Privacy Policy
Updated on 03rdOctober 2021
IMPORTANT DEFINITION

“Personal Information”,as defined under Information Technology Act, 2000, Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011, shall mean any information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information available or likely available with a body corporate, is capable of identifying such person.

“Sensitive Personal Information”shall mean as defined under the Information Technology Act (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011

“Products” shall mean and include all of Products of Travel Cover Private Limited such as but not limited to Worldwide Travel Related Products, Insurances, Coverages, Insurance, Travel Cover’s Worldwide Assistance Products, luggage infinity services, worldwide assistance including concierge, visa and ticket related products etc.

“Services” shall mean and include all our services including but not limited to our professional services and products made available to you by us, through the Platforms and Offline Channels (as defined below) and all our services and Products purchased / booked by you.

INTRODUCTION

Travel Cover Private Limiteda Limiteda company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered office at A704, 7th Floor, Sai Radha Complex, LBS Marg (opp Corpora), Bhandup West, Mumbai 400078, India (“we” / “us” / “our”) owns and operates the domain name https://travelcover.co.in/(“Website”) and the mobile application (“Mobile application”).

We believe that the users / subscribers (“you” / “your”) who avail the benefits and Services through the Website / Mobile application has the right to know and understand ourethical standards in gathering, the purpose of gathering, using, handling, securing and safeguarding any Personal Information(as defined herein below) that you share with us.It also explains your options for accessing and managing all such Personal Information.

This Privacy Policy shall be applicable to any and all persons who -

  • 1. Procure and/or intend to procure and/or inquire about any of our Services and Products.
  • 2. Procure or subscribe to Services made available by us through any of our platforms / interface including without limitation Website, mobile site, Mobile application (collectively referred hereinafter as "Platforms") and through our offline channels such as but not limited to call centres, offices, agents, distributors, channel partners etc (collectively referred hereinafter as "Offline Channels").
  • 3. By purchasing any of our Services and / or by visiting this Website and / or by using any Platform, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. We suggest you read this Privacy Policy in its entirety and carefully as it provides relevant information. Your usage of the Platform and / or purchase of our Services,shall be deemed to indicate that you have carefully read understood, agreed and accepted thereby giving consent to this Privacy Policy. In case you disagree with this Privacy Policy (in whole or in part), we request you to not use/access the Platforms and / or purchase any of our Services. In case you decide to withdraw your consent to this Privacy Policy, then you will have to cancel the Services, in which case notwithstanding to anything contrary contained in this Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions or anywhere else, 100% cancellation shall be applicable and charged.
MINOR'S PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you are a Minor, and you wish to provide us with your Personal Information for the purpose of availing our Servicesand / or any other features of any of the Platform and our Services, then you must read this Privacy Policy with your parent or guardian and may not provide your Personal Information without first obtaining your parent's or guardian's prior written consent. If we are notified or otherwise learn that a Minor has submitted Personal Information to us through any of our Platforms other than under the conditions set forth above, then notwithstanding anything contrary contained herein and / or anywhere else, we will delete the concerned Minor's Personal Information which may affect the Services.

We do not knowingly collect data of users younger than 18 years of age.

