Privacy Policy

Smartoholic Brands Private Limited (hereafter “AZIOT”) is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors and users (hereafter the “Visitors,” “you” or “your”) to our Internet World Wide Web site www.aziot.life and/or mobile application (hereafter referred to as the “Website”), and your usage of our services and products, that links directly to this privacy policy about the protection of personal information online. We aim for the Website to be a safe and enjoyable environment for you.

This privacy policy (hereafter the “Policy”) primarily describes:

the information that AZIOT collects through the Website or otherwise, which is hosted and operated from India;
the information that AZIOT collects from its employees or other third parties, business partners or vendors.
the use and role of cookies and similar technologies on the Website; and
the security measures AZIOT has in place to protect the information that AZIOT gathers through the Website or otherwise.

This Policy also governs AZIOT’s collection of information by any other means, including , your usage of our services and products or the collection of information by any parent, or subsidiaries of AZIOT (“Other Entities”) during your employment or business association with AZIOT.
Visitors are encouraged to read this Policy before using the Website. By using the Website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy and the Terms and Conditions, available at www.aziot.life.

1. Information Gathered by the AZIOT .

AZIOT gathers three basic types of information: (i) “Personal Information,” information from which an individual can be identified; (ii) “Sensitive Personal Data and Information”, which includes personal information such as passwords, financial information, medical records and information as defined under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information) Rules, 2011 (“SPDI Rules”) , and (iii) “Aggregate Information,” from which an individual cannot be identified;

Personal Information. You are not ordinarily required to register or provide Personal Information in order to access the Website, though certain functionalities such as a membership program, through which purchasers of products may receive discounts on online purchases, participating in any contests, etc., may require registration. AZIOT collects Personal Information from you only when you voluntarily provide it to AZIOT – for example, in contacting AZIOT through the Website, filling in the form for applying for a vacancy or while requesting for a visit to the manufacturing plant of AZIOT, or exploring business opportunities with AZIOT, answering surveys and polls, entering contests, sweepstakes, raffles and similar promotions, signing up for email updates and announcements concerning the AZIOT’s products and special promotions, and purchasing the AZIOT’s merchandise. Personal Information may include your contact information (such as your name, postal address, telephone numbers and/or email address), , which will be collected if you wish to purchase any product or merchandise made available through the Website (“Transaction”).
Sensitive Personal Data and Information. We may also collect sensitive personal data or information (“SPDI”) about you when you access and use the Website, products or merchandise. This information includes health information as well as your payment information, such as credit card number and expiration date (“Payment Information”). By using the Website, or by purchase of any products or merchandise, or by providing us with the information, you consent to the storage, processing, transfer and disclosure of your Personal Information and SPDI in accordance with the terms of this Policy
Aggregate Information. When you visit the Website, the AZIOT and the third parties with whom the AZIOT has contracted to provide services, may collect anonymous information from three sources: server log files, cookies, and pixel tags.
Server Log Files.Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is an identifying number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). This number is identified and logged automatically in the AZIOT’s server log files whenever you visit the Website, along with the time(s) of your visit(s) and the page(s) that you visited. IP addresses of all Visitors are used by the AZIOT to calculate the Website usage levels, to help diagnose problems with the Website’s servers, and to administer the Website. AZIOT may also use IP addresses to communicate or to block access by Visitors who fail to comply with the Policy and/or the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website. Collecting IP addresses is a standard practice followed on the Internet and is carried out automatically by many websites.
Cookies are data that a web server transfers to an individual’s computer for record keeping purposes. Cookies are an industry standard used by most websites, and help facilitate users’ ongoing access to and use of a particular website. Cookies do not cause damage to the computer system or files, and only the website that transfers a particular cookie to the computer system can read, modify or delete such cookie. If you do not want your information to be collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure to be followed, in most of the browsers, by the user that allows the user to delete existing cookies, automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of particular cookies to the user’s computer system. You should note, however, that declining cookies may make it difficult or impossible for you to access certain portions of the Website.
Pixel Tags.The Website may use so-called “pixel tags,” “web beacons,” “clear GIFs” or similar means (collectively, “Pixel Tags”) to compile aggregate statistics about Website usage and response rates. Pixel Tags enables AZIOT to maintain a count of the users who have visited certain pages of the Website. When used in HTML-formatted email messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether and as to when the email was opened and read by the receiver of the e-mail.

2. Use and Disclosure of Information Gathered By AZIOT Personal Information. AZIOT may use Visitor’s Personal Information and SPDI in any of the following ways:

Communications. AZIOT encourages the Visitors to contact AZIOT with questions and comments. Personal Information and SPDI may be used by AZIOT in order to respond to the respective Visitor’s questions and comments.

Business Purposes. AZIOT may also use the Personal Information and SPDI of its Visitors for internal business purposes, such as analysing and managing its businesses or maintenance of employee records. The Personal Information and SPDI collected may be combined with other information collected by AZIOT via other online or offline sources, with demographic information and other information that is available in the public domain.

