INTRODUCTION
We, at ‘Naturomeds’ and our affiliated companies worldwide, are committed
to respecting your online privacy and recognize your need for appropriate
protection and management of any personally identifiable information ("Personal
Information") you share with us. Protecting your privacy is important to
us ("the Web Site"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use,
and disclose the personal information you may provide while using the Web
Site.
Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify
an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a
home or other physical address and an email address or other contact information,
whether at work or at home. In general, you can visit Naturomed's Web pages
without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about
yourself.
We use the information that we collect on our Web sites to provide
you with a superior shopping experience and to communicate with you about
products, services, and promotions.
When you place an order, we will create a special account,which includes
your name, e-mail address, mailing address & phone numbers, as well
as certain other information like I.P address etc. Using your account information,
we will send you communications that we believe are relevant to you, order
refill and renewal reminders, newsletters and emails. If you prefer not
to receive optional emails or other communications from us, you may adjust
your account to prevent such communications by opting out using the provided
link in our newsletters.
INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED
1.NON-IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION - As is typical with many sites, the
Web Site server automatically collects certain non-identifiable information
regarding Web Site users, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of
your computer, the IP address of your Internet Service Provider, the date
and time you access the Web Site, the Internet address of the site from
which you linked directly to the Web Site, the operating
system you are using, the sections of the Web Site you visit, the
Web Site pages read and images viewed, and any content you post
to or download from the Web Site. We use this non-identifiable information
for Web Site and system administration purposes and
to mprove the Web Site. We may disclose such non-identifiable
information to others and archive it for future use.
2. COOKIES - The Web Site uses "cookies," a technology that installs
information on a Web Site user's computer to permit the Web Site to recognize
future visits by that computer. Cookies enhance the convenience and use
of the Web Site. For example, we use the information provided through cookies
to recognize you as a previous user of the Web Site, to offer personalized
Web page content and information for your use, to track your activity at
the Web Site, to prepopulate online forms with your personal information
to respond to your needs, and to otherwise facilitate your Web Site experience.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or
you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that
if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter
your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the
Web site.
Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain
and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and
operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that
our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies
allows us to improve our Web site and your Web experience. We may also
analyze information that does not contain Personal Information for trends
and statistics.
To protect your privacy, we have adopted the following principles:
-Notice
-Choice
-Security
-Access/Accuracy
NOTICE
Where ‘Naturomeds’ collects Personal Information on the web, we intend
to post a purpose statement that explains why Personal Information will
be collected and whether we plan to share such Personal Information outside
of ‘Naturomeds’ or those working on Naturomeds behalf. ‘Naturomeds’ does
not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third
parties who are not bound to act on Naturomeds.’s behalf unless such transfer
is legally required.
CHOICE
You may choose whether or not to provide Personal Information to ‘Naturomeds’.
The notice we intend to provide where ‘Naturomeds’ collects Personal Information
on the Web should help you to make this choice. If you choose not to provide
the Personal Information we request, you can still visit most of Naturomeds
pages, but you may be unable to access certain options, offers, and services
that involve our interaction with you.
If you chose to have a relationship with ‘Naturomeds’, such as a contractual
or other business relationship or partnership, we will naturally continue
to contact you in connection with that business relationship.
SECURITY
Wherever your Personal Information may be held within ‘Naturomeds’
or on its behalf, we intend to take reasonable and appropriate steps to
protect the Personal Information that you share with us from unauthorized
access or disclosure.
Advertisements displayed on the Web Site may also contain cookies or
other technologies. Those advertisements may be provided by third party
advertising companies, and we do not have any control over, or any responsibility
or liability for, the cookies or other technologies used in the advertisements
or for the use and disclosure of information collected through advertisement
cookies.
You may choose to decline "cookies" if your browser permits, but doing so may affect your use of the Web Site and your ability to access certain features of the Web Site.
PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU SPECIFICALLY PROVIDE
1. Your Personal Information - When registering for one or more of our
services, you may be asked to provide certain personal information (such
as your name, email address, postal address, telephone number for purposes
such as facilitating communications with you, applying
for access to certain special features or areas of the Web
Site, or carrying out transactions. It is always
your choice whether or not to provide personal information.
If you choose not to provide requested personal information, you
may not be able to access certain features of the Web Site. Additionally,
if you contact us, we may keep a record of your correspondence.
(i) Sweepstakes and Contests - If and when we sponsor sweepstakes,
contests or other promotions, or third parties sponsor such promotions
in conjunction with us, either we or the third party may post relevant
privacy information in the official rules and/or registration area for
the promotion. If we post such additional privacy information, to the extent
it conflicts with this
Privacy Policy, it will govern that particular promotion.