WHAT WE COLLECT AND HOW WE COLLECT?
We collect the following-
  • 1.Personal Information
    At the time of visiting the Website, any Platform, or Offline Channels and / or while subscribing to the our newsletter, when you respond to survey or fill out a formand / or at the time of registering with us and / or while Purchasing any of the Service, you share the following data / information with us - (a) your name, age, gender, date of birth, nationality, email address, phone number, information relating to address, billing information, etc; (b) other data publicly available or data made available by linking your social media, geographic location or phone number; (c) transactional information, such as but not limited to availing offers, use of our Services and or any other assistance related to Services; (d) information you provide us when you contact us for help; (e) language preference, information you enter into the Platforms and / or at the Offline Channels,,while availing / using / purchasing the Services, such as but not limited to while asking doubts, enquiring, purchasing, participating in discussions and taking tests.
  • 2.Sensitive Personal Information
    As of date of this Privacy Policy, we do not collect any Sensitive Personal Information. However, depending on the type of Services that you may purchase/avail we may, if required mandatorily to provide you with the benefits of your purchased Service, collect Sensitive Personal Informationsuch as password, transactional information, health related information, etc.
  • 3.Other Information
    In addition to the above information / data, we may collect certain information automatically, such as but not limited to - (i) the type of mobile device you use, operating system of your mobile or computer, the Internet browsers used by you to access the Websites and information about the way you use our Services through any Platform; (ii) browser and device data; (ii) app usage data (iii) data collected through Cookies, pixel tags and other technologies (iv) Demographic data and other data provided by you (v) aggregated data. However, in case any Other Data identify you as an individual or relate to any particular individual, then we will treat such Other Data as Personal Information.
  • 4.Log information:
    When you access our website, our servers may automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Website. These server logs may include information such as but not limited to your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your requests raised, transcripts of any chat conversations and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. Please refer to “Cookies” to more about how we collect information using cookies.
  • 5.User communications:
    When you send email or other communication to us, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
COOKIES:
  • 1. We may collect certain data from Cookies, which are pieces of data stored directly on the computer or mobile device that you are using. Cookies allow us to collect data such as browser type, time spent on the Online Services, pages visited, referring URL, language preferences, and other aggregated traffic data. A Cookie may also allow us to collect information about your path through our Website and to determine whether you have visited us before. However, unless you register with us, it will only collect Other Data. Cookies cannot be used to read data off of your hard drive and cannot retrieve information from any other Cookies created by other Web sites. These Information to help us understand how visitors use our site and help us to improve our site for various purpose including security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display data and information more effectively, to collect statistical data, to personalize your experience while using any of the Platform(s) and to recognize your computer to assist your use of the Platform. We also gather statistical data about use of the Platform to continually improve design and functionality understand how they are used and assist us with resolving questions.
  • 2. Cookies further allow us to select and evaluate which advertisements or offers are to be displayed to you while you are using any of the Platforms or to send promotional emails. We also use Cookies to track responses to online advertisements and marketing emails.
  • 3. You may refuse to accept a Cookie from us by following the procedures specific to your Web browser. Although if you do so, you may find your browser to react strangely while visiting our Website and other websites as well. Since Cookies don't provide us with any information from which we can identify you, we suggest you allow us to place one on your computer. If you are visiting a site where you will be accessing your confidential account information, you will be required to accept Cookies as it is essential for site administration and security.
  • 4. You can choose whether to accept Cookies by changing the settings on your browser or by managing your tracking preferences. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Online Services. For example, we will not be able to recognize your computer, and you will need to log in every time you visit. You also will not receive advertising or other offers from us that are relevant to your interests and needs.
USAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We’ll use your information for various purposes to render Services to you as purchased, availed or subscribed by you and hence usage of some Information will depend on the type of Services for which you have engaged us. Under some circumstances we might require you to share the Information directly with us. In case you fail to provide such Information to us or prohibit us from collecting such information, then we might not be able to render you with your requested problem resolution, Product or Services and / or the benefits under such Services or Products purchased/booked by you, for which we shall not be held responsible / liable by you. We use all such Information for our genuine business purpose to render appropriate services, which includes without limitation the following-
  • 1. We collect Personal Information from you to – (i) process, confirm and fulfil customer requests regarding our Services or transactions made using the Platforms and / or Offline Channels, (ii) identify you, to provide you with information required to service you, give you the benefits of the Products/Services purchased by you, (iii) address your enquiries, complaints and requests, (iv) to send you any communications related to the Services availed, subscribed or purchased by you, which may include sending you email, sms, text messages etc to notify you of changes in our Services or features.
  • 2. We will also use your Personal Information to update you with the latest news, benefits, covers, events, offers, sales, brochures, marketing communications and promotional offers, as well as periodic customer satisfaction, market research or quality assurance surveys.
  • 3. When you provide an email address at the time of purchasing / subscribing any Service, we use that email address to send you a copy of your invoice(s) and / or other notifications, documents related to your purchase / subscription. However, in case you are purchasing or subscribing any Service on behalf of any third person using your email address, then the invoice(s) and / or other notifications, documents related to the purchase, or the subscription made for such third person will also be sent to you on the email address shared by you with us.
  • 4. Personal Information collected by us enables us to give you convenient access to our Services, offerings and Products and may help us tailor your requirement.
  • 5. We collect Personal Information from you to combine them with individual data and behavior patterns so that we can provide you with targeted / personalized content. We will further use the information shared by you to ensure continuous better experiences.
  • 6. We collect Personal Information from you to Develop new Products, Services, features, and functionality.
  • 7. We collect Personal Information from you for compliance purposes, including enforcing our Terms of Service, or other legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency.
  • 8. (i) to comply with the rules relating to KYC obligations and under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 or under any other law; (ii) to identify, verify and conduct background screening purposes; (iii) to conform to legal requirements or comply with legal processes; (iv) to reconcile and settle accounts with those who provide related services to us; (v) to carry out activities connected with the running of our business such as personnel training, quality control, network monitoring, testing & maintenance of computer, other systems and in connection with the transfer of any part of our business in respect of which you are a customer or a potential customer, (vi) to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations including without limitation, IRDA and KYC obligations and under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 or under any other law.
