PRIVACY POLICY

1. GENERAL

a. This Mobile Application with the name of QikApp. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We do collect your personal information and process your personal data in accordance with the IT Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) and other national and state laws which relate to the processing of personal data. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data.

b. Downloading, accessing, or otherwise using the App indicates that you have read this Privacy Policy and consent to its terms. If you do not consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not proceed to download, access, or otherwise use the App.

c. We collect your personal information in order to provide and continually improve our products and services.

d. Our privacy policy is subject to change at any time without notice. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically. The last updated date can be found at the beginning of this policy.

e. All partner firms and any third-party working with or for Us, and who have access to personal information, will be expected to read and comply with this policy.

2. HOW WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION

a. From you directly and through this App: We may collect information through the App when you visit. The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with our App.

b. Through business interaction: We may collect information through business interaction with you or your employees.

c. From other sources: We may receive information from other sources, such as public databases; joint marketing partners; social media platforms; or other third parties such as:

I. Updated delivery and address information from our carriers or other third parties, which we use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase or communication more easily.

II. Information about your interactions with the products and services offered by our subsidiaries.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

a. We collect information primarily to provide better services to all of our customers.

b. We collect the following information from you when you use or signup on our App:

Name, Email, Phone Number, Location

c. When you visit our App, some information is automatically collected. This may include information such as the type of mobile device, Operating System (OS) running on your device, Internet Protocol (IP) address, unique user ID, access times, device type, device ID, and language. We also collect information about how you use Our products or services.

d. We automatically collect purchase or content use history, which we sometimes aggregate with similar information from other customers to create features such as Best Seller, Top Rated, etc...

e. The information about your usage of the App, including crash logs and usage statistics.

f. Information about the location of your device, including geolocation information.

g. We automatically collect information using "Cookies". Cookies are small data files stored on your device. Among other things, cookies help us to improve our App, our marketing activities, and your experience. We use cookies to see which areas and features are popular and to count visits to our App.

h. By using this App, you are agreeing that We may advertise your feedback on the App and other marketing materials.

i. We will retain your information as long as we require this to provide you with the goods and services and for such period as mandated by the laws concerned.

j. If you opt to receive marketing correspondence from us, subscribe to our mailing list or newsletters, enter into any of our competitions or provide us with your details at networking events, we may use your personal data for our legitimate interests in order to provide you with details about our goods, services, business updates and events.

4. HOW WE USE INFORMATION

a. We use the information we collect primarily to provide, maintain, protect, and improve our current products and services.

b. We use the information collected through this App as described in this policy and we may use your information to:

I. Improve our services, App and how we operate our businesses;

II. Understand and enhance your experience using our App, products and services;

III. Personalize our products or services and make recommendations;

IV. Provide and deliver products and services you request;

V. Process, manage, complete, and account for transactions;

VI. Provide customer support and respond to your requests, comments, and inquiries;

VII. Create and manage the online accounts you manage on our App;

VIII. Send you related information, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages;

IX. Communicate with you about promotions, upcoming events, and news about products and services;

X. We may process your personal information without your knowledge or consent where required by applicable law or regulation for the purposes of verification of identity or for prevention, detection, or investigation, including of cyber incidents, prosecution, and punishment of offences;

XI. Protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.

5. DATA TRANSFER

a. Information about our users is an important part of our business and we take due care.

b.We share your data with your consent or to complete any transaction or provide any product or service you have requested or authorized. We also share data with our affiliates and subsidiaries, with vendors working on our behalf.

c. We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. The functions include fulfilling orders for products or services, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing payments, transmitting content, scoring credit risk, and providing customer service.

d. These third-party service providers have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but may not use it for other purposes. Further, they must process the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted by applicable data protection laws.

e. We release accounts and other personal information when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our conditions of use, and other agreements, protect the rights, property or safety of Us, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

6. DATA SECURITY / SAFETY

a. We take due care to protect customer data. Technical measures are in place to prevent unauthorized or unlawful access to data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to the data. The employees who are dealing with the data have been trained to protect the data from any illegal or unauthorized usage.

b. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of personal customer information.

c. We take reasonable steps to help protect your personal information in an effort to prevent the loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure alteration and destruction. It is your responsibility to protect your user names and passwords to help prevent anyone from accessing or abusing your accounts and services. You should not use or reuse the same passwords you use with other accounts as your password for our services.

d. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and your devices, and applications. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a non-personal device.

e. The information you provide to us is shared on our secure servers. We have implemented appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures designed to secure your information against accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. In addition, we limit access to personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties that have a legitimate business need for such access.

f. Information collected from you will be stored for such period as required to complete the transaction entered into with you or such period as mandated under the applicable laws.

7. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITE/APPS

Our App may, from time to time, contain links to and from other Apps/Websites of third parties. Please note that if you follow a link to any of these Apps/Websites, such Apps/Websites will apply different terms to the collection and privacy of your personal data, and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. When you leave our Site, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every App/Website you visit.

8. SOCIAL NETWORK PLUGINS

This App incorporates plugins and/or buttons for social networks, in order to allow easy sharing on your favourite social networks. These plugins are programmed so as not to set any cookies when assessing the page to safeguard the privacy of users. Cookies may be set, if you make voluntary use of the plugin. The collection and use of information obtained by means of the plugin are governed by the respective privacy policies of the social networks.

9. SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

a. We do not share your personal data with third parties without your prior consent other than:

I. With third parties who work on our behalf provided such third parties adhere to the data protection principles set out in the IT Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) and other applicable legislation, or enter into a written agreement with Us requiring that the third party provide at least the same level of privacy protection as is required by such principles;

II. To comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process;

III. To protect the rights and property of Us, our agents, customers, and others including to enforce our agreements, policies and terms of use;

IV. In an emergency, including to protect the personal safety of any person; and

V. For the purpose of a business deal (or negotiation of a business deal) involving the sale or transfer of all or a part of our business or assets (business deals may include, for example, any merger, financing, acquisition, divestiture or bankruptcy transaction or proceeding).

10. CHILDREN

If you are under the age of 18 or the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside, you may only use Our App with the consent of your parent or legal guardian. In any case, We will not be liable for any cause of action that arose due to non-compliance with this section.

11. QikApp's LIABILITY

Changes to the Service. We may change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Service at any time, including hours of operation or availability of the Service or any feature, without notice or liability.
User Disputes. We are not responsible for any disputes or disagreements between you and any third party vendor/merchant you interact with using the Service or Purchase. This includes disputes between consumer and merchants. You assume all risk associated with dealing with third parties. You agree to resolve disputes directly with the other party. You release Qik of all claims, demands, and damages in disputes among users of the Service. You also agree not to involve us in such disputes. Use caution and common sense when using the Service. If you participate in an Installation, you are solely responsible for your interactions with other Users. You understand that Qik does not currently conduct background checks, including criminal background checks, on its Users and merchants. Qik is just a medium to share your orders with merchant nothing more. Qikmakes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of Users. IN NO EVENT WILL THE RELEASED PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, AND/OR INCIDENTAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, BODILY INJURY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND/OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM COMMUNICATIONS OR MEETINGS WITH OTHER USERS OF THIS SERVICE OR PERSONS YOU MEET THROUGH THE SERVICE YOU AGREE TO TAKE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS IN ALL INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICE, PARTICULARLY IF YOU MEET OFFLINE OR IN PERSON YOU ASSUME ALL RISK WHEN ENGAGING THE SERVICES OF ANY OTHER USER AND IN CONNECTION WITH USING THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OBTAINING SERVICES FROM ANY DESIGNER OR PROVIDING ANY SERVICES TO ANY CLIENT, INCLUDING ALL RISKS OF PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL INJURY OR HARM RESULTING ANY WAY OR ARISING OUT OF INSTALLATION SERVICES OR CLIENTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE ALL USERS, INCLUDING CLIENTS AND DESIGNERS, HEREBY EXPRESSLY AGREE NOT TO HOLD THE RELEASED PARTIES LIABLE FOR ANY INSTALLATION, INSTRUCTION, ADVICE OR SERVICES DELIVERED WHICH ORIGINATED THROUGH THE SERVICE AND THE RELEASED PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY DAMAGE, SUITS, CLAIMS, AND/OR CONTROVERSIES THAT ARISE OR RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE SERVICE, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY OR TO ANY USER OF THE SERVICE.
Content Accuracy. We make no representations about accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any contents of the Service, including Designs Similarly, we make no representations about accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of any data from a third-party service provider or the quality or nature of third-party products or services obtained through the Service Use the Service at your own risk.
Third-Party Websites. The Service may include links to third party websites and applications. You are responsible for evaluating whether you want to access or use them. We are not responsible for and do not endorse any features, content, advertising, products, or other materials on other websites or applications. You assume all risk and we disclaim all liability arising from your use of them.
We make no promises and disclaim all liability of specific results from the use of the Service.

12. GIFT/OFFER/PROMOTION TERMS

• a. Participation in the Gift/Offer/Promotion is subject to eligibility verification by Company, and offer may not be applicable to all users.

• b. All Promotions are subject to availability and may be modified, suspended, or terminated at Company's discretion without prior notice.

• c. The Qik App and Company have zero liability for any losses, damages, injuries, or inconveniences arising from participation in the Promotion or use of the offered benefits.

• d. Company reserves all rights to the Promotion and associated content, with no obligation to provide monetary benefits or pay any compensation.

• e. The Promotion is subject to change or cancellation without liability to Company. Participation in the Promotion confirms your agreement to these terms and any additional conditions specific to the Promotion.

13. COPYRIGHT POLICY

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (the "DMCA") provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. Also we use product images from various sources such as brand collaboration, public domain, AI generated, merchant uploaded or obtained from merchants via any mode of transmission available at that time. If you believe in good faith that materials posted on the Service infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send Qik a "Notification at support@qikapp.com of Claimed Infringement" requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked The notice must include the following information:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the works that have been allegedly infringed;

2. Identification of the copyrighted work alleged to have been infringed (or if multiple copyrighted works located on the Service are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works);

3. Identification of the specific material alleged to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information reasonably sufficient to allow Qik to locate the material on the Service;

4. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address (if available);

5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA permits you to send Qik a counter-notice.

14. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may change this policy from time to time. If we make any changes to this policy, we will change the "Last Updated" date above. You agree that your continued use of our services after such changes have been published to our services will constitute your acceptance of such revised policy.

If you have any concern about privacy or grievances with Us, please contact us with a thorough description and we will try to resolve the issue for you.