Datayaan Solutions Private Limited (“Datayaan”, “we” or “us”), author and publisher of www.yaanal.com,
provides innovative market intelligence services to our customers and users (“you”). In doing so, we
recognize and greatly respect your privacy rights, and we provide this policy (“Privacy Policy “) to
make
you aware of how we collect and use information from you pertaining to your use of yaanal.com (our
“Website”) as well as the products or services that you access through the Website (our “Products”). We
also
explain in this Privacy Policy certain rights that you have in respect of your Personal Information (as
defined herein). We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this
Privacy
Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices in relation to Personal
Information
(as defined herein).
This Privacy Policy provides you with information about:
1. Information collected and how it is used
2. Direct marketing and how you can manage your preferences
3. Cookies, similar sites and third-party services
4. How we use Personal Information
5. The legal basis for using your Personal Information
6. Transfers of Personal Information
7. How we protect and store your information
8. Use by children
9. Your rights
10. How to contact us
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time and therefore we ask you to check back periodically
for
the latest version of the Privacy Policy, as indicated in the “Last updated:” date at the bottom of the
policy. If there will be any significant changes made to the use of your Personal Information (as
defined
herein) in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will endeavour to notify
you by
posting a notice on our website.
There may also be external links to third party websites and services on our website. This Privacy
Policy
does not apply to your use of a third-party site or service. To find out more about external links,
including any Personal Information (as defined herein) that may be collected by third parties, please
refer
to the “Cookies, Third Party Advertisements and External Links” section.
1. INFORMATION COLLECTED AND HOW IT IS USED
1.1 Personal Information:
We collect information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort allow the
identification of an individual, or may be sensitive in nature (“Personal Information “) when
you:
● Register with or use our website;
● Consult with a member of our sales team; or
● Commence direct communications with us either in relation to a query or complaint.
We will ask you to provide certain Personal Information if you choose to create a Yaanal account or use
our services. This may include your name, personal and work email, and phone number. We collect this
information, only if voluntarily provided by you, in order to create and authenticate your account and
provide you access to our Products and services. Where you try to consult with a member of our sales
team, we will also collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide about your work and your
company.
We also collect Personal Information when you commence direct communications via our website enquiry
form, by telephone or writing to us. When you commence direct communications with us, we may retain such
communications and the accompanying Personal Information in order to process your inquiries, respond to
your requests and improve our services.
1.2 Web Server Information:
Like most website operators, we also collect web server log information of the sort that web browsers
and servers typically make available (“Web Server Information”). This Web Server Information includes
non-personally-identifying information such as browser type, language preference, and the date and time
of each visitor request, as well as potentially personally-identifying information like Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses. In either case, we do not use such Web Server Information to identify visitors
to our website, and we do not disclose any Personal Information included in such Web Server Information
to third parties, other than under the specific circumstances described below in this Privacy Policy
where Personal Information may be disclosed. Our purpose in collecting this Web Server Information is to
better understand how our visitors use the Website in order to improve the Website and our Products.
2. DIRECT MARKETING AND HOW YOU CAN MANAGE YOUR PREFERENCES
We may use your Personal Information, voluntarily provided by you in the circumstances described herein,
to let you know about our Products and services that we believe will be of interest to you. In all
cases, we will respect your preferences for how you would like us to manage such marketing activity with
you.
To protect privacy rights and to ensure you have control over how we manage marketing activities with
you:
2.1 We will take steps to limit direct marketing to a reasonable and proportionate level and only send
you communications which we believe may be of interest or relevance to you.
2.2 You can ask us to stop direct marketing at any time – you can ask us to stop sending email
marketing, by following the ‘unsubscribe’ link you will find on all the email marketing messages we send
you. Alternatively, you can contact us at contact@datayaan.com. Please specify whether you would like
us to stop all forms of marketing or just a particular type (e.g., email); and
2.3 You can change the way your browser manages cookies, which may be used to deliver online
advertising, by following the settings on your browser as explained below in the “Cookies, Similar Sites
and Third-Party Services” section.
We recommend you routinely review the privacy policies and preference settings that are available to you
on any social media platforms you use, as well as your preferences within your Yaanal account.
3. COOKIES, SIMILAR SITES, AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
3.1 Use of Cookies, Web Beacons, Pixels, and other Technologies
Our website uses certain monitoring and tracking technologies (such as cookies, web beacons and
pixels).
