Privacy Policy

“Scooton” (Under Brand Name of Ojay Tech Pvt Ltd.) (“We,” “Our,” or “Us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by Scooton.

This Privacy Policy applies to our website, and our Mobile application, Scooton.

The Web and mobile application “Scooton’’ is owned and operated by Ojay Tech Pvt Ltd, company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 and having its registered office at    

E-6, 3rd Floor, Hans Raj Sethi Marg, Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019

Scooton is committed to protect the online privacy of its “users”. As such, this document is written in order to allow “users” to understand our Privacy Policy, as well as how their personal information will be handled when using its mobile applications and websites. The information if any collected will be secured, safe and shall be utilised for providing better and appropriate services to you and for lawful usage and purpose. We are committed to abide by Indian Laws and shall comply with the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“Act”) and also the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices And Procedures And Sensitive Personal Data Or Information) Rules 2011 (“Rules”) or any other statues which are in place to govern the Information Technology practice in India.

GENERAL TERSM & DEFINITIONS:

This policy shall govern Scooton’s collection and use of Data and Handling (“usage”) of the Personal Information and the Sensitive Personal Data or Information by company in accordance with the Rules.

“Personal information” means 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 a person. “Sensitive personal data or information” means any information of a person means such personal information which consists of information relating to;—

  1. password
  2. financial information such as Bank account or credit card or debit card or other payment instrument details
  3. physical, physiological and mental health condition
  4. sexual orientation
  5. medical records and history
  6. Biometric information
  7. any detail relating to the above clauses as provided to body corporate for providing service
  8. any of the information received under above clauses by body corporate for processing, stored or processed under lawful contract or otherwise
  9. Pictures uploaded by the user while booking.
  10. Personal Identification documents such as PAN, Passport, Driving license, etc.

Provided that, any information that is freely available or accessible in public domain or furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other law for the time being in force shall not be regarded as sensitive personal data or information.

By clicking the accept button below you hereby expressly give consent to use your personal information and data as more fully described herein below. Your consent to the same shall be construed as a lawful contract between you and Scooton in accordance with the Act and Rules.

Customer: refers to the company, organization or person that signs up to use the “Scooton “Service to manage the relationships with your consumers or service users.

IP address: Every device connected to the Internet is assigned a number known as an Internet protocol address. These numbers are usually assigned in geographic blocks. An IP address can often be used to identify the location from which a device is connecting to the Internet.

Personnel: refers to those individuals who are employed by company Ojay Tech Pvt Ltd. or are under contract to perform a service on behalf of one of the parties.

Third-party service: refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.

You: a person or entity that is registered with Scooton to use the Services.

YOUR CONSENT

We’ve updated our Privacy Policy to provide you with complete transparency into what is being set when you visit our site and how it’s being used. By using our app/Service, registering an account, or making a purchase, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

DEFNITIONS AND KEY TERMS

To help explain things as clearly as possible in this Privacy Policy, every time any of these terms are referenced, are strictly defined as:

– Company: when this policy mentions “Company,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our,” it refers to Ojay Tech Private Limited, that is responsible for your information under this Privacy Policy.

– Country: where Scooton or the owners/founders of Scooton are based and with operations

– Customer: refers to the company, organization or person that signs up to use the Scooton Service to manage the relationships with your consumers or service users.

– Cookie: small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. It is used to identify your browser, provide analytics, remember information about you such as your language preference or login information.

– Device: any internet connected device such as a phone, tablet, computer or any other device that can be used to visit Scooton and use the services.

– IP address: Every device connected to the Internet is assigned a number known as an Internet protocol (“IP”) address. These numbers are usually assigned in geographic blocks. An IP address can often be used to identify the location from which a device is connecting to the Internet.

– Personnel: refers to those individuals who are employed by Scooton or are under contract to perform a service on behalf of one of the parties.

– Personal Data: any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person. 

– Service: refers to the service provided by Scooton as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this platform.

– Third-party service: refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.

