1. This Privacy Policy shall be a legal binding agreement between you and Align Off (the ‘Company’).

2. This document is an electronic record in terms of The Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

3. This document is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing the rules and regulations, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for access or usage of Align Off Website “shopalignoff.com”.

4. The domain name shopalignoff.com ("Website"), is owned and operated by Align Off having address at 603, b3, b- wing, Raunak Park, 400610 Thane MH.

5. The services offered by Align Off website includes without limitation, all information, content, services, and materials made available through any Website, social media channels, or other online or onsite channels that enable you to participate in any online products etc. and related products or services, that are curated, specially designed, and produced to the satisfaction of Align Off including without limitation being in compliance with all Align Off policies.

6. The expressions “You”, “Your” or “User”, whenever the context so requires, for the purposes of this Privacy Policy, shall mean any natural or legal person who may create by registration, membership account on this Website or agree to avail Our Services/ Products through this Website or otherwise access Our Website.

7. By accessing and/or using the website, you signify your agreement to accept this privacy policy. If you do not agree with any or all of the following terms of the privacy policy, please do not access and/or use the website. Providing information to us is your choice. You understand that any data, information, content or information that you submit to the website, will be stored on the company's servers for the purposes of making the website available to you. Please do not submit to the website any data, information, content or information which would include any personal information and sensitive personal data or information that you do not wish to be made available to the company. If you do not agree with any or all of the terms of this privacy policy, please do not provide any information to us. If at any time you wish to discontinue your access to the website, you are free to do so. Further, if you require you can choose to have the personal information provided by you deleted by writing to contact@shopalignoff.com.

8. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change or modify this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon being posted/published on the website herein.

9. Please review the privacy policy from time-to-time. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes and/or modifications will constitute your acceptance of any revised privacy policy. The company retains the right at any time to deny or suspend access to all or part of the website to anyone who the company believes has violated any condition of this privacy policy.

I. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION AND USE

A. We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when users visit our site, fill out a sign-up/ registration form and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, phone number, etc. We will collect personal identification information from users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form. If You provide information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or We have reasonable grounds to suspect that You have provided such information, then Company may (in addition to any other rights or remedies available to us) refuse registration, suspend access to all current or future use of the Website and the Services (or any portion thereof) permanently.

B. Users who are competent to contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, are eligible to register themselves as members on the Website and can avail Our Newsletter Services. Persons who are competent to contract would mean and include every person who, (i) has completed 18 years of age (as per The Indian Majority Act, 1875); (ii) is of sound mind; and (iii) not disqualified from contracting by any law for the time being in force in India.

You may unsubscribe from the Newsletter by opting-out of it anytime or by reaching out to the Company on contact@shopalignoff.com.

C. We will not sell, share or rent Your personal information to any third party or use Your email address/mobile number for unsolicited emails and/or SMS. Any emails and/or SMS sent by Us will only be in connection with the provision of agreed services & products and this Privacy Policy. To carry out general marketing we would be sending out emails to users registered on Our Website (or by any means and in any media, including, but not limited to, on Our Website or through Our merchants or in advertisements/marketing campaigns / any form of audio or visual media or websites).

D. We use your information for various purposes depending on the types of information we have collected from and about you and the specific services you use, in order to:

1. Send you information in connection with the Services
2. Respond to your communications and requests
3. Manage and process Online queries, including but not limited to tracking attendance, progress and completion; administering results with respect to the service requests, projects, and other assessments; verifying a User’s identity as part of a protocol, and monitoring performance to confirm that you are abiding by the applicable testing rules or requirements
4. Contact you by email, postal mail, or phone (including via SMS messages) regarding Align Off and third-party products, services, surveys, research studies, promotions, special events and other subjects that we think may be of interest to you
5. Customize the content we provide through the Services
6. Help us better understand your interests and needs, and improve the Services
7. Engage in analysis, research, and reports regarding use of the Services
8. Secure the Services
9. Comply with any procedures, laws, and regulations which apply to us where it is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others
10. Establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights where it is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others

Combined Information. For the purposes discussed in this Privacy Policy, we may combine the information that we collect through the Services with information that we receive from other sources, both online and offline, and use such combined information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Aggregate/Anonymous Data We may aggregate and/or anonymize any information collected through the Website so that such information can no longer be linked to you or your device (“Aggregate/Anonymous Information”). We may use Aggregate/Anonymous Information for any purpose, including without limitation for research and marketing purposes, statistical analyses of Website(s) usage, and may also share such data with any third parties, including advertisers, promotional partners, and sponsors.

