Privacy Policy

Commitment

CouponsBargain
intends to protect the privacy of its users (whether or not registered with
CouponsBargain) on its website being www.CouponsBargain.com (“our Website”) and
the privacy of their data provided by them to CouponsBargain from time to time.
The privacy of our website users, whether you are our former or existing
registered user or merely a visitor to our Website, is important to us and we
are strongly committed to your right to privacy and to keeping your personal
and other information secure. We encourage you to read our privacy statement to
understand what types of personally identifiable information we collect and how
we use this information.

For the
purpose of providing you with quality services, we require you to enrol
yourself on our Website and get yourself registered. If you choose to become a
registered member of our Website, you must provide your name, e-mail address, a
unique login name, password, and password validation (“Personal Information”).
Some of our services may direct you to web domains of third parties. Personal
Information (if any) provided by you on such web domains shall be dealt with
them in the manner provided by the Privacy Policy of such third party web
domains. It is hereby expressly stated that CouponsBargain has no control
whatsoever over information of its users posted on other websites. This Privacy
Policy only deals with your Personal Information shared with us and we shall in
no manner be liable/bound for protection of Personal Information (if any),
which may be shared by you on such third party web domains. We encourage you to
ask questions and to be very cautious before you disclose your Personal
Information to others.

What type of information does CouponsBargain.com collect
from you?

Personal Information

We only
collect personally identifiable information that you choose to provide on our
Website on registration for the purpose of registering on our Website.
CouponsBargain may ask for Personal Information from you at the time of
registering for the purpose of providing you the content and/or services that
you request.

Additionally,
CouponsBargain collects the e-mail addresses of those who opt to communicate
with CouponsBargain via e-mail for regular updates, discounts and deals.
However your other personal details including but not limited to gender, age,
postal address, phone number, date of birth, job role, occupation, opinion on
deals available, feedback, suggestions, views, survey information, etc. (“User
Information”) may be shared/volunteered by you on our discussion forums or
other pages which you may access or visit on our Website. You may note that
User Information being in the public domain is available for access for all our
Website’s users and visitors. You are advised to exercise discretion before you
make your personal details public, as such information is vulnerable to mis-use
and can be easily misused. CouponsBargain in this regard fully disclaims any
liability(ies) or claim(s) which may arise by use/misuse of User Information
shared by you, by any third party or any party not known to CouponsBargain.

We
encourage your participation on our discussion forums to share your views,
experiences, ideas and deals and to keep you abreast with the latest deals,
popular products and services, discounts, attractive deals and best prices to
enhance and personalise your overall shopping experience. Notwithstanding
termination of your membership with CouponsBargain, any/all information
exchanged by you with CouponsBargain in the form of written communication,
responses to emails, feedback required from you, participation in discussions,
content posted on our website, together with all intellectual property rights
embodied therein, shall for all purposes, etc. be deemed to be the property of
CouponsBargain and shall be owned exclusively by CouponsBargain for the
exclusive use of CouponsBargain. Accordingly, CouponsBargain shall not in this
regard, be obliged to modify, alter, substitute or delete any content posted by
you on our Website or any information shared by you with us, on termination of
your membership with CouponsBargain.

Our
Website does not collect information about you except when you specifically and
knowingly provide it. CouponsBargain uses your Personal Information and User
Information for the purpose of creating a vibrant online user oriented shopping
platform enriched by expert and user generated content.

CouponsBargain
DOES NOT trade, sell or otherwise deal in your Personal Information in any
manner, except as specified herein, or unless express consent is sought from
you, in that regard. Your Personal Information is collected for the purpose of
identifying you (i) on our forum of users (ii) as members of CouponsBargain
(iii) for the purpose of interacting with you, and (iv) keeping you abreast of
deals, discounts, products and services which interest you.

Non-Personal Information

CouponsBargain
also collects certain other information from you on your visit to our Website
such as your information about your operating system, browser type, the URL of
the previous web site you visited, your internet service provider and your IP
Address (“Non-personal Information”). This information cannot be easily used to
personally identify you. We use Non-personal Information for the purposes
including but not limited to troubleshoot connection problems, administer the
Website, analyze trends, gather demographic information, to ascertain how our
visitors use our website, including information relating to the frequency of
visits to our web site, average length of visits, pages viewed during a visit,
ensuring compliance with the applicable law, co-operating with law enforcement
activities, etc. This information is used to improve the site content and
performance. You also agree that CouponsBargain may gather usage statistics and
usage data from your use of our Website to evaluate your use of our
products/services, to improve our products/services, Website content and to
ensure that you are complying with the terms of the applicable agreements
between you and CouponsBargain. The statistics and data collected may or may
not be aggregated. These statistics contain no Personal Information or User
Information that can distinctly identify you.

