aboutME360- Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: Nov 15, 2019

Introduction

We, aboutME360 (“us”, “our” “we” or “firm”), are operating business relating to rating individuals based on various parameters and provide quality Human Resource to the Companies. We are proprietors and are authorised to use the internet resource https://www.aboutme360.com as well as the aboutME360 mobile application platform and any other application or software run under the brand name “aboutME360”. The application and software whether run through the internet resource https://www.aboutme360.com or through the aboutME360 mobile application or on any other media platform shall hereinafter be referred to as the “App/Application” or “aboutME360”.Our services are primarily aimed at assisting Employers/Supervisors while recruiting employees/professionals basis skill set requirement.

We value online privacy & security while browsing through the App and availing the Services available on the App. We make every effort to ensure that the information you provide will not be misused. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) would apply to information we collect when you register with aboutMe360, or when you access or use our App, or avail the facilities on our App (collectively the “Services”). Persons using the Services are hereinafter referred to as “Users” or “you”. By accessing the App, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy.

We believe that dealing with personal data properly as well as conforming to The Information Technology Act, 2000 as amended and rules made thereunder are our duty and social obligation.

1. Types of Personal Data

We may collect, use and/or disclose your personal information such as your name, contact details, skills, qualifications and your employment history and your date of birth. We may also collect, use and/or disclose other types of your personal information such as references and employment objectives (“Personal Data”).

You will register with us using your Facebook or LinkedIn account or Google identity (“Third party sites”). You understand that, by creating an account or by registering through Third party sites, we and others will be able to identify you by your aboutME360 profile. However, we will not be liable under any circumstance for the generation of your proﬁle or the information you provide therein.

2. Purpose

We collect, use and/or disclose your Personal Data for the following purposes (“Purposes”). Unless authorised or required by law, we will not collect, use and/or disclose your personal data for any other purpose without your consent.

(a) to provide our services to you;

(b) to answer your inquiry;

(c) to rate individuals based on various parameters catering primarily to the hiring issues being faced by the employers, team leaders and others through it and for general purposes, knowing in general about any individual’s personality, behaviour in general and how is he perceived as a human being on various counts, basically, feedback on the individuals which is not available in the open to the world at large. The data so obtained shall be available in public domain and could be viewed by all and may be provided to organisations and Companies, primarily for hiring purposes, or any other purpose, suitable and beneficial in the eyes of the firm, for the member/users/firm, to enhance the reach and opportunities for the users of the application and the users by virtue of these terms shall permit such use of the data by the firm and shall not raise any objection at later stage.

(d) to use your Personal Data as statistic information without identifying your Personal Data;

(e) to transfer your Personal Data to new business owner and/or its advisers if we merge with or are acquired by another company;

(f) to disclose Personal Data to regulatory or law enforcement authorities, if necessary;

(g) to help the interviewer know the real personality of the interviewee, and bridge the gap between the facts presented by the interviewee about himself and the truth.

(h) to develop a tool to know more about the employees on the basis of their feedback on their strengths, the organization can take professional decisions about the employee. Similarly, if the organization is indecisive of an employee it can use these ratings to be sure of its decision.

(i) to help knowing about a person without having a conversation with him.

(j) to provide a reasonably detailed analysis of a person’s personality.

(k) to assist the organization establish about the candidate if the traits required for that role matches with the person it tend to hire by going through feedback from the relevant stakeholders 360 Degree; and

(l) other purposes similar to those listed above which are required upon providing our services.

3. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

In order to conduct its business operations, the Company may provide your Personal Data to the following third parties:

(a) Any trusted partners who work on behalf of or with 'aboutME360” under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information and the traits generated based upon comments from various users in hiring and analysing your candidature for a particular job role. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.

(b) Any Company with which we merge or are acquired in near future. In this event, ''aboutME360” will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

(d) Firm’s officers or employees; and

(e) Any person who is legally abridged to including but not limited to lawyers, certified accountants and others.

The Firm will take reasonable steps to ensure that its officers and employees protect the Personal Data so disclosed to them as required under this article.

4. Consent

Your application shall be construed as your express consent to our collection, use, disclosure and/or transfer of your Personal Data in accordance with the Purposes. You may object or withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Data at any time by contacting Grievances Officer as stated below. This may affect the services we are able to supply to you.

5. Correction and Access

We will, upon receiving your written request to us, allow you to view your stored Personal Data. We will rectify any error or omission in your Personal Data on your request as soon as practicable. However, the rectification will not be applicable to the comments and traits generated about the user.

6. Retention

We shall retain your personal data while your account is in existence or as needed to provide you Services. This includes data you or others provided to us and data generated or inferred from your use of our Services.

In practice, we delete or anonymize your information upon deletion of your account (following the safety retention window) or after two years of continuous inactivity, unless:

1. we must keep it to comply with applicable law (for instance, some “traffic data” is kept for one year to comply with statutory data retention obligations);

2. we must keep it to evidence our compliance with applicable law (for instance, records of consents to our Terms, Privacy Policy and other similar consents are kept for five years);

3. there is an outstanding issue, claim or dispute requiring us to keep the relevant information until it is resolved; or

4. the information must be kept for our legitimate business interests, such as fraud prevention and enhancing users' safety and security.

