Privacy Policy for Seekmydeal

Last Updated: May 9, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Seekmydeal (“Application”), a platform focused on helping you discover real-time updates on the latest offers, exciting events, new product arrivals, and essential services from businesses in your city (the Website and Mobile App are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Platform”) owned and managed by Seekot Service and Technologies LLP (“Company”, "we", "our", "us").

Your visit and use of the Platform for discovering local business updates and related services offered on the Platform (“Services”) are subject to this privacy, security, and cookies policy ("Privacy Policy") and other terms and conditions of the Platform. This Privacy Policy ensures our firm commitment to your privacy vis-à-vis the protection of your information. In this Privacy Policy, "you", "your", and/or “Users” refers to the user of the Platform.

You must be 18 years of age or older to visit or use the Platform in any manner that involves agreeing to legal terms. If you are under the age of 18, you should review this Privacy Policy with your parent or legal guardian to make sure that you and your parent or legal guardian understand and agree to it. By visiting this Platform or accepting this Privacy Policy, you represent and warrant to the Company that you are 18 years of age or older, and that you have the right, authority, and capacity to use the Platform and agree to and abide by this Privacy Policy. You also represent and warrant to the Company that you will use this Platform in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.

This document is published and shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data of Information) Rules, 2011 (“Data Protection Rules”) under the Information Technology Act, 2000; that require publishing of the Privacy Policy for collection, use, storage, and transfer of information. The information collected from you could be categorized as “Personal Information”, “Sensitive Personal Information”, and “Associated Information”. Personal Information, Sensitive Personal Information, and Associated Information (each as individually defined under the Data Protection Rules) shall collectively be referred to as “Information” or “Personal Information” or “Personal Data” in this Policy.

This Privacy Policy is an electronic record in the form of an electronic contract formed under the Information Technology Act, 2000, rules made thereunder, and any other applicable statutes, as amended from time to time. This Privacy Policy does not require any physical, electronic, or digital signature.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Platform, you indicate, agree, and acknowledge that you understand, agree, and consent to this Privacy Policy and to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Our Privacy Policy governs your use of the Services on the Platform and explains how we collect, safeguard, and disclose information that results from your use of the Service. We reserve the right to amend and supplement this Privacy Policy at any time. Whenever there is a change to our Privacy Policy, we post updates on our Platform. We encourage you to regularly review this Privacy Policy to get the latest updates to ensure you know and exercise the right to manage your Personal Information.

Our Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern all use of our Service and together with the Privacy Policy constitutes your agreement with us (“Agreement”).

2. Definitions

Unless otherwise defined elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them as herein below for the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

3. Information Collection and Use

3.1 Collection of Data

Seekmydeal is designed to be used without requiring you to create an account or log in for its core features of discovering local business updates. You can browse offers, events, and services anonymously.

However, to maintain and improve the Platform and its Services, we may collect certain information automatically as you use the Platform, or if you choose to interact with specific features (like providing location for "nearby" searches, or voluntarily subscribing to a newsletter if offered).

3.2 Types of Data Collected

We collect different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service for you.

Personal Data

As the core functionality of Seekmydeal does not require user login, we do not routinely collect personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, phone number, or physical address for general use of the app.

However, Personal Data might be collected in specific, voluntary instances, such as:

Usage Data

We may also collect information that your browser or device sends whenever you visit our Platform or use the Service (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address, which may be used to infer your general location), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Platform that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, interactions with features (e.g., city selections, category filters, search terms used, deals viewed), and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Platform and we hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Examples of Cookies we use:

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service effectively.

3.3 Purpose for Collection and Use of Data

The Company uses the collected data for various purposes including as follows:

You agree that we may use Usage Data and anonymized information to analyze site usage, improve the Platform's content and Service offerings, and customize the Platform's content and layout. These uses improve the Platform and better tailor it to meet your needs.

3.4 Retention of Data

We will retain your Personal Data (if any collected, e.g., support email correspondence, location data with consent) only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

We reserve the right to retain aggregated and anonymized data derived from the information collected from the users of the Platform, for any purposes (commercial and non-commercial) as the Company deems fit and proper.

3.5 Withdrawal of Consent / Managing Your Information

Since core use of Seekmydeal does not require an account:

Please note that withdrawing consent for certain data processing (like essential cookies for site operation or location for "nearby" features) may limit your ability to use some features of the Platform.

4. Disclosure of Data

We may disclose information that we collect, or you provide on our Platform as follows:

4.1 Disclosure for Law Enforcement and other legal necessity.

We reserve the right to use or disclose your Personal Data (if any collected) and Usage Data in response to any statutory or legal requirements. We will use and disclose your information if we believe you will harm the property or our rights or the rights of other Users of our Platform. Finally, we will use or disclose your information if we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person or property, violations of the Platform’s other policies, or as otherwise required by law when responding to subpoenas, court orders, and other legal processes.

We reserve the right to use or disclose your Personal Data and other information if we believe that disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, and safety of the Company, its users, customers, Service Providers, officers, and shareholders. We may also in good faith share information with other organizations and entities for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

4.2 Business Transaction

If we or our subsidiaries are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, and/or in the event the ownership or control of our Platform changes, we may transfer your information to the new owner.

4.3 Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), provide Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Usage Data and any voluntarily provided Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

4.4 Other Disclosures

We may also disclose your Personal Data (if collected) and Usage Data as follows:

5. Data Security Practice and Procedure

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data (if any collected) and Usage Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5.1 Security of Data

We maintain strong security safeguards to ensure the security and confidentiality of the User’s data, protect against any anticipated threats to the security of your information, protect against unauthorized access to your information, and ensure the proper disposal of your information. We have adopted a comprehensive security policy that complies with laws and regulations and reflects industry standards. We have in place appropriate safeguards and security measures to protect the data you provide on this Platform against accidental or any other unlawful forms of processing. Our security policy requires us to consistently monitor the risk of any threats to the administrative, technical, and physical safeguards we have put in place to protect your information. The safeguards include, at a minimum, firewalls and data encryption where appropriate, and restricting access to your Personal Information (if collected) only to those employees who have a need to know such information to carry on our operations. These safeguards are reviewed and adjusted periodically based on ongoing risk assessments.

5.2 Transfer of Data

The information, including Usage Data and any voluntarily provided Personal Data, we obtain from or about you may be maintained, processed, and stored by us on systems situated in the territory of the Republic of India or other jurisdictions where our Service Providers operate.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information (or use of the Platform implying collection of Usage Data) represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other Personal Information.

We comply with generally accepted industry standard regulations regarding the collection, use, and retention of data under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Data Protection Rules. By using the Platform and/or Services, you consent to the collection, transfer, use, storage, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy, including to the transfer of your information outside of your country of residence if applicable.

6. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us (e.g., links to business websites or social media pages from their deal posts). If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Children under 13. If you become aware that a Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future. We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Platform and our Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

9. COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

Seekmydeal is an intellectual property of the Company. All materials on the Platform are protected by copyright laws, trademark laws, and other intellectual property laws. Any unauthorized use of any such information or materials may violate copyright laws, trademarks laws, intellectual property laws, and other laws and regulations.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: contact@seekot.com.