We may in
future also share this information with Third Party Service Providers and Third
Party Advertisers to measure the overall effectiveness of our online
advertising, content, programming and for other bonafide purpose as we may
desire. By usage of our Website you expressly permit CouponsBargain to access
such information for one or more purposes deemed fit by CouponsBargain.

Cookies

Similar
to other commercial web sites, our Website utilizes standard technology called
“Cookies” and Web server logs to collect information about how our Website is
used. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on
your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are only read by the server that places
them, and are unable to interalia run programs on your computer, plant viruses
or harvest your personal information. Cookies allow Web servers to recognize
your computer each time you return to our web site including the date and time
of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Website, and the Websites
visited just before and just after our Website, verify your registration or
password information (in case of registered users) during a particular session
so that you do not have to input your password multiple times as you navigate
the site, and suggest products or services that may interest you. This
information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated
with you as an individual.

Most web
browsers automatically accept cookies. By changing the options on your web
browser or using certain software programs, you can control how and whether
cookies will be accepted by your browser. CouponsBargain understands and
supports your right to block any unwanted Internet activity, especially that of
unscrupulous websites. However, blocking CouponsBargain cookies may disable
certain features on our Website and may make it impossible for you to use
certain services available on our Website. This may also affect your overall
shopping experience with us.

When and how do we collect the Information?

We
collect information from you for various purposes including but not limited to
the following:

1) Member Registration:

If you
choose to become a registered member of our Website, you will be required to
share some of your personal details such as your name, e-mail address, a unique
login name, password, and password validation. This information is collected on
the registration form for several reasons including but not limited to the
following:

  • Personal
    Identification Purposes;
  • Allowing You To
    Submit New Deals And Share Your Opinion With Others;
  • Allowing You
    Access To Content/Deals Unavailable For Access To Users Not Registered On
    Our Website; And
  • If Necessary,
    Customizing The Content Of This Website To Strive To Meet Your Specific
    Needs

2) Automatic Logging of Session Data

We
automatically log generic information about your computer’s connection to the
Internet, which we call “session data”, that is anonymous and not linked to any
personal information. Session data consists of information such as the IP
address, operating system, type of browser software being used by you and the
activities conducted by you on our Website. An IP address is a number that lets
computers attached to the internet, such as our web servers, know where to send
data back to the user, such as the pages of the site the user wishes to view.
We collect session data because it helps us analyse things such as the items
visitors are likely to click on most, the manner in which visitors click
preferences on our Website, number of visitors surfing to various pages on the
site, time spent by the visitors on our Website and frequency of their visit .
It also helps us diagnose problems with our servers and lets us better
administer our systems. Although such information does not identify any visitor
personally, it is possible to determine from an IP address a visitor’s Internet
Service Provider (ISP), and the approximate geographic location of his or her
point of connectivity.

3) Cookies

The use
of cookies is very common on the Internet and CouponsBargain’s use of cookies
is similar to that prevailing in the industry from to time. No personal
information about you is gathered or stored in the cookies placed by our
Website and, as a result, none can be passed on to any third party.

4) Other

We may
from time to time add or enhance products/services available on our Website. To
the extent these products/services are provided to and used by you, we will use
the information you provide in this regard to facilitate the products/service
requested. For example, if you email us with a question, we will use your email
address, name, nature of the question, etc. to respond to your question. We may
also store and publish such information to assist us in making the site the
better and easier to use.

Promotional Initiatives

CouponsBargain’s
presence on social networking websites viz. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter,
Youtube, etc. is only a promotional initiative to invite participation and
involvement of prospective customers located in different parts of the country.
The domain links contained therein may either direct you to our Website or
request your participation by way of feedback, suggestions, shopping
experiences, discussions, views, etc. about various latest deals, best
discounts, technology, trends, and similar topics. CouponsBargain in this
regard fully disclaims any liability(ies) or claim(s) which may arise by
use/misuse of your feedback, suggestions, views, etc. on any of the
aforementioned networking websites or blogs, by any third party whether or not
known to CouponsBargain.

Does CouponsBargain protect my personal
information?

CouponsBargain
is committed to protecting the privacy and the confidentiality of your Personal
Information. Whenever CouponsBargain obtains Personal Information from you, our
Website uses commercially reasonable efforts and general industry standards to
protect it from any unauthorized access or disclosure. Access to your Personal
Information is limited to CouponsBargain’s personnel and such authorized third
parties who may host your data on our behalf or may assist us in providing the
products and services requested by you. CouponsBargain uses its best endeavours
to maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that aim to protect
your information against loss, misuse, damage, modification, and unauthorized
access or disclosure. However, CouponsBargain assumes no liability whatsoever
for any disclosure of Personal Information due to unauthorized third party
access or other acts of third parties, or any other acts or omissions beyond reasonable
control of CouponsBargain.

Does CouponsBargain secure the content
its users post from other users?

