Privacy Policy

Privacy policy

Last updated 15.07.2022

We believe in the importance of being able to control who gets what information

We believe in the importance of being able to control who gets what information. This not only means you want your co-worker to have your work email, and your friend to have your personal phone number, but it also means there are people who shouldn’t have any of your information.

We’ve made several choices in how BNI Hyderabad is built to ensure only the people you choose to share with getting the details you choose to share.

This Privacy Policy sets forth BNI Hyderabad, Inc.’s (“BNI Hyderabad”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) privacy practices in connection with BNI Hyderabad’s website located at www. BNI Hyderabad.me (the “Site”) and the BNI Hyderabad mobile applications (collectively, the “Service”). This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by BNI Hyderabad from users of our Services and visitors of our websites. Access to the Services is provided pursuant to the Terms of Service. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Privacy Policy, shall have the meaning set forth in the Terms of Service.

Please read the following carefully to understand how we will collect, use, and maintain your personal information. It also describes your choices regarding the use, access, and correction of your personal information.

The BNI Hyderabad Service

BNI Hyderabad organizes and provides efficient means to access and receive updates regarding your contacts, and to share your own information with your contacts. The BNI Hyderabad Service may additionally connect with third-party software platforms which you have authorized to connect with BNI Hyderabad (“Third Party Platforms”).

What Information Do We Collect And When Do We Collect It?

1.0 CONTACT INFORMATION

Where the BNI Hyderabad mobile applications (“BNI Hyderabad Apps”) are obtained from other sources than Apple App Store or Google Play, You may share the names, numbers, Google ID’s and email addresses contained in Your address book (“Contact Information”) with BNI Hyderabad by enabling the BNI Hyderabad Enhanced Search Functionality. Where the BNI Hyderabad Apps are obtained from Apple App Store or Google Play, we do not share any user Contact Information. In addition to Contact Information, if You choose to activate use of a third party service, such as social networks services, within the Services, BNI Hyderabad may collect, store and use the list of identifiers associated with said services linked to the Contact Information in order to enhance the results shared with other Users.

Please note that no other contact information other than the phone numbers and thereto attached names, Google ID’s and email addresses will be collected and used from Your address book. Other numbers or information that may be contained in Your address book will be filtered away by our safety algorithms and will therefore not be collected by BNI Hyderabad. Please also note that You can always choose not to share Contact Information with BNI Hyderabad and if You have shared such information and changed Your mind, You can delist Your number or opt-out to render Your entire Contact Information unavailable for search in the BNI Hyderabad database Please contact bnihyderabad@gmail.com for any requests.

INFORMATION SECURITY AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES

In order to provide the Services, BNI Hyderabad will transfer, process and store personal information in a number of countries, including but not limited to India, and may also use cloud based services for this purpose. BNI Hyderabad may also subcontract storage or processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country. Information collected within one country may, for example, be transferred to and processed in another country, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as the country in which it was collected. You acknowledge and agree that BNI Hyderabad may transfer Your personal information as described above for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. We take all reasonable precautions to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access. BNI Hyderabad has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including that the information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

ACCESSING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATIONBNI Hyderabad may on its own initiative, or at Your request, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information retained by BNI Hyderabad in connection with the operation of the Services. When required by applicable law, You have the right to know what personal information is stored about You and to have any such information corrected or deleted on Your request. See contact details here: bnihyderabad@gmail.com | 501,Saptagiri Residency, Chikoti Gardens, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Telangana 500016 .

We collect your Personal Information in the following circumstances:

• When you voluntarily provide it to us, such as when you register for an account with your email and password, or by using a social login (“BNI Hyderabad Login Credentials”), send us an email or post information or other content to our Site or Service;
• When you connect a Third Party Platform with your BNI Hyderabad account we will receive information from that service (such as your username, basic profile information) via the authorization procedures used by that service. Any additional information we receive depends on which services you authorize and any options that are available;
• If you purchase a subscription to the Service requiring billing or payment information, we require that you provide certain additional Personal Information, including your address, phone number, and credit card number (“Payment Information”). This information is necessary to process your requests and to contact you; and
• When you accept another user’s invitation to connect on the Service.