(ii) Purchases - If you purchase products or services on the Web Site,
we or our service providers may collect additional personal or other information
from you, such as your address, phone number, payment information or shipping
information. Such information will be released to third parties as necessary
to complete the transaction or to otherwise fulfill your order. For example,
credit card transactions are handled by a third-party service provider,
which requires access to the credit card number and other personal information
to verify the credit card number and process transactions.
2. Our Use of Your Personal Information - We may use your personal
information to contact and correspond with you, to respond to your inquiries,
to process transactions and charge for services, to facilitate and enhance
your use of the Web Site and as otherwise permitted by law. We may develop
a confidential personal profile for you, which we use to provide the very
best service to you. We may also disclose information if you have given
us permission to do so, for example by voluntarily entering a contest or
making a purchase on the Web Site, where we provide the information required
to register for the contest, or to ship your purchases, to the appropriate
third-party service provider. We may share your personal information with
our contractors, consultants, or professional advisors to the extent necessary
for them to perform services on our behalf and subject to reasonable confidentiality
obligations. We may also send to you, from time to time, email or other
communications containing information about us or other matters (including
third-party products or services) we believe will interest you. At any
time you may ask us to stop sending you email and other information by
contacting the webmaster. Also, each unsolicited email we send will tell
you how to decline further email. Please note that, from time to time,
we may e-mail our users important information regarding the Web Site and/or
their accounts; our users may not opt out of receiving such information.
3. Disclosure of Your Personal Information - It is our general policy
to not voluntarily disclose your personal information to third parties
without your consent, except for disclosures required or permitted by law
or reasonably necessary to protect our interests. However, due to the nature
of the Internet, Internet technologies, and the existing regulatory environment,
we cannot ensure that your personal information will not be disclosed in
ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
Third parties provide certain services available on Naturomed's behalf.
‘Naturomeds’ may provide information, including Personal Information, that
‘Naturomeds’ collects on the Web to third-party service providers to help
us deliver programs, products, information, and services. Service providers
are also an important means by which ‘Naturomeds’ maintains its Web site
and mailing lists. ‘Naturomeds’ will take reasonable steps to ensure that
these third-party service providers are obligated to protect Personal Information
on Naturomeds behalf.
‘Naturomeds’ does not intend to transfer Personal Information without
your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on Naturomeds behalf
unless such transfer is legally required. Similarly, it is against Naturomeds
policy to sell Personal Information collected online without consent.
Sharing Your Information with Third Parties
We protect all of your information against unauthorized access or release.
We share your personal information with third parties as follows:
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Manufacturers - We may develop programs with some of our brand manufacturers
through which you may be offered special discounts or coupons on products
in exchange for providing your e-mail address or completing a survey about
the manufacturer's products. When you are offered such discounts or coupons
in exchange for providing information (for example, giving your e-mail
address or completing a survey), you will be notified that if you choose
to participate, your name, e-mail address and responses will be shared
with the brand manufacturer. No other information will be shared.
- Agents - We may enter into agreements with other companies or individuals
to perform functions on our behalf. These functions may include sending
promotional e-mails on our behalf to such companies' customers; serving
advertisements on our behalf, analyzing data; providing marketing assistance;
processing credit card or debit card payments; and fulfilling and delivering
orders. These companies and individuals have access to only to information
necessary to perform their functions. They are not allowed to use the information
for any other purpose and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality
and security of the information. We may share non-personal, summary, or
aggregate customer data with partners and other third parties.
INFORMATION FROM THIRD PARTIES
If we receive updated account information from third parties, we may
revise your account for you so that we can efficiently process your orders,
deliver your packages or otherwise communicate with you. For example, we
may receive customer information from our shippers or from third parties
with which we operate co-branded businesses. In addition, we may acquire
customer names, email addresses and mailing addresses for select mailings
from third parties.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
When you visit the Site or send e-mails to us, you are communicating
with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically.
We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site.
You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications
we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such
communications be in writing.
YOUR ACCOUNT OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to: (a) provide
true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted
by the checkout form for your account information (the "Account Information")
and (b) maintain and promptly update the Account Information to keep it
true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that
is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or we have reasonable
grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current
or incomplete, we may suspend or terminate your account and refuse any
and all current and future use of the Site. Account Information and certain
other information about you are subject to our Privacy Policy.
