Last updated on 18th April 2024.

Privacy Policy

Animall Technologies Private Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013, having its registered address at No. 51, First Main ST BED Layout, Fourth Block, Koramangala Bengaluru, 560034 (hereinafter referred to as “We”, “Us”, or “Our” or “Company”, which expression shall mean and include its affiliates, successors and assigns) is the owner and proprietor of the website https://animall.in/ and mobile application ‘Animall’ (“Site”). 

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) constitutes a legal binding agreement between you (“You” or “Your”, “User”), as the user of the Platform, and Us. Capitalised terms used but not defined herein, shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Terms and Conditions. The Platform adheres strictly to the current information technology and data protection laws, rules and regulations. In order to ensure compliance with the same, the Company has adopted this Privacy Policy to set out the manner in which the Company handles the information provided by You for the purposes in relation to Your use of the Site. This Privacy Policy also specifies the manner in which sensitive or personal information is collected, received, stored, processed, disclosed, transferred, dealt with and handled by the Company in relation to Your use of the Site. We reserve the right, in Our sole discretion, to terminate the access to the Site and/or other mediums at any time, without notice to You, for general maintenance or for any reason whatsoever. We shall not be responsible for confirming transactions including whether the transactions are legal and valid as per the applicable laws. We, at our sole discretion, reserve the right to not to accept Your request without assigning any reason thereof. 

You are hereby advised to read this Privacy Policy carefully and fully understand the nature and purpose of gathering and/or collecting sensitive, personal and other information and the usage, disclosure and sharing of such information. This Privacy Policy does not cover information you may choose to share with other users of the Site.

This Privacy Policy details how We handle and maintain the information collected when You visit the website at https://animall.in/ or use our Services. Use of Our Services is governed by Our Terms and Conditions which is available at https://animall.in/terms-and-conditions/

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to Our practices. We encourage You to periodically review this page for the latest information on Our privacy practices. We are not obliged to share with You any such updates, whether material or otherwise and it shall be Your responsibility to keep yourself updated on any changes to the Privacy Policy. The changes to the Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon being posted on the Site, and continued use of the Site after the changes are effective will constitute Your acknowledgement and acceptance of terms of the revised Privacy Policy.

Your use of Our Services or otherwise giving Your information, constitute, consent to the terms contained in this Privacy Policy and You will be deemed to have read, understood and agreed to the practices and policies in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms in this Privacy Policy, You should not use Our Services.

By voluntarily providing us with Your information, You are consenting to Our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1. Applicability

1. This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, storage and disclosure of any information including, business or personal information provided by You while using Our website. This Privacy Policy specifically governs the collection and use of Personal Information (defined hereinafter) and Sensitive Personal Information (defined hereinafter) or information provided by You and the processing of Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information provided by You while using the Site.

2. During the course of Your association with Us, You may be required to execute certain other agreements and such agreements and this Policy shall, together with the ‘Terms and Conditions’ unless explicitly specified to the contrary, govern Your relationship with Us.

2. Definitions

1. “Personal Information” shall mean any information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information available or likely to be available with a body corporate, is capable of identifying such person and is not otherwise generally available in the public. For avoidance of doubt, examples of personal information include a person's name, address, date of birth, aadhar card number, driving license number, permanent account number etc.

2. “Sensitive Personal Information” shall mean personal information, which consists of information relating to any to the following of an individual:

1. Passwords,

2. physical, physiological and mental health condition,

3. sexual orientation,

4. medical records and history of your cattle/domestic animals,

5. biometric information (information derived from technologies that measure or analyse physical human characteristics such as voice patterns, fingerprints, facial patterns),

6. financial information such as bank account or credit card or debit card or other payment instrument details.

7. any of the information received under above clauses by body corporate for processing, stored or processed under lawful contract or otherwise.

3. “User Information” shall mean, collectively, Your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information or data or any other information collected from You.

3. Information We collect

1. Information That You Provide- We collect personally identifiable information about You which You affirmatively choose to submit to Us, including Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information. When You engage in certain activities on the Site such as creating an account, using Our Services for discovering animals, engaging in online discussion forums, filling out a survey, requesting information about Our services, booking veterinary consultation, participating in competitions organized by Us, We may ask You to provide certain information about yourself. Engaging in these activities is optional and if You engage in the aforementioned activities, We may ask You to provide certain Personal Information including first and last name, email address, pin-code, address, telephone or mobile number, date of birth, age, identity number, photograph etc. 

