TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Last updated on 20th NOV 2023.

Terms and Conditions

These terms of use (“Terms and Conditions”) mandate the terms on which the users (“You” or “Your” or “User”) access and register on the WOODIES site (Website: www.woodiesfan.com) and WOODIES App operated and managed by M/S WOODIES (“Sole Proprietorship” or “We” or “Us” or “Our”), collectively referred to as, “the Platform”.

Please read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy carefully before registering on the Platform or accessing any material, information through the Platform. The Sole Proprietorship retains an unconditional right to modify or amend this Terms of Use without any requirement to notify You of the same. You can determine when this Terms of Use was last modified by referring to the “Last Updated” legend above. It shall be Your responsibility to check this Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your acceptance of the amended Terms of Use shall signify Your consent to the changes and the agreement to be legally bound by the same.

1.Platform Services:

You acknowledge that the Platform is a web service that allows You to avail the services directly from the Sole Proprietorship (“WOODIES APP & WEBSITE”) including their products and services and facilitate communication with them for such products and services, and other general information. The Sole Proprietorship hereby grants You, a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty free license to use the Platform for the purposes of availing the products and services from WOODIES APP & WEBSITE, collectively hereinafter referred to as (the “Platform Services/ Products and Services/Services”) which are detailed as below-

o Use of the Platform for ordering food, tracking orders, order management etc.

WOODIES is a platform made for Ordering food from WOODIES COULD KITCHEN(S) AND WOODIES QSR OUTLET(S).

In no event shall the Sole Proprietorship be liable to You for any loss or damage that may cause or arise from or in relation to these Terms of Use and/or due to use of this Platform.

As part of the Platform Services provided to You, after availing such services, You agree to provide honest feedback/review about the concerned Platform Service, if required by the Sole Proprietorship.

In case of any dissatisfaction with the Platform Services, You shall first file a formal complaint with the customer service of the Sole Proprietorship, as may be applicable, prior to pursuing any other recourse. The complaints can be lodged at support@woodiesfan.com and upon lodging a complaint You agree to provide complete support to the customer service team with such reasonable information as may be sought by them from You. The decision of the Sole Proprietorship, as may be applicable, on the complaints shall be final and You agree to be bound by the same.

2.Use of the Platform

Subject to compliance with the Terms of Use, the Sole Proprietorship hereby grants You a non-exclusive, limited privilege to access and use this Platform. You agree to use the Platform only: (a) for purposes that are permitted by the Terms of Use; and (b) in accordance with any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines.

You agree that You shall not copy, reproduce, sell, redistribute, publish, enter into a database, display, perform, modify, alter, transmit, license, create derivatives from, transfer or in any way exploit any part of any information, content, materials, services available from or through the Platform, except that You may download the Platform for Your own personal, internal use and non-commercial use.

You agree that You will not use the Platform in any manner or engage in any activity that may damage, disable or impair or adversely affect the use of the Platform or interfere with any other users’ use, legal rights, or enjoyment of the Platform. Further, You agree not to remove any text, copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the content downloaded from the Platform.

Further, You undertake not to:

o defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others;

o publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information;

o copy, republish, post, display, translate, transmit, reproduce or distribute any content on the Platform through any medium without obtaining the necessary authorization from the Sole Proprietorship;

o conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters;

o upload or distribute files that contain software or other material protected by applicable intellectual property laws unless You own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents;

o upload or distribute files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of the Platform or another’s computer;

o engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts access to the Platform (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Platform);

o attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Platform, any other systems or networks connected to the Platform, to any of the Sole Proprietorship’s server, or through the Platform, by hacking, password mining or any other illegitimate means;

o probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Platform or any network connected to the Platform, nor breach the security or authentication measures on the Platform or any network connected to the Platform. You may not reverse look-up, trace or seek to trace any information on any other User, of or visitor to, the Platform, to its source, or exploit the Platform or information made available or offered by or through the Platform, in any way whether or not the purpose is to reveal any information, including but not limited to personal identification information, other than Your own information, as provided on the Platform;

o disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise cause harm to, the Platform, systems resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through the Platform or any affiliated or linked sites;

o collect or store data about other Users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities;

o use any device or software to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Platform or any transaction being conducted on the Platform, or with any other person’s use of the Platform;

o use the Platform or any material or content for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, or to solicit the performance of any illegal activity or other activity which infringes the rights of the Sole Proprietorship or other third parties;

o falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded;

o violate any applicable laws or regulations for the time being in force within or outside India or anyone’s right to privacy or personality;

o violate the Terms of Use contained herein or elsewhere; and

o reverse engineer, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information or software obtained from the Platform.

o Intellectual Property Rights

The Platform and all information, content, materials, products including, but not limited to text, content, photographs, graphics, texts, video and audio content and computer code (“Content”) on the Platform is owned and controlled by the Sole Proprietorship and the design, structure, selection and feel and arrangement of the Content is protected by copyright, patent and trademark laws and other various intellectual property rights either in the favour of the Sole Proprietorship, or third parties from whom the appropriate permissions have been taken under applicable laws. The trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on the Platform (“Marks”) are the property of the Sole Proprietorship and its affiliates or other respective third parties, as the case may be. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the express prior written consent of the Sole Proprietorship or the third party that owns the Marks.

