Welcome to www.aagooz.com operated by "Aagooz.com Marketplace LLP". This Privacy Policy describes how Aagooz.com Marketplace LLP ("AAGOOZ") uses personal data collected or received from Users of this website ("www.aagooz.com")
THESE PRIVACY POLICIES WERE UPDATED ON 17-December-2022*
*The policy updated to explain what, how and why data of the users are processed while a user is logged in to aagooz.com using 'Facebook login' option, and how those users can request deletion of that data.
PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE PRIVACY POLICIES. BY USING THIS PLATFORM YOU INDICATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE PRIVACY POLICIES.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE PRIVACY POLICIES YOU MAY NOT USE THE PLATFORM AND THE SERVICES.
1. Type of Information Collected
When you visit the Platform, we may collect certain non-personal information such as your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, operating system, browser type, and Internet service provider. This type of information does not identify you personally. When you register with the Platform, we may also collect personal information that you provide such as your name, mailing address, email address, phone/mobile number, home country, zip code, and certain other information in the event you log in via Facebook depending on your privacy settings including but not limited to your name, email address, profile picture, etc. ("Registration Information"). If you provide your phone number, it may be displayed in your posting. Further, if you have provided your phone number and posted an advertisement using your account, you agree to receive communications on the provided phone number from our site which may include but not be limited to automated calls or text messages. The communication may require you to confirm and verify that your account has been used to post the relevant advertisement on the Platform. We may also collect additional information that our users provide, such as new or deleted postings, new or deleted comments, keyword searches, scam reports, and new contact sellers. By using this Platform or the Service, you consent to the collection, storage, and use of the personal information you provide for any of the services that we offer, and you consent to our collection of any changes or updates that you may provide to any information you provide that is collected by AAGOOZ.
By using this Platform, you consent to share your geolocation data in order to publish information/advertisements of advertisements offered by users close to your location and vice-versa.
When a user is logging into our website through 'Facebook Login' option, we collect the email id of the user for future email communications.
2. Cookies
We may use cookies to manage our users’ sessions and to store preferences, tracking information, and language selection. Cookies may be used whether you register with us or not. "Cookies" are small text files transferred by a web server to your hard drive and thereafter stored on your computer. The types of information a cookie collects include the date and time you visited, your browsing history, your preferences, and your username. In some instances, our third-party service providers may use cookies on the Platform. We cannot control or access cookies used by third-party service providers. This Privacy Policy covers only Cookies used by us and not any cookies used by third parties. You have the ability to either accept or decline the use of cookies on your computer, whether you are registered with us or not. Typically, you can configure your browser to not accept cookies. However, declining the use of cookies may limit your access to certain features of the Platform. For example, you may have difficulty logging in or using certain interactive features of the Platform.
3. Third Parties
We use third-party service providers to assist us in measuring purchases and sales on our Platform and generally improving our Platform and monitoring our users’ interests and activities. You hereby authorize AAGOOZ and/or third-party service providers engaged by AAGOOZ to collect, use, store, analyze, reproduce, publish, and adapt (either on its own or through a third-party service provider) the information in relation to your use of the Platform for the purpose of data analysis and for improving your experience on the Platform. In addition, the Platform may occasionally contain links to Third-Party Sites or provide you with information in relation to services that you may avail from any third parties. Information about services that you may choose to avail from these third-party service providers may be actively provided to you by AAGOOZ in any manner including through its various marketing and communication channels. You acknowledge that this is solely undertaken by AAGOOZ to improve your experience in relation to the use of the Platform and the provision of such services shall be subject to such additional terms and conditions of AAGOOZ and/or third-party service providers. AAGOOZ may also offer for free or for a fee, deliverables produced by third-party service providers in furtherance of any services that you may have availed from these third-party service providers in connection with the advertisement posted on the Platform, without any obligation (monetary or otherwise) towards you. AAGOOZ shall not be responsible for any service availed by you from such third parties or any payment made by you to such third parties in connection with the services. Any concern or claims in relation to such services should be directed by you to such third parties. If you click on the links to Third-Party Websites, you leave the Platform. We are not responsible for the content of these Third-Party Websites or for the security of your personal information when you use the Third-Party Websites. These third-party service providers and Third-Party Sites may have their own privacy policies governing the storage and retention of your personal information that you may be subject to. They may collect information such as your IP address, browser specification, or operating system. This Privacy Policy does not govern personal information provided to, stored on, or used by these third-party providers and Third-Party Sites. We recommend that when you enter a Third-Party Site, you review the Third Party Site’s privacy policy as it relates to safeguarding your personal information.
