Embassy Books Privacy Policy

1. INTRODUCTION This Privacy Policy (“the Policy”) applies to any Personal Information (as defined below) processed by Embassy Books (“We”, “Us”, “Our”) including through the website of Embassy Books namely https://www.embassybooks.in, and any other online services including third-party applications and websites that link to this Privacy Policy. The Policy aims to explain how we gather, receive, possess, store, deal or handle information of our users (“Your”, “You”). We are committed towards respecting and safeguarding the privacy of our users who share their Personal Information with Us. This Policy is being issued in compliance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011(“Applicable Law”). For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information available or likely to be available with a body corporate, is capable of identifying such person. It also includes Sensitive personal data or information. Sensitive personal data or information of a person means such personal information which consists of information relating to password and financial information such as bank account or credit/debit card details or other payment instrument details. In layman terms, Personal Information is any information that exclusively, directly or indirectly identifies you. Personal Information does not include data that has been irreversibly anonymised or aggregated so that it can no longer enable Us, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify You.

1.1 What Personal Information We Collect

We gather several types of Personal Information from or about you that is provided to us directly by you, which includes:

1. Contact Information (First and Last name, email address, residential address, phone number);

2. Username and password when You create an account/register yourself on Our Website;

3. Information that You may provide to Us, such as through Our “Contact Us” option; &

4. Payment related information provided to our payments partner.

1.2 How we use the Personal Information We obtain The Personal Information which is collected by or shared with us will be processed and utilised for the purposes of providing our services, including the distribution of the book(s) purchased by you. We need Your Personal Information in order to offer you with products when you make a purchase on the site and to provide recommendations based on your preferences but only with your consent. We also use Your Personal Information to send you marketing communications about our products, and us to contact you about your account or transaction(s). Furthermore, We correspondingly require Your Personal Information to verify accounts, defend against, identify, and prevent fraud and other nefarious practices, claims, and other liabilities, and to comply with and enforce applicable legal obligations. Such processing is based on our legitimate interest in helping ensure the safety of our service(s).

1.3 How long do we require Your Personal Information? The Personal Information is used for the purposes for which it was collected in a legitimate manner. We keep Personal Information for as long as is necessary to accomplish the purposes for which it was obtained, as well as for as long as is required by Applicable Law.

1.4 Disclosure of Personal Information Personal Information supplied to us will only be shared with our delivery partners associated with us in order to ensure that the book(s) ordered by you are delivered in a timely manner. We assure You that the Personal Information which is provided to Our delivery partners will not be imparted to any third party who is not required to have such information for the purpose of delivering the book(s). If required by the Applicable Law, We may be legally required to share Your Personal Information with Government agencies within or outside Your country of residence, mandated by law to obtain such information for the purposes of identity verification, prevention, detection, and investigation, including any cyber incidents if any, without obtaining prior consent from You.

1.5 Children’s Privacy Policy Embassy Books does not allow children to use the website without the consent of their parent/guardian. The parent/guardian have the right to request that we no longer collect or use your child's Personal Information. For this purpose, you may write to our Grievance Officer namely Smita Kadu at confidential.embassybooks@gmail.com

1.6 Data Security Embassy Books takes reasonable security precautions that cover technical, administrative, and physical security control measures to keep your Personal Information safe and secure to help prevent unauthorized access to Your Personal Information. For example, access to your personal Information is restricted to our identified employees and delivery partners who need access to such Personal Information to perform their assigned job duties. Please keep in mind, despite our best efforts, no data storage or any security system over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely protected. As a result, if you feel that the security of your account or Personal Information has been compromised, please immediately contact Our Grievance Officer. To protect the privacy of Your Personal Information, We have appointed the above-named Grievance Officer who will be responsible to address any discrepancies and grievances with respect to the processing of information in a time bound manner. The officer will redress the grievance(s) of its User within one month from the date of receipt of grievance.

1.7 Governing Law This Privacy Policy is published by Embassy Books and is governed by the Applicable Laws. By proceeding further and availing our services, you are hereby agreeing to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts in Mumbai, India with respect to any dispute arising out of or relating to the terms of this Policy.

1.8 Your acceptance of these Terms By proceeding further and availing our services, you agree to the practices, which are outlined in this Policy. Please do not use the site if you do not agree to the terms of this Policy. Only the Personal Information You supply to us is covered by Our Policy and we hereby retain the right to change or modify Our Policy as and when required from time to time and without notice. We invite you to revisit this page from time to time for the most up-to-date information on our privacy standards.

1.9 How to Contact us If you have any queries or comments concerning this Policy or its implementation, you can reach us at confidential.embassybooks@gmail.com This Privacy Policy was last modified on 01.03.2022.