2. From time to time we may automatically collect certain information that may be considered Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information as the case may be, such as the IP address of Your computer or network connection, Your location, information about Your internet connection and mobile device, cookie information, web beacon information and details of the web pages You visit, about Your preferences and settings such as time zone and language, Your searches and the results You selected from the searches etc. We may also collect information from You during phone calls, or via e-mail correspondences with Our representative. We may also collect any content that You create or upload when using Our Services. This may include, but is not limited to, things like pictures,  cattle related information (or other personal documents that You choose to upload), calendar reminders, and services requests to be performed by a third-party provider.

3. Payment Processing Information- We may collect information related to the manner and mode of payments usually adopted by You on the Site, including details of Your bank account, and details of other e-wallet accounts or any other payment information. 

4. Usage Information- We may collect other information such as the time and date of Your visit, Your location, the pages and other content that You access, and the number of times You return to the website. This information is used in the aggregate for Our internal marketing and similar purposes. We may also integrate with the website technology provided by third parties (e.g., Google Analytics) to accomplish this information collection. In addition, We may use a variety of other technologies that collect similar information for security and fraud detection purposes.

5. Partner Information- We partner with certain third-party vendors to offer You some services, and We may receive certain information directly from those third parties. We will not collect Sensitive Personal Information from You unless the collection of such information or data is considered necessary for the purpose for which it is being collected. 

4. Collection and Use of Phone Numbers-

1. Data collected- We collect phone numbers from our users for the purpose of account verification and user identification. This information is collected only after obtaining explicit consent from the user.

2. Date Shared- We do not share this information with third parties unless it is necessary for providing customer support and with user consent.

3. With whom it's shared- You share your information as you use and communicate through our Services, and we share your information to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services. We store information for as long as necessary for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy, including to provide our Services or for other legitimate purposes, such as complying with legal obligations, enforcing and preventing violations of our Terms, or protecting or defending our rights, property, and users

4. Data used- The phone numbers are securely transmitted and stored in accordance with industry-standard security protocols.

5. For what purpose- We require certain information to deliver our Services and without this we will not be able to provide our Services to you. Safety, security, and integrity are an integral part of our Services. We use information we have to verify accounts and activity; combat harmful conduct; protect users against bad experiences and spam; and promote safety, security, and integrity on and off our Services, such as by investigating suspicious activity or violations of our Terms and policies, and to ensure our Services are being used legally

5. How We use Your information

1. We use the information that We collect to provide You with Our Services and to coordinate your requests for related third-party vendor services. We use Your information as necessary to facilitate communication between You and Us regarding the Services, as well as to improve Our site and to learn about how it is used and accessed. We may use Your information to contact You in the future to tell You about new services, promotions, opportunities, and other general information about Us that we believe will be of interest to You. We may also use information that We collect to analyze user behaviour as a measure of interest in and use of the website and may disclose such analyses to advertisers or other third parties in the form of aggregate data, such as overall patterns or demographic reports that do not describe or identify any individual user.

2. As necessary to provide the Services, We share pertinent Personal Information with select affiliates and partners for the purposes of customer support, account management, and similar work. We do not sell, trade, share, or rent your Personal Information provided by You to Us through our website, to third parties who provide no affiliated services or support. 

3. We may disclose information about You to third parties if we have a good-faith belief that We are required to do so by law or legal process, either to respond to legal claims, or to protect Our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others. We may disclose information about You to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale or disposition of all or a portion of Our assets or prior to such event in the case of any diligence requirement. The successor organization’s use and disclosure of Your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information will continue to be subject to this Privacy Policy unless (i) a court orders otherwise, for example, a bankruptcy court; or (ii) the successor organization gives You notice that Your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information will be subject to the successor organization’s own policy, along with an opportunity for You to opt-out (which may cause You not to be able to continue to use the website). If You submit Personal Information after such a transfer, that information may be subject to the successor entity’s policy.

4. To the extent we use your personal information to market to you, we will provide you the ability to opt-out of such uses. We will ask for your permission to allow us access to camera, photo gallery, location and device information: (i) to send commercial communication regarding your orders or other products and services (ii) enhance your experience on the platform and provide you access to the products and services offered on the Platform by sellers, affiliates, partners or lending partners. You understand that your access to these products/services may be affected in the event permission is not provided to us. In our efforts to continually improve our product and service offerings, we collect and analyse demographic and profile data about users' activity on our Platform. We identify and use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Platform. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information.

6. Access to User Information

1. You shall have the right, upon request, to access and review Your Information provided to Us. You may decline to submit identifiable information through the website, in which case You may not be allowed to access certain features / parts of the website. If You are a registered user, You may update or correct Your information at any time by logging in to Your account. Alternatively, if You believe that any of Your information held by Us is inaccurate, You may write to Us at [email protected]. It is Your responsibility to ensure that any information You provide to Us remains accurate and updated.

