Privacy Policy
Skriti Digital Bazaar has a distinct mission to provide a much-desired shopping experience for people and businesses around the United States. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) is a description of how Skriti Digital Bazaar ("Skriti" or “we/us/our”) collects, uses, stores, shares and protects the personal information derived from the use made by the user (the “User”) of the platform accessible via the domain https://www.skriti.com (the “Website”), and through the services that are offered to the customer or user via our Mobile Application (collectively the “Site”). It governs the processing of personal data and its purpose is to inform customers and users about their rights under the Data Protection Law of the United States of America and as well as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) if you are a resident or citizen of the European Union Member-States. While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information broadly termed “Information” that can be used to contact or identify you. We kindly advise you to read this Privacy Policy along with our Terms of Service carefully since they together constitute a binding agreement.
Deleting Your Account
If you would like to delete your Skriti account, please visit our website Skriti In some cases, we will be unable to delete your account, such as if there is an issue with your account related to trust, safety, or fraud. When we delete your account, we may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations. For example, we may retain your information to resolve open insurance claims, or we may be obligated to retain your information as part of an open legal claim. When we retain such data, we do so in ways designed to prevent its use for other purposes.
Information That You Provide Us
We may collect information that you provide to us when you use the Services, such as when you (1) create an account; (2) make a purchase; (3) participate in events or promotions; (4) send questions or comments via the Service, email, or chat to Skriti or other users; (5) fill out surveys; or (6) otherwise communicate with us or other users through or about the Services. We will also collect information when you sign up for marketing emails, events, or other opportunities through Skriti. Our site uses a variety of technologies to collect information, including cookies, web beacons, pixel tracking technology, and the like. We also use your information to improve our Services, including for analytics purposes. We may use aggregated, non-personally identifying information to operate, analyze, improve, and optimize our website and service we may collect information from you, as further described herein. Aggregated, non-personally identifying information is not your Information.
The Types of Information That You Provide Us
Consequent to your willingness to sign up and use the Services, you may provide data to us such as:
a. Personal Data
Demographic and other personally identifiable information (such as your name, email address, telephone number, postal address, gender, date of birth or age, weight or height) that you voluntarily give to us when choosing to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as buying and selling, business referral and general shopping.
b. Derivative Data
The information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your native actions that are integral to the Site, including liking, re-blogging, or replying to a post, as well as other interactions with the Site and other users via server log files.
c. Financial Data
Your card details and other information provided during the purchase of an item constitute your financial data on our Site.
d. Geo-Location Information
We may request access or permission to track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using the Site, to provide location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.
e. Third-Party Data
We are not in any way responsible or connected to any third party that may extract your data and any abuse that occurs from such third parties shall not constitute an action carried out by our company. Granting third parties permission or access to your information or account is solely your responsibility.
Information We Collect from Third Parties
You may provide Us with information from various third-party services, and we may also obtain information from various third-party services about you, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr (“Third Party Services”). You may enable these Third Party Services, and in some cases may use Your Skriti credentials in enabling such Third Party Services. In enabling these Third Party Services, you will share data between such Third-Party Services and Skriti. The transfer of your data from such Third Party Services is governed solely by the settings, policies, and your agreements with those Third Party Services. You are solely and completely responsible for those policies, agreements, and settings. We are not responsible for your agreement with, or the actions taken by, such Third Party. We may add this information to the information we have already collected from you via our Services to improve the Services we provide to you. Note that we may also obtain information about You from other third parties, such as marketing partners, publicly available sources, and data providers. If you withdraw our ability to access certain information from a third party platform or social media network, that choice will not apply to information that we have already received from that third party.
How We Use The Information We Collect
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
1. Create and manage your account
2. Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally.
3. Email you regarding your account or order.
4. Enable user-to-user communications.
5. Increase the efficiency and operation of the Application.
6. Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Application.
7. Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
8. Send you a newsletter.
9. Solicit support for the Application.
10. Assist law enforcement and respond to subpoenas.
11. Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Application to you.
12. Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the Application.
13. Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the Application more personalized.
14. Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Application.
15. Notify you of updates to the Application
16. Offer new products, services, mobile applications, and/ or recommendations to you.
17. Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
18. Process payments and refunds.
19. Respond to product and customer service requests.
Legal Basis on Which Skriti Collects Your Personal Information
Skriti collects and processes your information based on different legal grounds, depending on the nature of the information being provided and the type of processing involved, as follows:
Performance of a Contract: Some of the Information processed by Skriti is performed on the basis that it is necessary for the performance of our agreement with you, or to take steps at the request of the user before entering such an agreement.
Legitimate Interest: A second ground relied upon by Skriti for other types of processing of your Personal Information is that it is necessary for legitimate interests pursued by Skriti. Such legitimate interests will include where Skriti sends you marketing about our products and services, where we believe you have a reasonable expectation that we will perform a particular type of processing on your behalf, or where such processing is strictly necessary for fraud detection and prevention. Skriti will only rely on such a ground where an assessment has been performed balancing the interests and rights involved and the necessity of the processing to provide our services, products, and features to you.