– Website: Scooton’s site, which can be accessed via this URL: www.scooton.app

– You: a person or entity that is registered with Scooton to use the Services.

COLLECTION PROCESS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND DATA AND ITS INTENDED USE

Scooton may, collect, use, receive, possess, process, store, deal, disclose, transfer or handle Personal Information, Password and Financial Information such as Bank Account Number for the following purpose:-

For authentication of user, for making payments, crediting cashbacks & deducting TDS (if applicable), for research and development of new products and services.

For providing the access to these platforms and its services, Scooton will collect, use, receive, possess, process, store, deal, disclose, transfer or handle personal data.

Personal information and data may also be used to market the services of Scooton, to improve the content, to improve the service and make it easier to use and more appropriate to individual “users”. Occasionally this information may be used to contact its “users” with updates to the web site or for other marketing purposes. Scooton may also use this information, with the “users”‘ permission, for the above purposes.

To improve our app (we continually strive to improve our app offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)

To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature

To send periodic emails

Users’ Cookies may be used with permissions as described in this privacy policy. Information obtained from registered “users” may also also be used in accordance with agreements governing access to and use of Scooton mobile applications and websites.

PERSONAL IFORMATION & DATA SHARING

We “Scooton’’ never shares, exposes or discloses any information obtained on or from Scooton mobile applications and websites with the public, any other organization, and will continue to not do so in the future, unless required by law or required by the owner of such information. Scooton will not sell information obtained through our mobile applications and websites to any agency. “Scooton’’ may share your personal information & Data with the following entities:

  1. Governmental Agency or Courts or Regulators as required under the applicable law
  2. Any employee, agent, contractor or third party or service provider in connection with Scooton’s business
  3. Any other person under duty of confidentiality to Scooton.

We may also disclose information about you if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or protect our operations or users. Additionally, in the event of a reorganization, merger, or sale we may transfer any and all personal information we collect to the relevant third party. It may also be necessary for us − by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from public and governmental authorities to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate.

At times we may make certain personal information available to strategic partners that work with us to services, or that help our customers. Personal information will only be shared by us to provide or improve our products, services and advertising; it will not be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes.

Scooton will collect User Data necessary for the purpose to provide the Scooton services to our customers.

End users may voluntarily provide us with information they have made available on social media websites. If you provide us with any such information, we may collect publicly available information from the social media websites you have indicated. You can control how much of your information social media websites make public by visiting these websites and changing your privacy settings.

We may share the information that we collect, both personal and non-personal, with third parties such as advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you. We may also share it with our current and future affiliated companies and business partners, and if we are involved in a merger, asset sale or other business reorganization, we may also share or transfer your personal and non-personal information to our successors-in-interest.

We may engage trusted third party service providers to perform functions and provide services to us, such as hosting and maintaining our servers and the app, database storage and management, e-mail management, storage marketing, credit/debit card and e-wallet processing, customer service and fulfilling orders for products and services you may purchase through the app. We will likely share your personal information, and possibly some non-personal information, with these third parties to enable them to perform these services for us and for you.

We may share portions of our log file data, including IP addresses, for analytics purposes with third parties such as web analytics partners, application developers, and ad networks. If your IP address is shared, it may be used to estimate general location and other technographic such as connection speed, whether you have visited the app in a shared location, and type of the device used to visit the app. They may aggregate information about our advertising and what you see on the app and then provide auditing, research and reporting for us and our advertisers. 

CONFIDENTIALITY/PRIVACY POLICY FOR DELIVERY PARTNERS

Other than for provision of Delivery Services by the Delivery Partner, Scooton does not share any personal data and location-based information of the Delivery Partner with third parties unless requisitioned by

  • Government authorities or
  • The Delivery Partner, whether orally or in writing (via email, SMS etc.) for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to availing loan from financial institutions, filing of tax returns etc.

Other than for the purpose of undertaking Delivery Services, the Delivery Partner must not disclose any confidential information about Scooton, including but not limited to these Delivery Partner T&C, its business strategies, pricing, revenues, expenses, User data, and order information to third parties. 