2. The Information collected by Us shall not be retained for longer than is required for the purpose for which the information may lawfully be used or is otherwise required under any other law for the time being in force.

3. You have privacy rights for the information we process about you. You can choose to opt-out of third party sharing, object to, or restrict our use of your personal information, delete, change or correct your personal information or access your personal information by filling out the inquiry form.

3. With your consent: We’ll share personal information outside of Animall when we have your consent. We’ll ask for your explicit consent to share any sensitive personal information. We’ll ask for your consent before using your information for a purpose that isn’t covered in this Privacy Policy.

7. Updating Your Information

1. If You wish to amend or update Your Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information, You may do so by emailing [email protected]  with Your request. A member of Our customer support team will be in touch regarding Your request.

8. Storage and Security

1. We endeavour to securely store all information we gather within databases controlled by Us. However, We may store information in locations outside our direct control (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers.

2. Our databases are stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to the servers is password-protected and is strictly limited. However, you agree and acknowledge that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while We strive to use reasonable security practice and procedures to protect Your information., We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

3. We use reasonable safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of Your information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, destruction reproduction, use or amendment.

4. The information that We collect from You may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination inside or outside India. By submitting Your information on Our website, You agree to this transfer, storing and/ or processing. We shall take such steps as we consider reasonably necessary to ensure that Your information is treated securely and in accordance with applicable laws.

5. While using Site, You accept the inherent security implications of data transmission over the internet and the world wide web cannot always be guaranteed as completely secure. Therefore, Your use of the Site will be at Your own risk.

6. We assume no liability for any disclosure of information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond Our reasonable control and You agree that You will not hold Us responsible for any breach of security or disclosure of Your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access, or other causes beyond Company’s control.

7. You consent to the sharing of Your User Information to third-party service providers including payment gateways, to process payments and manage payment card information. We do not have direct control over or responsibility for Your payment card account information. We assume no liability for disclosure of Your User Information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access, or other causes beyond Our control.

8. In the event We become aware of any breach of the security of Your information, We endeavour to take appropriate action to the best of Our ability to remedy such a breach. 

9. Confidentiality

1. As a registered user with an account and a password, You are responsible for keeping Your password confidential.

2. We will keep confidential and protect any and all information provided by You except where disclosure is required or permitted by law.

3. We provide access of Your information to employees, agents, advisors and consultants who We believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide services to You or in order to do their jobs.

4. The restrictions set out herein shall not apply to disclosure of information if and to the extent the disclosure is:

1. required by the applicable law of any jurisdiction,

2. required by any applicable securities exchange, supervisory or regulatory or governmental body to which the relevant party is subject or submits, wherever situated, whether or not the requirement for disclosure has the force of law,

3. made, by Us, to its shareholders, managers, advisors and affiliates,

4. made to employees and representatives on a need to know basis, provided that such persons are required to treat such information as confidential through written agreement in terms which are no less strict than this Policy.

5. You shall maintain confidentiality in relation to all information and agree to not disclose the same unless required by law.

6. You hereby also authorize Us to contact You with offers through e-mails, calls, short messaging services (SMS) or any other mediums for any campaigns, promotional or like activities.

7. You hereby agree that such methods of contact as provided herein do not classify as an "unsolicited commercial communication" as per the guidelines of Telecom Regulation Authority of India (“TRAI”). You agree to indemnify Us, along with Our directors and employees against all types of losses and damages incurred by them due to any action taken by TRAI or any other authority due to any erroneous compliant raised by You in this regard.

10. Social Features of Our website

1. If You provide information in any social feature of the website (for example, via online discussion forum), or to any other party through the website or Services, You should be aware that by doing so You are choosing to share your information with others and that We will be unable to control how, when, or with whom those other parties may share your information.

2. You shall not post, host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, store, update or share any information /content on the Site that:

1. belongs to another person and to which You do not have any right;

2. is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, invasive of another’s privacy, including bodily privacy, insulting or harassing on the basis of gender, libellous, racially or ethnically objectionable, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise inconsistent with or contrary to the laws in force;

3. is harmful to child;

4. infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;

5. violates any law for the time being in force;

6. deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of the message or knowingly and intentionally communicates any information which is patently false or misleading in nature but may reasonably be perceived as a fact;

7. impersonates another person;

8. threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign States, or public order, or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting other nation;

9. contains software virus or any other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;

10. is patently false and untrue, and is written or published in any form, with the intent to mislead or harass a person, entity or agency for financial gain or to cause any injury to any person;

11. Your use of Information

1. You may only use the site and mediums of Ours only for legitimate purposes and not for any inter-alia fraudulent or speculative reservations. 