Transactions. When you take part in a Transaction through the Website such as purchasing products or merchandise, AZIOT may collect Payment Information from you related to such Transaction as well as other Personal Information such as shipping address for shipping of the ordered products or merchandise purchased through the Website. AZIOT may use your Personal Information or Payment Information in order to complete the Transaction and, if applicable, to fulfil your purchase. The Payment Information may also be shared with the third parties, as may be necessary, to complete your Transaction (for example, to process the payment made through the credit card).

Contests, Competitions and Other Promotions. From time to time, contests, competitions and similar promotions may be organized through its Website that may require online registration by the Visitor for participating in such contest, competition or promotion (which may include name, email, user ID and password). AZIOT may ask you for certain Personal Information and SPDI during the process of registration for participating in such contest, competition or promotional schemes. AZIOT may share this Personal Information and SPDI with third party sponsors of such contests, competitions and promotions (irrespective of whether it is hosted by AZIOT), in accordance with the rules applicable to such contest, competition or promotion. You should carefully review the rules of each contest, competition and promotion in which you participate through the Website, as they may contain certain additional important information about AZIOT or a sponsor’s use of your Personal Information and SPDI. To the extent that the terms and conditions of such rules concerning the treatment of your Personal Information and SPDI enlarge the scope of use of such information in terms of this Policy, the terms and conditions of such rules shall also apply.

Special Promotions and Product Information. In addition, AZIOT reserves the right to use your Personal Information and SPDI for sending you the e-mails or SMSes with updates and announcements concerning AZIOT’s products and special promotions. You may opt-out of receiving these messages from AZIOT at any time (see Section 5 “Choice” below).

Critical Communications. AZIOT may from time to time and as may be necessary use your Personal Information and SPDI to send emails consisting of important information regarding the Website, your Transactions, or for notifying any amendments or modifications to the terms, conditions, and policies of AZIOT with respect to use of this Website (“Critical Emails”). Since Critical Emails would consist of important information you shall not have the option of not receiving Critical Emails.

Third Party Service Providers. AZIOT works with third parties who provide services, including website hosting, credit card processing, data analysis, newsletter services, promotional activities, and other administrative services. AZIOT may share your Personal Information, and SPDI , with such third parties, as may be necessary, for the purpose of enabling such third parties discharge the provision of such services. These third party service providers may be located within or outside India. Your Personal Information and SPDI may also be shared with the manufacturer of the products ordered/ purchased by you on the Website or with entities responsible for delivering the products ordered / purchased by you on the Website.

Miscellaneous. AZIOT may disclose your Personal Information and SPDI if AZIOT believes that it is required to do so: (i) by law; (ii) to comply with legal process or governmental requests; (iii) to enforce the Terms and Conditions of Use; (iv) to protect our operations; (v) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of AZIOT, you or others; and (vi) to enable itself to pursue the available remedies or limit the damages that it may sustain.

Aggregate Information. AZIOT may analyse Aggregate Information in order to enhance the Website security, track the popularity of certain pages of the Website, track success of our email notifications, assess traffic levels on the Website and other usage data, all of which would help AZIOT to provide content tailored to the interests of the consumers, improve the Website and related services and to otherwise enhance Visitor’s experience on the Website. AZIOT may also share the Aggregate Information with its Other Entities and other third parties for provision of such services or for completion of your Transactions on the Website.

3. Other Important Notes regarding AZIOT’s Privacy Practices. Special Note for Parents and Children.

Website and the contents therein are intended for a general audience and not intended for utilization directly or independently by children under 18 years of age. If you are a child under the age of 18 years and desire to use this Website or purchase any products or merchandise (if sold through this Website), please request your parents to complete the necessary registration formalities and complete the Transaction. Any use of this Website or any of its features by a child under the age of 18 years must be under parental supervision. AZIOT does not directly contact children under the age of 18 years for promotion of its special offers or for marketing purposes. AZIOT also does not knowingly collect Personal Information and SPDI from any child under the age of 18 years.

Security. AZIOT has adequate security measures and tools in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under AZIOT’s control. Whenever any Visitor furnishes his/her credit card number, that credit card number is transmitted by the Visitor’s browser in an encrypted format using industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption method. Even though, AZIOT endeavours to protect its Visitor’s Personal Information and SPDI, AZIOT cannot guarantee the security of any information transmitted to AZIOT, through or in connection with the website. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with AZIOT is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with AZIOT has been compromised), you must immediately notify AZIOT of the problem by contacting us in accordance with “Contact Us,” below (note that physical mail notification will delay the time it takes for AZIOT to address and respond to the problem).

