The site “Ceramic ” is committed to protecting any personal information that we may receive while you access our website. We believe it is important for you to know how we treat information about you that we may receive when you engage with us. This Privacy Policy is devised to help you feel more confident about the privacy and security of your personal details. 'You' shall mean You, the User of the Website/ Application and ‘Yourself’ interpreted accordingly. 'We' / 'Us' means Bulandshahr District Administration and 'Our' interpreted accordingly. 'Users' means the Users of the Website/ application collectively and/or individually as the context allows.

The Privacy Policy of Ceramic (hereinafter referred to as “site ") detailed herein below governs the collection, possession, storage, handling and dealing of personal identifiable information/data and sensitive personal data (hereinafter collectively referred to as “information”) of the users of the site.
All the users must read and understand this Privacy Policy as it has been formulated to safeguard the user’s privacy. This Privacy Policy also outlines the ways the users can ensure protection of their personal identifiable information.

You must accept the contents of this Policy in order to use or continue using our site. This Privacy Policy detailed herein is also applicable to user of the site or mobile application through mobile or any other similar device.

Eligibility

The Website is intended for all persons who are interested in connecting to Manufacturers/Wholesellers/Traders/Retailers/Artisans established in Bulandshahr District for the purpose of doing business, seek opportunities and knowledge related to Ceramic Industry domain. Any Manufacturers/Wholesellers/Traders/Retailers/Artisans who have a registered company in Bulandshahr District are eligible to register on this website.

The Information We Collect

We receive both information that is directly provided to Us, such as personal information You provide when You visit the Website, and information that is passively or automatically collected from You, such as information collected from the browser or device You used to access Our Website or Services which is required to extend the services available on the site. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to all this as the ‘User Information’.

Information You Provide To Us. There are portions of this Website where We may need to collect personal information from You for a specific purpose. For e.g. At the time of signing up and registration with the site, we collect user information including name, company name, email address, phone/mobile number, postal address and other business information which may also include business statutory details and tax registration numbers, etc. In relation to our services, we may temporarily collect personal information of a more sensitive nature which includes Aadhaar Card numbers and related details to facilitate the validation of Sellers during the registration services available on the site.

We also gather and store the user’s usage statistics such as IP addresses, pages viewed, user behaviour pattern, number of sessions and unique visitors, browsing activities, browser software operating system etc. for analysis, which helps us to provide improved experience and value added services to you.

We retain user provided information for as long as the information is required for the purpose of providing services to you or where the same is required for any purpose for which the information can be lawfully processed or retained as required under any statutory enactments or applicable laws. Users may also choose to delete or deactivate their accounts on the site. We will evaluate such requests on a case-to-case basis and take the requisite action as per applicable law. In this regard, please note that information sought to be deleted may remain with us in archival records for the purpose of compliance of statutory enactments, or for any other lawful purpose. Therefore, users are requested to carefully evaluate what types of information they would like to provide to us at the time of registration.

In general, You can visit this Website without revealing any information about Yourself. We, and Our third party service providers may use automated means to collect various types of Information about You, Your computer or other device used to access Our Website which may include network or Internet protocol address and type of browser You are using (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system You are using, (e.g., Microsoft Windows or Mac OS), mobile network, device identifiers, device settings, browser settings, the web pages of the Website You have visited, the type of handheld or mobile device used to view the Website (e.g., iOS, Android) and location information.

How We may use the User Information
By entering Your User Information, You accept that We may retain Your User Information and that it may be held by Us for processing it. We, shall be entitled to Use Your User Information for the following purposes:

• Provide and communicate with You about feedback, follow up on services you’ve applied for or queries submitted to the team.

• Enforce the legal terms (including without limitation our policies and terms of service) that govern your use of our Services, and/or for the purposes for which you provided the Information.

• Share Your information with Affiliated companies for better efficiency, more relevancy, innovative business matchmaking and better personalised services.

• Provide technical support for the Website or in connection with Our services.

