Terrainspotter Pvt. Ltd. takes the issue of the privacy of
your Personal Data very seriously.
Personal data means any information relating to an
identified or identifiable natural person ('Data
Subject') and an identifiable person is one who can be
identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by
reference to an identification number or to one or more
factors specific to his physical, physiological, mental,
economic, cultural or social identity.
This privacy policy applies to your permitted access to
this website
https://www.beatravelbuddy.com
and/or the use of the Travel Buddy App as regards to any
Personal Data that may be collected from you or provided
by you during such access or as a result of your access
to our website or as a result of your using the Travel
Buddy App.
This privacy policy has been published to provide you a
clear and concise outline of how and when Personal Data
is collected, stored and/or used by us.
IF YOU USE ANY SERVICE PROVIDED BY OUR PLATFORM OR YOU
PROVIDE VOLUNTARILY ANY PERSONAL DATA TO US THEN YOU
SPECIFICALLY REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD
AND CONSENTED TO THE COLLECTION, USE AND STORAGE OF YOUR
PERSONAL DATA.
From time to time, we may change the provisions of this
Privacy Policy without specific notice to you. We
strongly recommend that you check this document on a
regular basis to ensure that you understand the
obligations detailed in this Privacy Policy. This
Privacy Policy will be accessible by you either through
our website
https://www.beatravelbuddy.com/
or through the Travel Buddy App.
Personal Information that You Provide to Us
We do not generally collect Personal Data about you
except when you provide that information voluntarily and
in accordance with our various application forms that
are available on this web site
https://www.beatravelbuddy.com/
or through the Travel Buddy App. Once you have provided
Personal Data it will only be used for purposes of
registration so that we can forward to you the
information that you have requested via the Travel Buddy
App.
In other words, all collected Personal Data about you
will be used solely for the purpose to which you have
consented. Such information will not be transferred to
other parties unless you are fully informed prior to
such transference and you have agreed to such
transference, unless we are required by law to transfer
the information to an authorised organisation.
The above only relates to your Personal Data and does
not relate to any aggregated or other information that
may be developed or created internally by us, provided
this other information cannot later be used or combined
with other information to identify you in any way
whatsoever and therefore maintains our privacy
commitment to you.
The information we collect which we collectively call
Personal data are:
Basic user information, such as your name, username,
gender, birth date, email and phone number;
Messages and interactive post information from the
Travel Buddy App feed, such as messages to other users
and information you provide in connection with those
activities and events;
Other background, contact and demographic information,
such other interests and self-descriptions you choose to
provide;
Debit and Credit card information which may be processed
by a third party engaged by us to validate such credit
and debit card information. We do not store such
information as that information is passed through to our
debit and credit card validator.
Travel Buddy has a legitimate reason to add your email
address to Travel Buddy™s email marketing database at
the time of account creation in Travel Buddy so that
Travel Buddy can send you the Welcome Email which has
instructions & tips for using the app for the first
time. However as a subscriber you have always had and
always will have the opportunity to unsubscribe at any
time from the unsubscribe link at the bottom of all our
emails.
Information We May Collect Automatically
When you access or use our Services, we may also
automatically collect information about you, including:
Usage Information: We collect information about your
activity through our services. For example, we may
collect information about:
How you interact with our services, such as which posts
you like, which hashtags you search on the feed, what
type of groups or interests you use.
How you communicate with other users, such as their
names, the time and date of your communications, the
number of messages you exchange with your friends, which
friends you exchange messages with the most, and your
interactions with messages;
Content Information: We collect content you create on
our services, such as posts, meetups etc. and
information about the content you create or provide,
such as if recipients have viewed the content. We also
collect the metadata that is associated with the
content.
Camera and Photos: Many of our services require us to
collect images and other information from your device's
camera and photos. For example, you won't be able to
post on the feed or upload photos from your camera roll
unless we can access your camera or photos.
Location Information: We may collect information about
your location when you access our mobile application or
website, or otherwise consent to the collection of this
information. With your permission, we may also collect
information about your precise location using methods
that include GPS, wireless networks, cell towers, Wi-Fi
access points.
Device Information: We may collect device-specific
information when you access our Services, including your
hardware model, operating system and version, unique
device identifiers, mobile network information and
information about the device's interaction with our
Services, browser type, language and time zone,
information about your wireless and mobile network
connections, such as mobile phone number, service
provider, and signal strength.
Log Information: We may collect log information about
how you access or use our Services, including your
access times, browser type and language, Internet
Service Provider and Internet Protocol address.
