user identity information will be kept confidential and will be used for our research, marketing, and strategic client analysis objectives and other internal business purposes only.

We do not sell or rent personal information except that in case you are a user of our need fulfillment services, your personal information shall be shared with Sulekha's customers / advertisers / need providers and you shall be deemed to have given consent to the same.

As is common in the industry, Sulekha uses the technology of cookies and site log files to monitor user registration, to recognise registered members when they revisit the site and to track site usage. Our ability to identify you as a registered member allows us to customise the Sulekha experience and to protect your personal information based on your account settings.

Additionally, you may encounter "cookies" or other similar devices on this Platform that are placed by third parties. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.

Further, Sulekha's customers / advertisers / need providers who are listed with us, may call you, based on the query or enquiry that you make with us, enquiring about any:

  • Need provider / product / service
  • Product / service of any customer / advertiser / need provider
  • Product / Service of any particular customer / advertiser / need provider

Visibility of public creative contributions

In addition to being a need fulfillment Platform, Sulekha also provides a variety of Forums (as defined in 'Terms of Use') for its members to express. Since this expression is linked to the member's identity and the expression is in the public domain, the compilation of a member's creative contributions to Sulekha will be visible to all visitors of Sulekha, whether or not they are registered members of Sulekha.

Sharing of information with third parties

Sulekha takes your privacy very seriously. However, there may be times when we need to disclose your personal information to third parties.

Sulekha reserves the right to share recordings of all phone calls made between: [a] any user and Sulekha; [b] any service provider and Sulekha; [c] any user and service provider of Sulekha through UVN, to legal, accounting or other advisors that provide professional services and / or who assists us in training, quality monitoring and quality enhancement of our services to the user and / or service providers. You hereby grant your irrevocable consent to Sulekha to share such call recordings to third parties for such purposes. You further disclaim and / or abandon any right to sue Sulekha in relation to the same. Such third parties shall be bound by strict confidentiality agreements which limit their use of such information.

Sulekha further reserves the right to share / sell some or all of your personal information with another business entity in the event it plans to merge with, or be acquired by that business entity, re-organize, amalgamate or restructure its business. If such a transaction occurs, that other business entity or the new entity formed as a result of such transaction will be required to follow this Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information. You have no objection and are deemed to have waived all objections in relation to the same for the fullest enjoyment of the services.

The third parties with which Sulekha shares your personal information shall be bound by strict confidentiality agreements which limit their use of such information. In addition, Sulekha may share your information to send direct mailers or complimentary coupons / offers to a mailing agency to process postal mailing. Again, such an agency would be bound by strict confidentiality agreements that limit their use of such information

Partnering with others

Sulekha may partner with other online services to offer a combined service. Whenever we offer such combined services, Sulekha will make it clear who the partner is and it will be entirely up to you to use or not to use the service. Where any personal information is passed along to the partner you will be informed prior to that sharing. Other than as set out in this Privacy Policy, we shall NOT sell or disclose your personal data to third parties without obtaining your prior consent unless this is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy or unless we are required to do so by law.

Provision of aggregate demographic information to third parties:

Sulekha reserves the right to provide aggregate demographic information of its member base to advertisers and others so as to attract pertinent advertisers to advertise on Sulekha. We do not shared personal information of individual users with advertisers.

Disclosures required by law

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on our company or to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

We may disclose personal information to law enforcement offices, third party rights owners, or others in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy; respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates the rights of a third party; or protect the rights, property or personal safety of our users or the general public.

Policy on abuse on Sulekha

Sulekha is committed to ensuring and enforcing a safe and friendly online community space for all our members. To this effect, we have come up with a policy on abuse that we would like all our members to be aware of. These rules govern the use of this Platform and its product / service offerings and we would like all our members to cooperate in complying with these rules so that everyone can have a pleasant experience.

Advertising and spamming

  • Commercial messages or promotional messages from businesses or Organisations are not permitted on the network. Sulekha.com provides a Platform for its members to express themselves in the form of articles, columns, opinions, comments, reviews, art and photos but the website must not be used as a medium for marketing or selling to our members.
  • No advertising or promotion is allowed except where it is for an event, publication or similar item that has direct relevance to the subject of discussion and is non-commercial in nature. Information about locating and sharing knowledge and expertise is welcomed, but must have relevance to the topic on which an opinion is expressed or a discussion is initiated.
  • Do not post chain letters, promote pyramid schemes or recruit members for any network marketing or multilevel marketing businesses.
  • Do not recruit members to join another website forum or chat group, whether personal or otherwise. if you have a suggestion for a new forum, please contact us or send your queries to member relations.
  • Sulekha.com encourages healthy discussion on the topics that members contribute to in forums and where relevant, members are allowed to post links to their content. However, overt promotion of, or inappropriate links to other known commercial websites on any forum are not permitted and will be removed. If you are unsure whether a link or a posting is allowed, please send your queries to member relations. The definition of an appropriate link is one that is relevant to both the posting and the forum topic. A commercial site is considered as one which promotes a product or service for a price or for other consideration that suggests it is a for-profit business.