Further, You understand and accept that all information, except Your personal information and other data submitted by You for the purposes of transacting on the Platform, through the Platform shall be deemed the property of the Sole Proprietorship, and the Sole Proprietorship shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques provided by You on the Platform, in any manner whatsoever. On initiating a contact or query through the Platform, You agree to be contacted by the Sole Proprietorship or any other entities with whom the Sole Proprietorship has entered into an arrangement for the provisions of Services to You.

2.Disclaimer of Warranties, Indemnification and Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Platform and other Content are provided by the Sole Proprietorship on an “as is” basis without warranty of any kind, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, including the implied warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, the Sole Proprietorship makes no warranty that (i) the Platform or Platform Services will meet Your requirements or Your use of the Platform will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free; (ii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Platform will be effective, accurate or reliable; (iii) any errors or defects in the Platform will be corrected. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by You from the Sole Proprietorship shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the Terms of Use.

The Sole Proprietorship will have no liability related to any user Content arising under intellectual property rights, libel, privacy, publicity, obscenity or other laws. The Sole Proprietorship also disclaims all liability with respect to the misuse, loss, modification or unavailability of any user Content. Further, the Sole Proprietorship will not be liable for any loss that You may incur as a consequence of unauthorized use of Your Account or Account information in connection with the Platform or the Platform Services either with or without your knowledge.

The Sole Proprietorship and its affiliates have endeavoured to ensure that all the information on the Platform is correct, but the Sole Proprietorship and/ or its affiliates neither warrants nor makes any representations regarding the quality, accuracy or completeness of any data, information regarding the Platform Services or otherwise. The Sole Proprietorship shall not be responsible for the delay or inability to use the Platform or related functionalities, the provision of or failure to provide functionalities, or for any information, software, functionalities and related graphics obtained through the Platform, or otherwise arising out of the use of the Platform, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise. Further, the Sole Proprietorship shall not be held responsible for non-availability of the Platform during periodic maintenance operations or any unplanned suspension of access to the Platform that may occur due to technical reasons or for any reason beyond the Sole Proprietorship’s control. You understand and agree that any material or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Platform is done entirely at Your own discretion and risk, and that You will be solely responsible for any damage to Your computer systems or loss of data that results from the download of such material or data.

You acknowledge that the software and hardware underlying the Platform as well as other internet related software which are required for accessing the Platform are the legal property of the respective vendors. The permission given by the Sole Proprietorship to access the Platform will not convey any proprietary or ownership rights in the above software/hardware to You.

Please note that not all the Platform Services are available in all geographical areas and depending on Your location, You may not be eligible to avail certain Platform Services offered by the Sole Proprietorship, as the case may be. The Sole Proprietorship reserves the absolute right to determine the availability and eligibility for any of the Platform Service offered on the Platform.

The Sole Proprietorship is not responsible for the availability of content or other services on third party sites linked from the Platform and the Sole Proprietorship urges You to read the terms of use of the respective third party sites, before accessing or registering with any of such third party sites. Further, the Sole Proprietorship does not make any warranties and expressly disclaims all warranties express or implied, including without

limitation, those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement with respect to any information or services or products that are available or advertised or sold through these third-party websites.

The Sole Proprietorship shall not be liable for failure or error of any transaction on the Platform or for any failure on part of the Sole Proprietorship to perform any of its obligations under these Terms of Use if performance is prevented, hindered or delayed by a Force Majeure event (defined below) and in such case its obligations under these Terms of Use shall be suspended for so long as the Force Majeure event continues. The term “Force Majeure Event” means any event due to any cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sole Proprietorship, including without limitations, unavailability of any communication systems, breach, or virus in the processes or payment or delivery mechanism, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts of god, civil commotion, strikes or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer hacking, unauthorised access to computer data and storage devices, computer crashes, malfunctioning in the computer terminal or the systems getting affected by any malicious, destructive or corrupting code or program, mechanical or technical errors/failures or power shut down, faults or failures in telecommunication etc.

