Privacy Policy

The website (shop.bhangveda.com), is operated, maintained, and owned by BharatPicks Private Limited a company duly incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as “BHANGVEDA” or “We” or “Our” or “Us” or “Company”) having registered office at #2, Annapurna House, Shiv Nagar, Mission Road, Sundargarh, -770001, Odisha, India.

Bhangveda is committed to respecting the privacy of every person who shares information with BHANGVEDA. Your privacy is important to us and we strive to take reasonable care and protection of the information we receive from you. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to the collection, storage, processing, disclosure and transfer of your Personal Information (defined below) when You use the website shop.bhangveda.com (“Site”) or avail any services (“Services”) offered by BHANGVEDA.

BHANGVEDA facilitates (i) online purchase of ayurvedic, cosmetic, food, veterinary products and Hempleaf based medicines sold by various third party (“E-Commerce”) and by the Company; (ii) online medical consultancy services/ second opinion being offered by third party independent practitioners (“Virtual Clinic”); and (iii) online advertisements of various sponsors advertising and marketing their own good and services (“Advertisers”). Collectively these are referred to as the Services.

This Policy (Privacy Policy) conveys the mode, method and manner in which BHANGVEDA collects, stores and disseminates the Personal Identifiable Information (“defined below”) from the Users (hereinafter referred to as “User” “Users” or “You”). For the purpose of this Policy User(s) shall mean such individuals who are competent to contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and wish to subscribe to the Services (offered by BHANGVEDA by itself or through third party service providers). BHANGVEDA therefore requests the Users to carefully and comprehensively read and understand the Privacy Policy before they consent to the terms herein and start using or accessing this website or subscribing to any of the Services offered by Us.

This Privacy Policy describes and will help You understand how BHANGVEDA collects, uses and discloses your information in connection with providing you with access to and use of the Services. We understand that You care how information about You is used and shared, and We appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. Except as indicated below, this Privacy Policy does not address the collection, use or disclosure of information by any of our affiliates or by other third parties on any other websites. By accessing and/or using the Services, You agree to all the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and without prior notice. If we make a change to this Privacy Policy, it will be effective as soon as we post it. If we make a material change to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you. You agree that you will review this Privacy Policy periodically. By continuing to access and/or use the Services after We make changes to this Privacy Policy, You agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy. You agree that if you do not agree to the new terms of the Privacy Policy, you will stop using the Services.

Information we collect

Personally Identifiable Information (or “PII”) means and includes information that identifies You as an individual. In order for You to take advantage of particular opportunities provided Us, We may require that you furnish PII. For example, We may ask you to complete a registration form that asks for contact information such as name, date of birth, address, telephone / mobile number, and email address or an order form that may require billing address.

We do not share any Identifiable Personal Information with any individuals, organizations and other companies. User(s) information is securely stored and utmost confidentiality is maintained and may be accessed/used/disseminated by Us as per the terms specified herein.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information (or “Non-PII”) is aggregated information, demographic information and any other information that does not reveal your specific identity. We and our third party service providers may collect your Non-PII, including information about the device you are using in accessing and/or using the Services, information from referring websites, and your interaction with the website. We and our third party service providers also may aggregate PII in a manner such that the end-product does not personally identify you or any other user of the Services, for example, by using PII to calculate the percentage of our users who have a particular telephone area code

A Cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive, and that delivers information about you and your activity on a web browser so it can be later read back from that browser. Pixel tags and web beacons are small graphic files that can function in various ways (such as allowing us to track how you view an email that we send you, and track your activity on the web browser) and are commonly used in conjunction with cookies. We, our third party service providers and other third parties detailed below under “How We Use The Information We Collect”, may use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and other similar technologies to better serve you with more tailored information and facilitate your ongoing use of the Services. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to decline the use of cookies. Cookies take up minimal room on your device and cannot damage your device’s files. Cookies work by assigning a number to the user that has no meaning outside of the assigning website.

Tracking information is automatically collected and stored as you navigate through the website, including but not limited to, browser type, pageviews, Internet Protocol address (“IP Address”), referring/exit pages, information about how you interact with the Website’s pages, third party links, and traffic and usage trends. IP Addresses are the Internet Protocol addresses of the computer and/or mobile that you are using. Your IP Address is automatically assigned to the computer that you are using by your internet service provider (“ISP”). Your IP Address is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever you visit the Website and/or App, along with the time(s) of your visit(s) and the page(s) of the website and/or app that you visited. Collecting IP Addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites.

When you use the Services through your smartphone or other mobile device(s), we automatically collect the device type and advertising identifier, a unique identifier generated within the device, and we may store this information.

Applicable Laws

In this Privacy Policy, the term “Applicable Laws” shall mean all statutes, enactments, acts of legislature or parliament, ordinances, rules, bye-laws, regulations, notifications, guidelines, policies, directions, directives and orders of any government, statutory authority, regulatory authority, tribunal, board or court in India.

