Privacy Statement Application

This Privacy Policy is an electronic record in the form of an electronic contract formed under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic documents / records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000. This Privacy Policy does not require any physical, electronic, or digital signature. This document is published and shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the Information Technology (reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data of information) rules, 2011 under Information Technology Act, 2000; that require publishing of the Privacy Policy for collection, use, storage and transfer of personal/sensitive data or information. Clanify Media Pvt. Ltd., (CMPL) operates the Site/Platform and is referred as “We/us/our”’ hereinafter. 

We recognize the importance of your privacy. This Privacy Policy tells you what personal information we collect and how we use it. By registering an account or otherwise using or visiting any VAVODIGITAL website, application, product, Platform, software, tool, data feed, and/or service (collectively the “service”), you understand and agree to the terms of this policy. This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction and together with the Terms of Use available on https://the-latestbuzz.com of use. Please read these documents carefully.

In order to keep up with changing legislation and best practice, we may revise this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. We will post any changes to this Privacy Policy on our site, so we encourage you to check this Privacy Policy from time to time. By using our website, you hereby CONSENT to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms of use.

If you need any additional information or clarification regarding this privacy policy, please feel free to write to us at legal@vavodigital.com.

Grievance or Complaints

• For any Grievance or Complaints, you may write to us at reach@the-latestbuzz.com

What Information We Collect

• You shall be requested to register with us in order to avail our full services. If you do not wish to register, you can still use the site anonymously, but our services would be limited. You may have the option to register an account with us by creating an account, or you may connect your account through other social media accounts such as Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.
• If you have registered an account with us, you have agreed to provide your personally identifiable information in order to access the service. This consent provides us with the legal basis we require under applicable law to process your data. If you do not agree to our use of your personal data in line with this Policy, please do not use our service.

Personally Identifiable Information

• We do not consider personally identifiable information to include information that has been anonymized so that it does not allow a third party to identify a specific individual.
• Throughout this Privacy Policy, your full name, gender, date of birth, home address, home telephone number, mobile telephone number, email address and workplace contact details, your social media handles and login details including usernames; your photographs, are examples of information which may constitute Personally Identifiable Information.
• Personally identifiable information collected by us, apart from the ones mentioned above may also include:
  • your education and qualifications;
  • financial details including your bank account details;
  • your online behaviour and interests based on your online browsing activity;
  • Information about your preferences, interests, and experiences with our products or services;
  • information about your experience with our products or services or third-party products or services listed on a Website;
  • information we may collect about your individual preferences;
  • specific details related to your Chat with other parties;
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• We collect and use your personally identifiable information to provide our services; operate and improve the platform; provide customer service; perform analysis aimed at improving our services and technology; and display content that is customised to your interests and preferences.
• We may also obtain your personal information from legitimate third-party sources including social media channels, list brokers and other data providers or organisations that share data in circumstances where it is lawful and/or you have given permission for them to do so.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

• Non-Personally Identifiable Information does not permit you to be identified or identifiable either by itself or in combination with other information available to a third party such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information, referring/exit pages, and URLs etc
• In an effort to improve the quality of our services, we track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application when you view or use the Platform, such as the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Platform, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. .We use this information to analyse usage patterns as part of making improvements to the service.
• Cookies: We may track this information using cookies, which are sent to a user’s browser from our servers and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilising our Platform. A “cookie” is a small piece of information stored by a web server on a web browser so it can be later read back from that browser. Cookies are useful for enabling the browser to remember information specific to a given user. We place both permanent and temporary cookies in your computer’s hard drive. The cookies do not contain any of your personally identifiable information.
• You may choose to disable cookies but the same may result in disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

Sensitive Personal Data:

• Sensitive Personal Data includes information such as social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background, information about your sexual orientation, religious beliefs, medical and/or criminal history).
• We will only collect sensitive information with your consent and where you provide it to us directly. We do not collect, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Sensitive Personal Data with third parties without your consent.