A cookie is a small text file that is stored in a web browser directory by a website or an advertisement
related action. Our website uses two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session
cookies are created temporarily in your web browser directory while you are visiting a website and are
deleted once you leave the website. Persistent cookies remain in your web browser and are activated
again once you visit the website that created that specific cookie. A web beacon is a small file used by
a website or an advertisement-related action to keep track of your navigation through a single website
or a series of websites. A pixel is a small line of code which is used by a website or an
advertisement-related action to assign online activities to a computer or browser.
We use these technologies in order to ensure proper operation of our Products and Website, collect
information and ensure information security. Although our collection of such information is not used to
personally identify users, we are still committed to giving you the opportunity to exercise your choice
of opting out from our collection of such information. For removing cookies and other technologies used
on our Website, please refer to the “Opt-Out Option” sub-section below.
We will not use the above technologies to collect Personal Information without obtaining your
permission, unless where we are permitted to do so under applicable privacy laws.
3.2 Opt-Out Option
Please note that your browser enables you to disable all cookies (if you do not know how to do this,
check out the “Help” file of your browser), however, this may interfere with your use of the Website or
other internet websites.
In order to disable cookies or otherwise adjust your cookies preferences, please adjust the settings on
your browser. Please note that if you disable certain cookies on your browser, some parts of our
Services may not fully work or may otherwise be limited or affected.
If you use a new computer, upgrade, or change web browsers or take any action which results in the
deletion of the “opt out” cookie, you will need to perform this opt-out process again upon any such
change.
For more information about cookies including how to set your internet browser to reject cookies please
go to
3.3 Third Party Websites and Services
Our Products may recommend third party websites which the Product determines may be of interest to you
(“Similar Sites “).We do not have control over such Similar Sites or Third-Party Services, including
their information collection and use practices. We are not responsible for their privacy practices or
policies. We therefore recommend that you review the privacy policies of Similar Sites and Third-Party
Services before providing them with your Personal Information. For more information about the
Third-Party Services to which links are included in our website, please contact us
at contact@datayaan.com.
Yaanal uses remarketing with Google Analytics to advertise online. Third party vendors, including
Google, may show Yaanal’s ads on sites across the Internet.
4. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Yaanal will use Personal Information solely in order to provide you with our Products and services,
process your inquiries, respond to your requests, and improve our services.
We may share some or all your Personal Information with our current or future subsidiaries, joint
venture partners or other companies with whom we are under common control, provided such parties
undertake to protect your privacy in at least the same manner as set out in this Privacy
Policy.
In addition, we may share some or all your Personal Information in the manner and for the purposes
described below:
4.1 With third parties who help manage our business and deliver services. These third parties have
agreed to confidentiality restrictions and use any Personal Information we share with them solely
for the purpose of providing the contracted service to us. These include IT service providers who
help manage our IT and back-office systems;
4.2 With our regulators, to comply with all applicable laws, regulations and rules, and requests of
law enforcement, regulatory and other governmental agencies or if required to do so by court
order;
4.3 We may collect and share Personal Information if required to do so as part of any legal
proceedings conducted between you and Yaanal.
5. THE LEGAL BASIS FOR USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will only collect, use, and share your Personal Information where we are satisfied that we have an
appropriate legal basis to do this. This may be because:
5.1 You have provided your consent to us using the Personal Information (e.g., where you provide us
with marketing consents or opt-in to optional additional services or functionality);
5.2 Our use of your Personal Information is necessary to perform a contract or take steps to enter a
contract with you (e.g., providing you with our Products, and services, creating your user
account);
5.3 Our use of your Personal Information is in our legitimate interest as a commercial organisation,
subject to your interests and fundamental rights. In these cases, we will always look after your
information in a way that is proportionate and respects your privacy rights and you have a right to
object to processing as explained in “your rights” section below;
5.4 Our use of your Personal Information is necessary to comply with a relevant legal or regulatory
obligation that we have (e.g., the disclosure of information to law enforcement or tax authorities).
If you would like to find out more about the legal basis for which we process Personal Information,
please contact us.
6. TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Please be aware that your Personal Information may be transferred, stored, and processed in countries
outside your country of residence from which the information was collected, including the United
States, where our servers are located and our central database is operated. This means that your
Personal Information will be subject to a different standard of data protection than that available
in your country of residence. Yaanal will take appropriate steps to ensure that transfers of
Personal Information are in accordance with applicable laws and carefully managed to protect your
privacy rights and interests. To this end:
6.1 We ensure transfers within Yaanal will be covered by an agreement entered by members of Yaanal
(an intra-group agreement) which contractually obliges each member to ensure that Personal
Information receives an adequate and consistent level of protection wherever it is transferred
within Yaanal.
