Last Updated: 06/11/24
The privacy of your personal information is afforded the highest level of importance by PopSockets and each of its controlled entities.
Throughout this document, “we”, “us”, “our”, “ours”, refer to PopSockets India Pvt. Ltd. (Popsockets). Wherever we have used ‘you’ or ‘your’, it means YOU.
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to notify you about how PopSockets collects, uses, discloses, transfers, and otherwise processes personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) that we obtain through our website (the "Site") or that you provide to us through purchase of our products and use of our services. We inform you that your personal data is held securely and in strict confidence, in accordance with the applicable laws. We know that security is very important for online sales, so we use the latest technology to protect your personal data including your payment details.
Remember you are in control of your data, and you can manage your preferences at any time.
Please be assured that under no circumstances we will pass on your details to third party organizations which do not belong to PopSockets for their own marketing purposes without your permission unless such disclosure is necessary for compliance of a legal obligation or by an order under the law.
For any information or to exercise your privacy rights, you can email us at indiasupport@popsockets.com to let us know what the issue is, and we will respond in a timely manner.
If you provide any Personal Information that relates to another person you hereby state and agree that you have obtained proper consent from such person for the collection, use, disclosure, and processing of such Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. The Site collects Personal Information from you when you consent to the collection of personal data by Popsockets by clicking on the dialog box provided specifying the same. Upon your consent, we collect Personal Information such as your name, contact information including your email address, postal address, telephone number, user ID, details of the transactions you carry out through the Site, including payment information when you place an order through the Site and information related to the fulfillment of your orders, and other information that you choose to provide. We may also collect information and data about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Site, and details about your use of the Site.
PopSockets collects your Personal Information directly from you, when you consent to provide it to us, or provide consent through the use of cookies or other data tracking technologies. As further described in our Cookie Policy, we may use this Personal Information to register you with the Site, to respond to your inquiry or request, to post your submissions to the Site, to provide information to others regarding your use of the Site, and in any other way necessary in order for us to provide the Site to you. For example, we record and use Personal Information provided by you in order to process, fulfill, and ship your orders on the Site and to provide customer service to you. The information used will include your name, address information, shipping information, and contact information you enter in the shopping cart. We may also use Personal Information to notify you about products and services that may be of interest to you. If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at indiasupport@popsockets.com.
If you opt-in to have SMS notifications sent directly to your mobile phone, we receive and store the information you provide, including your telephone number or when you read a text message. You may opt out of receiving text messages at any time by texting “STOP” to our text messages. For more information about text messages, see our Text Message Terms & Conditions.
The Site may passively collect certain kinds of information that reveal the frequency with which you visit the site, the times and dates of your visits, the pages you reviewed, persons with whom you interact, and other information. Information is passively collected through various means. We use Internet protocol (IP) addresses to administer the site. We use navigational data, including log files and transmission data, to identify information about your web browser and operating system, the time period in which you visit the Site or a portion of the site and other the site members with whom you collaborate. We also use a third-party tracking service that uses technologies to collect and track aggregate, non-personally identifiable information about our Site visitors. This information is used to administer the site, report usage metrics, and otherwise operate, improve, and provide new Site content, products, and Services.
Like many Internet sites, the Site may use small text files called “cookies” that are sent to the hard drive of your computer to store bits of information related to your use of the site. Cookies can store a variety of information, including IP addresses, navigational data, server information, data transfer times, user preferences, and passwords. The ‘Help’ section of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have your browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to configure your browser to reject cookies altogether. However, if you disable cookies, your use of the site may be limited, and you may not be able to access certain functions or features of the Site. The Site combines passively collected information (as described above) with actively collected Personal Information, and this information may be recorded as part of your profile.
PopSockets does not share, sell, rent, or trade Personal Information with third parties for their promotional purposes. We may disclose or transfer Personal Information (and any related information) as necessary or appropriate to: our subsidiaries and affiliates; our contractors, service providers, and other third parties in connection with our business; a potential buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of PopSockets’ assets; or other third-parties with your consent. We may disclose or transfer Personal Information (and related information) to the foregoing parties as necessary or appropriate for our business purposes, including: to present the Site, Services, and products to you; to fulfill the purpose for which you provide the information; to protect our customers and the security of the Site; to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing, collection, and protection of ourselves and our affiliated companies against liability; to respond to subpoenas, judicial processes, legitimate requests by law enforcement officials, and to comply with applicable laws, if we believe in good faith that the law requires it; to facilitate a sale, assignment, or other transfer of all or a part of our business or company; where we believe in good faith that it is in the interest of the health, safety, or protection of PopSockets or a third party; or for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information or with your consent. In any of these situations, the recipient of the Personal Information may be located in India or another jurisdiction that may not provide an equivalent level of data protection to the laws in your home jurisdiction.
For example, we may disclose Personal Information to third-party service providers performing services on our behalf, including those hosting our servers and providing other technical support services. We use third parties, such as a payment processor to bill you for products, and a shipping company to ship your order. When you purchase a product, we will share your name, address, purchase amount, and other details as necessary for the third party to provide their service. When shipping an order, your contact information is shared with our shipping partner for the purpose of calculating postage, purchasing a shipping label, and tracking shipments. All such third parties are contractually obligated to comply with privacy terms and conditions consistent with this Privacy Policy and to only process data in accordance with our instructions.
If you contribute to a blog or review products on this Site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of the site, and it could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these public forums.
Our Privacy Policy only applies to information collected by PopSockets. Our Site contains links to other third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by PopSockets. PopSockets is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites and third parties. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave our Site and to read the privacy policies of such other sites in order to understand how those sites and third parties collect and use your personally identifiable information.
If you wish to update any Personal Information you have previously provided or to exercise any right of access, rectification, deletion, or opposition to the processing of your Personal Information that you may have under applicable law, please email us at indiasupport@popsockets.com. If you have an account on the Site, you can also review and change some of your Personal Information by logging into the site and visiting your account profile page. To access and update your Personal Information through your account, log in and click on the ‘View Addresses’ section.
We will retain your personal data till the time you withdraw your consent from sharing your personal data or as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the purpose for which the data is collected is no longer being served, whichever is earlier, after which it shall be erased unless retention is necessary for compliance with any law for the time being in force.
When sharing a design or User Content, you are making that design and User Content publicly available. Anyone who obtains a copy of the shared link to your design or content will be able to view it.
We are not responsible for the User Content that you provide through the Site. You may have the option to delete your User Content, but in some cases, we cannot ensure that it can or will be deleted. Copies of your User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or it might have been copied or stored by other site users. Do not provide any User Content that you do not want to be accessed or used by PopSockets and third parties.
The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number or social security number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We maintain reasonable physical, electronic, and administrative procedures to protect your Personal Information against unauthorized disclosure or access.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time and in our sole discretion, except where prior notice or consent is required by law. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy that allow for new of different uses of your Personal Information, we will notify you by posting changes on the Site, unless other notice is required by law, and we will give you an opportunity to opt out of such new or different uses of your Personal Information. Please check this Privacy Policy frequently and please check it particularly before you submit additional information via the site.
Security of your data is important to us. In case of any complaints or concerns on Privacy related issues you can always approach us at indiasupport@popsockets.com. Your concerns will be addressed in a time bound manner in accordance with the Data privacy laws. In the event you are not satisfied with the resolution of your complaints or concerns, you may approach to the relevant authority as per applicable law.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy, please email us at: indiasupport@popsockets.com.