DATA RETENTION & ACEESS

The Personal information and data that Scooton may collect, use, receive, possess, process, store, deal, disclose, transfer or handle shall be stored till the purpose for which it is being collected for is fulfilled.

When we no longer need to use your information and there is no need for us to keep it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, we’ll either remove it from our systems or depersonalize it so that we can’t identify you.

The user whose Personal information and Data is collected, received, possessed, processed, stored, transferred, dealt or handled may inquire as to the nature of data stored or processed by Scooton. The person will be provided reasonable access to the person’s information and data held by us. If any data is inaccurate or incomplete, such a person may request that the data be amended or modified or updated.

By submitting your email address on this app, you agree to receive emails from us. You can cancel your participation in any of these email lists at any time by contacting us. We only send emails to people who have authorized us to contact them, either directly, or through a third party. We do not send unsolicited commercial emails, because we hate spam as much as you do. By submitting your email address, you also agree to allow us to use your email address for customer audience targeting on sites like Facebook. Email addresses submitted only through the order processing page will be used for the sole purpose of sending you information and updates pertaining to your order. If, however, you have provided the same email to us through another method, we may use it for any of the purposes stated in this Policy.

PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURITY

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information. We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private information (e.g. credit cards, identity numbers, etc.) is never kept on file. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the absolute security of any information you transmit to “Scooton’’ or guarantee that your information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

Information collected via our website and mobile application, through direct interactions with you, or from use of our help services may be transferred from time to time to our offices or personnel, or to third parties, located in India, and may be viewed and hosted anywhere in India. To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, by using any of the above, you voluntarily consent to the trans-border transfer and hosting of such information.

We take all possible precautions to secure of your personal information and data. We have physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to help safeguard, prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use your information. However, neither people nor security systems are foolproof, including encryption systems. In addition, people can commit intentional crimes, make mistakes or fail to follow policies. Therefore, while we use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If applicable law imposes any non-disclaimable duty to protect your personal information, you agree that intentional misconduct will be the standards used to measure our compliance with that duty.

PERMISSIONS REQUIRED FOR USING OUR MOBILE APPLICATIONS

When any of Scooton mobile apps is installed on a smartphone device, a list of permissions appear and are required for the app to function effectively. There is no option to customize this list. For Android based smartphones the permissions that Scooton requires and the data that shall be accessed and its use is as below:

  1. CALL PHONE-The app requires access to make phone calls so that you can make phone calls to your contacts directly through the app.
  2. INTERNET- The Internet is essential for the working of the APP.
  3. ACCESS NETWORK STATE- This permission is required to get information about the network, this is required to know whether the user is having an active network connection or not. Helps us notify the user in case the APP doesn’t work when there is no network connection.
  4. ACCESS COARSE LOCATION- This helps us identify the rough location of the customer.
  5. ACCESS FINE LOCATION-This permission helps in getting the exact location of the customer where they usually need the service
  6. ACCESS NETWORK STATE-This permission is required to get information about the network, this is required to know whether the user is having an active network connection or not. Helps us notify the user in case the APP doesn’t work when there is no network connection.
  7. RECEIVE-This permission is needed for setting up a Cloud Messaging Client App on Android for sending push notifications
  8. RECEIVE SMS-This permission is needed for reading messages like OTP related sent by Scooton for better customer experience while performing any transaction or logging in
  9. READ CONTACTS-This permission is needed for reading contacts on customer phone and call them through app
  10. READ GSERVICES-Allows this app to read Google service configuration for accessing the maps
  11. WAKE LOCK-To restrict phone from getting locked by itself while user is tracking the vehicle
  12. RECEIVE BOOT COMPLETED-To receive a callback after system gets booted

ADVERTISING

This app may contain third party advertisements and links to third party sites. Scooton does not make any representation as to the accuracy or suitability of any of the information contained in those advertisements or sites and does not accept any responsibility or liability for the conduct or content of those advertisements and sites and the offerings made by the third parties.