 

E. You hereby consent to the collection, storage, use, disclosure, transfer, processing of the personal information for the purposes set out herein. We may disclose your personal information in the circumstances set out below and you hereby consent to the same to be shared with:

1. Any third-party service provider to whom disclosure is necessary to enable us to provide you with the services which you wish to access on or through the website;
2. Any person/entity to whom disclosure is necessary for accordance with applicable law;
3. Any government or statutory authority or court of law or judicial forum to whom disclosure is necessary for accordance with applicable law;
4. In circumstances we believe necessary or appropriate to respond to valid claims and legal process, to protect the property and rights of the Company, to protect the safety of the public or any person or user, or to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity;
5. Any person/entity to whom disclosure is necessary to enable us to enforce our rights;
6. To our associate companies, business partners, agents or third parties for the purposes of the services or for any other marketing and promotional activity undertaken by or on behalf of the Company;
7. Any entity that legally acquires the Company or its website.

F. We may also disclose your transaction based data (not personal identification information like Name, email id, Phone number, age, gender) i.e., only transactions which you made on the website for further research and development and market analysis.

G. We understand the importance of data security and we want your browsing experience with us to be as safe as possible. We have implemented reasonable safeguards and precautions to protect your personal information. We do not sell, trade, or rent users’ personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

H. Please understand that, while we strive to protect your personal data against potential risks and exposures, there is no absolute security in the online/ internet sphere. Therefore, you must not disclose any information on the website that is sensitive personal data or information. You understand that the transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure and there are risks associated with it. Although we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of the same while it is being transmitted to our website and any transmission is at your own risk.

I. The Company will never ask you and you must never provide sensitive personal data or information to the Company or to any person/entity representing the Company. Any disclosure of sensitive personal data or information shall be at your sole risk and without any liability to the Company (including its directors, key managerial personnel, officers and employees). You understand, acknowledge and agree that the Company or any other person acting on behalf of the Company shall not in any manner be responsible for the authenticity of the personal information or sensitive personal data or information provided by you to the Company.

J. You must not disclose your:

1. Passwords;
2. Physical, physiological and mental health condition;
3. Sexual orientation;
4. Medical records and history;
5. Biometric information;
6. National identification numbers; And such other sensitive personal data or information.

K. Users must note that any information that is freely available or accessible in the public domain shall not be regarded as personal information or sensitive personal data or information for the purposes of this privacy policy and the Company shall not be obliged to take any measures to protect the same since the same is freely available in the public domain.

L. Please note that identity theft and the practice currently known as "phishing" are of great concern to the Company. We do not and will not, at any time, request your credit card information/debit card information/financial pin numbers and passwords.

M. We may allow third party companies, including advertising companies (such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Quora and Bing), to place cookies on our website. These cookies enable such companies to track your activity across various sites where they display ads and record your activities so they can show ads that they consider relevant to you as you browse the Internet. These Cookies store information about the content you are browsing together with an identifier linked to your device or IP address.

N. These Cookies also allow us and third parties to know whether you've seen an ad or a type of ad, and how long it has been since you've last seen it. This information is used for frequency capping purposes, to help tailor the ads you see, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. For more information about online advertising and how you can control or disable these cookies.

O. Shopify: Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall. We use Shopify, inc. To host our website and to process our orders. Shopify’s privacy policy is located at: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy

II. COOKIES

A. By default, your web browser will accept cookies, however, this can be altered by you. You have the option of enabling or disabling cookies in your web browser. If you do not want us to install cookies, you may change the settings on your web browser to disable cookies. However please note that if you disable cookies, you may not be able to use all of the features of the website.

B. The website and/or third parties may use "cookies", and other similar tracking technologies (collectively, "tracking technologies") to collect information automatically as you browse the website and the internet.

