Last Updated: February 09, 2026
PRIVACY NOTICE
Meesho Limited (the “Company”, “We”, “Us”, “Our”, and “Ourselves”) operate and make available the services under the brand name “Valmo”. Valmo operates and manages its website available at https://www.valmo.in/ and/or mobile applications called Valmo Pilot (collectively, the “Platform”), through which the services offered by the Company are made available
(the “Services”).
We place the utmost importance in maintaining the confidentiality,
integrity, and security of your (collectively, “You”, “Your”, “Yourself”, and “Users”) personal data and information that You may provide while accessing or
using the Platform or the Services, including information provided to
enable Us to provide specific support or services requested by You. Our
comprehensive Privacy Policy / Privacy Notice (as defined below)
reflects this commitment, and We encourage You to read it
carefully.
This document (the “Privacy Notice” or “Privacy Policy”) explains how information, including Personal Information (as
defined below), is collected, received, stored, processed, used,
disclosed, transferred, retained, or otherwise handled by Us in
connection with the Services. This Privacy Notice is incorporated into
and shall be read harmoniously with Our applicable Terms of Use (“Terms”). All capitalised terms used herein but not defined in this Privacy
Notice shall have the meanings ascribed to them under the Terms.
Please read this Privacy Notice carefully before accessing or using the
Services, registering an account with the Company, accessing any
material or information, or availing any Services. This Privacy Notice
(i) constitutes an electronic record under applicable Indian data
protection and information technology laws, including the Information
Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder; (ii) shall
constitute a notice under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act,
2023, when applicable, read with the rules made thereunder; and (iii)
does not require any physical, electronic, or digital signature. By
accessing or using the Services in any manner, including by registering
an account or attempting to use the Services, or by clicking on any
acceptance or confirmation button where provided, You expressly consent
to the collection, use, storage, disclosure, and retention of Your
information as described herein and agree to be legally bound by this
Privacy Notice.
This Privacy Notice is governed by one fundamental principle - maintain
Your trust and confidence when handling Your Personal Information. Our
Privacy Notice broadly lays out the following:
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The kind of Personal Information that We will collect from You, and
the purpose of the collection of such information.
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Your right to choose what Personal Information You provide to Us and
how such information is used. We collect and process Your Personal
Information to provide and improve Our Services. We will also offer
You an explicit opt-out clause, and We will stop processing Your
Personal Information. However, please note that We may only be able to
provide You with Our Services if You provide Us with the requested
information.
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The circumstances where We disclose Your Personal Information to
third parties and the manner in which such third parties may utilise
Your Personal Information.
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The practices and procedures adopted by Us in ensuring the privacy,
security, and confidentiality of Your Personal Information when
sharing such data with third-parties.
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Our efforts of protecting Your Personal Information by maintaining
appropriate security measures / protocols, that may include, physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards as per Indian laws. We will
train Our employees to handle Personal Information properly. When We
use other companies to provide Services for Us, We require them to
protect the Personal Information We receive from You.
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How We handle Your information when You visit the Platform, receive
emails, SMSs, and WhatsApp messages from Us.
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How You can raise grievances in relation to any Personal Information
We collect from You, and the manner in which Your grievances will be
redressed.
This Privacy Notice does not cover information You may provide to
third-party websites, applications or services that are not owned or
controlled by Us. This includes third parties We advertise on the
Platform or otherwise or on social media sites where We have a profile.
This includes, but is not limited to, communications over third-party
messaging platforms. Such information will be governed by the privacy
policies of respective third parties, and such sites.