Advertising keeps Scooton and many of the websites and services you use free of charge. We work hard to make sure that ads are safe, unobtrusive, and as relevant as possible.

Third party advertisements and links to other sites where goods or services are advertised are not endorsements or recommendations by Scooton of the third party sites, goods or services. Scooton takes no responsibility for the content of any of the ads, promises made, or the quality/reliability of the products or services offered in all advertisements.

UPDATION AND CORRECTION OF INFORMATION

Customers have the right to request the restriction of certain uses and disclosures of personally identifiable information as follows. You can contact us in order to (1) update or correct your personally identifiable information, (2) change your preferences with respect to communications and other information you receive from us, or (3) delete the personally identifiable information maintained about you on our systems (subject to the following paragraph), by cancelling your account. Such updates, corrections, changes and deletions will have no effect on other information that we maintain, or information that we have provided to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy prior to such update, correction, change or deletion. To protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.

You should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to us from our system. The need to back up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means that a copy of your information may exist in a non-erasable form that will be difficult or impossible for us to locate. Promptly after receiving your request, all personal information stored in databases we actively use, and other readily searchable media will be updated, corrected, changed or deleted, as appropriate, as soon as and to the extent reasonably and technically practicable.

If you are an end user and wish to update, delete, or receive any information we have about you, you may do so by contacting us.

SECURITY ALERT- SPAM MAILS

  1. You may be receiving reports of fraudulent emails with the subject lines RELATED TO OUR SERVICES like “Cash back Offer”,  “Order No. Update’’ “Verify Info,” Promotion gifts and cheques” “Some important information is missing” and “Please fulfill the documents attached to verify your identity.” The fraudulent email may have an attached file that may contain a virus or other malware.
  2. If you receive a message matching this description below, do not open the email or click on the attachment. Delete the email immediately or forward it to the corporate IT team & Vigilance team.
  3. Scooton does not request, via unsolicited mail or e-mail, payment or personal information in return for goods in transit or in Scooton custody. If the fraudulent e-mail resulted in financial loss you should contact your banking institution immediately through the appropriate channels. Scooton is not responsible for any charges or costs incurred as a result of unauthorized or fraudulent activity that abuses Scooton name, service marks and logos
  4. iOS Application

Common Warning Signs of Online Scams:

  1. Unexpected requests for money in return for delivery of a package, gifts from a promotion Scooton, often with a sense of urgency.
  2. Requests for personal and/or financial information.
  3. Links to misspelled or slightly altered Web-site addresses Spelling and grammatical errors or excessive use of capitalization and exclamation points.
  4. Claims that you have won a large sum of money in a lottery or settlement

UPDATES

Scooton reserves the right to add, revise, amend, modify or delete any part of this Policy (in part or in full) at its discretion. The updated version of this Policy in force will be posted on Scooton’s website from time to time. In the event of any change in the Act or the Rules or in case of any requirement arising under any of the applicable law, this Policy shall be deemed to be amended or modified to the extent necessary to comply with such amendment to the Act or the Rules or to meet any requirement under the applicable laws.

SALE OF BUSINESS

We reserve the right to transfer information to a third party in the event of a sale, merger or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Scooton or any of its Corporate Affiliates (as defined herein), or that part of Scooton or any of its Corporate Affiliates to which the Service relates, or in the event that we discontinue our business or file a petition or have filed against us a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, provided that the third party agrees to adhere to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

AFFILIATES

We may disclose information (including personal information) about you to our Corporate Affiliates. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Corporate Affiliate” means any person or entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with Scooton, whether by ownership or otherwise. Any information relating to you that we provide to our Corporate Affiliates will be treated by those Corporate Affiliates in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.


LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITE

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by Scooton. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed in such websites, and such websites are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by us. Please remember that when you use a link to go from the Services to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on our platform, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Such third parties may use their own cookies or other methods to collect information about you.