Copyrighted material

Uploading copies of copyrighted material as a whole or in part on Sulekha.com without explicit permission from the copyright owner shall be deemed to infringe on the copyright and this applies to materials such as text, images, music, movies, games, and other software in digital and analog format. Sulekha.com reserves the right to immediately delete such material without prior permission / consultation from the member. If you suspect that an image submitted to Sulekha.com is copyright protected and has been used fraudulently, please contact us immediately or send us an email to member relations.

Safety guidelines

The Platform is always reaching out to a wider audience by showcasing the best of our member contributions. However, in doing so, we will not allow to be uploaded anything on the site that we think could be potentially endangering or is inflammatory or embarrassing to our members. It also helps members to be aware of certain things in the interest of their safety.

  • All members are responsible for the safety of their personal information. We recommend that members do not disclose their names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers or other personal information online.
  • All members need to be aware that when they upload their photos on the Platform, the photos are not only visible to the entire internet community but can also be downloaded, since any image that can be displayed on a computer screen can be saved by the person viewing it. It is technically not possible to prevent this and hence Sulekha cannot be held liable in such cases. If you are worried about someone else viewing or saving your images then please do not submit them.
  • Do not post chain letters, promote pyramid schemes or recruit members for any network marketing or multilevel marketing businesses.
  • Do not recruit members to join another website forum or chat group, whether personal or otherwise. If you have a suggestion for a new forum, please contact us or send your queries to member relations.
  • Sulekha encourages healthy discussion on the topics that members contribute to in forums and where relevant, members are allowed to post links to their content. However, overt promotion of, or inappropriate links to other known commercial websites on any forum are not permitted and will be removed. If you are unsure whether a link or a posting is allowed, please send your queries to member relations. The definition of an appropriate link is one that is relevant to both the posting and the forum topic. A commercial site is considered as one which promotes a product or service for a price or for other consideration that suggests it is a for-profit business.

Personal Information We Collect

  • Location data: We collect your location data when you allow our app to access your location. This information is used to provide you with location-based services, such as showing you nearby businesses or landmarks.
  • To provide you with location-based services: We may use your location data to provide you with location-based services, such as showing you nearby businesses or landmarks.

Legalities

  • All members are reminded that they may be held legally accountable for what they say or do online. In particular, members may be held liable for any defamatory comments, threats and / or untrue statements or other illegal and fraudulent claims made by them.
  • Sulekha does not endorse the opinions expressed by its members.
  • If any member fails to observe the above rules of conduct at any time, Sulekha reserves the right to terminate the membership of the member and / or delete all their contributions (either temporarily or permanently) from the site, depending on the nature and severity of the breach and without prior warning or consent of the member.
  • Registration as a member of this Platform at any time past or present and use of the Platform and all its product / service offerings will be taken as acceptance of the above rules of conduct. Sulekha's decision on all matters is final and binding on its members. Legal jurisdiction for all disputes is the High Court of Chennai, India.
  • The Platform endeavours to foster a vibrant local service need platform that serves millions of users and businesses. We are here to serve our members 24x7 and use all feedback to refine and improve the online experience for our members. You can reach TEAM SULEKHA anytime by writing to myprofile@sulekha.net and we will respond to you in a timely manner. We hope you have an enjoyable and rewarding experience on the Platform.

Your Rights

You have the following rights with respect to your personal information:

  • Access: You have the right to access your personal information. You can request a copy of your personal information by contacting us.
  • Correction: You have the right to correct any inaccuracies in your personal information. You can request that we correct your personal information by contacting us.
  • Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information. You can request that we delete your personal information by contacting us.
  • Withdrawal of consent: If you have given us your consent to collect, use, or share your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent by contacting us.

Grievance Officer

In keeping with the provisions prescribed in the Information Technology Act 2000 and Rules made there under and as amended from time to time, the name and contact details of the Grievance Officer are provided below:

- The Grievance Officer,
Sulekha.com New Media Pvt Ltd
RMZ Millennia Business Park
2nd Floor, Campus 1A, No. 143
Dr. MGR Road, Kandanchavadi,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu � 600 096, India

- legal@sulekha.net