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Personal Information Collected
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Personal information is any information relating to an individual
where such individual is identifiable by or in relation to such
information (“Personal Information”). We may collect such information from You directly or through third
parties. While We have specified the exact categories of Personal
Information collected by Us and the purposes of such collection in
this Privacy Notice, set out below is a broad description of the
nature of Personal Information that may be collected from You:
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Basic identification and contact information, including name, mobile
number, email address, delivery or residential address, country,
ZIP/postal code/district, and other contact details;
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Demographic information, including age and gender;
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Account, registration, and authentication details, including
username, passwords chosen by You (where applicable), encrypted
credentials, security tokens, and similar information required to
access or use the Services or the Platform;
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Identity verification and KYC information, including identity
documents and details such as PAN, Aadhaar, driving licence,
photographs, live photographs or selfies, or other documents or
information required for verification or regulatory compliance, where
applicable;
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Financial information, including bank account details, payee name,
bank name, IFSC code, GST registration details or enrolment ID, and
other financial or tax-related information, as required and
applicable;
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Payment and transaction-related information, including billing
details, payment instrument information, transaction history, and
other information relating to transactions in which the Company is
involved;
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Geographical and location information, including real-time GPS
location or approximate location data, where enabled or permitted by
You;
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Device permissions and media, including access to camera, microphone,
device storage, and photographs or profile pictures (if any),
including images that may be publicly displayed as part of Your
account profile;
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Information provided during the use of the Services, including
details relating to assets used by You for providing services, and
information relating to Your third parties, subcontractors, agents, or
representatives;
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User communications, including emails, chats, messages, call
recordings, service requests, feedback, survey or poll responses,
comments, pictures, preferences, and communications with Us or
customer support facilitated through the Platform;
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Device-related and technical information, including device type,
device identifiers, operating system, browser type, IP address, mobile
network information, internet connection details, access times, logs,
views, cookie identifiers, and information collected through cookies,
web beacons, web storage, unique advertising identifiers, and similar
technologies;
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Usage and activity information, including traffic data, logs, pages
viewed, access dates and times, browsing activity, and other data
relating to Your use of the Services; and
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You may choose not to provide certain Personal Information requested
by Us; however, please note that the availability, functionality, or
quality of the Services or certain features thereof may be affected
where such information is required to provide the Services.
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You are responsible for ensuring that all Personal Information
provided by You is accurate, complete, and up to date. Any
insufficiency, inaccuracy, or incompleteness in the information
provided may affect Your ability to access or use the Services, the
information provided to You through the Services, or Our ability to
communicate with You.
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On what grounds do We process Your Personal Information?
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Consent: In most cases, We will process Your Personal Information based on
Your prior explicit consent as required under Indian law, which You
can withdraw at any time. In the event, You do not wish for Us to
process Your Personal Information for any specific purpose, You retain
the right to deny consent to Us for Use of Your Personal Information
for such purpose. You may do so by contacting us at
legalsupport@meesho.com. Please refer to Section 4 below to understand
the different instances in which We collect Your Personal Information
and the purposes for which We process Your Personal Information. While
You have the right to withdraw the consent that You have given,
certain Personal Information may be necessary to make available Our
Platform and/or provide You with Our Services and We may not be able
to provide You with. Please note that certain categories of Personal
Information may be essential for Us to operate the Platform and
deliver the Services. In such cases, if You choose not to provide such
information, or withdraw consent for its processing, We may be unable
to offer You access to specific Platform features.
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Notwithstanding anything contained herein, We may, in compliance with
applicable laws in India, process Your Personal Information without
obtaining Your consent in the event: (i) You voluntarily provide Your
Personal Information to Us and do not indicate anything to show that
You do not consent to the use of such Personal Information by Us.
Further, if You voluntarily provide Your Personal Information to Us
for any of the purposes under Section 4, We shall not process Your
Personal Information for any of the other purposes, unless You
specifically voluntarily provide Your Personal Information to Us for
any and / or all of such other purposes; (ii) the purpose of
processing is for fulfilling any legal obligation to disclose any
information to the State or any of its instrumentalities subject to
such processing being in accordance with the provisions regarding
disclosure of such information in any other law for the time being in
force; (iii) it is for employment purposes or for defending Ourselves
from any loss or liability in the context of employment; (iv) it is
for compliance with any judgment, decree, or order issued under any
Indian law or any judgment, decree, or order relating to civil
contractual claims under any foreign law; (v) it is for responding to
a medical emergency involving a threat to life or immediate threat to
Your health or of any other Users’ health; (vi) it is for taking
measures to provide medical treatment or health services to You or any
other User during an epidemic, outbreak of disease or any other threat
to public health; (vii) it is for the purpose of taking measures to
ensure safety of, or provide assistance or services to, any individual
during any disaster, or any breakdown of public order; and (viii) it
is in the interest of prevention, detection, investigation or
prosecution of any offence or contravention of any law for the time
being in force in India.
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Information belonging to children and persons with disability
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The Platform is not intended for use by children (i.e., individuals
below 18 years of age). We do not knowingly collect or process
Personal Information from children, nor do We encourage children to
access or use the Platform or the Services. We do not accept any
responsibility or liability for any use of the Platform by a person
who is a child, or for any resulting claims by their parents or lawful
guardians, as applicable
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The Platform and the Services are designed to be inclusive are
inclusive and cater to all persons, including persons with
disabilities. For the purpose of this Privacy Notice, a person with
disability refers to someone with long-term physical, mental,
intellectual, or sensory impairment that may hinder their full and
effective participation equally with others, but a person who is
otherwise competent to contract. If You are a User with a disability
and require any assistance to access or use the Platform, please
contact Us at legalsupport@meesho.com. We will be happy to serve You
and help You through the use of the Platform.