4. How Your Information is Used
We may use the information provided by you to: (i) enforce our Terms of Use, monitor user activity, such as keyword searches or new postings, and more effectively manage traffic on the Platform; (ii) provide customer services, create and manage user accounts; and (iii) assist you with technical difficulties. Also, we may share with third-party service providers certain information, such as your browser capabilities or operating system, that we have collected in order to better understand which advertisements and services may interest you. We may block users located in certain countries from using the Platform. We may retain such information for as long as is required to fulfill our business objective, even after your account is terminated.
The email id of the user collected while logging into our website through 'Facebook Login' option is used for future email communications with the user. The future email communications include notification to the user while posting a new Ad, notification while the posted Ad is approved and notification about the expiry/ renewal of the Ad.
5. Protecting Your Personal Information
You are a valued customer, and we recognize that protecting your privacy is important to you. For this reason, we are committed to protecting the personal information you provide in a variety of ways. We do not directly process any payments and do not store your credit card information. Secured socket layer ("SSL") technology is used for processing payment transactions with third-party service provider partners, such as Razorpay, PayU, PayPal, etc. Your Registration Information may be protected by a unique customer password and user ID. You should not disclose your password information to anyone and you should always remember to log off if using a shared computer. Lastly, you may utilize the Platform as an anonymous user by not registering. We have taken certain security protections in safeguarding your personal information. However, as with most electronic transactions, no method is 100% safe. While we strive to use a commercially acceptable means to protect the personal information you provide, we cannot guarantee its security. Therefore, you acknowledge and agree that we assume no liability regarding the theft, loss, alteration or misuse of personal or other information or Content, including, without limitation, such information that has been provided to third parties or other users, or with regards to the failure of a third party to abide by the agreement between us and such third party. You may participate in our Forum or utilize our Comments feature. For postings to the Forum, your username will be posted. For postings using the Comments feature, your name and email will only be posted if you provide it in the comment. We strongly discourage posting any information on these features or in any Content posted by you that you do not want others to see. You agree that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password, and all uses of your account, whether or not you have authorized such use.
A user who has logged into aagooz.com website through 'Facebook Login' option can request for the deletion of their email id by sending an email to support@aagooz.com from the user's registered email id.
6. Accessing and Modifying Personal Information and Communication Preferences
You may access, remove, review, and/or make changes to the personal information that you have provided to us via the Contact Support form. You need not register in order to post or respond to advertisements on the Platform. If you register or respond to advertisements or posts on the Platform or post any content on the Platform, we may send you certain notifications, advertisements, promotions, surveys, text messages, specials, and phone calls in relation to the Services.. We may also send you any legally required notifications and certain notifications, including but not limited to, service-related notices or notices regarding a change to any of our policies. For example, we may send you a notice regarding server problems or scheduled maintenance to the Platform. In order to opt-out of receiving these notices, you may need to deactivate your account. You can opt-out of certain e-mail communications from us, including our newsletters, advice on buying and selling on the Platform, notifications that a user has commented on your posting, and notifications that you can refresh your posting. We will not change your preferences without your consent. You cannot opt-out of receiving transactional communications from AAGOOZ related to your account.
7. Disclosures
On rare occasions, we may be required to disclose your personal information due to legal or regulatory requirements. In such instances, we reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required in order to comply with our legal obligations, including but not limited to complying with court orders, warrants, subpoenas, service of process requirements, or discovery requests. We may also disclose information about our users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce these Terms and/or Privacy Policy; respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of AAGOOZ , our users or the general public; or we are in notice of any criminal activity being conducted via the Platform. You agree and acknowledge that we may not inform you prior to or after disclosures made according to this section. If substantially all of our assets are sold or merged into another company, the acquiring company shall be given access to your personal information without your consent. If we sell only a part of our business, the acquiring entity shall have access to your personal information without your consent and we may send you a notice regarding this sale.
8. Notification of Changes
We reserve the right to change these Terms from time to time, and at our sole discretion. We may send you a notice regarding material changes to these Terms, including the Privacy Policy of the Platform. You should make note of the "last updated date" at the beginning of the Terms. With this information, you should be able to identify if the Terms have been updated recently.
9. Disputes
Any disputes regarding your privacy are subject to the Terms, including but not limited to any provisions related to indemnification, limitations on damages, and choice of law and forum.
10. How to Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact AAGOOZ via the Contact Us page.