This website bookmarkapp.co (“Website”) and the mobile application Bookmark (“Application”) (together referred to as the “Service”) are owned and operated by Bookmark (“We,” “Us,” “Company,” or “Our,” which expression shall mean and include affiliates, successors, and assigns).

For the purposes of this privacy policy (“Policy”), wherever the context so requires, “You,” “Your,” and “User” and variants thereof shall mean any natural or legal person who has agreed to become a user of the Service. This privacy policy (“Policy”) has been drafted in accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the rules thereunder to describe the manner in which We collect, use, store, disclose, and protect any information You provide to Us while using the Service. This Policy, along with the terms of use located at Terms of Use, will govern Your use of the Service.

This Policy constitutes a legal agreement between You and the Company. By merely visiting/accessing the Service, You expressly consent to the Company’s use and disclosure of Your personal information in accordance with this Policy. If You do not agree with the terms and conditions of this Policy, please do not proceed further to use/access this Service.

This Policy does not apply to third-party websites (if any) that are connected via links to the Service. We do not endorse any third party whose link is found on Our Service.

We may update this Policy from time to time. If We make any material changes, We may notify You on this Service prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage You to periodically review the Policy for the latest information on Our privacy practices.

BY USING OUR SERVICES OR BY OTHERWISE GIVING US YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY.

During Your use of the Service, We may collect and process information from You, including but not limited to the below-mentioned:

1. Information about Your personal identity, such as name, gender, age, etc.

2. Your username, password, e-mail address, date and time of access, and other security-related information used by You when You register for, and in relation to, a Bookmark account.

3. Your contact details, such as Your address, postal code, telephone, or mobile number.

4. Communications between You and Bookmark. For example, We may send You Service-related emails (e.g., changes/updates to features of the Service, technical and security notices). Note that You may not opt out of Service-related e-mails.

This will collectively be referred to as “Personal Information.”

“Cookies” are small files that reside on Your computer’s hard drive and generally contain an anonymous unique identifier and are accessible only by the website that placed them there and not any other sites. You may refuse to accept Cookies by activating the setting on Your browser which allows You to refuse the setting of Cookies. However, if You select this setting You may be unable to access certain parts of the Service.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION:

We may use Your information, including Personal Information, in the following ways:

1. Remembering Your login status so that You don’t have to login again if You are already logged in.

2. Help You efficiently access Your information after You sign in.

3. Remember information so You will not have to re-enter it during Your visit or the next time You visit the Service.

4. We may use Your Personal Information for processing Your registration for Our Services. This may include verification of user information through mobile verification.

5. To notify You about changes in the Service.

6. Provide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of Our Service, and other technical and functional management.

7. Develop and test new products and features.

8. Monitor metrics such as the total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns.

9. Diagnose or fix technology problems.

10. Automatically update the Application on Your device.

11. To carry out Our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between You and Us.

12. Notify You in the event We become aware of any breach of the security of Your information and take appropriate action to the best of Our ability to remedy such a breach.

You acknowledge that by using the Services, You are publishing certain Personal Information that can be viewed by other Users of the Service.

We will use and retain Your information for such periods as necessary to comply with Our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce Our agreements.

STORING INFORMATION:

When you download the Bookmark App and create an account (“Account”), we may collect certain information about you, such as:

a. Name
b. Email address
c. Mobile number
d. Gender Identity
e. Date of birth
f. Sexual preference
g. Photographs
h. Location
i. Login information for social media accounts that you connect to your Bookmark Account (this could include, for example, your Facebook account).
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Once you register, you will be able to review and change this information at any time just by logging in to Bookmark (other than your date of birth and location). It is your responsibility to ensure that your account details are kept up to date. If your phone number changes, please ensure that you update this in your account.

If you have given Bookmark access to your location in your device settings, when you use your mobile, we will collect information about Wi-Fi access points as well as other location information about your longitude and latitude and may save your device’s coordinates to offer certain features to you. This information helps us identify your physical location and we use it to personalise the App and make it easier for you to interact with other Users, by enabling the general locality information to be displayed to Users seeing your profile and showing you the profiles of other Users who are near you.

SHARING YOUR INFORMATION:

We will not rent or sell Your information to a third party outside of Bookmark without Your consent, except as noted in this Policy.

1. We may share User content and Your information, including Personal Information, with third parties, including but not limited to advertisers on Our platform.

2. We may remove parts of data that identify You and share the remaining data with other parties. We may aggregate certain portions of Your data with selected portions of data from other users and share it with other parties.

3. Your posts are always public. Your content is publicly available for sharing.

4. We may access and share Your information, including Personal Information, in order to comply with laws and law enforcement.

BUSINESS TRANSFER:

We may share your Personal Information or any other information collected and stored by the Service with our parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates for internal reasons in connection with the provision of the Services to you. We also reserve the right to disclose and transfer all such information:

1. To a subsequent owner, co-owner, or operator of the Services or applicable database.

2. In connection with a corporate merger, acquisition, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our membership interests and/or assets or any other form of corporate change, including during the course of any due diligence process.

SEVERABILITY:

We have taken every effort to ensure that this Policy adheres to the applicable laws. The invalidity or unenforceability of any part of this Policy shall not prejudice or affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Policy.

EXCLUSION:

This Policy shall not be applicable to any information other than the information collected by us through the Service. This Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide us either through this Service or through any other means. All unsolicited information shall be deemed to be non-confidential, and the Company shall be free to use and/or disclose such unsolicited information without any limitations.

GOVERNING LAW & DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

This Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. The courts at Bangalore, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Policy.

NO WAIVER:

The rights and remedies available under this Policy may be exercised as often as necessary and are cumulative and not exclusive of rights or remedies provided by law. It may be waived only in writing. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any such right or remedy does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy, or any other right or remedy.

ACCOUNT & DATA DELETION:

At Bookmark, we highly value your privacy and are dedicated to safeguarding the personal information you share with us. Our Privacy Policy highlights our procedures for account deletion and the handling of associated data. You have the option to delete your account whenever you wish, and all related personal information will be permanently eradicated from our systems, unless otherwise required by law. We prioritize the security of your data and employ robust measures to ensure its protection. To initiate the deletion process for your account, just click on the "Delete Account" button at the bottom of the Settings page from the Bookmark App. Once the deletion process begins, you won't be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added. All the user data, right from login, prompts, personal details will be deleted within 30 days of receiving the deletion request.

CONTACT US:

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Service, or if you wish to register a complaint regarding Bookmark, you may do so by sending an email to hi.bookmarkapp@gmail.com. Your email will be acknowledged by a system-generated response, or via an individual manual email to the extent possible, within 24 hours of us having received it. You will be kept informed of the progress we make in redressing your complaint and/or the reasons for delay, if any, in such redressal.

Email ID: hi.bookmarkapp@gmail.com