Keep in mind that even though our systems are designed to carry out data deletion processes according to the above guidelines, we cannot promise that all data will be deleted within a specific timeframe due to technical constraints.

7. Accuracy

We need your assistance to ensure that your Personal Data is current, complete and accurate. We may request Personal Data updates from you from time to time.

8. Security and Protection

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. You can access your personal identity details on our App through your login and password. We recommend that you do not share your password with anyone. In addition, your personal details are stored on a secure server that only selected personnel contractors and authorised Agencies have access to. We encrypt certain sensitive information using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure that your personal details are safe as it is transmitted to us.

However, you understand and accept no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Data pilferage due to unauthorized hacking, virus attacks, technical is possible and we take no liabilities or responsibilities for it. However, where we have links to outside website(s), we cannot guarantee that your privacy will be protected in outside websites in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You should consult those other websites' privacy policies as we shall have no control over them and shall not be responsible for any information that is submitted to or collected by those third parties.

9. Privacy Policies of Third Party Websites

This Privacy Policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. Other websites/apps that may be accessible through this App have their own privacy policies and data collection, use and disclosure practices. If you link to any such website, we urge you to review such website′s privacy policy. We are not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties.

You also permit us to retrieve your personal, public proﬁle and friend list/ contact list from your Facebook or LinkedIn account or Google identity, in case you are using our internet resource https://www.aboutme360.com and your call history, phone / address book and geo location, in case you are using our aboutME360 mobile application.

We will share all information we collect from you, including the personal information with any third party if we in good faith believe it is required for the purposes of our compliance with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request/ action or any manner required for the purposes of protecting our rights or interests. These third party websites and advertisers or internet advertising companies working on our behalf, sometimes use technology to send or serve data that appear on our App. They automatically receive your IP address when that happens. They may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize advertising content. Please be advised that we do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that they may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third party websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Therefore, we are not responsible for the information or content they may contain, nor are we responsible for the privacy practices employed therein. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy policies. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through aboutME360.

10. Cross Border Data Transfer

Sharing of information sometimes involves cross-border data transfers, for instance to the United States of America and other jurisdictions. As an example, where the service allows for users to be located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), their personal information is transferred to countries outside of the EEA. We use standard contract clauses approved by the European Commission or other suitable safeguard to permit data transfers from the EEA to other countries. Standard contractual clauses are commitments between companies transferring personal data, binding them to protect the privacy and security of your data. However, once the application is available on android, IOS or any other platform, the same is available for download in all jurisdictions. The firm does not wish to extend its services to the countries of European Union and even if the application is downloaded by any individual of from European Union, that individual shall not be considered as consumer of the firm and the firm shall not be liable if the application is downloaded by any individual of the European Union.

11. Data / Cookies

We may set cookies to track your use of the App. These are used to enhance your experience with our App. We use cookies to help us identify who you are, so your login experience is smooth each time. Cookies also allow us to collect Non-Personally Identiﬁable Information from you, like which pages you visited and what links you clicked on. Use of this information helps us to create a more user-friendly experience for all visitors. In addition, we may use Third Party Advertising Companies to display advertisements on our App. By using the app, you signify your consent to our use of cookies. Please note that if you decline or delete these cookies, some parts of the App may not work properly.

12. Safeguards Implemented for Personal Data Sharing

The firm shall ensure that any Personal Data transferred and/or shared complies with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder, and group firm shall be bound by legally enforceable obligations to provide the Personal Data it receives to a standard of protection comparable to that given under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder. These said obligations shall consist of the following:

(a) You shall be clearly notified of the purposes for which their Personal Data is being collected, used and/or disclosed and their consent shall also be obtained for such purposes unless it is exempted under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder. The Parties shall collect, use and/or disclose Personal Data only for the purposes for which the Party obtain consent;

(b) at your request the Parties shall provide you with access to, and correction of your Personal Data;

(c) the Parties shall take reasonable steps to verify that the Personal Data in their possession and/or control is complete and accurate;

(d) the Parties shall make reasonable security arrangements to protect the Personal Data in their possession and/or under its control in order to prevent unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or similar risks;

(e) the Parties shall cease to retain documents containing Personal Data, or remove the means by which the Personal Data can be associated with you, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the purposes for which the Personal Data was collected is no longer being served by its retention, and that the retention is no longer necessary for those purposes; and

(f) The Parties shall designate one or more individuals to be responsible for ensuring that each respective Party complies with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder.

13. Updates to the Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion. We suggest that you visit our website regularly to keep up to date with any changes.

14. Contact

If you (a) would like to obtain access and make corrections to your Personal Data records, (b) would like to withdraw your consent to any use of your Personal Data, or (c) have any questions, complaints or feedback relating to your Personal Data or this Private Policy, please contact our Grievances Officer below:

Grievances Officer: Name and Contact Details

https://www.aboutme360.com

15. Jurisdictions

If you choose to visit the website, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Policy and the website's terms of use. In addition to the foregoing, any disputes arising under this Policy shall be governed by the laws of India.