Further, You will not dispute or hold us responsible for**:**

o (i) any act that is not an obligation of us under the Terms of Use;

o (ii) any disclosures made by us to any statutory body under any law;

o (iii) any loss, notional or otherwise, incurred by You due to delays either at the bank, payment gateway providers, and/or transfer agency;

o (iv) rejection of Your instructions by the bank, payment gateway providers, and/or transfer agency;and

o (v) processing of instructions authenticated by Your login credentials, non-availability or non-accessibility of the Platform, telephone(s), or office(s) of Sole Proprietorship in case of circumstances beyond Sole Proprietorship’s control.

You agree to indemnify the Sole Proprietorship, its directors and employees from any losses, damages, penalties, claims, costs and demands (including reasonable attorney fees and legal costs) arising out of breach or non-performance and/or non-observance of the duties and obligations, representations, warranties and covenants under the Terms of Use or due to your acts or omissions. You further agree to hold the Sole Proprietorship harmless against any claims made by any third party due to, or arising out of, or in connection with, Your use of the Platform, any misrepresentation with respect to the data or information provided by You, Your violation of the Terms of Use, or Your violation of any rights of another, including any intellectual property rights. In no event shall the Sole Proprietorship and its officers, partners, consultants, agents and employees, be liable to You or any third party for any special, incidental, indirect, consequential or punitive damages whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with Your use of or access to the Platform or Content on the Platform. The limitations and exclusions in the Terms of Use apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws.

You warrant that all the details and information provided by You to the Sole Proprietorship while using this Platform are correct, accurate and genuine. You further warrant that providing such details and information on the Platform or sharing of the aforesaid details/information shall not violate any third – party rights or the intellectual property right of any third party.

6.Eligibility to Use: By accepting the Terms of Use, You hereby represent that:

§ You are of 18 (eighteen) years of age or older and in case of You are acting as guardian on behalf of a minor, You have the necessary authority to register/sign up on the Platform for the availing the Services on behalf of the minor;

§ You are of legal age to form a binding contract, are not a person barred from receiving the Platform Services under the applicable laws and are competent to enter into a binding contract. The Sole Proprietorship reserves the right to refuse access to the Platform to new Users and any such user who has been suspended or removed by the Sole Proprietorship for any reason whatsoever shall not been entitled to avail the Platform Services; and

§ You are prohibited from selling, trading, or otherwise transferring Your Account to another party or impersonating any other person for the purposing of creating an account with the Platform;

7.User Account, Password and Security

In order to access the Platform Services on the Platform and Your account on the Platform (“Account”), You will have to register on the Platform by providing details including but not limited to mobile number, name, email address, password, date of birth, etc. and other information as may be required by the Sole Proprietorship from time to time. Your Account will be activated after verification by us in accordance with our internal Sole Proprietorship guidelines, based on the information provided by You including personal information.

We may also ask You for certain financial information, including Your billing address, bank account details, credit card number, expiration date and/or other payment related details or other payment method data, and debit instructions or other standing instructions to process payments for the Platform Services. The Sole Proprietorship may ask You to provide certain additional information about Yourself on a case to case basis. You shall ensure and confirm that the Account information provided by You is complete, accurate and up-to-date. If there is any change in the Account information, You shall promptly update Your Account information on the Platform. If You provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete (or becomes untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete), or if the Sole Proprietorship has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, the Sole Proprietorship has the right to suspend or terminate Your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Platform (or any portion thereof) at its discretion, in addition to any right that the Sole Proprietorship may have against You at law or in equity, for any misrepresentation of information provided by You.

You will be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the Account information and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under Your Account and also agree to keep your login credentials safe and confidential at all times. You further agree to promptly change your login credentials and inform the Sole Proprietorship immediately in case of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of Your Account. The Sole Proprietorship cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from Your failure to comply with this provision. You may be held liable for losses incurred by the Sole Proprietorship or any other user of or visitor to the Platform due to authorized or unauthorized use of Your Account as a result of Your failure in keeping Your Account information secure and confidential.

• Violation of the Terms of Use
  

You agree that any violation by You of these Terms of Use will constitute an unlawful and unfair business practice, and will cause irreparable harm to the Sole Proprietorship, as the case may be, for which monetary damages would be inadequate, and You consent to the Sole Proprietorship obtaining any injunctive or equitable relief that they deem necessary or appropriate in such circumstances. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies that the Sole Proprietorship may have at law or in equity. If the Sole Proprietorship takes any legal action against You as a result of Your violation of these Terms of Use, they will be entitled to recover from You, and You agree to pay, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of such action, in addition to any other relief that may be granted.

