Inkl - Privacy Policy
Who we are
Yearlater Pvt. Ltd. (Company, we, our, us ) takes your privacy very seriously. This Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy) describes the usage of information provided or disclosed to the company, which may be inclusive of your personal information, and also brings to your notice the rights which are afforded to you as per the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy must be read in conjunction with the Terms of Use available at: Inkl – Terms and Conditions and the Community Guidelines, available at: Inkl – Community Guidelines.
Our Privacy Policy is in accordance with the applicable laws in the jurisdictions we offer our Services in. All capitalised terms that have not been specifically defined herein shall have the same meaning as provided under the Terms of Use.
By accessing, downloading, or using the website or the allied mobile application, Inkl (Application) you agree to be governed by this Privacy Policy.
1. SCOPE
1.1. This Privacy Policy applies to the Services, Application, or any online application or service that refers to or links to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies regardless of whether you have downloaded or accessed or used the Application from your mobile telephone or handheld device or any other computer resource to access our Services.
1.2. Inkl is a public, microblogging platform. The users acknowledge and understand that any content (including their user handle, profile picture and published posts/ Inkl) created by the users, is publicly available and searchable by anyone around the world. It is advised that the Users do not post any personal (or sensitive) personal information in a Inkl. You should be careful of what you are posting on the Application, for the updates will be reflected in your feed and will be visible to other Users of the Application, or anyone else who accesses our Services, depending upon the privacy setting specifically chosen by you for your account.
1.3. You acknowledge and agree that by providing public Content on Inkl, you are authorising and advising us to disclose that information on the Application and allow for wide circulation. When you are using hashtags, our APIs, and that of other third-party service providers will also have access to such information. We do not govern the operations of these entities, and you may be required to adhere to their policies, hence, we urge you to refer to their policies and familiarize yourself with the same, prior to engaging with such third-party platforms.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
2.1 At the time of registration: When you choose to register on the Application, we will seek certain identifiers which qualify as personal data (as defined at law), and some of these identifiers will have to be mandatorily collected, and some will have to be collected only upon your discretion, and consent.
2.2 The information which you provide to us, mandatorily are:
i. Name: for the purposes of creation of a profile;
ii. Mobile number, E-mail: for communication, mapping of profile, identification, authentication via OTP;
iii. User handle preference: for the purposes of identification;
iv. Date of Birth: for the purposes of identification;
v. Gender: for the purposes of creation of a profile;
vi. Profile Picture: for the purposes of creation of a profile;
vii. Location: for the purposes of creation of a profile.
viii. The language that you wish to communicate in.
2.3 The information which you may choose to additionally provide, are:
i. Language preference: for the purposes of customization of the Content, and other services offered to you;
ii. Professional details: for the purposes of creation of a profile;
iii. Description of Self: for the purposes of creation of a profile;
iv. Relationship Status: for the purposes of creation of a profile;
v. Access to information on your device to optimize your use and access of the Services. You can restrict the access granted to the Application, from the device settings. No device permission will be taken from you without your explicit consent.
2.4 At the time of profile verification – In order to verify your profile, we will collect information from you for verification of your identity. Information that we collect may include:
i. Mobile number;
ii. Driving license;
iii. Any other identification document(s) issued by government authorities.
We seek this information from you only when you seek to become an authenticated profile on the Application, while using our Services, and such information is not disclosed to the public.
2.5 Third Party Service Information – When you choose to link third party services with Inkl (including other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) we will collect your user ID (or equivalent) for such third-party services as well as any information that you may choose to share from that third party service with us.