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When do We collect Your Personal Information and how do We use the
Information We collect?
We will only collect and process Your Personal Information in
accordance with applicable laws. We collect and use Your Personal
Information by way of the following means:
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Directly from You. We may collect Personal Information directly from You when You
provide it to Us through Your access to or use of the Services,
including when You register on the Platform, submit information
through features or functionalities of the Platform, or otherwise
interact with Us in connection with the Services.
How do We use this Personal Information: We use the Personal Information collected directly from You for the
following purposes:
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to facilitate Your use of the Services and process Your onboarding or
registration for the Services;
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to process Your requests and provide services or support raised by
You in relation to the Services;
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to conduct evaluations, background verifications, and authenticate
information submitted by You for the purposes of the Services, whether
directly or through third-party service providers;
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to carry out the Company’s obligations and enforce rights
arising from contracts entered into or to be entered into between You
and the Company, including billing and collection;
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to collect and share updates with You regarding the Services,
including changes, tracking updates, and other service-related
communications;
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to send periodic communications and notifications, including updates
to the Services and applicable terms of use, and Company news;
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to do Your background verification and checks;
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to post comments or testimonials provided by You while using the
Services, and use the same for promotional or marketing purposes,
where applicable;
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to personalise Your experience on the Platform and improve Your
experience while using the Services; and
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to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements,
including tax, customs, and KYC-related obligations, where
required.
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Information We collect about You:
We may collect Personal Information automatically as You navigate,
access, or use the Services, which may include usage details, IP
addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and
other tracking technologies. We may also receive Personal Information
about You from other sources, including Our affiliate entities and
third-party sources such as analytics providers and advertising
networks, identity and profile-related service providers, and publicly
available sources. Such information may include technical data and other
personal or non-personal information, and may be combined with Personal
Information collected directly from You, in accordance with this Privacy
Notice and applicable laws.
How We use this Personal Information: In addition to the purposes set out above, We use the information
collected or generated under this section for the following
purposes:
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to improve existing capabilities, features, and functions of the
Services and enhance overall service quality;
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to personalise Your experience on the Platform;
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for research, analysis, business intelligence, reporting, and
development or advancement of the Company’s business or
Services;
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to administer and protect the Company’s business and the
integrity of the Services, including troubleshooting, data analysis,
system testing, and internal operations;
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to implement information security practices and detect security
breaches, computer contaminants, or computer viruses;
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to investigate, mitigate, prevent, or take action against illegal
activities, suspected fraud, or misconduct relating to the
Services;
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to investigate, enforce, and resolve disputes and apply Company
policies, including this Privacy Notice;
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to respond to legal, judicial, or quasi-judicial processes and lawful
requests from government or law enforcement authorities, as permitted
by law; and
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for audit, accounting, contractual, technical, and legal
requirements, including for security purposes or dispute
resolution.
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Why and To Whom Do We Disclose Your Information?
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We only share Personal Information to persons as provided in this
Privacy Notice.
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Disclosure to employees and third parties: By providing Your information, You consent to the Company’s
collection, storage, use, disclosure, and sharing of such information
in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable laws. We may
share Your information with authorised service providers, vendors,
consultants, legal and audit advisors, data analytics providers,
storage providers, and other third parties engaged by the Company,
solely to enable the provision of the Services or for the purposes set
out above.
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Disclosure during change of control: Based on Your consent, We may share Your Personal Information with
Our parent company, subsidiaries, and affiliates as a result of a
sale, acquisition, merger, reorganisation, or other change of control.
We may also disclose and transfer all such information: (i) to a
subsequent owner, co-owner, or operator of the Services or applicable
database; or (ii) in connection with a corporate merger,
consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of Our
membership interests and / or assets or other corporate change,
including, during the course of any due diligence process.
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Disclosures required by law: We may access, use, preserve, transfer, and disclose Your
information (including Personal Information), including disclosure to
third parties: (i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation,
subpoenas, governmental requests or legal process if in Our good faith
opinion, such disclosure is required or permitted by law; (ii) to
protect and / or defend the Terms for any of Our Services or other
policies applicable to any of Our Services, including investigation of
potential violations thereof; (iii) to protect the safety, rights,
property or security of the Services or any third party; and / or (iv)
to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical
issues. Further, We may use IP addresses or other device identifiers,
to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with third parties
such as copyright owners, internet service providers, wireless service
providers, and / or law enforcement agencies, including disclosing
such information to third parties, where it is required by law or is
in pursuance to any subpoenas, governmental requests, orders from
government authorities or investigative agencies, or legal processes
requiring the requisite details. Such disclosures may be carried out
without notice to You.