• Suspension and Termination:
  

The Terms of Use will continue to apply until terminated by either You or the Sole Proprietorship as set forth below. If You object to the Terms of Use or are dissatisfied with the Platform, your only recourse is to (i) close Your Account on the Platform; and/or (ii) stop accessing the Platform. In case you violate these Terms of Use and/ or any applicable law, the Sole Proprietorship may, at any time and in its sole discretion, terminate Your Account and/or prevent You from accessing the Platform and/or Platform Services.

The Sole Proprietorship may delist You or block Your future access to the Platform or suspend or terminate your Account if it believes, in its sole and absolute discretion that You have infringed, breached, violated, abused, or unethically manipulated or exploited any term of these Terms of Use or anyway otherwise acted unethically. Notwithstanding anything in this clause, these Terms of Use will survive indefinitely unless and until the Sole Proprietorship chooses to terminate them. If You or the Sole Proprietorship terminate Your use of the Platform, the Sole Proprietorship may delete any Content or other materials relating to Your and the Sole Proprietorship shall have no liability to You or any third party for doing so. However, Your transactions details may be preserved by the Sole Proprietorship for purposes of tax or regulatory compliance.

The Sole Proprietorship, may modify these terms at any time.

1.Refund policy

The transactions on the Platform with respect to the Platform Services will be completed only after successful transfer of money from Your registered bank account to the relevant party. You hereby agree and acknowledge that the transactions on the Platform once completed cannot be cancelled by You. You acknowledge that orders are prepaid and are non-refundable, except if the order is cancelled from the end of the beneficiary receiving party, in which case the beneficiary party will promptly execute refund intitiation which will be credited back to your account within the relevant time period as per the terms of the payment gateway provider. In case of successful transfer of money from Your account, however, any failure to reflect in the Account, the money would be refunded to Your registered bank account within the relevant time period as per the terms of the payment gateway provider.

2.Governing laws

The Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of India without reference to conflict of laws principles. All disputes arising in relation to shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of court at Guwahati.

• Report Abuse
  

In the event You come across any abuse or violation of these Terms of Use or if You become aware of any objectionable content on the Platform, please report the same to the following e-mail id: support@woodiesfan.com ****

• Communications:
  

You hereby expressly agree to receive communication (including transactional messages) or by way of SMS and/or E-mail or through WhatsApp from the Sole Proprietorship or any third party in connection with the Platform Services or Your registration on the Platform. You can unsubscribe/ opt-out from receiving communications through SMS and e-mail anytime by visiting support@woodiesfan.com

• Whatsapp Groups
  

The Sole Proprietorship reserves a right to create any Whatsapp groups (“Groups”) through its representatives (hereinafter referred to as “Group Admin”) who are expressly authorized to control, monitor and administer the Groups on its behalf. The usage, membership, and participation in the Group are subject to the following terms and conditions:

1.You shall not:

o use the Groups for circulating, uploading, transmitting, or otherwise making available any information, data or content that is unlawful, harassing, threatening, harmful, tortuous, defamatory, libellous, abusive, violent, obscene, vulgar, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise objectionable;

o stalk, harass, threaten or harm another user using the Groups;

o engage in any copyright infringement or other intellectual property infringement, or disclose any trade secret or confidential or personal information in violation of a confidentiality, employment, or nondisclosure agreement and/or privacy norm to which you are subject to;

o post, send, transmit or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized e-mail messages, advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, or chain letters, including, without limitation, bulk commercial advertising, and informational announcements;

o upload, post, e-mail, transmit, store or otherwise make available any material that contains viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to harm, interfere or limit the normal operation of the Service (or any part thereof), or any other computer software or hardware;

o interfere with or disrupt the Group services;

o plan or engage in any illegal activity using the Groups;

o circulate or post any jokes and poems;

o circulate or post any religious or politically oriented views or comments; and

o pretend to be anyone, or any entity, You are not i.e. You may not impersonate or misrepresent yourself as another person (including celebrities), entity, another participant of the Groups, an employee or official or representative of Sole Proprietorship,;

The Group Admin reserves the right at all times to determine, in its sole discretion, whether the content posted on the Group is appropriate and in compliance with these Terms of Use. The Group Admin further reserves the rights to remove any participant/member from the Group if it finds You or any participant/member to have circulated/posted any content which is objectionable or improper for the Groups or its participants and/or deemed to have violated the Terms of Use or for any reason whatsoever. The participants shall not challenge or question such removal by the Group Admin or declaration of any content as inappropriate or not compliant with the Terms of Use. The participant hereby agrees and acknowledges that any of such actions by the Groups Admin shall not be construed as defamatory by the participant or You. This Group shall be used only for communication and group chat in relation to products, services and updates.

