MenThee Technologies Private Limited is the licensee (“Licensee”) of the MenThee Suite of
products both Web and Apps. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the policies and
procedures applicable to the collection, use, disclosure and protection of your information when you use
the App or website of MenThee Suite of Products, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013
and having its registered office at Plot No 14,Flat No G2,AVN Castle,Ponniamman Koil
Street,Madipakkam,Chennai - 600 091 India. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, wherever the context
so requires, the terms “MenThee”, “we”, “us” or “our”
shall mean MenThee Technologies and its Licensees and the terms “you” and “your”
shall refer to the User of the Platform. Please note that the services on the Platform are provided by
MenThee and/or any other Licensee of MenThee, and that MenThee does not provide any service to You, and
merely licenses its Platform to MenThee/Licensees. “User” shall mean any natural or legal
person who uses the Platform with or without having duly completed the registration process on the
Platform, and has consented to the use of their data as outlined in this Privacy Policy. Delivery
partners (“Delivery Partners”) mean any natural or legal person registered on the Platform
for providing Services to the Users. Please read this Policy before using the Platform or submitting any
personal information to MenThee. This Policy is a part of and incorporated within, and is to be read
along with, the Terms of Use.
YOUR CONSENT
By using the Platform and the Services, you agree and consent to the collection, transfer, use,
storage, disclosure and sharing of your information as described and collected by us in accordance
with this Policy. If you do not agree with the Policy, you may exercise your option to opt-out of
the Privacy Policy by writing to us at contact@menthee.com. We reserve the right to discontinue our
Services to You in case You do not agree with any of the provisions of this Policy.
POLICY CHANGES
We may occasionally update this Policy and such changes will be posted on this page. If we make any
significant changes to this Policy, we will endeavour to provide you with reasonable notice of such
changes, such as via prominent notice on the Platform or to your email address on record and where
required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent. To the extent permitted under the
applicable law, your continued use of our Services after we publish or send a notice about our
changes to this Policy shall constitute your consent to the updated Policy.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
The Platform may contain links to other websites. Any personal information about you collected whilst
visiting such websites is not governed by this Policy. MenThee shall not be responsible for and has
no control over the practices and content of any website accessed using the links contained on the
Platform. This Policy shall not apply to any information disclosed by you to any of our service
providers/service personnel or where such information has not been directly collected by the
Platform under this Policy.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
We will collect and process the following information about you:
- Information you give us - This includes information submitted when you: Create
or update your MenThee app account, which may from time to time include your name, email, phone
number, login name and password, address, payment or banking or financial information, date of
birth and profile picture. Sign in to the Platform through third-party sign-in services such as
Facebook, Google Plus or Gmail or any other social networking or similar site (collectively,
“SNS”). When you sign in to the Platform through an SNS, you also consent to the
Platform passing through and receiving your log-in information and other user data from the SNS.
Provide content to us, which may include reviews, ordering details and history, favorite vendors
requests, contact information of people you refer to us and other information you provide on the
Platform (“Your Content”). Use our Services, we may collect and store information
about you to process your requests and automatically complete forms for future transactions,
including (but not limited to) your phone number, address, email and billing information.
Correspond with the Licensees for customer support; Participate in the interactive services
offered by the Platform such as discussion boards, competitions, promotions or surveys, other
social media functions or make payments etc., or Enable features that require the
Licensee’s access to your address book or calendar; Report problems for troubleshooting.
- Information we collect about you - With regard to each of your visits to the
Platform, we will automatically collect and analyse the following demographic and other
information:
- If you sign up to use our Services as a Delivery Partner, We may at our sole discretion,
collect location details, copies of government identification documents and other details
(KYC), call and SMS details in order to provide better services to the Users.
- When you communicate with us (via email, phone, through the Platform or otherwise), we may
maintain a record of your communication;
- Location information: Depending on the Services you use, and your app settings or device
permissions, we may collect your real time information, or approximate location information
as determined through data such as GPS, IP address; physically visiting the addresses, click
photographs of the same, and doing all other things which we feel are necessary for
endeavouring better delivery and service experience for you.