YOUR CONDUCT
Any conduct by you that in our sole discretion restricts or inhibits
any other user from using or enjoying the Site will not be permitted. You
agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes. You are prohibited from
posting on or transmitting through the Site any unlawful, harmful, threatening,
abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, profane,
hateful, fraudulent, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material
of any kind, including but not limited to any material that encourages
conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability,
or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international
law. You agree that your use of robots, spiders, crawlers, wanderers, Web
agents and other such automated processes on the Site will be Standard
for Robot Exclusion (SRE) -compliant robots
("robots") and when connecting to the Site, prior to downloading or
indexing any pages on the Site, such robots will immediately visit http://www./robots.txt
("the robot.txt file"). You understand that the robots.txt file is the
only means by which robots are authorized to access the Site. You agree
not to violate any of the robot access policies and acknowledge that any
violation of the policies may result in termination of your access to the
Site, deactivation or deletion of your account and all related information
and files in your account, and preclusion of any further access to such
files or the Site, without prior notice.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Site, use of the Site, or access to the Site.
You agree not to access the Site by any means other than through the interface that is provided by us for use in accessing the Site.
4. Consent to Disclosure - By using the Web Site, you signify your consent to the disclosure of your personal information in the following circumstances:
(i) Disclosure to Trading Partners, Service Providers and Content Providers - We may provide your personal information to certain of our trading partners, service providers and content providers. Before personal information is disclosed, the recipient organization will agree with this site to protect the privacy of your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. Recipient organizations may use your personal information to provide you with email or other information about their products and services and other matters. A list of our rading partners, service providers and content providers to whom personal information may be disclosed, as amended from time to time, may be found by clicking here. If at any time you do not wish us to provide your personal information to any or all of those organizations, please notify the webmaster.
We may use tracking information to create aggregate reports on user demographics, Web Site traffic patterns, and purchasing patterns, and then provide these reports to our advertisers and partners, enabling them to better target their advertisements to our users. None of the tracking information we provide them can be connected to the identities or other personal information of individual users. We also may link tracking information with personal information. Once we make such a link, all of the linked information is treated as personal information. We may use such information to provide you with an enhanced or customized experience. If in any instance we intend to use or disclose any personal information collected from users in a manner that would otherwise conflict with the terms of this Privacy Policy, we will provide additional privacy information at such instance, which will govern any information so collected.
(ii) Law Enforcement and Legal Disclosure - We may disclose your personal
information to a government institution that has asserted its lawful authority
to obtain the information or where
we have reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful
in the investigation of unlawful activity, or to comply with a subpoena
or warrant or an order made by a court, person or body with jurisdiction
to compel the production of information, or to comply with court rules
regarding the production of records and information, or to our legal counsel.
5. LOCATION OF INFORMATION - The web site will store and process your
personal information in India.
6. SECURING YOUR INFORMATION - The web site uses reasonable security methods to protect the data that reside on our servers. But because no security system is impenetrable, we cannot guarantee the security of our servers. It is also possible that information you supply to us may be intercepted during transmission.
7. ACCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION - You may
request
access to your personal information
and information about our collection, use and disclosure
of
that information by contacting us at PRIVACY Subject to certain
exceptions
prescribed by law, you will be given
reasonable
access to your personal information within
a
reasonable time, and will be entitled to challenge the accuracy and
completeness
of the information and to have it amended as appropriate. The Web
Site
attempts to keep its records as accurate and complete as possible. You
can help us maintain the accuracy of your information by notifying us
of
any changes to your personal information.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY
-We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized
access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
-We restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees
who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve
our services.
-We limit access to personal information about you to employees who
we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to
provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
-We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply
with Indian regulations to protect personal information about you.
-We limit access to personal information about you to employees who
we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to
provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
-We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that
comply with prevailing laws and regulations in india to protect personal
information about you.
WEB SITE USE AGREEMENT
The Web Site Use Agreement (which may be viewed by clicking HERE)
contains
important provisions, including provisions disclaiming, limiting or
excluding
the Company's liability for your use of the Web Site and provisions
determining
the
applicable
law and exclusive jurisdiction for the resolution of any disputes
regarding
the Web Site. Each of those
provisions
applies to any disputes that may arise in relation to
this
Privacy Policy or our collection, use and disclosure of your personal
information,
and are of the same force and effect as if they had been reproduced
directly
in this Privacy Policy.
Former Registrants - If you cease to be an active user of the Web Site,
we will continue to treat any personal information you have provided to
us in connection with the Web Site in accordance with this Privacy Policy,
as amended from time to time.
Updating your information
-We provide mechanisms for updating and correcting your personally
identifying information for many of our services. For more information,
please see the help pages for each service.