C. By visiting the website whether as a registered user or otherwise, you acknowledge, understand and hereby agree that you are giving us your consent to track your activities and your use of the website through these tracking technologies.

D. If you do not consent to any part of the privacy terms herein or wish to withdraw consent to process your information, then you may stop using the website and ask us to remove your information from our records by writing to us at contact@shopalignoff.com.

E. Web beacons. We may also use "web beacons" or clear gifs, or similar technologies, which are small pieces of code placed on a web page or in an email, to monitor the behaviour and collect data about the visitors viewing a web page or email. For example, web beacons may be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page. Web beacons may also be used to provide information on the effectiveness of our email campaigns (e.g., open rates, clicks, forwards, etc.).

F. By visiting the services, whether as a registered user or otherwise, you acknowledge, and agree that you are giving us your consent to track your activities and your use of the services through the technologies described above, as well as similar technologies developed in the future, and that we may use such tracking technologies in the emails we send to you. Please note that no such tracking technologies will collect any personal data from you unless you choose to submit it to us and that data relating to you individually is not shared with any third parties.

G. Like most websites, our websites use cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other devices (such as smartphones or tablets) as you browse our websites. They are used to ‘remember’ when your computer or device accesses our websites. They allow us to remember whether you are logged in to the site and what items you had in your shopping basket. Cookies are essential for the effective operation of our websites and to help you shop with us online. They are also used to tailor the products and services offered and advertised to you, both on our websites and elsewhere.

H. Information collected: Some cookies collect information about browsing and purchasing behaviour when you access our websites via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and your journey around a website. All data passed by cookies is anonymous and will never contain individual detail such as your name, address, telephone number or payment information but may contain our customer reference number that is unique to you. For more detailed information about how cookies work, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

I. How are cookies managed? The cookies stored on your computer or other device when you access our websites are designed by:

1. Align Off or on our behalf, and are necessary to enable you to make purchases on our websites;
2. Third parties who participate with us in marketing programmes; and
3. Third parties who publish web banner advertisements for us.

J. What are cookies used for?

Cookies are used with our marketing partners to present you with appropriate offers and advertising as you browse other sites on the internet, based on your browsing activity while on our site. Cookies also allow us to work alongside our web analytics partner, google analytics, to see how you like to use our website, which pages or special functions you prefer and help us to make them better. We may match the data we capture through cookies with personal data that we already hold about you to better understand you. This helps us to continually improve the relevance of our promotional communications, your shopping experience and our products and services. The main purposes for which cookies are used are:

1. For functional purposes essential to effective operation of our websites, particularly in relation to online transactions, site navigation and preferences.
2. For marketing and advertising, particularly web banner advertisements and targeted updates through digital channels and social media.
3. To enable us to collect information about your browsing and shopping behaviour, helping us to improve your shopping experience and to monitor performance.
4. To enable us to meet our contractual obligations to make payments to third parties when a product is purchased by someone who has visited our website from a site operated by those parties.

K. Marketing cookies

Align Off work with partners who serve advertisements or present online offers on our behalf. Most of these marketing partners use both session and persistent cookies. These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. All data collected by third party cookies is anonymous and will never contain your name, address, telephone number, email address or payment details.

L. What type of cookies do we use?

There are two types of cookies that may be used during your visit to our site:

1. session cookies - Session cookies are deleted after each visit to our site. For example, when you are browsing our site, it will remember you for the duration of your visit, but the cookie will be removed from your computer as soon as you close down your internet browser. Session cookies allow you to add an item to the basket and then move through the checkout. Disallowing these cookies via your web browser will mean you are unable to place an order on this site.
2. persistent cookies - Persistent cookies remember you for a set period of time, allowing wishlist and/or previously viewed products to be displayed the next time you visit our site and whether you were logged into your account.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our site and to provide our services.

[be sure to check this list against Shopify’s current list of cookies on the merchant storefront: https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies ]

Cookies necessary for the functioning of the store

Name

Function

Duration

_ab

Used in connection with access to admin.

2y

_secure_session_id

Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.

24h

_shopify_country

Used in connection with checkout.

Session

_shopify_m

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

1y

_shopify_tm

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

30min

_shopify_tw

Used for managing customer privacy settings.