- Usage and Preference Information: We collect information as to how you interact with our
Services, preferences expressed and settings chosen. Platform includes the MenThee
advertising services (“Ad Services”), which may collect user activity and
browsing history within the Platform and across third party sites and online services,
including those sites and services that include our ad pixels (“Pixels”),
widgets, plug-ins, buttons, or related services or through the use of cookies. Our Ad
Services collect browsing information including without limitation your Internet protocol
(IP) address and location, your login information, browser type and version, date and time
stamp, user agent, MenThee cookie ID (if applicable), time zone setting, browser plug-in
types and versions, operating system and platform, and other information about user
activities on the Platform, as well as on third party sites and services that have embedded
our Pixels, widgets, plug-ins, buttons, or related services;
- Transaction Information: We collect transaction details related to your use of our Services,
and information about your activity on the Services, including the full Uniform Resource
Locators (URL). Please note that we generally do not collect or store any banking or
financial information of our Users on our Platform, but collect the same from the Users only
when necessary to process refund. The payment services are provided by third parties and not
Us. The type of Services you requested or provided, comments, domain names, search results
selected, number of clicks, information and pages viewed and searched for, the order of
those pages, length of your visit to our Services, the date and time you used the Services,
amount charged, details regarding application of promotional code, methods used to browse
away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number and other
related transaction details;
- Device Information: We may collect information about the devices you use to access our
Services, including the hardware models, operating systems and versions, software, file
names and versions, preferred languages, unique device identifiers, advertising identifiers,
serial numbers, device motion information and mobile network information. Analytics
companies/Vendors may use mobile device IDs to track your usage of the Platform;
- Stored information and files: MenThee mobile application (MenThee app) may also access
metadata and other information associated with other files stored on your mobile device.
This may include, for example, photographs, audio and video clips, personal contacts and
address book information. If you permit the MenThee app to access the address book on your
device, we may collect names and contact information from your address book to facilitate
social interactions through our services and for other purposes described in this Policy or
at the time of consent or collection. If you permit the MenThee app to access the calendar
on your device, we may collect calendar information such as event title and description,
your response (Yes, No, Maybe), date and time, location and number of attendees.
- If you are a User or a Delivery Partner, we will, additionally, record your calls with us
made from the device used to provide Services, related call details, SMS details location
and address details.
- Information we receive from other sources:
- We may receive information about you from third parties, such as other users, partners
(including ad partners, analytics providers, search information providers), or our
affiliated entities or if you use any of the other websites/apps we operate or the other
Services we provide. Users of our Ad Services and other third-parties may share information
with us such as the cookie ID, device ID, or demographic or interest data, and information
about content viewed or actions taken on a third-party website, online services or apps. For
example, users of our Ad Services may also be able to share customer list information (e.g.,
email or phone number) with us to create customized audience segments for their ad
campaigns.
- When you sign in to Platform with your SNS account (provided such facility is facilitated
by us), or otherwise connect to your SNS account with the Services, you consent to our
collection, storage, and use, in accordance with this Policy, of the information that you
make available to us through the social media interface. This could include, without
limitation, any information that you have made public through your social media account,
information that the social media service shares with us, or information that is disclosed
during the sign-in process. Please see your social media provider’s privacy policy and
help center for more information about how they share information when you choose to connect
your account.
- If you are a customer or a delivery partner, we may, additionally, receive feedback and
rating from other users.
COOKIES
Our Platform and third parties with whom we partner, may use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, mobile
device IDs, “flash cookies” and similar files or technologies to collect and store
information with respect to your use of the Services and third-party websites. Cookies are small
files that are stored on your browser or device by websites, apps, online media and advertisements.
We use cookies and similar technologies for purposes such as:
- Authenticating users;
- Remembering user preferences and settings;
- Determining the popularity of content;
- Delivering and measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns;
- Analysing site traffic and trends, and generally understanding the online behaviours and
interests of people who interact with our services.
A pixel tag (also called a web beacon or clear GIF) is a tiny graphic with a unique identifier,
embedded invisibly on a webpage (or an online ad or email), and is used to count or track things
like activity on a webpage or ad impressions or clicks, as well as to access cookies stored on
users’ computers. We use pixel tags to measure the popularity of our various pages, features
and services. We also may include web beacons in e-mail messages or newsletters to determine whether
the message has been opened and for other analytics.