- Your Rights
We provide You with the following rights about Your Personal
Information as per applicable laws. Your rights are:
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Right to access information: You have the right to ask Us: (i) for a summary of Your Personal
Information being processed by Us and the processing activities
undertaken by Us with respect to such Personal Information; (ii) the
identities of all other third-party entities with whom Your Personal
Information has been shared by Us, along with a description of the
Personal Information so shared; and (iii) such other information that
may be mandated for us to provide You under applicable law. However,
this right has certain limitations as prescribed under applicable law.
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Right to modify / rectify information: You have the right to correct or update any information, including
Your Personal Information. In the event You notice that any Personal
Information already provided by You is inaccurate or incomplete or
needs to be updated, You can ask Us to rectify such Personal
Information (if the same cannot be done at Your end through the Platform) by contacting legalsupport@meesho.com. Further, if any Personal
Information already provided by You is inaccurate, incomplete, or
outdated, then You must give Us the accurate, complete, and up-to-date
Personal Information by writing to Us at the email ID provided above,
and We shall accordingly rectify such Personal Information at Our end.
We urge You to ensure that You always provide Us with accurate and
correct information / data to ensure that Your use of Our Services is
uninterrupted. In case of any such modification of Personal
Information, You may be required to furnish supporting documents
relating to the change in Personal Information for verification. Any
loss or damage accruing due to provision of inaccurate information or
failure to update Your details, will be Your sole responsibility, to
Our total exclusion.
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Right to erasure: You have the right to request the deletion or removal of Your
Personal Information where there is no compelling reason for Us to
keep it. Such right of erasure can be exercised by writing to Us at
legalsupport@meesho.com, which must be in a format prescribed by the
government, when available. For now, You may write to Us on the above
email, to exercise this right. On such an erasure request, We shall
delete all of Your Personal Information stored by Us. We shall also
ensure that any third-party service provider processing Your Personal
Information on Our behalf deletes all Your Personal Information,
unless retention of the same is necessary for providing the Services
or for compliance with any applicable law for the time being in force.
Upon such erasure request being made by You, We will undertake the
necessary deletion within a reasonable time and will cease processing
Your Personal Information, except as may be permitted under applicable
law. Please note that We may not be able to allow You access to Our
Website and / or provide Services, subsequent to Your exercising of
this right.
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Right with respect to consent: In certain instances, before collecting Your Personal Information,
We take Your free, specific, informed, unconditional, unambiguous, and
explicit consent. You can deny consent for the use of any particular
information or revoke the consent already given. You shall have the
following rights about Your Personal Information collected by
Us:
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Deny Consent: You shall have the right to deny a request for consent for (a)
collection and processing of specific Personal Information; (b)
processing of Personal Information for specific purposes; (c)
disclosure of such Personal Information to any third parties; and (d)
retention of such Personal Information (except when the same is
required to be retained under applicable laws). However, any such
denial will not prejudice Our rights or the rights of Our partners to
retain any Personal Information that You have provided in relation to
the Services already availed by You through the Platform, or by any
third-party service providers, per the provisions of this Privacy
Notice. Further, in case of a denial of a request for consent, the
Platform does not guarantee the continued facilitation of a Service.
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Withdraw Consent: You may also choose to withdraw Your consent (including consent
provided for the processing of Your Personal Information by Us or by
any third party on Our behalf) supplied to the Platform at any point
in time. To withdraw Your consent for the use, processing, disclosure,
sharing or transferring of any Personal Information, You may mail Us
at legalsupport@meesho.com. However, please note You will not be able to withdraw consent to the
collection of necessary cookies, which enables Us to display the
Platform on Your browser. Your withdrawal of the consent will not
affect the lawfulness of processing of Personal Information based on
Your consent before its withdrawal. In such an event, You are
responsible for the consequences of such withdrawal of consent, and We
do not provide a guarantee of Services if any such option to withdraw
consent is exercised.
If You do not provide Your consent or later withdraw Your consent, We
reserve the right not to offer You a Service on the Platform, if such
Personal Information was relevant for provision of the Service and / or
Platform.
In scenarios of withdrawal, We may delete Your Personal Information or
other information We had earlier collected and stored, or de-identify it
so that it is anonymous and not attributable to You.