2w

_storefront_u

Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

1min

_tracking_consent

Tracking preferences.

1y

C

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Cart

Used in connection with shopping cart.

2w

Cart_currency

Used in connection with shopping cart.

2w

Cart_sig

Used in connection with checkout.

2w

Cart_ts

Used in connection with checkout.

2w

Cart_ver

Used in connection with shopping cart.

2w

Checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

4w

Checkout_token

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart

Used in connection with checkout.

30min

Hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

Session

Keep_alive

Used in connection with buyer localization.

2w

Master_device_id

Used in connection with merchant login.

2y

Previous_step

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Remember_me

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Secure_customer_sig

Used in connection with customer login.

20y

Shopify_pay

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Shopify_pay_redirect

Used in connection with checkout.

30 minutes, 3w or 1y depending on value

Storefront_digest

Used in connection with customer login.

2y

Tracked_start_checkout

Used in connection with checkout.

1y

Checkout_one_experiment

Used in connection with checkout.

Session

Checkout_session_lookup

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

Checkout_session_token_<<token>>

Used in connection with checkout.

3w

Identity-state

Used in connection with customer authentication.

24h

Identity-state-<<token>>

Used in connection with customer authentication.

24h

Identity_customer_account_number

Used in connection with customer authentication.

12w

Reporting and analytics

Name

Function

Duration

_landing_page

Track landing pages.

2w

_orig_referrer

Track landing pages.

2w

_s

Shopify analytics.

30min

_shopify_d

Shopify analytics.

Session

_shopify_s

Shopify analytics.

30min

_shopify_sa_p

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

30min

_shopify_sa_t

Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

30min

_shopify_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

_y

Shopify analytics.

1y

_shopify_evids

Shopify analytics.

Session

_shopify_ga

Shopify and google analytics.

Session

Customer_auth_provider

Shopify analytics.

Session

Customer_auth_session_created_at

Shopify analytics.

Session

Cookies necessary for the functioning of the store

● Turning off and deleting cookies

Most web browsers will provide the option to turn off or disallow cookies. How you do this depends on the web browser you are using. Instructions for disallowing cookies can usually be found in the browser's 'help' menu. Note that in common with most other transactional websites, if you only disable third-party cookies, you will not be prevented from making purchases on our websites but refusing the cookies we have used via your web browser will mean that you are unable to make a transactional purchase on our website. You may also find that the functionality of many other websites and services will be affected. Cookies can be deleted using your web browser. However, unless they are disallowed they will be re-applied the next time you visit a website.

If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies.

If you have any questions about this Cookie policy, please email us at contact@shopalignoff.com.

III. DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND JURISDICTION

A. In the event that the Parties are unable to amicably resolve a dispute by mediation, said dispute will be referred to arbitration by a sole arbitrator to be appointed by the Company, and the award passed by such sole arbitrator will be valid and binding on both Parties. The Parties shall bear their own costs for the proceedings, although the sole arbitrator may, in his/her sole discretion, direct either Party to bear the entire cost of the proceedings. The arbitration shall be conducted in English, and the seat of Arbitration shall be in Thane, Maharashtra, India.

B. The Parties expressly agree that the Terms, Policy and any other agreements entered into between the Parties are governed by the laws, rules, and regulations of India, and that the Courts at Thane, Maharashtra, India, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising between the Parties.

IV. GRIEVANCE OFFICER

A. In accordance with Information Technology Act 2000 and rules made thereunder, the name and contact details of the Grievance Officer are provided below:

E-mail: contact@shopalignoff.com

From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. If we make any material change to it, we will notify you via email, through a notification posted on the Services, or as required by applicable law. We will also include a summary of the key changes. Unless stated otherwise, modifications will become effective on the day they are posted.

As permitted by applicable law, if you continue to use the Services after the effective date of any change, then your access and/or use will be deemed an acceptance of (and agreement to follow and be bound by) the revised Privacy Policy. The revised Privacy Policy supersedes all previous Privacy Policies.

Thank you for using our Services. We hope you find the Services helpful, informative and convenient to use. If you have any questions regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact us by email at contact@shopalignoff.com.