To modify your cookie settings, please visit your browser’s settings. By using our Services
with your browser settings to accept cookies, you are consenting to our use of cookies in the manner
described in this section.
We may also allow third parties to provide audience measurement and analytics services for us, to
serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet, and to track and report on the performance
of those advertisements. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, SDKs and other technologies to
identify your device when you visit the Platform and use our Services, as well as when you visit
other online sites and services.
Please see our Cookie Policy for more information regarding the use of cookies and other technologies
described in this section, including regarding your choices relating to such technologies.
USES OF YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information we collect for following purposes, including:
- To provide, personalise, maintain and improve our products and services, such as to enable
deliveries and other services, enable features to personalise your MenThee App account;
- To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to
provide you with the relevant information and services;
- To administer and enhance the security of our Platform and for internal operations, including
troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
- To provide you with information about services we consider similar to those that you are already
using, or have enquired about, or may interest you. If you are a registered user, we will
contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS or telephone) with information about these
services;
- To understand our users (what they do on our Services, what features they like, how they use
them, etc.), improve the content and features of our Services (such as by personalizing content
to your interests), process and complete your transactions, make special offers, provide
customer support, process and respond to your queries;
- To generate and review reports and data about, and to conduct research on, our user base and
Service usage patterns;
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Services, if any; or
- To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to
deliver relevant advertising to you.
- If you are a delivery partner, to track the progress of delivery or status of the order placed
by our customers.
- to carry out academic research with academic partners.
- MenThee shall have the rights over the data collected on the Platform. MenThee may license the
Platform and/or Intellectual Property Rights which it owns to one or more entities (Third Party)
on mutually agreed terms and conditions. In such case, You agree to permit MenThee to share your
personal and other information (Data) collected by MenThee to such Third Party so that such
Third Party can provide goods and services to you pursuant to your transactions on the Platform.
You also agree to permit MenThee to transfer all the balances including but not limited to
Wallet, MenThee Credits, Rewards, etc (Wallet Balances) lying in your credit to such Third Party
so that such Third Party can provide goods and services to you pursuant to your transactions on
the Platform. If you do not agree to the above sharing/transfer, you may write at
contact@menthee.com. We reserve the right to discontinue our Services to You in case You do not
agree with any of the provisions of this Policy.
We may combine the information that we receive from third parties with the information you give to us
and information we collect about you for the purposes set out above.
Further, we may anonymize and/or de-identify information collected from you through the Services or
via other means, including via the use of third-party web analytic tools. As a result, our use and
disclosure of aggregated and/or de-identified information is not restricted by this Policy, and it
may be used and disclosed to others without limitation.
We analyse the log files of our Platform that may contain Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser
type and language, Internet service provider (ISP), referring, app crashes, page viewed and exit
websites and applications, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. This helps us to
administer the website, to learn about user behavior on the site, to improve our product and
services, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
DISCLOSURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may share your information that we collect for following purposes:
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with our Platform
Licensees, vendors, consultants, marketing partners, research firms and other service providers
or business partners, such as Payment processing companies, to support our business. For
example, your information may be shared with outside vendors to send you emails and messages or
push notifications to your devices in relation to our Services, to help us analyze and improve
the use of our Services, to process and collect payments. We also may use vendors for other
projects, such as conducting surveys or organizing sweepstakes for us.
- With Academic Partners: We may share your information with our academic
partners for the purpose of carrying out academic research.
- With Other Users: If you are a delivery partner, we may share your name, phone
number and/or profile picture (if applicable), tracking details with other users to provide them
the Services.
- For Crime Prevention or Investigation: We may share this information with
governmental agencies or other companies assisting us, when we are:
- Obligated under the applicable laws or in good faith to respond to court orders and
processes; or
- Detecting and preventing actual or potential occurrence of identity theft, fraud, abuse
of Services and other illegal acts;
- Responding to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates the
intellectual property rights of a third party;
- Under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to enforce our Terms of
Use and other agreements, policies or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the
Company, our customers, or others, or in the event of a claim or dispute relating to
your use of our Services. This includes exchanging information with other companies and
organisations for the purposes of fraud detection and credit risk reduction.
