Follicular Technologies  Private Limited (Adon Hair Care) takes the privacy of your information seriously. This privacy policy describes the types of personal information we collect from you through our website (including sub-domains and micro-sites ) and mobile applications. It also describes the purposes for which we collect that personal information, the other parties with whom we may share it and the measures we take to protect the security of your data. It also tells you about your rights and choices with respect to your personal information, and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.

You are advised to carefully read this Privacy policy before using or availing any of our products and/or services.

1. DEFINITIONS

In this Privacy policy, the following definitions are used:

Cookies

A small file placed on your device by our website or mobile application when you either visit or use certain features of our website or mobile application. A cookie generally allows a website to remember your actions or preference for a certain period of time.

Data

includes non-personal information, personal information and sensitive personal information about you, which either directly or indirectly in combination with other information, could allow you to be identified when you visit our stores, website and/or mobile application.

Data Protection Laws

Any applicable law for the time being in force relating to the processing of Data.

Partners

Select third parties  with whom we have contracts for the businesses described in this Privacy Policy.

Service Providers

includes entities to whom we  will disclose your Data in order to process information for a specific purpose pursuant to written contract.

Follicular Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Follicular technologies  Private Limited , a company incorporated in India whose registered office is at 306 , cosmos plaza , Andheri West mumbai india 400053

Third Part 

Other  associate companies  with whom we have a contractual arrangement to, inter alia, share data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

User or you

The natural person who accesses our stores, website or mobile application.

1. WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Follicular Technologies Pvt Ltd.  collects Data for various purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

This Data includes, without limitation, the following categories:

• Contact information: 
• first and last name, email address, postal address, country, phone number and other similar contact data.
• Financial information:
• Payment instrument information, transactions, transaction history, preferences, method, mode and manner of payment, spending pattern or trends, and other similar data.
• Technical information:  Website, device and mobile app usage, Internet Protocol (IP) address and similar information collected via automated means, such as cookies, pixels and similar technologies.
• Transaction information: The date of the transaction, total amount, transaction history and preferences and related details.
• Health related information, such as information or records relating to Your medical/ health history, health status, details of treatment plans and medication prescribed by a Medical Practitioner, dosage details such as frequency of dosage, alternative medication, medicines ordered by You through the Platform, laboratory testing results and any other information inferred there from.
• Product and service information: Your account membership number, registration and payment information, and program-specific information, when you request products and/or services directly from us, or participate in marketing programs.
• Personal information: Age, sex, date of birth, marital status, nationality, details of government identification documents provided, occupation, ethnicity, religion, travel history or any other personal information provided in responses to surveys or questionnaires.
• Your reviews, feedback and opinions about our products, programmes and services.
• Loyalty programme information: your loyalty membership information, account details, profile or password details and any frequent flyer or travel partner programme affiliation.

1. HOW WE COLLECT DATA

We collect Data in the following ways:

• Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our website or mobile application or give us in any other way (e.g., at Clinic, stores). Please see the section titled "Data Shared by You" for more information.
• Automatic Information We Collect: We use "cookies", pixels and similar technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Please see the section below, titled "Data that is Collected Automatically" for more information.
• E-mail Communications: To help us make emails more relevant and interesting, we often receive confirmation (if your device supports such capabilities) when you open e-mail from us or click on a link in the email. You can choose not to receive marketing emails from us by clicking on the unsubscribe link in any marketing email.
• Automatic Information We Collect from Other Websites: We receive and store certain types of information when you interact with third-party websites that use our technology or with whom we have a specific agreement. Because we process this information on behalf of the applicable website operators, collection, processing, and use of such information is subject to the applicable website operators’ privacy policies and is not covered by our Privacy Notice.
• Information from Other Sources: We may obtain information from other sources. An example of this is when you authorise a third-party website (such as the website of follicular technologies pvt ltd. to interact directly with our website or mobile application to provide or receive Data about you. In that case, we might receive such Data used by that third-party website to identify your account with that website.

You can make choices about our collection and use of your Data. For example, you may want to access, edit or remove your Data on our website or mobile application. When you are asked to provide Data, you may decline.