When you utilize the Service, we also receive certain Other Information about you or your use of the Service. Such Other Information may be collected using various technologies, including:

Logs: We track the data you see in BNI Hyderabad and how you interact with it by automatically collecting certain information such as the pages you visit or features you use within the Service, the date and time of your activities on the Service, the URLs from the websites you visit before and after navigating to the Service, your software and hardware attributes (including operating system type and version, App version, device type, and device identifiers, including IDFA and/or Advertising IDs), your browser type and version, and your general geographic location derived through your IP address (e.g., your city, state, or metropolitan region). To obtain such information, we may use web logs or applications that recognize your device and gather information about its online activity. We treat this information as confidential if we combine it with or link it to any of your Personal Information. We use tracking data about individuals to inform us about how BNI Hyderabad is being used to help us provide a better user experience.

Cookies: Like almost all websites today, BNI Hyderabad uses cookies to determine whether you are logged in on your device and to recognize repeat visitors. We send cookies to your device in order to uniquely identify your browser and improve the quality of our Service. Cookies are small pieces of information that a website sends to your device’s hard drive while you are viewing a site. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them). If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by BNI Hyderabad, or by any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. Please note, if you choose to disable cookies, some of our Services may not work properly or at all.

Web beacons: The Service or the emails that you receive from us may use an application known as a “web beacon” (also known as a “clear gif” or “pixel tag”). A web beacon is an electronic file that usually consists of a single-pixel image. It can be embedded in a web page or in an email to transmit information. For example, it allows an email sender to determine whether a user has opened a particular email.

Local storage: We may collect and store information (including Personal Information) locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage (including HTML 5) and application data caches.

BNI Hyderabad keeps Personal Information contained in your cookies and obtained through the other tracking technologies confidential. We do not set any cookies outside of the BNI Hyderabad.me domain.

We also may partner with certain third parties to collect, analyze, and use some of the Personal and Other Information described in this section. For example, we may allow third parties to set cookies or use web beacons on the Service or in email communications from BNI Hyderabad. This information may be used for a variety of purposes, including analytics.

How Do We Use the Information We Collect?

We use your Personal Information and Other Information collected through our Service for the following purposes:

• To enable you to share Personal Information and connect to and communicate with other users;
• To help you discover and connect with people who you already know and are on your phone contacts;
• To provide our Service or information you request, and to process and complete any transactions;
• To respond to your emails, submissions, questions, comments, requests, and complaints and provide customer service;
• To monitor and analyze usage of the Service and trends, and to personalize and improve our Service and our users’ experiences on our Service, such as content, or features that match their profiles or interests, and to increase the functionality and user friendliness of our Service;
• To send you confirmations, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages and otherwise facilitate your use of, and our administration and operation of, our Service;
• To contact you about the Service in which you have expressed interest or that might be of interest to you; and
• For any other purpose for which the information was collected.

BNI Hyderabad exists to make your networking more enjoyable and experiential, not to sell your data. However, we share personal information as follows:

• Other users you connect with on the Service: The core functionality of the BNI Hyderabad Service allows you to share your Personal Information with other users, and to receive the Personal Information of those other users. When you invite another user to connect with you, either via the interface of the Service, or by sharing a QR code, link or other personal identifier generated by the Service, your Personal Information will be provided to people who view or access such code, link or identifier. You can control which information you share via the settings provided within the Service.
• With Your Consent: We may share your Personal Information when you give us your consent to do so, including if we notify you on our Service that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information.
• Service Providers, Agents and Related Third Parties: We sometimes hire other companies to help us provide the Service to you. Examples include third-party payment processors, companies who send emails on our behalf, cloud-hosting providers and other service providers who work with us in connection with the operation of our Service. Such service providers are only provided with the information they need to perform their specific function, will only use your Personal Information to perform the services requested by us, and we make efforts to ensure they are subject to confidentiality restrictions consistent with this Privacy Policy.
• Legal Processes: We may also disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or when we believe in good faith that we are lawfully authorized or required to do so or that doing so is reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with the law or legal processes or respond to lawful requests or legal authorities, including responding to lawful subpoenas, warrants or court orders; when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or the rights, property or safety of others; to enforce or apply our Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service or our other policies or agreements.
• Business Transfers: We might sell or buy business assets. We may share your Personal Information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition, or in any other situation where Personal Information may be disclosed or transferred as one of our business assets.
• Analytics: We partner with certain third parties to collect the Other Information discussed above and to engage in analysis, auditing, research, and reporting. These third parties may use web logs or web beacons, and they may set and access cookies or use similar tracking technologies on your computer or other device.
• Aggregated information: We may share aggregated demographic information about our user base with our partners. Such aggregated information does not identify individual users. We do not link this aggregate user data with personal information. Our Privacy Policy does not restrict or limit our collection and use of aggregate user data.