A Legal Obligation: A third ground relied upon for certain types of processing is that it is necessary to allow Skriti to comply with a legal obligation.
Consent: Finally, in certain situations, Skriti relies on your consent to process your Personal Data, such as marketing communications.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
a. By Law or to Protect Rights
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
b. Interactions with Other Users
If you interact with other users of the Application, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including sending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts, and following blogs.
c. Online Postings
When you post comments, contributions, or other content to the Applications, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Application in perpetuity.
d. Third-Party Advertisers
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Application. These companies may use information about your visits to the Application and other websites that are contained in web cookies to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
e. Affiliates
We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
f. Business Partners
We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
g. Other Third Parties
We may share your information with advertisers and investors to conduct general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law. However, while we are working strictly to ensure all adverts on the App are checked to be correct and legitimate, we are not and shall not be responsible for any false advertisement by any subscriber on our App.
h. Sale or Bankruptcy
If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline to honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
Your Rights and Choices
In addition to the other rights outlined in this privacy policy and by law, the following rights are available to You explicitly through Your use of the Service:
Access, Update and Delete Information: You may access, review update, and delete your information (or your account in its entirety) from Skriti at will through your use of the Service. In addition, you may have the right to request Skriti perform these actions directly. Skriti reserves the right to verify any such requests and may charge you a fee for such requests, where allowable. In certain instances, Skriti may be unable to fully comply with such requests, or may reject such requests, and will make its best efforts to explain to you as to why such request was unable to be complied with, or rejected. Please note that we may be required (by law or otherwise) to retain this information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements). We may retain certain Personal Data indefinitely unless you delete it or request its deletion. We keep your personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal information is processed. We may retain your information for to satisfy applicable governmental laws, regulations, investigations, proceedings, or for reasonable backup, archival, audit, legal, or other similar purposes.
Withdraw Consent: You may withdraw any consent you have provided Skriti at any time, however, withdrawing such consent may limit or restrict your use or access to our Services.
Email Communications and Opt-Outs: We may send you emails, including marketing, promotional, and third-party-related communications. You may opt-out of these emails at any time by unsubscribing or selecting this option through our Services. Note that You may need to opt-out from each Skriti Service individually. Despite your election, we may still be required to send you Service-related communications, including any updates to our terms of service or this Policy.
Do Not Sell: We do not sell your Personal Data in the conventional sense (i.e., for money). However, like many companies, we use services that collect information from you (to deliver advertisements to You for example) and this may classify this use as a “sale” of your Personal Data, You can request to opt-out out of this “sale” here: Do Not Sell My Personal Information. If you direct us not to sell your Personal Information, we will stop sharing your personal information if required by applicable law.
Do Not Track: Our Service currently does not respond to “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals and operates as described in this Privacy Policy whether or not a DNT signal is received. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
Advertising: Your Information may be collected by third parties and business partners through your use of the Services, and used for advertising purposes (among other purposes). Users may opt-out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the Network Advertising Initiative by clicking here or the Digital Advertising Alliance by clicking here. Canadian users may opt-out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada by clicking here. Users of our mobile application may opt-out of receiving targeted advertising in mobile apps through participating members of the Digital Advertising Alliance by installing the App Choices mobile app, available here, and selecting the user’s choices. Please note that we also may work with companies that offer their opt-out mechanisms and may not participate in the opt-out mechanisms that we linked above. If you choose to opt-out of targeted advertisements, you will still see advertisements online but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to opt-out, not all companies that serve online behavioral advertising are included in this list, so you may still receive some cookies and tailored advertisements from companies that are not listed.
Cookies, Flash, and Other Means of Automated Collection
“Cookies” are identifiers transferred to the user browser or device that allow recognition of the user browser or device and tell how and when pages and features are visited and by how many people. Please note that you may be able to change the preferences on your browser or device to prevent or limit your device’s acceptance of cookies, however, please note that this may prevent you from taking advantage of some of our Website features. You are responsible for all control over your browser, mobile device, or other applications that control the settings of these means of automated collection.
We, and our service providers and business partners, may automatically collect information such as device data (operating system, version, model, identifiers, etc.) and online activity data (websites visited, location, screens viewed, etc.) through automated means such as Cookies, Flash-based LSOs, web beacons, and similar technologies, including collection through third-party software development kits (any of which may also enable third-party information collected through our Services).
These means of Automated Collection may also help provide the functionality to our Services, allow you to save passwords, and generally monitor Your use and our provision of the Service.
Data About Others
You may refer friends, share information, or upload contacts of third parties through the Service. When you provide such information, you agree you have the right to upload such information. We rely upon you to obtain whatever consent may be required by law to allow us to use such information. You or the third party whose information you’ve provided may contact us to request the removal of this information from our database.