1. DATA SHARED BY YOU

Follicular technologies pvt ltd ( Adon Hair Care) may collect your Data in several ways from your use of our Clinic, website or mobile application. For instance:

• when you register with us to receive our products and/or services;
• when you conduct a transaction with us or attempt a transaction at our clinic, on our website or mobile application;
• when you complete surveys conducted by or for us;
• when you elect to receive any communications (including promotional offers) from us;
• from the information gathered by your visit to our clinic, website or mobile application;

1. DATA THAT IS COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

• We automatically collect some information when you visit our website or use our mobile application. This information helps us to make improvements to our content and navigation. The information collected automatically includes your IP address.
• Our web servers or affiliates who provide analytics and performance enhancement services collect IP addresses, operating system details, browsing details, device details and language settings. This information is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed and similar information. Follicular technologies pvt ltd ( Adon Hair Care) uses this information to measure the site usage, improve content and to ensure safety and security, as well as enhance performance of our website or mobile application.
• We may collect your Data automatically via Cookies, pixels and similar technologies in line with settings on your browser. For more information about Cookies, please see the section below, titled "Cookies".

1. OUR USE OF DATA

Any or all the above Data may be required by us from time to time to provide information relating to Follicular technologies pvt ltd ( Adon Hair Care) to work on the experience when using our website or mobile application. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:

• carry out our obligations arising from any contract entered into between you and us;
• provide products and/or services and communicate with you about products and/or services offered by us;

• provide you with offers (including for financial products and/or services), personalised services and recommendations and improve your experience on our website and mobile application;
• operate, evaluate and improve our business, website and mobile application;
• generate aggregated data to prepare insights to enable us to understand customer behaviour, patterns and trends with a view to learning more about your preferences or other characteristics;
• provide privileges and benefits to you, marketing and promotional campaigns based on your profile;
• in connection with loyalty programs owned and operated by us.
• communicate with you (including to respond to your requests, questions, feedback, claims or disputes) and to customise and improve our services;
• to enhance your shopping experience and bring you access to membership programs, rewards and offers.
• enforce the terms of use of our website and mobile application;
• protect against and prevent fraud, illegal activity, harm, financial loss and other legal or information security risks; and
• serve other purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection, and as otherwise authorised or required by applicable law.

We treat these inferences as personal information (or sensitive personal information, as the case may be), where required under applicable law. Some of the above grounds for processing will overlap and there may be several grounds which justify our use of your personal information.

Where required under applicable law, we will only use your personal information (including sensitive personal information) with your consent; as necessary to provide you with products and/or services; to comply with a legal obligation; or when there is a legitimate interest that necessitates the use.

1. MINORS

Our website and mobile application do not offer products or services for use by minors. If you are under 18, you may use our website or mobile application only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

1. SHARING OF DATA

We may share your Data with/ for:

• Partners:  We may make available to you services, products, or applications provided by Partners for use on or through our website or mobile application. If you choose to use such a service, customer information related to those transactions may be shared with such a Partner. Such partners will be required to respect the security of your data and to treat it in accordance with this privacy policy and law..

• Service Providers: We  may share your Data with Service Providers. Examples include storing and analysing Data, protecting and securing our systems, providing search results and links, providing customer service, credit analysis, processing your information for profiling, user analysis and payment processing.
• Information from Other Sources: We may obtain information from other sources. An example of this is when you authorise a third-party social media platform to interact directly with our website or mobile application to provide or receive Data about you. In that case, we might receive such Data used by that third-party social media  to identify your account. These Service Providers will be required to only process Data in accordance with express instructions and as necessary to perform services for purposes set forth in this Privacy Notice. The Service Providers will also be required to safeguard the security and confidentiality of the Data they process by implementing appropriate technical and organisational security measures and confidentiality obligations binding employees accessing Data.
• Protecting Follicular technologies (Adon Hair Care): We may release Data when we believe release is appropriate to comply with applicable law or legal process, enforce or apply the Terms of Use of our website or mobile application and other agreements, protect Follicular technologies (Adon Hair Care) against harm or financial loss, when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect individuals’ vital interests, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity. This may include exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection, risk management and dispute resolution. This does not include selling or otherwise disclosing personal information of users for commercial purposes in violation of this Privacy Notice.
• Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy subsidiaries or business units. Your Data (including in relation to loyalty programs) may be transferred as part of such transaction. Any Data that we receive from a third party pursuant to such transactions will be processed in accordance with this Privacy policy and applicable law.
• Third Parties: We may also share your Data with other third parties where:
• You request or authorise us to do so;
• We need to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process; or
• We need to operate and maintain the security of our website or mobile application, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks.
• We require these third parties by contract to only process sensitive personal data in accordance with our instructions and as necessary to perform services on our behalf or in compliance with applicable law. We also require them to safeguard the security and confidentiality of the sensitive personal data they process on our behalf by implementing appropriate confidentiality, technical and organisational security measures. 