The views or comments posted herein by any participant shall be the views and comments of that participant only and shall not be construed to be the views or comments of the Group Admin and/or the Sole Proprietorship, or that such view/comments are endorsed by the Group Admin and/or the Sole Proprietorship.

The participant agrees and acknowledges that views/comments/suggestion by any other participants in the Groups shall be subject to verification by the participant reading/relying upon such views/comment/suggestion including view/comments/suggestion with respect to the Sole Proprietorship.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold the Group Admin, the Sole Proprietorship, its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners and licensors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by a third party or any other participant in the Groups, relating to or arising from: (a) any content You submit, post, transmit, or otherwise make available in and through the Groups; (b) Your use of the Groups; and/ or (c) any violation by You of the Terms of Use. This obligation shall survive the termination or expiration of these Terms of Use or termination of your usage of the Groups by You and due to Your removal by the Group Admin.

1.You agree and acknowledge that Your personal information including your mobile number disclosed in the Groups may be used by the participants and/or the Groups Admin/the Sole Proprietorship to communicate or establish contact with you or for any other purposes. You hereby further unconditionally consents that such communications via SMS/text messaging services and/ or voice call by any other participant, Group Admin/ Sole Proprietorship is (a) upon the request and/or authorization by you, (b) ‘transactional’ and not an ‘unsolicited commercial communication’ under applicable laws including under the guidelines issued by Telecom Regulation Authority of India (“TRAI”) and (c) in compliance with the relevant guidelines of TRAI or such other authority in India and abroad. You shall indemnify the Group Admin and/or Sole Proprietorship against all types of losses and damages incurred by it or its affiliates, ,subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners and licensors due to any action taken by TRAI, access providers (as per TRAI regulations) or any other authority due to any erroneous compliant raised by you or anyone on the Group Admin and/or Sole Proprietorship or its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents, partners and licensors with respect to the intimations mentioned above or due to a wrong number or other contact details provided by you for any reason whatsoever.

2.Posts

The Sole Proprietorship may provide and display content on the Platform which features specific articles/write ups by third parties in relation to the products and services. You hereby agree and acknowledge that such content displayed on the Platform does not represent the views and/ or recommendations of the Sole Proprietorship and You are required to read the contents carefully before indulging in any associated activities. You may also be allowed to post and comment on such content on the Platform and You hereby undertake to ensure that such comments shall not be offensive and will be in accordance with applicable laws. All material added, created, submitted, or posted to the Platform by You is Your sole responsibility. The Sole Proprietorship reserves the right to review any information provided/data uploaded, if any, by You on the Platform and delete any information/data that is inconsistent with these Terms of Use.

General Provisions

• Notice: All notices from the Sole Proprietorship will be served by email to Your registered email address or by general notification on the Platform. Any notice provided to the Sole Proprietorship pursuant to the Terms of Use should be sent to support@woodiesfan.com with subject line – Attention: TERMS OF USE.
  
• Assignment: You cannot assign or otherwise transfer the Terms of Use, or any rights granted hereunder to any third The Sole Proprietorship’s rights under the Terms of Use are freely transferable by the Sole Proprietorship to any third party without the requirement of seeking Your consent.
  
• Severability: If, for any reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Terms of Use, or any portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to give effect to the intent of the parties as reflected by that provision, and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect.
  

• Waiver: Any failure by the Sole Proprietorship to enforce or exercise any provision of the Terms of Use, or any related right, shall not constitute a waiver by the Sole Proprietorship of that provision or right.
  
• IP Infringement
  
• If You believe the Platform violates Your intellectual property, You must promptly notify the Sole Proprietorship in writing at support@woodiesfan.com These notifications should only be submitted by the owner of the intellectual property or an agent authorized to act on his/her behalf. However, any false claim by You may result in the termination of Your access to the Platform. You are required to provide the following details in Your notice:
  
• (i) the intellectual property that You believe is being infringed;
  
• (ii) the item that You think is infringing and include sufficient information about where the material is located on the Platform;
  
• (iii) a statement that You believe in good faith that the item You have identified as infringing is not authorized by the intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law to be used in connection with the Platform;
  
• (iv) Your contact details, such as Your address, telephone number, and/or email;
  
• (v) a statement that the information You provided in Your notice is accurate, and that You are the intellectual property owner or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the intellectual property owner whose intellectual property is being infringed; and
  
• (vi) Your physical or electronic signature.
  
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• PRIVACY POLICY
  
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• Last updated on 20th NOV 2023.
  