PAYMENTS, DEBIT / CREDIT CARD AND OTHER BANKING DETAILS
When you purchase our Services directly through our Platforms and / or Offline Channels, we track the web pages, and information that has been accessed by you, and store it on our servers. This enables us to track Services purchased by you and those that you need to see. However, in case of payments via credit or debit card or through Net Banking at the time of purchase of Services or Products directly from the Platform or Offline Channels (except in case where you have purchased our Services from an Agent, who collects payment from you directly), you will be redirected to the webpage or application (as may be applicable) of concerned payment gatewayproviders such as Razorpay etc or to the payment gateway of the banks (“Payment Gateway”), where you may save and store with the Payment Gateway your payment details such asbut not limited to card holder’s name, card numbers, card expiry date and / or preferred Net Banking. Under no circumstances do we have access to any such data which is saved and stored by you with the Payment Gateway. Hence, we do not store any data related to debit /credit cards and net banking details however, we have access to and may retain, subscriber information through the Payment Gateway. All payment transactions under the Website are processed through securedPayment Gateway.
INFORMATION SHARING
Other than the abovementioned sharing of data related to credit card information, we only share Personal Information with third parties in the following limited circumstances:
  • 1. We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to :
    • a.Satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, orders or instructions.
    • b.Enforce applicable Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations thereof
    • c.Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or
    • d.Protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Travel Cover Private Limited, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
  • 2. We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-Personal Information, such as the number of customers and users subscribed to and / or purchased the Services, or the number of users registered on our website and Mobile application. Such information does not identify you individually.
  • 3. We may provide information to various service providers such as but not limited to airlines, travel companies, visa processing companies, insurance Companies etc as and when necessary, to ensure that we render you appropriateServices as we offer and further render you the benefits of the Products purchased by you.
  • 4. We may provide information to such third parties whom we use to facilitate our business, such as to host the Service at a co-location facility for servers.
  • 5. Where we utilize third parties for the processing of any Personal Information, we implement reasonable contractual, organisational and technical protections limiting the use of that information to our specified purposes.
THIRD PARTY ENTITIES
This Privacy Policy does not cover the privacy policy, data protection or any other similar policies and practices of third party individuals / organizations /entities including without limitation Content Owner, Publishers, Franchisees, Owners, Business Partners, Third Party Service Providers, app developer, app provider(s), social media platform provider(s), operating system provider(s), wireless service provider(s) or device manufacturers (hereinafter collectively referred as “Third Party Entities”). Kindly note, reference to Third Party Entities in any of the Platforms or Offline Channels must not be construed or deemed, under any circumstances, to be an endorsement of such Third Party Entities by us. We have no control over, any Third Party Entities’ collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information and hence we cannot be held responsible / liable for the same.
DATA SECURITY
We are committed in protecting your Personal Information. We store your Personal Information in secured locations and servers.We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of Personal Information and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, Personal Information, which is appropriate to the harm that might result from the unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss, destruction or damage and the nature of the Information to be protected, having regard to the state of technological development and the cost of implementing any measures.
The measures we use are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information. However, please bear in mind that the Internet, electronic data transmission or storage of information cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
DATA RETENTION
We retain Personal Information we collect from you for at least 3 years or for such duration as required under applicable laws, rules and regulations for the following purpose to meet our ongoing legitimate business need to do so including without limitation, to provide you with Service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal, rules, regulations, tax, or accounting requirements.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
If you have consented to receiving marketing communications from us, we may continue to use your Information for this purpose until you withdraw your consent or otherwise for as long as we reasonably consider your consent remains valid and effective.
HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?
In addition to us protecting your Personal Information, you can also protect your Personal Information if you take reasonable measures to protect the same, such as but not limited to - (i) Choose strong passwords and change them regularly (ii) at all times ensure that your passwords are kept confidential and ensure that you do not share them with anyone else; (iii) do not use your same password for multiple accounts (iv)if you are a registered user then you must ensure that you log out after each session; (v) in case you suspect that your password has been compromised or if someone may have accessed your account, then you must immediately inform us; (vi) keep your devices protected by ensuring that you’re using the latest version of your operating system and have suitable anti-virus software, if applicable; and (vii)stay away from any and all fraudulent emails.
LINKS
We may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve our customized content. Clicking on links may take you to sites outside our domain. We are not responsible for the contents and privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by our Website.
ALERTS
Unless you opt out, we may alert you by email or phone (through sms/call) to inform you about new Service offerings, progress reports, events or other information which we feel might be useful for you.
PUBLIC FORUMS:
When you use certain features on our website like the discussion forums and you post or share your Personal Information such as comments, messages, files, photos, will be available to all users, and will be in the public domain. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose Personal Information in your profile or when posting on our forums this information may become publicly available.
YOUR CONSENT TO THIS POLICY
By accessing our Platform, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This document supersedes any prior communication on this topic and reflects the entire and exclusive Privacy Policy for this Site. This Policy is subject to our Terms of Use, which take precedence over any conflicting Policy provision. We may change our Policy by posting a new version of it on our Site.
You have the right to access your Personal Information held by us and if necessary, have it amended, modified or deleted. However, please be informed that certain Services and features of the Platform requires your Personal Information. Hence, in case you delete your Personal Information then such Services and feature of the Platform may not be able to you. You can also request not to receive marketing communications from us through communications such as but not limited to email and SMS. You may opt out of receiving email newsletters and other marketing communications by following the opt-out instructions provided to you in those emails. Please note that we may still need to send you certain communications relating to your account or use of any of the Platforms and these transactional account messages may be unaffected if you choose to opt-out from marketing communications.
CONTACTING US
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us by writing to us at:
Address: A704, 7th Floor, Sai Radha Complex, LBS Marg (opp Corpora), Bhandup West, Mumbai 400078
Email: mitul@travelcover.co.in