1. KEEPING DATA SECURE

We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data and we store your Data on secure servers. Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us by e-mail at our email address provided at Clause 16 below.

1. RETENTION OF DATA

Follicular technologies (Adon Hair Care) retains Data for as long as necessary for the use of our products and/or services or to provide access to and use of our website or mobile application, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, enforcing our agreements and as long as processing and retaining your Data is necessary and is permitted by applicable law. Because these needs can vary for different data types and purposes, actual retention periods can vary significantly.

Even if we delete your Data, including on account of exercise of your right under Clause 10 below, it may persist on backup or archival media for audit, legal, tax or regulatory purposes.

1. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

When we process Data about you, we do so with your consent and/or as necessary to operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security of our systems and our customers, or fulfil other legitimate interests of Follicular technologies (Adon Hair Care) as described in this Privacy Policy.
You have the following rights in relation to your sensitive personal information and you can exercise it by submitting a request as described in the "How to Contact Us" section below.

• Right to Access, Review and Modify
• Right to Correction
• Right to Withdraw Consent

It is important that the Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during the period for which we hold it.

1. WHERE WE STORE DATA

Data collected under this Privacy Policy  is hosted on servers located in India.

1. PROCESSING YOUR DATA

We take steps to ensure that the Data we collect under this Privacy Policy is processed according to the provisions of this Privacy Policy and the requirements of applicable law.

To ensure that your Data receives an adequate level of protection, we have put in place appropriate written contracts with  Partners and Service Providers that we share your Data with. This ensures your Data is treated by such parties in a way that is consistent with applicable law.

1. APP PERMISSIONS THAT WE CAPTURE

We ask for the following app permissions while onboarding, in order to optimise the experience for you:

Location

It is recommended that you set your location sharing 'Always' as it helps us to show you location specific data like availability of products. You can change this anytime.

Camera

To allow you to take a photo of prescriptions & directly upload it to the app.

Photos/Media/Files

Media access permission is needed to store and retrieve your uploads such as prescription uploads on your device.

SMS

To support automatic OTP confirmation, so that you don't have to enter the authentication code manually.

Receive SMS

This helps us to send you payment related SMS by our payment partner Razorpay.

Access Wifi State

This helps us to optimise your experience based on the Wifi’s strength and signals, especially for optimising video consultations.

Record Audio / Video

To enable video consultations with doctors.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth is used to redirect to bluetooth headset during video consultations.

1. SEVERABILITY

If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this Privacy Policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this Privacy Policy will not be affected.

1. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

Our business changes constantly and our Privacy policy may also change . We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our website and mobile application frequently to see recent changes. The updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. Any changes will be immediately posted on our website and mobile application and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the updated Privacy Notice on your first use of our website or mobile application or first purchase of the products and/or services following the alterations. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

1. HOW TO CONTACT US

To request to access, review, update, or withdraw your consent for your personal information or to otherwise reach us, please submit a request by emailing us  info@adonhaircare.com .  You may contact us for information on Service Providers and Partners  with whom we may share your Data in compliance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

1. GRIEVANCE OFFICER

Please see below the details of our grievance officer:

Name: Ms. Anita yadav

Email: info@adonhaircare.com

Address: Grievance Officer, 306, cosmos plaza , Andheri West Mumbai - 400053

GDPR

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information above. [OR INSERT ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SENDING ACCESS, ERASURE, CORRECTION, AND PORTABILITY REQUESTS]

Your Personal Information will be initially processed in Ireland and then will be transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States. For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify’s GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.

[INCLUDE FOLLOWING SECTION IF YOUR BUSINESS IS SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT]

CCPA

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you (also known as the ‘Right to Know’), to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information above. [OR INSERT ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SENDING ACCESS, ERASURE, CORRECTION, AND PORTABILITY REQUESTS]

If you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, please contact us at the address above.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

[Be sure to check this list against Shopify’s current list of cookies on the merchant storefront: https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies ]

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Reporting and Analytics

[INSERT OTHER COOKIES OR TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU USE]

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Complaints

As noted above, if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail or by mail using the details provided under “Contact” above.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority. You can contact your local data protection authority, or our supervisory authority here: [Add contact information or website for the data protection authority in your jurisdiction. For example: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/]

Last updated: 2023-04-20