Use & Disclosure of Personal Data
Unless you have advised us not to do so, your Personal
Data is not be shared with other Travel Buddy users. It
is our goal to only use the information you provide us
in a manner that better provides our services to you
such as:
Develop, operate, improve, deliver, maintain, and
protect our products and services. send you
communications, including by email. For example, we may
use email to respond to support inquiries or to share
information about our products, services, and
promotional offers that we think may interest you
Monitor and analyse trends and usage.
Personalize our services by, among other things,
suggesting friends or profile information, or
customizing the content we show you, including ads.
Contextualize your experience by, among other things,
tagging post content using your precise location
information (if, of course, you™ve given us permission
to collect that information) and applying other labels
based on the content.
Provide and improve ad targeting and measurement,
including through the use of your precise location
information (again, if you’ve given us permission to
collect that information), both on and off our services.
See the sections below for more information and your
choices.
Enhance the safety and security of our products and
services.
Verify your identity and reduce the risk of fraud or
other unauthorized or illegal activity.
Use information we™ve collected from cookies and other
technology to enhance our services and your experience
with them.
Enforce our Terms of Service and other usage policies.
In addition we undertake not to sell, rent or trade your
Personal Data. We will not disclose information about
you unless the disclosure is:
(a) required by law (eg the Indian Tax Office);
(b) is authorised by law (eg to protect our interests or
where we have a duty to make such disclosure); or
(c) you have consented for us to disclose the
information about you.
By sharing your details, you agree to receive updates on
SMS, RCS, Email & Whatsapp and call.
Personal Data Quality
It is our goal to ensure that your Personal Data is
correct, accurate, relevant, timely and secure. For us
to meet this goal would you please ensure that if there
is any change to any of the details you have provided to
us, you will promptly advise us so that we can continue
to provide the services that we have agreed.
Further, if it comes to your attention that we possess
certain information about you that is not correct,
accurate, complete or up-to-date, then contact us and we
will use all reasonable efforts to correct the
information we have about you. Such corrections may take
time as we will only correct such information once we
have verified that the new information is correct.
Personal Data Security
The Travel Buddy Team undertakes to use our best
endeavours to keep secure your Personal Data and we
further undertake to take all reasonable precautions to
protect that information against any unauthorised loss,
misuse or alteration.
Although we strive to employ reasonable protections for
your information that are appropriate to its
sensitivity, we do not guarantee or warrant the security
of the information you share with us and we are not
responsible for the theft, destruction, loss or
inadvertent disclosure of your information or content.
No system is 100% secure. The Services uses industry
standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to allow
for the encryption of personal information
Access to Personal Information
If you request us to provide you with access to personal
information we hold about you, then we will provide such
information to you in a timely manner in accordance with
GDPR requirements. Please submit your request with the
Subject: "Access To My Personal Travel Buddy
Information" to the following address:
support@beatravelbuddy.com
Unauthorised Access to Personal Data (Data
Breach)
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy a “Data Breach”
is a breach of the security concerning the protection of
Personal Data which leads to the accidental or unlawful
destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure
or access to your Personal Data transmitted, stored or
otherwise processed by us. If you are:
A resident of a jurisdiction that is a member of the
European Union and the GDPR applies to your Personal
Data then we will without undue delay after we become
aware of a Data Breach and where feasible within 72
hours after becoming aware of the Data Breach notify the
Office of the Indian Information Commissioner in writing
of the Data Breach unless the Data Breach is unlikely to
result in risk to your rights and freedoms. Further we
will attempt to notify you within a reasonable time
after becoming aware of the Data Breach if the Data
Breach involves your Personal Data.
Not a resident of a jurisdiction that is a member of the
European Union and the GDPR does not apply to your
Personal Data then we will without undue delay after we
become aware of a Data Breach notify the Office of the
India Information Commissioner if the Data Breach
involves your Personal Data and such breach is likely to
result in serious harm to you. Further we will attempt
to notify you within a reasonable time after becoming
aware of the Data Breach if the Data Breach involves
your Personal Data.
Right to be Forgotten
If you are a resident of a jurisdiction that is a member
of the European Union and the GDPR applies to your
Personal Data, then: you may by email to us advise us
that your consent is withdrawn; and
we will subject to the requirements of the GDPR and
subject to any binding laws upon us to the contrary and
subject to validating your request use all reasonable
efforts to remove any Personal Data about you within a
reasonable time commencing on the date that you advise
us that your consent concerning the collection, storage
and usage of your Personal Data is withdrawn.
Nothing in this clause requires us to breach any law in
India that requires us to keep your Personal Data such
as taxation laws.
Changes to this Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy
policy from time to time for any reason. We will
accordingly make those changes and display those changes
on this website.
This privacy statement was last amended on 2nd Sep 2021
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us as regards to anything concerning this privacy
policy, or if you think that we have breached any aspect
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