2. You are restrained from altering, duplicating, distributing, transmitting, reproducing, publishing, licensing or selling any information, products or services acquired from Us through any means.  

3. We may provide You access to photographs, graphics, video or other material which may be protected by intellectual property laws. You shall not copy, modify, transmit or create derivative works of such material. You also agree to not copy, modify, transmit or create derivative works of any of the intellectual property registered by Us. 

4. You understand and acknowledge that any material obtained by You or your permitted assigns in relation to Our service shall be entirely at Your risk. You are solely responsible for any damage to Your computer systems or loss of data that results from the download of such material.

12. Indemnity

1. You agree to indemnify and hold Us harmless from:

2. any actions, claims, demands, suits, damages, losses, penalties, interest and other charges and expenses (including legal fees and other dispute resolution costs) made by any third party due to or arising out of any violation of the terms of this Privacy Policy.

3. any acts or deeds, including for any non-compliance or violation, of any applicable law, rules, regulations on Your part.

4. for fraud committed by You.

13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

1. In accordance with the applicable laws, the name and the details of the Grievance Officer at Our company is provided below. You may,

2. request access to Your Sensitive Personal Information,

3. report any grievances in relation to Your Sensitive Personal Information,

4. any security breach in relation to Your Sensitive Personal Information; to the:

Grievance Officer: Libin V Babu

Email: [email protected]

2. This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India and subject to the provisions of arbitration set out herein, the courts at Bengaluru, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any disputes (defined below) arising out of or in connection with this Privacy Policy.

14. Undertaking from You: You hereby undertake as follows

1. You agree that You can enter into a legally binding contract as stipulated under the Indian Contract Act, 1872. If You are under the age of 18 and want to use Our Services, You may do so only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

2. You expressly undertake to provide to Us, where applicable, information which is true, accurate and valid, and acknowledge that any default or deficiency would inter alia render the provision of the product or services by Us, inapplicable.

3. You shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the terms and any of Our other rules including the terms governing the service fees, or other rules. If You do not agree with any part of such terms, You must not avail of any of the services.

15. Force Majeure

1. We shall not be liable for delays, injuries or inabilities in performance or non-performance in whole or in part of its obligations due to any causes that are not due to its acts or omissions and are beyond its reasonable control (“Force Majeure”), such as acts of God, pandemics, fire, strikes, pandemic and its fallout, cyber-attacks, embargo, acts of government, acts of terrorism or other similar causes. 

2. You agree and acknowledge that in such Force Majeure circumstances We may be unable to honour the services if and where confirmed. 

16. Log Files

1. We follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

17. Cookies and Web Beacons

1. Like any other website, We use 'cookies'. Cookies are small files that reside on Your computer's hard drive and generally contain an anonymous unique identifier and are accessible by the website that placed them there and not any other sites (“Cookies”). 

2. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing Our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

3. You may refuse to accept Cookies by activating the setting on Your browser which allows You to refuse the setting of Cookies. However, if You select this setting You may be unable to access certain parts of Our website. Unless You have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, Our system may issue Cookies when You log on to the website. The use of Cookies by Our partners, affiliates, advertisers or service providers or third parties is not covered by the Policy.

18. Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

1. Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Our website which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive Your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that You see on websites that you visit.

2. Please note that We have no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

19. Third-Party Privacy Policies

1. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, We are advising You to consult the respective privacy policies of these third-parties for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You can choose to disable cookies through Your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

2. Company shall be at a liberty to disclose and You hereby provide Your consent to disclosure Your information to any other third party for the purposes specified herein in this Privacy Policy. To provide You with a better service, We use certain third-party platforms who may retain some User Information provided by You to them. 

3. The Company may disclose or transfer Your information (personal or otherwise) to any third party if the Company sells, transfers or divests all or a portion of Company’s business or assets to another company in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, transaction, or proceeding. Such third parties shall be contractually bound to not disclose further, any personal information disclosed to them.

4. Company may need to disclose Your information, if required to do so by law and if such action is necessary inter-alia to: (i) comply with a legal obligation; (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of the Company, including to enforce Our agreements, policies, and Terms of Use and; (iii) protect the personal safety of the Company, its members and employees, the Users, or any person, in an emergency; and (iv) protect Company from incurring any legal liability. In such an event Company shall be under no obligation to inform You or seek Your approval or consent.

20. Consent to Transfer

1. We are operating only in India. If You are located outside of India, please be aware that information we collect will be transferred to and processed as per the laws governing such activity in India. By using the Our website or the Services, or providing us with any information, you consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in India and pursuant to the applicable laws.

21. Waiver

1. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power or remedy, by Us under this Policy shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Policy by Us shall preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy by Us.