User Communications

You may choose to provide us with another person’s email address so that person may be invited to create an account on our Service. By providing us with another person’s email address, you represent to us that you have obtained the consent of the person concerned as regards such disclosure to us of that email address. We may disclose such information if required to do so in order to comply with legal process, as described above.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites. Any Personal Information you provide on the linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s privacy policy. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to such linked sites, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of these sites or any other sites that are linked to our Service.

What Steps Do We Take To Protect Your Information?

We use reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security measures to protect your Personal Information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. Please be aware, however, that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

What Choices Do You Have Regarding the Use of Your Information?

You may withdraw your consent to process your Personal Information at any time by providing written notice to us at bnihyderabad@gmail.com. If you do so, you will be unable to use the Service.

You may “opt out” of receiving marketing or promotional communications from us by following the instructions in those communications or by emailing us at bnihyderabad@gmail.com. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as emails about your BNI Hyderabad account or our ongoing business relations.

Your Rights: Reviewing, Changing or Deleting Your Information

You may review, update, correct or delete the Personal Information in your account from within the Service itself or by contacting us at bnihyderabad@gmail.com. You also authorize us, on your behalf, and in accordance with your account preferences to delete information when not reasonably needed for the Service. If you have shared your Personal or Other Information with others and they have not deleted it, or it was copied or stored by other users, BNI Hyderabad will not be obligated to delete such information.

Retention of Your Information

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to deliver our Service to you or to fulfil the purposes described in this Policy. You may delete the Personal Information in your account as described above. Please note that, in limited circumstances, we may retain information for a longer period of time as required by law.

Lawful Bases for Processing

We will only collect and process Personal Information about you where we have lawful bases. Our lawful bases include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as when you purchase a subscription to the Service) and our legitimate interests (such as to comply with applicable laws and enable or administer our business).

COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Application depends on the content and materials you use, and includes:

Personal and Sensitive Information

Personal and sensitive information from users includes, but is not limited to, authentication information, microphone and camera sensor data, device data, Android ID, ad usage data, phone contacts data and advertising ID.

Personal Data

We collect some personal data to help us provide our services. Some information is automatically collected. We do not collect demographic and other personally identifiable information (such as your name and email address) unless you voluntarily give to us when choosing to participate in various activities related to the Application, such as chat, posting messages in comment sections or in our forums, liking posts, sending feedback, and responding to surveys.

Phone Contacts Data

We collect and store your mobile phone contact’s data to tailor your experience on the app and also help you discover and connect with people who you already know and are on your phone contacts.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Application, such as your native actions that are integral to the Application, including liking, re-blogging, or replying to a post, as well as other interactions with the Application and other users via server log files.

Financial Data

We don’t collect any financial information financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g. valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date).

Mobile Device Data

Device information such as your mobile device ID number, model, and manufacturer, version of your operating system, country, location, are collected.

Push Notifications

We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or the Application. If you wish to opt-out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device’s settings.

Third-Party Data

Information from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party and grant the Application permission to access this information.

Data from Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys

Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.

USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Application to:

• Administer sweepstakes, promotions, and contests.
• Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.
• Create and manage your account.
• Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Application to you.
• Email you regarding your account or order.
• Enable user-to-user communications.
• Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the Application.
• Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the Application more personalized.
• Increase the efficiency and operation of the Application.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Application.
• Notify you of updates to the Application.
• Offer new products, services, mobile applications, and/or recommendations to you.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
• Process payments and refunds.
• Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Application.
• Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
• Respond to product and customer service requests.
• Solicit support for the Application.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the third-party online/mobile store from which you install the Application or make payments, including any in-game virtual items, which may also collect and use data about you. We are not responsible for any of the data collected by any such third party.

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

Interactions with Other Users

If you interact with other users of the Application, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including sending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts, following blogs.

Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions or other content to the Applications, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Application in perpetuity

Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Application. These companies may use information about your visits to the Application and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.

Social Media Contacts

If you connect to the Application through a social network, your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity.

Other Third Parties

We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

We are not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

POLICY FOR CHILDREN

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

OPTIONS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION

Account Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by: contacting us using the contact information provided below.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.

Emails and Communications

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by: contacting us using the contact information provided below

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

BNI Hyderabad may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page with an “effective date” indicating when the changes will take effect. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. If you have questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: bnihyderabad@gmail.com

Questions?

Please contact us at bnihyderabad@gmail.com if you have any questions about our Privacy Policy.

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