The
content that you store, post, or transmit on or through our Website, such as
forum postings, your profile page, the images you upload to our Website, may be
accessed by other users (registered or unregistered), including people that you
do not know. The purpose of making such content public is to enhance your
overall shopping experience and to provide you a platform where users meet and
interact on a one to one basis. However, the content/images that you post in
discussion forms may be prone to mis-use by a party not known to you.
CouponsBargain in this regard fully disclaims any liability(ies) or claim(s)
which may arise by use/misuse of such content, by any third party or any party
not known to CouponsBargain. We suggest that you exercise care and caution in
communicating with other users and only disclose your information to other
users that you know to be trustworthy. You should not assume that your content
will be kept private.

How does CouponsBargain use the
information that it collects?

Your
Personal Information and User Information is used by us and/or authorized third
parties/service partners to support your interaction with us, to offer you the
latest deals and best prices concerning products and services and to contact
you again about other services and products that we offer. By submitting your
Personal Information and User Information to CouponsBargain, you expressly
acknowledge and consent to CouponsBargain to use such information and to
process the same in a manner deemed fit by CouponsBargain. This may involve
conducting data analysis, research based on reviews about deals, transfer of
your Personal Information to third party experts for the purpose of outsourcing
services offered to you by CouponsBargain, etc.

What security precautions are in place
to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?

CouponsBargain
makes every reasonable effort to preserve the privacy and confidentiality of
your information shared with us. We implement standard measures to protect your
Personal and Non-Personal Information against unauthorized access to and
unlawful interception. However, you understand and acknowledge that no internet
site can fully eliminate security risks associated with protecting such
information. Although access to such information is restricted to authorised
employees or agents of CouponsBargain, we cannot guarantee the security of any
information transmitted on the internet and you agree to do so at your own
risk.

We
reserve the right to disclose Personal Information/ User Information without
your consent (express or implied) and without any liabilities to you when
required or permitted by law and we have a good-faith belief that (i) such
action is necessary to comply with an appropriate law enforcement
investigation, current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process
served on us or (ii) to conform to the legal requirements, compliance/reporting
to administrative and judicial authorities, as may be required (iii) protect
and defend the rights or property of the website owners of CouponsBargain, or
the users of CouponsBargain, (iv) person(s) or company(ies) who provide certain
support services to us, and (v) person(s) or company(ies) who share certain
responsibilities/obligations of CouponsBargain.

Does this Privacy Policy apply when
CouponsBargain visitor access third Party Web Sites from CouponsBargain.com

For our
Website users’ convenience, our Website provides links to other websites owned,
operated and maintained by third parties. You may enter your purchase order
details such as delivery/postal address, name, land-mark, bank account details,
etc. at the time of purchasing a product/service or booking your preference on
such website. These websites provide separate privacy polices than that of
CouponsBargain. For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that
CouponsBargain’s Privacy Policy applies exclusively to CouponsBargain and the
Personal/User information collected by us. You expressly acknowledge and
confirm that CouponsBargain is not responsible for the privacy policies of such
third parties’ websites that you link to, nor do we have control over the use
or security of information provided by you to those websites or collected by
those websites.

We
therefore encourage you to very carefully review the privacy policy of any
third-party website you visit before using it.

How does CouponsBargain address
children’s privacy?

CouponsBargain
requires that the visitor must be at least 18 years old to have our permission
to use this site. If you are below 18 years of age, you are strictly prohibited
from registering on our Website or doing any act which leads us to believe that
you are 18 years of age or above. If you are the parent or guardian of a child
under 18 years of age you provide your consent to your child’s registration
with our Website and if you believe that they have disclosed personally
identifiable information to us, please contact us at admin@CouponsBargain.com
so that we may take immediate steps to delete the child’s information.

I have more questions about privacy
policy

If you
have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or
your dealings with this site, please contact us at admin@CouponsBargain.com.

Will CouponsBargain change privacy
policy in the future

This
policy provides a general statement of the ways in which CouponsBargain aims to
protect your Personal Information. You may, however, in connection with specific
products or services offered by CouponsBargain, be provided with privacy
policies or statements that substitute or supplement this policy. The terms and
conditions of this policy may be changed from time to time, without your
consent (express or implied) to reflect changes in our practices concerning the
collection and use of your Personal Information. The revised policy will be
effective immediately upon posting to our web site unless otherwise mentioned.
This version of the policy is effective from January 06, 2013. You shall be
bound by the revised Privacy Policy and it is your sole responsibility to check
the same from time to time. You acknowledge that no knowledge of the revised
Privacy Policy shall be a defence in any proceedings with regard to the Privacy
Policy.

Your Consent

By
accessing our Website and using it on a continued basis, you expressly consent
and confirm to CouponsBargain collecting, maintaining, using, processing and
disclosing your Personal and User Information in accordance with this Privacy
Policy.