Upon receiving a request for deletion of Your Personal Information, or
withdrawal of consent for the processing of Personal Information, We
shall not retain Your Personal Information if We no longer need it, and
there is no legal requirement to retain the same. Do note that multiple
legal bases may exist in parallel, and We may still have to retain
certain data and information at any time.
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Right to nominate: You shall have the right to nominate any other individual, who
shall, in the event of Your death or incapacity, exercise Your rights
in relation to Your Personal Information, per applicable law in
India.
- Your Duties
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The applicable laws prescribe certain duties that You must adhere to.
As part of Your duties, You need to ensure that You:
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Adhere to all the applicable laws for the time being in force while
exercising Your rights;
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Do not impersonate any other person at the time of providing Your
Personal Information;
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Do not suppress any material information while providing Your
Personal Information for any document, unique identifier, proof of
identity or proof of address issued by the State or any of its
instrumentalities;
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Do not register false or frivolous grievances or complaints with Us
or the Data Protection Board of India; and
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Furnish only verifiably authentic information when exercising Your
right to erasure.
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Security and Measures
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We have reasonable security measures and safeguards in place to
protect Your privacy and Personal Information from loss, misuse,
unauthorised access, disclosure, destruction, and alteration of the
information in compliance with applicable laws.
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As long as You access and / or use the Platform (directly or
indirectly), it is Your obligation, at all times, to take adequate
physical, managerial, and technical safeguards, at Your end, to
preserve the integrity and security of Your data which shall include
and not be limited to Your Personal Information.
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We or any of Our partners do not assume any liability or
responsibility for disclosure of Your Personal Information due to
errors in transmission, unauthorised third-party access, or other
causes beyond Our reasonable control. You understand and acknowledge
that We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any Personal
Information You transmit to Us or guarantee that Your Personal
Information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a
breach of any of Our security measures and safeguards. In the event of
any actual or suspected security incident, including data breach, We
will take all measures required to be undertaken under applicable
laws. You play an essential role in keeping Your Personal Information
secure. You shall not share Your Personal Information or other
security information of Your Account with anyone. We have undertaken
reasonable measures to protect Your rights of privacy concerning Your
usage of the Platform controlled by Us and Our Services. However, We
shall not be liable for any unauthorised or unlawful disclosures of
Your Personal Information made by any third parties who are not
subject to Our control. In the event of any actual or suspected
security incidents, including data breaches, We will take all measures
required to be undertaken under applicable laws.
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For how long do We retain Your Personal Information?
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We ensure that Your Personal Information, which is in Our possession
or under Our control, is destroyed and / or anonymised as soon as, as
per applicable law (if mandated), it is reasonable to assume that (i)
the purpose for which that Personal Information was collected is no
longer being served by the retention of such Personal Information; and
(ii) retention is no longer necessary for any other reason including
applicable law.
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Grievance redressal
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In case of any grievances, complaints or concerns with respect to Our
processing of Your Personal Information in relation to the Platform or
Services or any concerns pertaining to the Services, You can contact
Our grievance redressal officer, whose details are provided below:
Name: Murthy SN
Email: legalsupport@meesho.com
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By lodging a complaint, You agree to provide complete support to the
grievance redressal officer and such reasonable information as may be
sought from You. We aim to resolve the complaints as soon as possible.
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The grievance redressal officer shall acknowledge Your grievances, or
complaints or concerns with respect to the Platform or the Services,
within the timeline prescribed under applicable laws.
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If You have exhausted Your opportunity of redressing Your grievances
concerning Your Personal Information with Us and You are not satisfied
with the resolution, You may raise Your concern to the Data Protection
Board of India, once formed and effective.
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While You have the right to raise complaints with both the Company
and the Data Protection Board of India, please note that, registering
false or frivolous complaints with the Data Protection Board is a
punishable offence.
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Changes to the Privacy Notice
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We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Notice from time to time
to ensure that this Privacy Notice is consistent with any developments
to the Platform and Services, the way We use Your Personal Information
and any changes to the applicable laws including applicable data
protection laws. We will make the updated Privacy Notice available on
the Platform. We will notify You of any changes to this Privacy Notice
by way of an email. You will be required to provide Your consent and
acceptance to the updated Privacy Notice before You can continue
accessing the Platform and the Services after such change. We
encourage You to visit the Platform from time to time to ensure that
You are well informed about Our latest policies concerning personal
data protection. All communications, transactions and dealings on the
Platform shall be subject to the latest version of this Privacy Notice
in force at the time.
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You may also determine if any such revision has occurred by referring
to the date on which this Privacy Notice was last updated.
- Questions
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If You have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Notice or in
relation to the Platform, You may contact Us
at legalsupport@meesho.com for clarifications.