Privacy policy

Your’s and your family’s privacy is important to us and we aim for our website to be a safe and enjoyable environment for our audience. We respect and safeguard the personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) we receive and collect from you on our website and in the course of our other interactions online.

This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") explains:

What information we may collect about you online
The use and role of cookies and similar technologies on our website
How we will protect and use information we collect about and from you
The circumstances in which we might disclose your details to anyone else
When we may use your details to contact you
How you can be sure the information we hold about you is accurate and current

Information Gathered In general, you can visit our website without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself. However, you may not be able to access certain areas or services that require registration or need us to know who you are and/or other information about you.

Information that we collect from you will vary depending upon the activity you seek to engage in and may include your name, email address, phone number, mobile number, home address, birth date, and credit card information. In addition, we may collect demographic information such as gender, information about your computer, hardware, software, platform, media, Internet Protocol (IP) address and connection, information about online activity such as feature usage and click paths and other data that you may provide in surveys or online profiles. We may combine demographic information with Personal Information to tailor our offerings or web pages to your preferences or interests.

Personal Information

Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify you and that is not otherwise publicly available, including, but not limited to, your first and last name, home or other physical address and an email address, phone number or other contact information.

We may collect Personal Information from you when you register for any of our services or otherwise voluntarily provide such information. If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s) and other marketing materials, we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter and materials to you.

If you choose to use our referral service to”Refer a friend” about our products or our website, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will then send your friend an email on your behalf inviting him or her to visit the site or check out our offering. We will store your friend’s name and email for a short period for the sole purpose of sending this email and for redundancy checking, to be sure that your friend does not receive multiple copies of the same email message. We do not keep or use this information for any other purpose. Whatever the purpose may be, we will only collect information to the extent reasonably necessary to fulfill your requests and our legitimate business objectives.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some of our web pages may also utilise “cookies” and other tracking technologies. A “cookie” is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about your activity on our website. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by you. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you may need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of our website.

Tracking technologies may automatically record information such as Internet domain and host names; other information about your geographic location; IP addresses and dates and times that our website is accessed.

Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our website and your web experience. We may also analyse information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.

Children

Our services and our website are intended for a general audience. The products or services offered on our website are not intended for purchase directly by children. If you are a child under the age of 18 and desire to use this website or purchase our products or services, please request your parent to register with us and to complete the transaction. Any use of this website or any of its features by a child under the age of 18 must be with parental supervision. We do not contact children under the age of 18 about special offers or for marketing purposes without a parent’s permission. We do not ask a child under age of 18 for more Personal Information, as a condition of participation, than is reasonably necessary to participate in a given activity on our website.

Uses of Personal Information

We may use Personal Information and other information received and collected from you to provide the services you have requested, including services that display customised content and to contact you upon your request and when otherwise necessary. We may also use Personal Information for auditing, research and analysis, and to operate and improve our services. In some circumstances, we may share aggregated non-personal information with third parties. When we use third parties to assist us in processing your Personal Information, we require that they comply with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. We may also share information with third parties in limited circumstances, including when complying with legal process, preventing fraud or imminent harm, and ensuring the security of our network and services.

We will use your Personal Information to appraise you our offers, new products and service improvements. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for your use other than as listed above.

Confidentiality and Security

We will keep confidential and protect your Personal Information except where disclosure is required or permitted by law.

We limit access to Personal Information to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.

Third parties provide certain services available on our website and on our behalf. We may provide information, including Personal Information, to third-party service providers to help us deliver our products, information, and services efficiently and effectively. Service providers are also an important means by which we maintain our website and mailing lists. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect Personal Information on our behalf through confidentiality agreements and otherwise. We do not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on our behalf unless such transfer is legally required. Similarly, it is against our policy to sell Personal Information collected online without consent.

Third Party Websites

If you visit a third party website that is linked to our website, you should consult that website’s privacy policy before providing any Personal Information.

Contacting You

We may contact you using the Personal Information you have given us:
In relation to the functioning of any service you have signed up for in order to ensure that we can deliver the services to you;
Where you have opted to receive further correspondence;
To invite you to participate in surveys about the our services (participation is always voluntary); and
To provide you information about our new products and services, where you have specifically agreed to receive this.

Accuracy

To the extent that you do provide us with Personal Information, we wish to maintain accurate and current Personal Information. Where we collect Personal Information from you on our website, should you need to update or correct that Personal Information, please contact us and we will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes in your Personal Information that we hold as soon as practicable.

You can obtain the information we currently hold on you by emailing Bling Element at customerservice@blingelement.com. We will use our best efforts to send you the information within 14 days of receipt of your email.

Consent, Amendments, Law

By using this website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and to our use and management of Personal Information for the purposes and in the manner given above. Should this Privacy Policy change, we intend to take every reasonable step to ensure that these changes are brought to your attention by posting all changes prominently on our website for a reasonable period of time.

Your visit and any dispute over privacy are subject to this Privacy Policy and the laws of India and the courts of Bangalore, India shall retain exclusive jurisdiction.