Privacy Policy

TEA ORIGIN insists upon the highest standards for secure transactions and protection of your personal information and its privacy. TEA ORIGIN is committed to protecting and safeguarding your privacy. Please read the following statement to learn about our information gathering and its usage practices.

Note: Our privacy policies are subjected to update at any time without notice. Please review this policy periodically to make sure you are aware of any changes.

TEA ORIGIN, a brand of Samocha Ventures Private Limited has created this website Privacy Policy to demonstrate that it is committed to implementing measures designed to protect the privacy of those using our services and accessing the website www.teaorigin.in. This Privacy Policy is formulated in accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”) read along with the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (“IT Rules”).

The domain name www.teaorigin.in (hereinafter referred to as “Website”) is owned by TEA ORIGIN (a brand of Samocha Ventures Private Limited), a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 with its registered office at 112/245 B, Khairabad Road, Swarup Nagar, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - 208002.

It is clarified that “TEA ORIGIN”, shall include its affiliates and associate companies, directors, officers, or employees. The following discloses our information gathering, usage, and dissemination practices for the Website. By using or accessing the Website you hereby accept our terms and conditions under this Privacy Policy. Please note that our Website may or may not contain links to websites of other organizations and when& if you access such external links, they may have different privacy policies specific to those websites. We encourage you to read all the privacy policies posted on the websites that you visit. If you do not agree with any of the terms under this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Website or submit any of your information or sensitive personal information to TEA ORIGIN.

Throughout this document, “we”, “us”, “our”, “ours” are referred to as TEA ORIGIN. The terms like “client”, “user”, “you”, “your” and “yourself” or any other similar terminology are all used in reference to the individual user of this Website.

Collection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and other information

TEA ORIGIN limits itself to collect information to ensure accurate service. Most of the information we collect is very basic and is needed to complete a purchase or provide a refund. Examples of customer information that may be collected by us include your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, email address, descriptions of the items requested or purchased, language preference, the IP address and operating system of your computer, and the browser type and version being used by you.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties.

We may automatically track certain information about you based upon your behavior on our site. We use this information to do internal research on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior to understand better, protect and serve our users. This information is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on our site or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on our site or not), your computer browser information, and your IP address.

Credit Card, Debit Card and Banking Information

TEA ORIGIN does not collect or store Credit Card or Debit Card or any of your banking information as it is directly transmitted through the payment gateway provider to the payment network or bank.

Registration

In order to take advantage of some features of the site, you must register and create a member account that is free of any cost. An online registration form may require you to provide information such as your name, email address, and password.

Your password is a component of our security system. As such, it is your responsibility to protect it. Do not share your password with any third parties. If your password has been compromised for any reason, you should change it immediately.

Technologies that allow us to customize your experience on TEA ORIGIN

We use various technologies to collect information relating to your visit to our website, such as the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that referred you to our website, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request, etc. This enables us to enhance and customize your experience on our website. For example, we may collect the Internet Protocol (IP) address identifying your computer or device and indicating your geographic region for statistical purposes. In some instances, we may use these technologies in combination with the personally identifiable information you provide on the website. These technologies may provide a variety of information such as whether you have visited TEA ORIGIN before. They also may enable you to save your preferences. Each technology is explained below.

Web Beacons and Tracking Links

Web Beacons (also called clear gifs and pixel tags), tracking links, and/or similar technology consist of a few lines of code and are embedded on the pages of our website. They are often used in combination with Cookies and are often not visible to the user of the website. Web Beacons may relay information to third parties such as our service providers and may be used in order to track customer response to certain advertising, to better target interactive advertising, and to enhance customer support and usability. If you reject our Cookies (see the Cookie section below), you will prevent Web Beacons from relaying this information about you and may limit your use of some of our website features.

Cookies

We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the website to help analyze our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing our services. We offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie". We also use cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session. Cookies can also help us provide information that is targeted to your interests. 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 on the website and you may be required to reenter your password more frequently during a session.

Use of your Personal Information, Demographic and Profile Data

We use personal information to provide the services you request. 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 use your personal information to resolve disputes; troubleshoot problems; help promote a safe service; collect money; measure consumer interest in our products and services, inform you about online and offline offers, products, services, and updates; customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud, and other criminal activity; enforce our terms and conditions; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

In our efforts to continually improve our product and service offerings, we collect and analyze demographic and profile data about our users' activity on our website.

We identify and use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information.

We will occasionally ask you to complete optional online surveys. These surveys may ask you for contact information and demographic information (like zip code, age, or income level). We use this data to tailor your experience at our site, providing you with content that we think you might be interested in and displaying the content according to your preferences.

How do we mutually benefit from the Personal Information?

Marketing Emails

In case you choose to leave your email address with us we would deliver to you information through emails such as our newsletters, surveys, or other email messages containing product and event information, cosmetics tips, or promotions. If at any time you decide that you would not like to receive these emails, you may select the 'Unsubscribe' link on the email or edit your information and consent to receive email and other communication in the 'Profile' section for registered users.

Text Messages

If you have chosen to leave your mobile phone number with us, you may receive text message/SMS alerts containing product and event information, cosmetics tips, or promotions on your mobile phone. Please note that we will never send you any unsolicited text messages on your mobile phone. TEA ORIGIN does not charge any fee for you to receive any text message from us. However, your mobile service provider may charge you for sending and/or receiving text messages and air-time, as well as any other standard applicable rates charged by your mobile service provider.

Telephone Calls

If you have chosen to leave your mobile phone number or landline number on our website, you may receive phone calls containing product and event information, cosmetics tips, or promotions on your mobile phone or landline phone.