2.6 Information from your use of our Services – When you use our Services, we collect the following information automatically:
i. Content of the Inkl (text, images, graphics, audio, visuals, etc.);
ii. Users you follow on the Application;
iii. Users who follow you on Application;
iv. People who have visited your profile and vice versa;
v. Information on your browser and server logs, including your IP address, information in the cookies and your browsing history;
vi. URL information, time stamp, visit information, your browsing history;
vii. Device information;
viii. Date of download and/or reinstall of the App;
ix. Events related to your actions (follows, reactions to Inkl, time spent, how often and when you visit the Application etc.);
x. Users who send you chat requests and have chatted with you;
xi. The Unique Device Identifier on the Application; and
xii. Language
We do not collect any further information which is not specifically communicated to you as per this Privacy Policy.
2.7 Surveys – We may collect additional information at other times, including but not limited to, when you provide feedback(s), modify your content or email preferences, respond to surveys, provide comments, or communicate with us. This information may include your name, e-mail id, mobile number, location, etc. and only such information that you may choose to specifically provide to us.
2.8 Cookies – We use cookies and similar technologies which are necessary to its functioning. Some of these cookies are essential for us to provide you with the Services on the App. We, or our third-party service providers, may use cookies, mobile app analytics and similar technologies to track visitor activity and collect data on the App. We may combine this data with other personal data we have collected from users.
3. WHY WE COLLECT THIS INFORMATION
We collect information to provide the Services and for the purposes as outlined below:
3.1 to help us identify you when you log onto the Application and when you register an account with us, and, to validate, authorize and map a specific profile with an authorized user;
3.2 to enhance the quality of the Services that we provide and improve your experience during browsing;
3.3 for providing location-based services, as and where requested by you;
3.4 for the performance of a contractual and legal obligation;
3.5 to communicate with you;
3.6 to provide you with news, special offers, general information about other products and services along with marketing information and surveys, as agreed to by you;
3.7 to provide and process service requests initiated by you.
5. USER RIGHTS ON INKL
We want to ensure that you are fully empowered on our platform and are completely aware of the rights that you are entitled to in the course of using our platform. You have a number of rights in relation to the information we hold about you.
i. Access. The right to access the information we hold about you, and to obtain details of the processing. You also have the right to access a list of all the third parties that have your Personal Information through us.
ii. Rectification. The right to seek, correct, update and modify the information available with us, to ensure accuracy.
iii. Cancellation. The right to seek to cancel or erase, free of charge, your personal data when it is inadequate, excessive, or unnecessary. This shall be subject to the lawful processing measures.
iv. Objection. The right to withdraw your consent to our continued processing of the information, at any point of time, subject only to any legitimate reason for continued processing in certain circumstances.
v. Portability. The right to seek from us your personal data to be provided to another service provider, in a machine-readable format.
You may exercise any of these rights by writing to us at hello@inkl.in This shall be subject to the legal requirements, and our internal procedure.
6.THE SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
6.1. Your personal data is maintained by us on an encrypted server. We shall take all necessary precautions to protect your personal data and implement reasonable security practices and measures, including certain managerial, technical, operational, and physical security control measures that are commensurate with respect to the information being collected and the nature of our business. Specifically, we will ensure that the security infrastructure put in place by us to safeguard your personal information against loss, unauthorized access, destruction, use, processing, storage, modification or de-anonymization, will at all times be adherent to the best industry standards.
6.2 We restrict access to personal information to company employees, contractors, and agents who need that information in order to process it. Anyone with this access is subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.
7.CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We make periodical changes to the Privacy Policy. Any significant changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be promptly notified to Users by posting the relevant terms in a prominent position on the webpage. The new terms may be displayed on the webpage, and you will be required to read and accept them to continue your use of the Services.
8.GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM
Any discrepancies or grievances with regard to content and or comment or breach of this Agreement shall be taken up with the designated Grievance Officer as mentioned below via in writing or through email signed with the electronic signature to dgk@yearlater.in
(“Grievance Officer”)
Mr. DG Koshy
Grievance Officer
#4, VNRA, Kadavanthara, Kochi – 682020
9.OUR CONTACT DETAILS
Our contact details are below:
Yearlater Private Limited,
Ulandu PO, Kulanada Via
Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India 689503
