Privacy Policy

ConnectFarmer.com Privacy Policy

ConnectFarmer.com understand the importance of maintaining your privacy. We value your privacy and appreciate your trust in us. This Policy describes how we treat user information we collect on http://connectfarmer.com/ and other offline sources. This Privacy Policy applies to current and former visitors to our website and to our online customers. By visiting and/or using our website, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

ConnectFarmer.com is a property of M/s ConnectFarmer a Social Enterprise owned by Shrikrishna Hegde Ullane a Social Entrepreneur based out of Bidrakan, Siddapura, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka -581355, India.

 

Information we collect

Contact information. We might collect your name, email, mobile number, phone number, street, city, state, pin code,  country and ip address.

Payment and billing information. We might collect your billing name, billing address and payment method when you buy any commodity on our platform. We NEVER collect your credit card number or credit card expiry date or other details pertaining to your credit card / debit card on our website. Credit card information will be obtained and processed by our online payment partner.

Information you post. We collect information you post in a public space on our website or on a third-party social media site belonging to ConnectFarmer.com

Demographic information. We may collect demographic information about you, products you like, products you intend to purchase, products you buy, or any other information provided by your during the use of our website. We might collect this as a part of a survey also.

Other information. If you use our website, we may collect information about your IP address and the browser you're using. We might look at what site you came from, duration of time spent on our website, pages accessed or what site you visit when you leave us. We might also collect the type of mobile device you are using, or the version of the operating system your computer or device is running.

We collect information in different ways.

We collect information directly from you. We collect information directly from you when you purchase anything on our website. We also collect information if you post a comment on our websites or ask us a question through phone or email.

We collect information from you passively. We use tracking tools like Google Analytics, Google Webmaster, browser cookies and web beacons for collecting information about your usage of our website.

We get information about you from third parties. For example, if you use an integrated social media feature on our websites. The third-party social media site will give us certain information about you. This could include your name and email address.

 

 

Use of your personal information

We use information to contact you: We might use the information you provide to contact you for confirmation of a purchase on our website or for other promotional purposes.

We use information to respond to your requests or questions. We might use your information to confirm your order.

We use information to improve our products and services. We might use your information to customize your experience with us. This could include displaying content based upon your preferences.

We use information to look at site trends and customer interests. We may use your information to make our website and products better. We may combine information we get from you with information about you we get from third parties.

We use information for security purposes. We may use information to protect our company, our customers, or our websites.

We use information for marketing purposes. We might send you information about special promotions or offers. We might also tell you about new features or products. These might be our own offers or products, or third-party offers or products we think you might find interesting.

We use information to send you transactional communications. We might send you emails or SMS about your account or purchase.

We use information as otherwise permitted by law.

 

Sharing of information with third-parties

We will share information with third parties who perform services on our behalf. We share information with vendors who help us manage our online registration process or payment processors or transactional message processors. Some vendors may be located outside of India.

We will share information with the farmers(Sellers) We share your information with  the farmers  responsible for fulfilling the purchase obligation.

We will share information with our business partners. This includes a third party who provide or sponsor an event, or who operates a venue where we hold events. Our partners use the information we give them as described in their privacy policies.

We may share information if we think we have to in order to comply with the law or to protect ourselves. We will share information to respond to a court order or subpoena. We may also share it if a government agency or investigatory body requests. Or, we might also share information when we are investigating potential fraud.

We may share information with any successor to all or part of our business. For example, if part of our business is sold we may give our customer list as part of that transaction.

We may share your information for reasons not described in this policy. We will tell you before we do this.

 

Use of Cookies

We use "cookies" to help personalize and maximize your online experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a Web page server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

 

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize ConnectFarmer.com pages, or register for services, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information (such as user name, password and preferences). Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalized site experience. When you return to ConnectFarmer.com, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing.

You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to decline cookies, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on ConnectFarmer.com

 

Use of Web Beacons

ConnectFarmer.com Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) that allow us to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Web beacons are not used to access your personally identifiable information; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about our Web site usage. Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides.

You may not decline web beacons, however, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or modifying your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

Third parties are not permitted to use Web beacons on the ConnectFarmer.com Sites. Access to and Modification of Your Information You may review, correct, update or change your account information at any time.

To change your account information, simply log into your account, go to your view/edit Profile, review your account information and, if you wish, edit it with the options provided.

If you opted to receive newsletters, commercial e-mails or other communications from ConnectFarmer.com or third parties at the time you created a account, but subsequently changed your mind, you may opt-out by mailing us the same at info@connectfarmer.com. If you previously opted not to receive such communications, you may later opt-in by mailing the same to info@connectfarmer.com

We retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use of ConnectFarmer.com more efficient, practical, and relevant.

 

Third party sites

If you click on one of the links to third party websites, you may be taken to websites we do not control. This policy does not apply to the privacy practices of those websites. Read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for these third party sites.

Security of the Personal Information

We have implemented commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.

When you place an order online at ConnectFarmer.com your credit card information is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") protocol. SSL makes it difficult for your credit card information to be intercepted or stolen while being transmitted. We use a service company to process its credit card transactions. For further information on this company's privacy please visit their website.

 

Children

The ConnectFarmer.com  is not intended for childern under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

 

Grievance Officer

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

Mr.Shrikrishna Hegde Ullane

Bidrakan, Siddapura Uttara Kannada

Karnataka -581355

Updates to this policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 01.12.2015  From time to time we may change our privacy practices. We will notify you of any material changes to this policy as required by law. We will also post an updated copy on our website. Please check our site periodically for updates.

 

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.

 

Thank you very much for visiting ConnectFarmer.com Kindly keep supporting smallholder farmers, purchase more products with us and spread words about us.