- For Internal Use: We may share your information with any present or future
member of our “Group” (as defined below)or affiliates for our internal business
purposes The term “Group” means, with respect to any person, any entity that is
controlled by such person, or any entity that controls such person, or any entity that is under
common control with such person, whether directly or indirectly, or, in the case of a natural
person, any Relative (as such term is defined in the Companies Act, 1956 and Companies Act, 2013
to the extent applicable) of such person, holding, subsidiary Companies, etc.
- With Advertisers and advertising networks: We may work with third parties such
as network advertisers to serve advertisements on the Platform and on third-party websites or
other media (e.g., social networking platforms). These third parties may use cookies,
JavaScript, web beacons (including clear GIFs), Flash LSOs and other tracking technologies to
measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content to you. While you
cannot opt out of advertising on the Platform, you may opt out of much interest-based
advertising on third party sites and through third party ad networks (including DoubleClick Ad
Exchange, Facebook Audience Network and Google AdSense). For more information, visit
www.aboutads.info/choices. Opting out means that you will no longer receive personalized ads by
third parties ad networks from which you have opted out, which is based on your browsing
information across multiple sites and online services. If you delete cookies or change devices,
your opt out may no longer be effective.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- We may share your information other than as described in this Policy if we notify you and you
consent to the sharing.
DATA SECURITY PRECAUTIONS
We have in place reasonable technical and security measures to secure the information collected by
us. We use vault and tokenization services from third party service providers to protect the
sensitive personal information provided by you. The third-party payment gateway service providers
are compliant with the payment card industry standard (generally referred to as PCI compliant
service providers). You are advised not to send your full credit/debit card details through
unencrypted electronic platforms. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a username and
password which enables you to access certain parts of the Platform, you are responsible for keeping
these details confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. Please be aware that
the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our
best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted
through the Platform. Once we have received your information, we will use strict physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards to try to prevent unauthorised access.
CHANGES TO YOUR DATA
In case you wish to correct or amend the information provided by You to us, you can do so on the
profile section of the Platform. However, if you face any challenge, you may write to us at
Contact@MenThee.com. We will update the information based on Your inputs within 30 working days.
OPT-OUT
When you sign up for an account, you are opting in to receive emails from MenThee. You can follow the
“unsubscribe” instructions in commercial email messages, but note that you cannot opt
out of receiving certain administrative notices, service notices, or legal notices from MenThee.
If you wish to withdraw your consent for the use and disclosure of your personal information in the
manner provided in this Policy, please write to us at contact@menthee.com. Please note that we may
take time to process such requests, and your request shall take effect no later than 30 (Thirty)
working days from the receipt of such request, after which we will not use your personal data for
any processing unless required by us to comply with our legal obligations/requirements.
We reserve the right to discontinue our Services to You in case You do not agree with/ opt out of any
of the provisions of this Policy.
GRIEVANCE OFFICER AND PLATFORM SECURITY
If you have any queries relating to the processing or usage of information provided by you in
connection with this Policy, please email us at contact@menthee.com or write to our Grievance
Officer at the following address: Grievance Officer: MenThee Technologies Private Limited,Plot No
14,Flat No G2,AVN Castle,Ponniamman Koil Street,Madipakkam,Chennai - 600 091 India.If you come
across any abuse or violation of the Policy, please report to contact@menthee.com Further, please
note that the Platform stores your data with the cloud platform of Amazon Web Services provided by
Amazon Web Services, Inc., which may store this data on their servers located outside of India.
Amazon Web Services has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the
information, details of which are available at https://aws.amazon.com/. The privacy policy adopted
by Amazon Web Services are detailed in https://aws.amazon.com/privacy. In the event you have
questions or concerns about the security measures adopted by Amazon Web Services, you can contact
their data protection / privacy team / legal team or designated the grievance officer at these
organisations, whose contact details are available in its privacy policy, or can also write to our
Grievance Officer at the address provided above.