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• M/S WOODIES, a Sole Proprietorship having its registered office at Duliajan, Assam – 786602, its affiliates and group entities, together referred to as “Sole Proprietorship”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” which owns and operates the website www.woodiesfan.com and/or the mobile application ‘WOODIES’ (collectively referred to as the “Platform”) is committed to protecting Your privacy and the information that You share while using the Platform. We value the trust You place in Us. That’s why, We maintain the highest security standards for securing the transactions and Your information.
  
• This Privacy Policy specifies the manner in which personal data and other information is collected, received, stored, processed, disclosed, transferred, dealt with or otherwise handled by the Sole Proprietorship. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that You provide to, or that is collected by, any third-party (excluding the Sole Proprietorship or its affiliates set out in paragraph 3 below) through the Platform, and any Third-Party Sites that You access or use in connection with the services offered on the Platform.
  
• Please read the Privacy Policy carefully prior to using or registering on the Platform or accessing/availing the services on the Platform (“Services”).
  
• By visiting the Platform, You (“You” or “Your”), accept and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms of use of the Platform (“Terms”) and shall be read harmoniously and in conjunction with the Terms.
  
• 1.Collection of Information
  
• We collect Personal Information (defined below) from You when You register or set up an account with Us on the Platform. You can browse certain sections of the Platform without being a registered member, however, to avail certain Services on the Platform, You are required to register with Us.
  
• This Privacy Policy applies to information (“Personal Information”) that:
  
• ·You may provide to Us voluntarily while registering on Our Platform for using Our Services, such as mobile number, email address, password, date of birth, etc. We may also ask You for certain financial information, including Your billing address, bank account details, credit card number, expiration date and/or other payment related details or other payment method data, and debit instructions or other standing instructions to process payments for the Services. We may ask You to provide certain additional information about Yourself on a case to case basis. All information disclosed by You shall be deemed to be disclosed willingly and without any coercion. No liability pertaining to the authenticity/ genuineness/misrepresentation/ fraud/negligence, etc. of the information disclosed shall lie on the Sole Proprietorship nor will the Sole Proprietorship be in any way responsible to verify any information obtained from You;
  
• ·Further, if You choose to buy through the Platform, We will also collect information about Your transactions including transaction status and details and Your order behaviour; and
  
• ·When and if You download and/or use the Platform through Your mobile, We may receive information about Your location, Your IP address, and/or Your mobile device, including a unique identifier number for Your device. We may use this information to provide You with location-based Services including but not limited to search results and other personalized content. You can withdraw Your consent at any time by disabling the location-tracking functions on Your mobile. However, this may affect Your enjoyment of certain functionalities on Our Platform.
  
• All transactional information including financial information gathered by the Sole Proprietorship shall be stored on servers, log files and any other storage system owned by the Sole Proprietorship or by third parties in India.
  
• Our primary goal in doing so is to provide You a safe, efficient, smooth and customized experience on the Platform. The information collected allows Us to provide the Services and features on the Platform that most likely meet Your needs, and to customize the Platform to make Your experience safer and easier. More importantly, while doing so, We collect the above – mentioned Personal Information from You that We consider necessary for achieving this purpose.
  

We may also collect certain non-personal information, such as Your internet protocol address, web request, operating system, browser type, URL, internet service provider, IP address, aggregate user data, browser type, software and hardware attributes, pages You request, and cookie information, etc. which will not identify with You specifically (“Non – Personal Information”), while You browse, access or use the Platform. We receive and store Non – Personal Information, by the use of data collection devices such as “cookies” on certain pages

of the Platform, in order to help and analyze Our web – page flow, track user trends, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. We offer certain additional features on the Platform that are only available through the use of a “cookie”. We place both permanent and temporary cookies in Your computer’s hard drive.

We also use cookies to allow You to enter Your password less frequently during a session on the Platform. Most cookies are “session cookies,” meaning that they are automatically deleted from Your hard drive at the end of a session. You are always free to decline Our cookies if Your browser permits, although in that case, You may not be able to use certain features or Services being provided on the Platform or You may be required to re-enter Your password each time you log – in or access the Platform during a session.

In general, You can browse the Platform without telling Us who You are or revealing any Personal Information about Yourself. In such a case, we will only collect and store the Non – Personal Information. Once You give us your Personal Information, You are not anonymous to Us. Wherever possible, while providing the information to Us, We indicate which fields are mandatory and which fields are optional for You. You always have the option to not provide the Personal Information to Us through the Platform by choosing to not use a particular Service or feature being provided by Us on the Platform, which requires You to provide such information. We may automatically track certain information about You based upon Your behaviour on the Platform. We use this information to do internal research on Your demographics, interests, and behaviour to better understand, protect and serve You. This information is compiled and analysed by the Sole Proprietorship on an aggregated basis and not individually, in a manner that does not specifically identify You.