Other Third-Party Sites. The Website may contain links to third party websites. These linked sites (including the web sites of AZIOT’s Other Entities) are not under the control and supervision of AZIOT and AZIOT shall in no way be responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of any such third party linked websites, or any information contained in any linked websites. AZIOT provides such links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on the Website does not imply endorsement of the linked website by AZIOT . If you furnish your SPDI, Payment Information or other Personal Information through any such third party website, your transaction will occur on such third party’s website (and not the Website) and the Personal Information and SPDI you provide will be collected by, and controlled by the privacy policy of, that third party. It is important that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and practices of any such third parties, before furnishing any Personal Information, SPDI or Payment Information on their websites.

Assignment. AZIOT reserves the right to transfer any and all information that it collects from the Visitors to a third party in the event of any merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of AZIOT’s assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

4. Updating Your Information and Contacting Us.

AZIOT has adequate procedures in place to keep your Personal Information and SPDI accurate, complete and up to date for the purposes for which it is collected and used. You may contact our Grievance Officer, Shailesh Mehta on the email id mentioned below. You may review the information maintained by AZIOT and wherever appropriate, you may request AZIOT that such information be corrected. AZIOT also provides an option for reviewing, correcting, updating or otherwise modifying information, you have previously provided, for which, you may send a mail at the following postal mail address:

Smartoholic Brands Private Limited
Plot No.1267, 4th Floor,
Road No.36, Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad, Telangana, India, 500033
Or email: [email protected]

Please clearly indicate the information that you wish to review or have changed. AZIOT will endeavour to comply with your request as soon as reasonably possible.

Note that despite any removal of or change to Personal Information and SPDI requested there may also be residual information that will remain within AZIOT’s databases and other records, which will not be removed or changed.

5. Choice.

From time to time, AZIOT may ask you to indicate whether you are interested in receiving emails/ SMS and other information from AZIOT or not. If you elect to receive these communications, AZIOT will occasionally send you emails or other information that match your requests and offer you promotions and coupons. Consent provided to use email for in the contact form for news and offers also provides AZIOT the consent to send SMS for the same.
If at any time you wish to stop receiving these email/SMS communications from AZIOT, you may put up a request for discontinuation of sending of such e-mails/SMS by emailing, calling or writing to AZIOT using the contact information provided on the Website or by using the unsubscribe feature in the email received by you. Please indicate that you wish to stop receiving email/SMS communications from AZIOT. However, you shall not have the option of discontinuing the receipt of Critical Emails from AZIOT.

In addition, AZIOT does not disclose your Personal Information and SPDI to third parties, including AZIOT’s subsidiaries and the holding companies, for third-party’s direct marketing purposes if AZIOT has received and processed a request from you that your Personal Information and SPDI should not be shared with third parties for such purposes. If you would like to submit such a request, you may do so by emailing, calling or writing to AZIOT using the contact information provided above. Please indicate that you request that AZIOT should not disclose your Personal Information and SPDI to its subsidiaries and/or other third parties for direct marketing purposes.

6. Changes to This Policy.

AZIOT reserves the right to change this Policy, and any of its policies or procedures concerning the treatment of information collected through the Website, without prior notice. You can determine when this Policy was last revised by referring to the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page. Any changes to the Policy will become effective upon posting of the revised Policy on the Website. Use of the Website following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy, then in effect. AZIOT encourages you to bookmark this page and to periodically review it to ensure familiarity with the most current version of the Policy.

This Policy represents the sole, authorized statement of AZIOT’s practices with respect to the collection of Personal Information and SPDI through the Website or otherwise and the manner of use of such information by AZIOT. Any summaries of this Policy generated by third party software or otherwise (for example, in connection with the Platform for Privacy Preferences or “P3P”) shall have no legal effect, shall not be binding on AZIOT, shall not be relied upon in substitute for this Policy, and neither supersede nor modify this Policy.

7. Consent Amendments; Law.

By using this Website or by seeking or availing any products and services you consent to the terms of this Policy and to the use and management of Personal Information and SPDI including , Payment Information by AZIOT for the purposes and in the manner herein provided. Should this Policy change, AZIOT intend to take every reasonable step to ensure that these changes are brought to your attention by posting the updated Policy on the Website. You agree that you provide all information to us voluntarily. Collection use and disclosure of Personal Information and SPDI requires your express consent. You are providing us with your consent to our use, collection, and disclosure of the Personal Information and SPDI. You may choose to not provide us with Personal Information and SPDI, but in the event that you do so, we will be unable to provide you access to our Website or any service or part thereof.
Further, you accept the terms hereof and hereby consent to the storage and processing of Personal Information and SPDI by third parties and in any of location within or outside India. The Company will make best efforts to ensure that the third party or the location to which the SPDI is transferred affords same level of data protection as would be afforded under Indian law. By continuing to use the Website, products or service, you provide your consent for transfer, sharing and disclosure of such Personal Information or SPDI by us in accordance with this Policy.

Your visit and any dispute over privacy are subject to this Policy. The said Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. Further, it is irrevocably and unconditionally agreed that the courts of Hyderabad, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction to entertain any proceedings in relation to any disputes arising out of the same.