Why We Collect This Information

• We collect this information with an attempt to provide you with a better experience on the Platform and such reasons which may include:
  • to operate, maintain, and improve our services;
  • to manage your account, including to communicate with you regarding your account;
  • to operate and administer any promotions you participate in on the site or application;
  • to respond to your comments and questions;
  • to send information including technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
  • with your consent, to send you marketing emails about upcoming promotions, and other news, including information about various live campaigns on the Platform. You may opt-out of receiving such information at any time: such marketing emails tell you how to opt-out. Please note, even if you opt out of receiving marketing emails, we may still send you non-marketing emails. Non-marketing emails include emails about your account with us (if you have one) and our business dealings with you; to process payments you make or receive via the Platform;
  • to comply with applicable laws;
  • to comply with lawful requests and legal process, including to respond to requests from public and government authorities;
  • to enforce our Policy;
  • to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of you or others.
  • to determine your general geographic location, provide you with customised and personalised recommendations of Influencers and Brand Owners, we think will be of interest to you,
  • assist you to coordinate with Brand Owners/Influencers listed on the Platform and making the service available
  • analyse and understand our audience, improve our service (including our user interface experiences) and optimise selection
• For the purposes described above, personal information may be shared with our promotional partners and their related bodies corporate, and other trusted third parties including brands and companies using the Platform. Failure to provide personal information may result in us being unable to provide you with certain content, information, upcoming opportunity, promotion, event, or product information and/or accept content and promotion entries (where applicable).

Best Interest Of Minor

• We neither provide any mechanism nor facilitate any service which can profile, track, or behaviourally monitor of, or target advertising directed at, children or undertake the process of any personal data of a child that can cause significant harm to a child or which may result in discriminatory treatment to a child. You while accessing and/or using the site, shall adhere to these principles and any abbreviation shall result in your being blacklisted from the site. You also understand and agree that any of your interaction on the site shall be done only in such a manner that protects the rights of, and is in the best interests of, a child.

Data Retention

• We will only retain your information as long as reasonably required to provide you with the services unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (for example, for regulatory purposes).

Updating/deleting/rectifying your information:

• If you wish to have your email address or contact number provided to us updated/deleted/rectified, you can always do so by sending a request to us on the e-mail id reach@the-latestbuzz.com of our customer services. For any other information provided, you can simply login to your account and update the same on your own.
• You may note that deletion of certain information may lead to cancellation of your registration with us and/or your access to certain features or may also lead to complete cessation of your access to your account.

Users Outside India

• The Platform is operated by CMPL and may be accessed in India and abroad. For data protection purposes, CMPL is the controller and, unless otherwise noted, is also the processor of data. Information collected may be retained, and may be stored, processed, accessed, and used in jurisdictions whose privacy laws may be different and less protective than those of your home jurisdiction. If you are located outside India, please note that the information you provide to us may be transferred to third parties. By using the service, application and/or website, you consent to such transfer. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this policy.

Third Party Payment Gateway – Financial Information

• We use third party payment gateways to process payments made on the site. The third-party payment gateway service providers would require certain financial information including your credit card / debit card / mobile telephony operator account / other banking information. Other than providing a confirmation upon receipt of payment against a membership account and the amount paid by you or payable to you, we disclaim any and all liabilities in relation to your payment processing by such third-party payment gateway service provider and the collection and processing of any information provided to the third-party payment gateway service provider. While using such payment gateways, you will be required to accept the terms of use and privacy policies of such payment gateway service providers. We request you to please make yourself familiar with the terms of use and privacy policies of your respective payment gateway service provider before using such service. You agree and acknowledge that we will not be liable and in no way be held responsible for any losses whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential, including without limitation any losses due to online fraud. you can file / lodge any complaint with such payment gateways directly with the concerned third-party payment gateway provider for redressal.

Security and Compliance with Laws

• We strive to protect your personal information against unauthorised disclosure, misuse, unlawful use, modification, loss, or destruction. We take all reasonable measures and precautions, as per standard industry practises, to keep your personal information confidential. We ensure compliance with all applicable laws.
• We use reasonable administrative, logical, physical, and managerial measures to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft, and unauthorised access, use and modification as per law. Unfortunately, no measures can be guaranteed to provide 100% security. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of your information. by continuing to access our service, you are aware of such risk.

Liability

• We disclaim any liability, legal or otherwise, that may arise due to the act, omission or otherwise of any visitor to this site, or caused by the same. You acknowledge that we act purely as a “facilitator” between the Brand Owner and the Influencer, and as such, stand indemnified from any liabilities that may arise due to the same.
• You also acknowledge that visiting this site is an implicit acceptance of this disclaimer on your part.

Notification Of Changes And Your Acceptance Of The Privacy Policy

• We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove any portion of the privacy policy in whole or in part, at any time. Changes to the privacy policy will be effective when posted. You agree to review the privacy policy periodically to become aware of any changes. The use of the site after any changes to the privacy policy are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes by you and will constitute your agreement to be bound thereby. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse will be to stop using the site.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 30, 2022