If You choose to post messages on our message boards, chat rooms or other message areas or leave feedback, We will collect and store such information You provide to Us. We retain this information as necessary to resolve disputes, provide customer support, respond to queries and inquires, and troubleshoot problems and improve the Services.

If You send us correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about Your activities or postings on the Platform, We may collect and retain such information into a file specific to You for responding to Your request and addressing concerns in relation to Your use of the Platform. We shall be entitled to retain Your Personal Information and other information for such duration as may be required for the purposes specified hereunder and will be used by Us only in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

2.Use of Your Information

We use the Personal Information and other Non-Personal Information, for the following: (i) to provide and improve the Services on the Platform that You request; (ii) to resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems; (iii) to help promote a safe service on the Platform and protect the security and integrity of the Platform, the Services and the users; (iv) collect money from You in relation to the Products and Services, (v) inform You about online and offline offers, products, services, and updates; (vi) customize Your experience on the Platform or share marketing material with You; (vii) to detect, prevent and protect Us from any errors, fraud and other criminal or prohibited activity on the Platform; (viii) enforce and inform about our terms and conditions; (ix) to process and fulfil Your request for Services or respond to Your comments, and queries on the Platform; (x) to contact You; (xi) to allow Our business partners and/or associates to present customised messages to You; (xii) to communicate important notices or changes in the Services provided by the Sole Proprietorship, use of the Platform and the terms/policies which govern the relationship between You and the Sole Proprietorship and with Our affiliates as set out in paragraph 3 below for providing services to You; and (xiii) for any other purpose after obtaining Your consent at the time of collection.

You also specifically agree and consent to Us collecting, storing, processing, transferring and sharing information (including Personal Information) related to You with third parties such as with entities registered under applicable laws like payment gateways/ collecting banks/KRAs etc. solely for the purpose of processing your transaction requests for the Services.

In addition to the above, We identify and use Your IP address to help diagnose problems with Our server, resolve such problems and administer the Platform. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information.

We may occasionally ask You to complete optional online surveys. These surveys may ask You for Your contact information and demographic information (like zip code, age, or income level). We use this information to tailor Your experience at the Platform, providing You with content that We think You might be interested in and to display content according to Your preferences. We use Your Personal Information to send You promotional emails, however, We will provide You the ability to opt-out of receiving such emails from Us. If You opt out, the Sole Proprietorship may still send You non-promotional emails, such as emails about the Services and Your account on the Platform.

Unless and until, You explicitly give Your consent to Us, to do so, We will not share Your Personal Information with another user of the Platform and vice versa.

3.Sharing of information

We may make Your Personal Information and/or other Non-Personal Information available to Our affiliates including to enable them to provide Services through the Platform to You. Please note that all information shared with our affiliates or made available to our affiliates will be governed by the terms of this Privacy Policy.

We may also disclose Your Personal Information to third party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who work for the Sole Proprietorship, who are bound by contractual obligations to keep such personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which We disclose it to them. This disclosure may be required for Us, for instance, to provide You access to Our Services and process payments including validation of Your bank accounts, to facilitate and assist Our marketing and advertising activities/initiatives, for undertaking auditing or data analysis, or to prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities related to Our Services. We do not disclose Your Personal Information to third parties for their marketing and advertising purposes without Your explicit consent.

The Sole Proprietorship may disclose Your information, to the extent necessary: (i) to comply with laws and to respond to lawful requests and legal process, (ii) to protect the rights and property of the Sole Proprietorship, Our users, and others, including to enforce the Terms, and (iii) in an emergency to protect the personal safety and assets of the Sole Proprietorship, the users, or any person. In such an event the Sole Proprietorship is in no manner responsible for informing You or seeking Your approval or consent.

We and Our affiliates may, in compliance with applicable laws, share/transfer/assign all of Your Personal Information and other information with any other business entit(ies), in the event of a merger, sale, re-organization, amalgamation, joint ventures, assignment, restructuring of business or transfer or disposition of all or any portion of Our business.

4.Connecting your email account

You may also choose to provide Your explicit consent to connect/integrate Your email account(s) with Your account on the Platform by clicking on the authentication email sent by the Sole Proprietorship on Your registered email address. You will be expressly asked in each case whether You want to connect Your email address with Your account on the Platform. You

can also choose to enable Our access to one or more of Your email accounts by connecting such account(s) with Your account on the Platform.

Once connected, the Platform will securely access and analyze the email details and history including those made through the account on the Platform and consolidate them at one place.