6.2 Where we transfer your Personal Information outside Yaanal or to third parties who help provide
our products and services, we obtain contractual commitments from them to protect your Personal
Information. Some of these assurances are well recognized certification schemes for the protection
of Personal Information transferred the United States or other countries; or
6.3 Where we receive requests for information from law enforcement or regulators, we carefully
validate these requests before any Personal Information is disclosed.
7. HOW WE PROTECT AND STORE YOUR INFORMATION
7.1 Security
We have implemented and maintain appropriate technical and organizational security measures,
policies and procedures designed to reduce the risk of accidental destruction or loss, or the
unauthorized disclosure or access to such information appropriate to the nature of the information
concerned. Note that, although we take measures to secure the information we collect and reduce the
risk of unwanted disclosure, we cannot guarantee that the information will not be exposed as a
result of unauthorized penetration to our servers. However, we make commercially reasonable efforts
to make the collection and security of such information consistent with this Privacy Policy and all
applicable laws and regulations. As the security of information depends in part on the security of
the computer you use to communicate with us and the security you use to protect your user IDs and
passwords, please take appropriate measures to protect this information.
7.2 Retention of your Personal Information
We will store your Personal Information for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes for
which it was collected, as explained in this Privacy Policy. In some circumstances we may store your
Personal Information for longer periods of time, for instance where we are required to do so in
accordance with legal, regulatory, tax or accounting requirements.
In specific circumstances we may store your Personal Information for longer periods of time so that
we have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges, or
if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation relating to your Personal Information or
dealings.
8. USE BY CHILDREN
We do not offer our products or services for use by children. If you are under 18, you may not use the Website, our Products or provide any information to the Website without involvement of a parent or a guardian. We do not knowingly collect information from, and/or about children.
9. YOUR RIGHTS
You may revise your Personal Information by editing your account details. You also have the right to
ask Yaanal to amend any Personal Information it holds about you if it is inaccurate or misleading by
emailing our Data Protection Officer at,
9.1 The following rights, which may be subject to certain exemptions, apply (in addition to the
rights set forth above) to EU users:
9.1.1 You have a right to access information held about you. Your right of access can normally be
exercised free of charge; however, we reserve the right to charge an appropriate administrative fee
were permitted by applicable law.
9.1.2 You have a right to restrict the processing of your Personal Information, for example in case
we no longer need your Personal Information for the initial purposes for which it was collected but
it is required by you for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
9.1.3 You have a right to object to processing which has our legitimate interests as its lawful
basis. We will no longer process your Personal Information upon your request, unless we have
compelling legitimate grounds for the continuation of the processing which override your interests,
rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims. You may also
object to our use of your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes. See the “Direct
Marketing” and “Cookies” sections for how to unsubscribe, manage your marketing preferences and opt
out of cookies.
9.1.4 You have a right to obtain a portable copy of Personal Information which is processed based on
your consent, or which is necessary for the performance of a contract between us. You have a right
to have such portable copy of Personal Information transferred to another data controller in a
structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format;
9.1.5 You also have a right to request details of the basis on which your Personal Information is
transferred outside the European Economic Area but you acknowledge that data transfer agreements may
need to be partially redacted for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
9.1.6 You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority if you have
concerns about how we are processing your Personal Information. We ask that you please attempt to
resolve any issues with us first, although you have a right to contact your supervisory authority at
any time.
We may ask you for additional information to confirm your identity and for security purposes, before
disclosing the Personal Information requested to you. We reserve the right to charge a fee were
permitted by law, for instance if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
You can exercise your rights by contacting us. Subject to legal and other permissible
considerations, we will make every reasonable effort to honour your request promptly or inform you
if we require further information in order to fulfil your request.
We may not always be able to fully address your request, for example if it would impact the duty of
confidentiality we owe to others, or if we are legally entitled to deal with the request in a
different way.
10. HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Service, please
feel free to contact us by e-mail at contact@datayaan.com.
We will investigate and attempt to resolve complaints and disputes and will make every reasonable
effort to honour your wish to exercise your rights as quickly as possible and, in any event, within
the timescales provided by data protection laws.
You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e.,
your place of habitual residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement) at any time. We
ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before your local supervisory authority.