How We Use The Information We Collect

Personally Identifiable Information

We and our third party service providers may use your PII and any third party PII that you may provide, as applicable for:

Communicating with the User(s)
Providing the Services
completing transactions with Users effectively and billing for the products/ Services provided
Offering new services
Analytical purposes in anonymous form or as de-identified data and for this purpose we may take assistance of our affiliates and trusted business partners in India or Outside India for research, development, studies, betterment of services, understanding the User(s) Experience, serving the individual needs of the User(s) and improving the overall health delivery services/health outcome of the User(s). BHANGVEDA may disclose aggregated information, but it will never contain Information that will identify a single User.
Obtaining feedback
Recording telephonic, video and chat conversations and/or consultations during interaction with Practitioners and other support staff and BHANGVEDA can use it for legal, training and quality purposes
Customizing User(s) needs and send personalized communications
To send messages including but not limited to emailers, bulk emailers, SMS etc intimating the User(s) about BHANGVEDA’s healthcare services, healthcare packages, offers and other promotional content. These messages may be sent using various third-party service providers
To send you important information regarding the Services, such as certain changes to our terms, conditions, policies and/or other administrative information. Because this information may be material to your use of the Services, you may not opt out of receiving such communications;
To diagnose and resolve problems with Our website or servers and for other technical and administrative troubleshooting purposes;
For Our internal business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, developing new products, enhancing our website, improving our Services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns; and
for providing You uninterrupted and satisfactory Services, to administer Our relationship with You, to comply with any statutory or regulatory requirement, to monitor Your use of Our Services for the purposes of ensuring compliance with Our user rules.

IP Addresses

We and our third-party service providers use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating website usage levels, diagnosing server problems, and administering the website. Please note that we treat IP addresses, server log files and related information as Non-PII, except where we are required to do otherwise under Applicable Laws. Accordingly, in general we may use and disclose IP Addresses for all the purposes for which we use and disclose PII.

When & How We Share Your Information

as required to fulfil Your request to book an appointment with Practitioner
processing the User’s orders / requests and provision of Services;
completing transactions with Users effectively and billing for the products/ Services provided
to provide services such as, website hosting, data analysis, infrastructure provision, IT services, customer service, e-mail delivery services, and other similar services, to enable them to provide services;
to an affiliate or other third party in the event of any reorganisation, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy and/or similar proceedings); and
as we believe to be appropriate: (a) under Applicable Laws; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations and/or those of any of our affiliates; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety and/or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you and/or others; (g) to permit us to pursue available remedies and/or limit the damages that we may sustain; and (h) for record keeping purposes.

Other Important Notices Regarding Our Privacy Practices

Third Party Websites

Except as expressly set forth herein, this Privacy Policy does not address, and neither We nor Our third party service providers are responsible for the privacy, information or other practices of other websites and/or any third parties, including without limitation any of our affiliates and/or any third party operating any website. The inclusion of a link to a third party website on the website does not imply endorsement of the linked website by Us or by Our affiliates. Please note that Your access and/or use of any third party websites, including by providing any information, materials and/or other content to such websites, is entirely at your own risk.

Business Transactions

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Privacy Policy, if BHANGVEDA is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, We will provide notice before Your PII is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy. You will also be provided with an option to opt out of such transfer.

Security

BHANGVEDA implements high standard security measures to protect User(s) Information from and against unauthorized access. To this effect, BHANGVEDA uses certain, physical, managerial, technical and operational safeguards as per industry standards and established best practices to protect information of Users which is collected by BHANGVEDA. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If You have reason to believe that Your interaction with Us is not secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), You must immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Privacy Policy or elsewhere, BHANGVEDA shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of the User Information, if such loss, damage or misuse is attributable to a Force Majeure Event. A “Force Majeure Event” means any event that is beyond the reasonable control of BHANGVEDA and includes, without limitation, lockdowns, pandemic, fire, flood, explosion, acts of God, civil commotion, strikes, lock outs or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, power failure, sabotage, computer hacking, unauthorised access to computer data and BHANGVEDA device, system failure, virus, attacks, bugs, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption.

Unsubscribe

If you do not wish to receive marketing-related emails from us, you may unsubscribe from receiving them by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any of those emails.

Retention Period

We and our third party service providers will retain PII for the period reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Note Regarding the Use of the Services by Minors

The Services is/are not directed to and/or intended for use by individuals under the age as mentioned under Applicable Laws, and we request that such individuals not use the Services and/or not provide PII through its website.

Disclaimer

If You choose to access the Services, You do so at Your own risk, and are responsible for complying with Applicable Laws. We may limit the availability of the Services, in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area and/or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and in Our sole discretion.

Consent

By using the Services and/or by providing your information, You consent to the collection and use of the information you disclose on the website in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including but not limited to your consent for sharing your information as per this Privacy Policy.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email admin@bhangveda.com
By phone number: +917440000844
Visit our Office: Bharatpicks Private Limited, Shiv Nagar,Mission Road, Sundargarh, Odisha-770001