CHILDREN
-‘Naturomeds.’ will not contact children under age 18 about special
offers or for marketing purposes without a parent's permission
-‘Naturomeds’ does not ask a child under age 18 for more personal information,
as a condition of participation, than is reasonably necessary to participate
in a given activity or promotion.
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
-‘Naturomeds’ does not rent, sell, or share personal information about
you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products
or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the
following circumstances:
-We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf
of or with ‘Naturomeds’ under confidentiality agreements. These companies
may use your personal information to help ‘Naturomeds’ communicate with
you about offers from ‘Naturomeds’ and our marketing partners. However,
these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
-We have a parent's permission to share the information if the user
is a child under age 18. Parents have the option of allowing ‘Naturomeds’
to collect and use their child's information without consenting to ‘Naturomeds’
sharing this information with people and companies who may use this information
for their own purposes;
-We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish
or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
-We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate,
prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person,
violations of Naturomeds.'s terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
-We transfer information about you if ‘Naturomeds.’ is acquired by
or merged with another company. In this event, ‘Naturomeds.’ will notify
you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to
a different privacy policy.
-In order to attract and retain advertisers, we aggregate all personal
demographic data and provide the results to advertisers so that they will
understand the value of naturomed's members as an aggregated advertising
audience.
-‘Naturomeds’ displays targeted advertisements based on personal information.
Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who
interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria
- for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area.
-‘Naturomeds’ does not provide any personal information to the advertiser
when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with
or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser
will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display
the ad.
-‘Naturomeds’ advertisers include financial service providers (such
as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and mortgage lenders) and non-financial
companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies).
-‘Naturomeds’ works with vendors, partners, advertisers, and other
service providers in different industries and categories of business. For
more information regarding providers of products or services that you've
requested please read our detailed reference links.
PRIVACY ON THE SITE
Naturomeds. uses any information you give us voluntarily to enhance
your experience at www.naturomed.com, which is to provide you with interactive
or personalized elements on the sites and to better prepare future content
based on your interests. Naturomeds aggregates this tracking information
to determine which areas of www. members like and don't like
based on traffic to those areas. Naturomeds does not track what individual
members read,
but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps Naturomeds.
continue to build a better service for you.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
‘Naturomeds’ reserves the right to update, change or modify this policy
at any time. The policy shall come to effect from the date of such update,
change or modification.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE OR ANY OTHER
PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DISTRIBUTING THE SITE BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOOD WILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN
IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES) THAT RESULT
FROM (i) THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT
OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION
OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS
ENETERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO
OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT
OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE
SERVICE. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY TO ALL
CONTENT, MERCHANDISE, AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE. BECAUSE
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL
OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
You agree to indemnify and hold us, and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post to or transmit through the Site, your use of the Site, your connection to the Site, your violation of the Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another.
OUR RIGHTS
We may elect to electronically monitor areas of the Site and may disclose
any Content, records, or electronic communication of any kind (i) to satisfy
any law, regulation, or government request; (ii) if such disclosure is
necessary or appropriate to operate the Site; or (iii) to protect our rights
or property or the rights of the users, Sponsors, Providers, Licensors,
or Merchants. We are not responsible for screening, policing, editing,
or monitoring such Content. If notified of allegedly infringing, defamatory,
damaging, illegal, or offensive Content, we may investigate the
allegation and determine in our sole discretion whether to remove or
request the removal of such Content from the Site.
We may terminate your access, or suspend your access to all
or
part of the
Site,
without notice, for any conduct that we, in our sole discretion,
believe
is
in violation of any applicable law or is harmful to the interests
of
another user, a third-party Provider, Merchant, Sponsor, Licensor,
service
provider, or us.
Because customer service is paramount to our business, we reserve the right to refuse to sell products to you if it reasonably appears to us that you intend to resell the products. In addition, we reserve the right to limit quantities of items purchased by each customer.
APPLICABLE LAW
We control the Site from our offices within India. We make no representation
that the Content in the Site is appropriate or available for use in other
locations, and access to them from territories where their content is illegal
is prohibited. Those who choose to access the Site from other locations
do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable
local laws. You may not use or export the Content in violation of Indian
export laws and regulations. Any claim relating to the Site, the services
provided through the Site or the Content shall be governed by the Laws
of India, without reference to its choice of law provisions. You hereby
irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts at
New Delhi, India.
CONTACT INFORMATION
‘Naturomeds’ welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement
at the contact address given at the website. Should there be any concerns
about contravention of this Privacy Policy, ‘Naturomeds’ will. employ all
commercially reasonable efforts to address the same.