Communications to Serve You

If you have chosen to provide us with your contact information, we may provide you with service-related announcements by any means, including email, letters, and concerning the website, or contact you regarding your customer service requests or questions. For example, all registered users will receive a welcoming email to confirm their registration. These types of communications are necessary to serve you, respond to your concerns, and provide the high level of customer service that TEA ORIGIN offers its customers.

Customized Service

We may use your personal information you have chosen to give us to provide you with customized service and use of our website. For example, we may suggest products that would be of particular interest to you. Such customized information may be conveyed to you by way of emails or text messages/SMS and phone calls.

Special Events, Questionnaires, and Surveys

On occasion, TEA ORIGIN may sponsor special events (such as contests, promotions, or other offerings), questionnaires, and surveys. There may be specific rules applicable to these promotions that explain how any personal information you provide will be processed. We strongly suggest you review any applicable rules before participating. To the extent any special event, questionnaire, or survey is not subject to specific rules, the processing of personal information is governed by this Privacy Policy and the purposes it sets forth.

Employment

If you provide personal information to us for employment, such as your resume, we will treat such personal information as confidential and use it only to consider you for current and future employment opportunities and to contact you for employment with us or our affiliates. We will retain your information for further recruitment opportunities that may arise unless you tell us that you no longer wish for us to retain your information.

An "Affiliate" is a person or entity that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, our company.

Advertisements on TEA ORIGIN

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including sensitive information i.e. name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. We do not take any responsibility for your visits to such other websites and providing any information/s therein.

Links to Other Sites

Occasionally, we may make available a link to a third-party website. These links will let you leave the portal. The linked sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. We are not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. We provide the links to you only as a convenience. We do not endorse the site or its use or contents.

Sharing of Personal Information

We may share personal information with our other corporate entities and affiliates who may use the said information under this policy to help detect and prevent identity theft, fraud, and other potentially illegal acts; correlate related or multiple accounts to prevent abuse of our services, and to facilitate joint or co-branded services that you request where such services are provided by more than one corporate entity. If you have any objection to such sharing then we request you should not provide us with any information.

We may retain other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf consistent with this Privacy Policy. Examples include website management companies, order processing companies, courier companies, data analysis firms, customer support specialists, email vendors, web-hosting companies, and fulfillment companies (e.g., companies that coordinate mailings). Such third parties may be provided with access to personal information needed to perform their functions but may not use such information other than on our behalf and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

In addition, in some instances, you may be offered the opportunity to consent to the sharing of your information with a third party such as an event or promotion co-sponsor. If you consent, we will share your information with such a third party and the information you provide may be used by such a third party for their own purposes and in accordance with their own policies.

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to any court orders or other legal process. We may disclose personal information to law enforcement offices, third party rights owners, or others in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms or Privacy Policy; respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates the rights of a third party; or protect the rights, property or personal safety of our users or the general public.

Business Transfer

We and our affiliates will share/sell some or all of your personal information with another business entity should we (or our assets) plan to merge with, or be acquired by that business entity. Should such a transaction occur that another business entity (or the new combined entity) will be required to follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information.

Security Precautions

We have put in place reasonable measures to protect the personal information contained in our databases. Measures are in place to prevent unauthorized access and maintain appropriate use and accuracy. Furthermore, data that is transmitted in association with our online store is encrypted and is secured by SSL as per international standard IS/ISO/IEC 27001.

Transfer of Data to Other Countries

TEA ORIGIN, our affiliates, and third parties who may receive your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the databases in which your personal information is stored shall be located in India and are required to honor the privacy representations made in this Privacy Policy under applicable laws of this country. In case of transfer of data to any other country, legal protections applicable to personal information in the concerned country will apply.

Choice/Opt-Out

We provide all users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving non-essential (promotional, marketing-related) communications from us on behalf of our partners, and from us in general, after setting up an account.

If you want to remove your contact information from all TEA ORIGIN lists and newsletters, please visit http://www.teaorigin.in/unsubscribe.php.

Policy Change

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we might or not provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of privacy policy changes).

Your Comments

We welcome your feedback. If you have questions or comments about our privacy policies, feel free to drop us a message by writing to us at hello@teaorigin.in.

Our Rights

We may elect to electronically monitor areas of the portal and may disclose any Content, records, or electronic communication of any kind (i) to satisfy any law, regulation, or government request; (ii) if such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate the portal; or (iii) to protect our rights or property or the rights of the users, Sponsors, Providers, Licensors, or Merchants.

We are not responsible for screening, policing, editing, or monitoring such Content. If notified of allegedly infringing, defamatory, damaging, illegal, or offensive Content, we may investigate the allegation and determine in our sole discretion whether to remove or request the removal of such Content from the portal. We may terminate your access, or suspend your access to all or part of the Site, without notice, for any conduct that we, in our sole discretion, believe is in violation of any applicable law or is harmful to the interests of another user, a third-party Provider, Merchant, Sponsor, Licensor, service provider, or us. Because customer service is paramount to our business, we reserve the right to refuse to sell products to you if it reasonably appears to us that you intend to resell the products. Also, we reserve the right to limit quantities of items purchased by each customer.

Children

The TEA ORIGIN website is not designed for persons under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18 years of age, you may browse TEA ORIGIN, but please do not provide your personal information to us. For example, you cannot register. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of 18 on the website, we will delete the information from our records.

Your Consent

By using the Website and/or by providing your information, you consent to the collection and use of the information you disclose on the website in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including but not limited to your consent for sharing your information as per this privacy policy.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.