Introduction
Your privacy is important to us. We believe it is important for you to know how we treat the information we receive from you, on the Internet. This privacy statement explains what personal data we, (“VENKATESH FOODS” or “we”), collect from you, through our interactions with you on this website, and how we use that data.
This privacy policy/statement applies to www.venkateshfoods.com, as well as in the ‘VENKATESH FOODS’ dot com subdomain (sometimes called “microsites”) (“Website”). Please note that this website may include links to websites of third parties whose privacy practices differ from those of VENKATESH FOODS. If you provide personal data to any of those websites your data is governed by their privacy statements.
By using the Website, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Use.
We fully describe our privacy practices below in this Privacy Policy.
BY VISITING THIS WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE PLEASE DO NOT USE, REGISTER OR ACCESS OUR WEBSITE.
Scope and Usage of Data
Personal information you give to us
VENKATESH FOODS collects data to operate this website. You provide some of this data directly, such as when you submit an enquiry or a review etc. Typically, the contact information we collect is used by us to respond to your enquiry. We may execute other activities such as marketing campaigns, promotional communications for which consent is taken appropriately or another appropriate lawful basis for the processing is identified.
In general, you can visit VENKATESH FOODS on the World Wide Web without telling us who you are. Our web servers or affiliates who provide analytics and performance enhancement services collect IP addresses, operating system details, browsing details, device details, and language settings. This information is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed and similar information. VENKATESH FOODS uses this information to measure the site usage, improve content and to ensure safety and security as well enhance the performance of the website.
The data we collect can include the following:
Name and contact data: we collect first and last name, email address phone number and other similar contact data (“Personal Information”).
Giving your consent
By mere use of the Website, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your Personal Information and third-party information in accordance with this Policy.
The Website may contain content served by third parties, including videos and advertisements, and we work with third party service providers to serve our advertisements elsewhere online. In connection with serving content and providing analytics and advertising services, third parties may collect certain information about your visits to this or other web sites and we may receive information regarding the use of the Website and the effectiveness of our advertisements. We do not share your Personal Information with these third parties, but the advertising networks, advertisers, ad agencies, analytics service providers and other vendors may set and access their own tracking devices (including cookies and web beacons) and they may otherwise collect or have access to information about you (such as your general interest in certain book genres).
We do not share your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent, however, we may share your Personal Information under certain limited circumstances.
Purpose of Data Uses
VENKATESH FOODS uses the data we collect for 2 main purposes, described in more detail below: to operate our business and this website; and to send communications, including promotional communications.
Security and Safety: We use data to protect the security and safety of our website.
Communications: We use data we collect to communicate with you and personalize our communications with you. For information about managing your contact data, email subscriptions and promotional communications, please submit a request to us using our contact form.
Sharing of data
We share personal data among VENKATESH FOODS – controlled affiliates and subsidiaries. We also share personal data with vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this statement. For example, companies we’ve hired to assist in protecting and securing our systems and services may need access to personal data to provide those functions.
We usually do not share other personal data collected from the websites with other third parties. However, this may happen if:
You request or authorize us to do so;
We need to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process
We need to operate and also maintain the security of this website, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks.
Cookies
VENKATESH FOODS uses cookies (small text files placed on your device) and similar FOODS to provide our websites and to help collect data. The text in a cookie often consists of a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your computer, but it can contain other information as well.
Our Use of Cookies and Similar FOODS – VENKATESH FOODS uses cookies and similar FOODS for several purposes, which may include:
Storing your Preferences and Settings – Settings that enable our website to operate correctly or that maintain your preferences over time may be stored on your device.
Sign-in and Authentication – When you sign into our website using your credentials, we store a unique ID number, and the time you signed in, in an encrypted cookie on your device. This cookie allows you to move from page to page within the site without having to sign in again on each page. You can also save your sign-in information so you do not have to sign in each time you return to the site.
Security – We use cookies to detect fraud and abuse of our websites and services.
Social Media – Some of our websites include social media cookies, including those that enable users who are logged in to the social media service to share content via that service.
Analytics – In order to provide our website efficiently, we use cookies and other identifiers to gather usage and performance data. For example, we use cookies to count the number of unique visitors to a web page or service and to develop other statistics about the operations of our website. This includes cookies from VENKATESH FOODS and from third-party analytics providers.
Performance – VENKATESH FOODS uses cookies for load balancing to ensure that websites remain up and running.
In addition to the cookies VENKATESH FOODS sets when you visit our websites, third parties may also set cookies when you visit VENKATESH FOODS sites. In some cases, that is because we have hired the third party to provide services on our behalf, such as site analytics. If you want to know more about these services use cookies and personal data, please refer to the privacy notices directly on each third party’s website.
How to Control Cookies
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but provide controls that allow you to block or delete them. For example, certain browser allow to block or delete cookies by clicking Settings > Privacy > Cookies. To find information about specific browsers, please visit the browser developer’s website.
Your Communications Preferences
If you receive promotional email from us and would like to opt out, you can do so by following the directions in those emails. You can also opt out of email subscriptions and choose whether to share your contact information with VENKATESH FOODS.
Retention of your personal information
We retain your Personal Information as long as the purpose for its usage exists, after which the same is disposed off by us except for any record retention required as per the Banking Companies (period of preservation of records) rules, 1985 and/or the Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 or any other applicable law in force. The PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002) guidelines i.e. section 12, sub-clause nos. 3 and 4 and PPI guidelines -para 6, sub-clause no. 6.3 require your transaction logs to be stored for a period of up to 10 years post the deletion of an account. In the event of the pendency of any legal/regulatory proceeding or receipt of any legal and/or regulatory direction to that effect, we may be suggested by the law of the land to retain your Personal Information for longer periods.
Minor
We do not intend to attract anyone under the relevant age of consent to enter into binding legal contracts under the laws of their respective jurisdictions. We do not intentionally or knowingly collect Personal Information through the Website from anyone under that age. We encourage parents and guardians to be involved in the online activities of minor to ensure that no personal information is collected from a minor without their prior consent.
Security of Personal Data
VENKATESH FOODS is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of security FOODS and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
Where We Store and Process Personal Data
Personal data collected by VENKATESH FOODS may be stored and processed in your region, in India, and in any other country where VENKATESH FOODS or its affiliates, subsidiaries or service providers operate facilities. The storage location(s) are chosen in order to operate efficiently, to improve performance and to create redundancies in order to protect the data in the event of an outage or other problem. We take steps to ensure that the data we collect under this privacy statement is processed according to the provisions of this statement and the requirements of applicable law wherever the data is located.
Our Retention of Personal Data
VENKATESH FOODS retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the access to and use of the website, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes and enforcing our agreements. Because these needs can vary for different data types and purposes, actual retention periods can vary significantly.
Changes to This Privacy Statement
VENKATESH FOODS reserves the right to change this privacy statement as it may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy statement on your first use of the Website following the alterations. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to learn how VENKATESH FOODS is protecting your information.
How to Contact Us
If you have a privacy concern, complaint or a question regarding this privacy statement, please write to us at contact@venkateshfoods.com