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CTOP is sensible and responsible brand and we are careful about you. We know that you care how your information is exercised and or may be used or shared. By visiting https://ctop.in/, you are agreeing and consenting to the practices described in our Privacy Policy. This policy is issued by CTOP Private Limited.

This document is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

This document is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy and Terms of Use for access or usage of https://ctop.in website.

By using our CTOP website or platform, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the Terms and Conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not proceed further to CTOP services. This 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. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Use.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, wherever the context so requires “You” or “User” shall mean any natural or legal person who has agreed to become a buyer on the CTOP services by providing Personal Information (defined below) while registering on the Website as a registered User using the computer systems.

1. What Information About You Does CTOP collect?

The information we learn from customers helps us to provide user specific requirement and continuously enhance your experience at CTOP. Your information so collected may be used to support us in handling orders, delivery through our agent and ancillary services, process payments, communicate with you about orders, products, services and promotional offers, update our records and generally maintain your accounts with us. We also utilise this information to enhance our service, avert or identify fraud or abuses of our platform and enable us to carry out technical, logistical or other functions.

Given below are the types of information that we may collect:

Permission You give Us:

Third Party tools: We use third party Services in our website. Majority of them are different payment options by which You can make a payment for an order. In order to enhance Your personal and overall experience some of the tools are used therein.

Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our website or give us in any other way.  You can select not to provide certain information but it will reduce the chances to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding t your reuests, customising your orders, improving our platform, communicating with you.

Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.

Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser access ctop.in or advertisements and other content served by or on behalf of ctop.in on other Web sites.  We may also receive/store information about your location and your mobile device, including a unique identifier for your device. We may use his information for internal analysis and to provide you with location-based services, such as advertising, search results, and other personalised content.

By using or continuing to use the CTOP site You agree to our use of Your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as may be amended from time to time by CTOP at its discretion (including sensitive personal information as per Rule 5(2)(b) of the Information Technology {Reasonable Security Practices & Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information } Rules, 2011 or SPDI Rules). Sensitive Personal Data or Information “SPDI” so collected and retained (either internally or third-party servers) is necessary for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy and for providing the services. No unnecessary or additional information is asked for by CTOP. You also agree and consent to us collecting, storing, processing, transferring and sharing information (including sensitive personal information) related to you with third parties or service providers for the purposes as set out in this Privacy Policy.

2. Does ctop.in share the Information it receives

Information about You and the other users of CTOP forms an integral part of our business. CTOP may only share the customer information as described below after ensuring that we have implemented measures to assure data protection measures and that are either subject to this Privacy Policy or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Policy. CTOP has arrangements has our own third parties (as mentioned below) such as service providers, payment gateways, logistics partners who may have access to the SPDI but shall not disclose such SPDI further to any other individual / entity.

  • Third Party Service Providers: We have tied up with third party service providers, retailers and logistics providers for the fulfilment and delivery of your order(s). Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analysing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing card payments and providing customer service. They 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 law.
  • Protection of ctop.in and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with applicable law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property or safety of ctop.in , our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies, organisations, government or regulatory authorities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in a way that is contrary to the com commitments made in this Privacy Policy. We may share generic aggregated demographic informformation non not linked to any personal information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes.
  • With your consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when personally identifiable information about you might go to third parties and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share such personally identifiable information.
  • 3. How Secure Is Information About Me?

    • We maintain electronic, physical and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information (including sensitive personal information). Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.
    • We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input in addition to maintaining security of your information as per the International Standard IS/ISO/IEC 27001 on “Information Technology Security Techniques Information Security Management System-Requirements”.

    Under certain circumstances, CTOP shall not be able to take Your prior consent before disclosing Your information in case the information is demanded by government agencies mandated under law to obtain SPDI, or during investigation of cyber incidents, prosecution of offense etc.

    CTOP shall not publish SPDI and keep all information confidential (subject to exceptions where mandated by law or an order of a Court).

    4. What Information Can I Access?

    ctop.in gives you access to a broad range of information about Your account and Your interactions with ctop.in for the limited purpose of viewing and, in certain cases, modifying, deleting information provided to CTOP. You have the option to opt-out of optional services such as receiving promotional materials etc. and should You desire to opt-in to such services at the time of signing up You can choose do so.

    This list will change as our website evolves.

    5. Are Children Allowed to Use ctop.in?

    Use of ctop.in is available only to persons who can form a legally binding contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872. 

    6. Notices and Revisions

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

    Our business changes constantly and our Privacy Policy and the Conditions of use will change also. You should check our website frequently to see recent changes.

    Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers. If you have any concerns or questions in relation to this Privacy Policy, you may address them to our grievance officer at: Abhijit Dave Phone number: +91-8866299292

    CTOP shall endeavour to resolve Your grievances within one month from the date of receipt of such grievance.