Caution to Children
Skriti does not intentionally collect information from individuals under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years, please do not submit any information through the Service. If we learn that we have received information from a child under 13, we will delete the information as soon as possible. If we know that you are younger than 16 years old, we will ask for your permission (or if you are younger than 13 years old, your parent’s or guardian’s permission) to sell your Personal Information before we do so. If you believe we may have Personal Data from a child under 13, please contact us.
Other Websites, Applications, and Services
This Policy applies only to the Services. The Services may contain links to third-party websites, applications, and services (“Third-Party Offerings”). Skriti does not endorse or represent such Third Party Offerings. Additionally, Skriti’s content may be included in Third-Party Offerings not associated with us. We do not control and are not responsible or liable for, such Third-Party Offerings. Please review the terms and policies of Third Party Offerings before engaging with third-party websites, applications, and services.
International Data Transfers
We are headquartered in the United States of America and may share Personal Data with service providers and other recipients in the United States and worldwide, including jurisdictions where privacy laws applicable to those recipients may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction and we will not necessarily ensure they meet the particular requirements of your local privacy laws. We may be required to disclose Personal Data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
Data Retention
We retain your data for as long as it is reasonably necessary to provide you with our Services and maintain and expand our relationship; to comply with our legal and contractual obligations; or to protect ourselves from any potential disputes (e.g. as required by laws applicable to log-keeping, records and bookkeeping, and to have proof and evidence concerning our relationship, should any legal issues arise following your discontinuance of use), all by applicable laws and regulations. Please note that for many of our Services, Users may not use an App for a certain amount of time and still expect us to retain their data, such as their account information and photos. Therefore, we will generally retain your data for as long as necessary and permissible under the law.
Please note that except as required by applicable law or our specific agreements with you, we will not be obligated to retain your data for any particular period, and we are free to securely delete it or restrict access to it for any reason and at any time, with or without notice to you. If you have any questions about our data retention policy, please contact us by e-mail at contact@skriti.co.
Please also note that we do not retain your payment information, as it is transferred directly to the relevant Service Provider. We only retain a token of such payment information (which cannot be used to re-identify you) and the chosen payment method.
Communications
We engage in service and promotional communications, through e-mail, phone, SMS, and notifications.
Service Communications: we may contact you with important information regarding our Services. For example, we may send you notifications (through any of the means available to us) of changes or updates to our Services (such as billing issues, login attempts or password reset instructions, alerts, and notifications concerning anomalies detected by our Services, abandoned cart emails, surveys, etc.). You can control your communications and notifications following the instructions included in the communications sent to you. Please note that you will not be able to opt-out of receiving certain service communications which are integral to your use.
Notifications and Promotional Communications: We may also notify you about new features, additional offerings, events, webinars, special opportunities, or any other information we think you will find valuable. We may provide such notices through any of the contacts means available to us (e.g., SMS, phone, mobile, or e-mail), through the Services, or our marketing campaigns on any other sites or platforms. Furthermore, if you contact us with an inquiry, we may respond with promotional emails relating to your inquiry. For example, if you contact us with an inquiry about a feature you would like to see on one of our Services, we will use your Contact Information to later inform you once our Services have been updated to include features similar to those you inquired about or other features you may be interested in. To control your notifications settings- please follow the instructions included in the promotional communications sent to you. If you do not wish to receive such communication, you may also notify us by sending an e-mail to contact@skriti.co or opt-out of these email updates by following the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of the email.
Verification
We reserve the right to verify your identity by means acceptable to us to process your requests to exercise your information, access, or deletion rights. You may designate an authorized agent to request on your behalf according to a valid power of attorney, the requester’s valid government-issued identification, and the authorized agent’s valid government-issued identification. We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.
Changes to Skriti’s Privacy Policy
We may update and amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting an updated version on our Services. The amended version will be effective as of the date it is published. We will provide prior notice if we believe any substantial changes are involved via any of the communication means available to us or Services. After the such notice period, all amendments shall be deemed accepted by you if you continue to use the Services.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please direct your questions to contact@skriti.co or 539 W. Commerce St., #3563, Dallas, TX 75208, United States. We enjoin you to include accurate information in your inquiries to make our response time shorter, simpler, and faster.
Important Information for Indian Citizens and Residents
By submitting your information and using the Skriti service, you empower us with your consent and authority in collecting, using, disclosing, and transferring your Information described in this Policy, Terms of Service, and as permitted or required by applicable law for purposes of providing Services.
Questions, concerns, or complaints: if you have any comments or questions regarding our Privacy Policy or if you have any concerns regarding your data held with us, or if you wish to make a complaint about how your data is being processed by us, you can contact us at contact@skriti.co.
If you are a Californian Resident
If you are a California resident and are subject to the California Consumer Protection Act, please note that you may exercise the following rights:
The right to know and request from us what personal information has been collected during the past 12 months and for what purposes it will be used. Specifically, information regarding the categories of data processed, the sources from which the data was obtained, the purposes of the processing and/or whether such information will be sold to third parties, and the categories of third parties to whom such personal information will be disclosed. For this purpose, you may consult the previous sections "What personal data do we collect", "What do we do with your data?" and "Who is your data shared with”.