• Prevent fraud or potentially illegal activities (including, without limitation, copyright infringement) on or through Our Website or Services.

• Protect the safety of our other subscribers or Users.

• Perform analysis regarding how you use the Services or any part thereof such market research, including statistical analysis of User behaviour which We may disclose to third parties in depersonalised, aggregated form.

• In order to enable Us to comply with any requirements imposed on Us by law.

Whenever a user post personal & business information online, the same becomes accessible to the public and the users may receive messages/emails from visitors of the site.

Cookies

You should be aware that information and data may be automatically collected through the Use of Cookies or similar tracking technologies. "Cookies" are text files placed in your computer browser that store basic information that a Website can use to recognise repeat site visits and as an example, recall Your name if this has been previously supplied. We may use this to understand Your service and internet usage, observe behaviour and compile aggregate data in order to improve or customize our products, and services offerings or the Website. Cookies do not attach to Your system and damage Your files. If You do not want information collected through the Use of Cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows You to deny or accept the Cookie feature. Note, however, that "personalised" services may be affected if the cookie option is disabled.

Security and Data Storing

Security is very important to Us. All security procedures are in place to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Your User Information. We maintain strict physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect Your User Information including your personal information from unauthorized or inappropriate access.

We follow generally accepted standards to collect, store and protect personal data, including the use of encryption. We retain personal data for as long as it is needed to provide the services you have requested, and thereafter for legal and service purposes. These may include retention periods mandated by legal, contractual, or similar obligations; for resolving, preserving, enforcing or defending our legal and contractual rights; needed to maintain adequate and accurate business and financial records or how you access, update, or delete your data etc.

This website will take all reasonable efforts to ensure the confidentiality of personal data, uploaded information etc. and will take reasonable efforts to ensure that the information received from you is not misused. This website also reveals personal data/information uploaded by you in connection with any lawful process. While this website will take the above reasonable measures to guard against misuse of personal data/information submitted to it by you, this website cannot guarantee that someone will not overcome our security measures, including, without limitation, the security measures implemented on this Web site. Therefore, your posting of personal data/ information on this Web site constitutes your acceptance of this risk, and by posting of personal data/information, you waive any right to seek legal relief from this website due to any misuse of your information.

Information Sharing and Disclosures

We may disclose the User Information as follows:

• To service providers or Partners that we have engaged to perform business-related functions on our behalf. This may include service providers that:
  (a) conduct research and analytics.
  (b) create content.
  (c) provide customer, technical or operational support.
  (d) conduct or support marketing (such as email or advertising platforms).
  (e) fulfill orders and user requests.
  (g) host our Services, forums and online communities.
  (h) administer the Website.
  (i) maintain databases.
  (j) otherwise support our Services.

• In response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena, a law enforcement or government agency's request or similar request.

• With third parties in order to investigate, prevent, or take action (in our sole discretion) regarding potentially illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to any person, us, or the Website, or violations of our policies, the law or our Terms of Use, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Website.

• We may share the User Information with Our affiliates or group companies, so they can provide, improve and communicate with You about their own, or their marketing partners’ products and services.

• We reserve the right to disclose and transfer the User Information outside India. We will comply with all relevant Data Protection legislation in relation to the period for which We retain any User Information.

Acceptance of the Policy:

By visiting our website, signing up or logging into the website, uploading information on our website; you acknowledge and unconditionally accept the policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, do not use our website and services or provide here any of your personal data.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Privacy Policy is governed by and operated in accordance with the laws of India. If any of the parties wish to seek legal recourse, they may do so by using the courts of law in Uttar Pradesh.

GRIEVANCE OFFICER
In accordance with the applicable laws, the name and details of the Grievance officer are provided below:

District Informatics Officer
National Informatics Center (NIC)
Collectorate,Bulandshahr
203001 (UP)
Email : upbul[at]nic[dot]in
Phone: +91-5732-283338

Updates
We may change this privacy policy from time to time and You should check these regularly. Your use of the Website will be deemed an acceptance of the privacy policy existing at that time.