Such data obtained by this integration will be used by the Sole Proprietorship solely for providing the Services and improving Your experience of the features of the Platform and to consolidate your details and history. The Sole Proprietorship hereby agrees and acknowledges that it shall not use or transfer any data or information received from the integration of the email addresses with the account on the Platform to third parties for serving ads, including retargeting, personalized, or interest-based advertising. Further, Sole Proprietorship hereby undertakes to ensure that its employees, agents, contractors, and successors shall at all times comply with applicable laws.

We encourage You to review the information prior to giving Your consent for integration of the email addresses with the account on the Platform. You may at any time opt to de-link Your email addresses connected with the account opened on the Platform, by managing these connections with the options provided on the Platform. For example, Google Mail’s permission settings are located at: myaccount.google.com/permissions. A user can de-link the access to their email accounts any time they wish.

Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

5.Links to Other Third – party Sites and collection of information

Our Platform may link You to other third – party Platforms (“Third – Party Sites”) that may collect Your Personal Information including Your IP address, browser specification, or operating system. The Sole Proprietorship is not in any manner responsible for the security of such information or their privacy practices or content of those Third – Party Sites. Additionally, You may also encounter “cookies” or other similar devices on certain pages of the Third – Party Sites and it is hereby clarified by the Sole Proprietorship that the Platform does not control the use of cookies by these Third – Party Sites. These third-party service providers and Third-Party Sites may have their own privacy policies governing the storage and retention of Your information that You may be subject to. This Privacy Policy does not govern any information provided to, stored on, or used by these third-party providers and Third-Party Sites. We recommend that when You enter a Third-Party Site, You review the Third Party Site’s privacy policy as it relates to safeguarding of Your information. We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when You visit the Platform. These companies may use information (not including Your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about Your visits to the Platform and Third-Party Sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to You. You agree and acknowledge that We are not be liable for the information published in search results or by any Third-Party Sites.

6.Security Precautions and measures

Our Platform has reasonable security measures and safeguards in place to protect Your privacy and Personal Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, destruction, and alteration of the information in compliance with applicable laws. Further, whenever You change or access Your account on the Platform or any information relating to it, We offer the use of a secure server. We cannot however ensure or warrant the security of any information You transmit to the Sole Proprietorship or guarantee that Your Personal Information and/or other Non-Personal Information provided for availing the Services or Platform may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by a breach of any of Our security measures and safeguards. It is further clarified that You have and so long as You access and/or use the Platform (directly or indirectly) the obligation to ensure that You shall at all times, 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.

When payment information is being transmitted on or through the Platform, it will be protected by encryption technology. You expressly consent to the sharing of Your information with third party service providers, including payment gateways, to process payments and manage your payment-related information. Hence, the Sole Proprietorship cannot guarantee that transmissions of Your payment-related information or Personal Information will always be secure or that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat the security measures taken by the Sole Proprietorship or the Sole Proprietorship’s third-party service providers. The Sole Proprietorship assumes no liability or responsibility for disclosure of Your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access, or other causes beyond its control. You play an important role in keeping Your personal information secure. You shall not share Your Personal Information or other security information for Your account with anyone. The Sole Proprietorship has undertaken reasonable measures to protect Your rights of privacy with respect to Your usage of the Platform controlled by Us and Our Services. However, We shall not be liable for any unauthorized or unlawful disclosures of Your personal information made by any third parties who are not subject to Our control.

7.Your Consent and Changes to Privacy Policy

Your Consent: By visiting the Platform or setting up/creating an account on the Platform for availing the Services on the Platform at such time, You signify Your acceptance to the provisions of the Privacy Policy.

Withdrawal of consent: You may choose to withdraw Your consent provided hereunder at any point in time. Such withdrawal of consent must be sent in writing to support@woodiesfan.com. In case You do not provide Your consent or later withdraw Your consent, We request you not to access the Platform and/or use the Services and also reserve the right to not provide You any Services through the Platform. In such a scenario, the Sole Proprietorship may delete Your information (Personal or otherwise) or de-identify it so that it is anonymous and not attributable to You.

Changes to Privacy Policy: We reserve the unconditional right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time, without specifically notifying You of such changes. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately. You should review this Privacy Policy regularly for changes. You can determine if changes have been made by checking the “Last Updated” legend above. Your acceptance of the amended Privacy Policy shall signify Your consent to such changes and agreement to be legally bound by the same.

8.Grievance Officer

If You have any grievance with respect to the Platform, please feel free to reach out to the grievance officer, the name and contact details of this Officer have been provided below:

Name: Palki Baruah

Email: support@woodiesfan.com

9.Questions?

Please feel free to contact us at support@woodiesfan.com regarding any questions on the Privacy Policy.

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