COOKIES

Scooton uses “Cookies” to identify the areas of our website that you have visited. A Cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. We use Cookies to enhance the performance and functionality of our app but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable or you would be required to enter your login details every time you visit the app as we would not be able to remember that you had logged in previously. Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of Cookies. However, if you disable Cookies, you may not be able to access functionality on our website correctly or at all. We never place Personally Identifiable Information in Cookies.

COOKIES FOR ADVERTISING

These cookies collect information over time about your online activity on the app and other online services to make online advertisements more relevant and effective to you. This is known as interest-based advertising. They also perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing and ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers. Without cookies, it’s really hard for an advertiser to reach its audience, or to know how many ads were shown and how many clicks they received.

BLOCKING & DISABLING COOKIES & SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

23-CONFIDENTIALITY/PRIVACY POLICY FOR PARTNERS

Other than for provision of Delivery Services by the Delivery Partner, Scooton does not share any personal data and location-based information of the Delivery Partner with third parties unless requisitioned by

  • Government authorities or
  • The Delivery Partner, whether orally or in writing (via email, SMS etc.) for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to availing loan from financial institutions, filing of tax returns etc.

Other than for the purpose of undertaking Delivery Services, the Delivery Partner must not disclose any confidential information about Scooton, including but not limited to these Delivery Partner T&C, its business strategies, pricing, revenues, expenses, User data,and order information to third parties. 

Wherever you’re located you may also set your browser to block cookies and similar technologies, but this action may block our essential cookies and prevent our website from functioning properly, and you may not be able to fully utilize all of its features and services. You should also be aware that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences) if you block cookies on your browser. Different browsers make different controls available to you. Disabling a cookie or category of cookie does not delete the cookie from your browser, you will need to do this yourself from within your browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.


REMARKETING SERVICES

We use remarketing services. What Is Remarketing? In digital marketing, remarketing (or retargeting) is the practice of serving ads across the internet to people who have already visited Our Website. 


PAYMENT DETAILS

In respect to any credit card or other payment processing details you have provided us, we commit that this confidential information will be stored in the most secure manner possible.


KID’S PRIVACY

We do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.


FACEBOOK PIXEL

Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows Us to measure the effectiveness of Our advertising by understanding the actions people take on Our Website. The aim to use the pixel is to make sure Our ads are shown to the right people. Facebook pixel may collect information from your device when you use the Service. Facebook pixel collects information that is held in accordance with its Privacy Policy.


OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

– Google Maps API

Google Maps API is a robust tool that can be used to create a custom map, a searchable map, check-in functions, display live data synching with location, plan routes, or create a mashup just to name a few. Google Maps API may collect information from You and from Your Device for security purposes. Google Maps API collects information that is held in accordance with its Privacy Policy.

– Local Storage

 Local Storage sometimes known as DOM storage, provides web apps with methods and protocols for storing client-side data. Web storage supports persistent data storage, similar to cookies but with a greatly enhanced capacity and no information stored in the HTTP request header.

– Sessions

Scooton uses “Sessions” to identify the areas of our website that you have visited. A Session is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may change our Service and policies, and we may need to make changes to this Privacy Policy so that they accurately reflect our Service and policies. Unless otherwise required by law, we will notify you (for example, through our Service) before we make changes to this Privacy Policy and give you an opportunity to review them before they go into effect. Then, if you continue to use the Service, you will be bound by the updated Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to this or any updated Privacy Policy, you can delete your account.


GOVERNING LAW

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of India without regard to its conflict of laws provision. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in connection with any action or dispute arising between the parties under or in connection with this Privacy Policy except for those individuals who may have rights to make claims under Privacy Shield, or the Swiss-US framework.

The laws of India, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Agreement and your use of the app. Your use of the app may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.

By using Scooton or contacting us directly, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you should not engage with our website, or use our application and services. Continued use of the website and our application, direct engagement with us, or following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy that do not significantly affect the use or disclosure of your personal information will mean that you accept those changes.


CONTACT US

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at [email protected]

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