Engineer’s Mart having its registered office at No.204,upstairs of state bank of India,2nd floor,Gandhi Road, Anuperpalayam,Avinashi to Tirupur Road -641652,Tirupur,TamilNadu,India understands the importance of protecting your privacy. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of the sensitive personal data or information that We collect, receive, possess, use, process, record, store, transfer, deal, handle and disclose of our prospective, current and former employees in connection with our business and the management and administration of pre-employment, employment and post-employment matters. Accordingly, following is our Privacy Policy setting out how We intend to safeguard such sensitive personal data or information received and used by us as aforesaid. This is in compliance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011 made thereunder (“IT Act”).
This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) is effective from 1st October 2023 as amended from time to time and applies to Engineer’s Mart, all valuable suppliers,all job applicants, employees (including temporary, permanent and part-time), interns, staff, contract employees, contingent employees, retiring employees and former employees whose sensitive personal data or information has been given to Engineer’s Mart by such persons including sensitive personal data or information given by them about their relatives (“You” or “Your”) and third party in India or overseas including but not limited to any consultants, clients, contractors, customers, visors, accountants, agents, person, representatives of Engineer’s Mart and/or service providers etc who provide services to or on Engineer’s Mart behalf in connection with its business and who collect, receive, possess, use, process, record, store, transfer, deal, handle and disclose Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information (as defined hereinafter) in connection with the employment matters as aforesaid and/or Engineer’s Mart business (“Third Party”).
This Policy summarises what type of Sensitive Personal Data or Information We collect about You, purpose of collection, storage and usage of such data or information, to whom such data or information may be disclosed/transferred and how We protect Your privacy.
The term “Sensitive Personal Data or Information” in this Policy refers to personal information which does and/or is capable of identifying You as an individual. The types of Sensitive Personal Data or Information that We collect consist of personal information relating to You:
Most of the Sensitive Personal Data or Information We collect is the data or information that is wilfully and knowingly provided to us by You. However, in some instances, We collect Sensitive Personal Data or Information about You, based on our inferences about You, from other information provided to us by You or on our interactions with You or on such personal information about You that We receive from a third party with Your knowledge.
This Policy does not apply to any information that You may disclose publicly and which 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 and such information shall not be regarded as Sensitive Personal Data or Information for the purposes of this Policy. Further, the Sensitive Personal Data or Information of You shall not be disclosed to any third person unless the said third person is required to have the Sensitive Personal Data or Information of You to provide required services to You and/or with your permission and/or to help investigate, prevent or take action regarding unlawful and illegal activities, suspected fraud, potential threat to the safety or security of any person, or to defend against legal claims and special circumstances such as compliance with the rules of any stock exchange, subpoenas, court orders, requests/order from legal authorities or law enforcement agencies requiring such disclosure. We share your information with advertisers on an aggregate basis only.
We and/or the Third Party will obtain Your permission in writing through a letter or fax or email (“Consent”) before collecting Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information with respect to the purpose of usage of such Sensitive Personal Data or Information.If You give Your Consent, it means You have done so freely and voluntarily and agree to this Policy. You always have the right to refuse or withdraw Your Consent for the Sensitive Personal Data or Information sought to be collected or withdraw Your Consent given earlier to us. We will always respect such a refusal or withdrawal, but it might mean that We are unable to perform all arrangements or contracts with You and will have the option to discontinue the same. We will inform You of these inabilities, if they occur. However, We reserve the right to retain such Sensitive Personal Data or Information as may be necessary for Your continued employment and in accordance with this Policy. We and all Third Party’s will while collecting data or information directly from You take such reasonable steps to ensure that You are aware of the –
We respects Your privacy rights, therefore, Engineer’s Mart and all Third Party’s will observe the following guidelines when collecting, receiving, possessing, using, processing, recording, storing, transferring, dealing, handling and disclosing Sensitive Personal Data or Information:
The primary purposes for collection, storage and/or use of Sensitive Personal Data or Information is for:
DATA COLLECTION DEVICES
In addition to Sensitive Personal Data or Information, We may use data collection devices such as “cookies” or other technology to obtain certain types of information when Your web browser accesses our web pages/website. Cookies are small files containing a string of characters to identify Your browser. Cookies allow the website to remember important data or information that will make Your visit to the website more useful. Our website may use cookies and other technology to store pertinent user information during a session to speed navigation and keep track of items and to collect anonymous traffic data that We may use to enhance our website and for marketing and promotional purposes. You can reset Your browser to refuse cookies or warn You when they are being sent. Please note that by turning cookies off, You may not have access to all features available on our website. We also use logging systems on our internal network to register the use of our computer systems. This is done for the purpose of ensuring the performance, integrity and security of these systems. We may contract with third parties to track and analyse anonymous usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and members for research purposes. Such information is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis. Such third party’s use persistent cookies to help us to improve the visitor experience, to manage our website content, and to track visitor behaviour. All data or information collected by such third parties on our behalf is used solely by or on behalf of Engineer’s Mart and is shared externally only on an anonymous, aggregated basis. We will make best efforts to do so but do not warrant that any of the websites or any affiliate site(s) or network system linked to our website is free of any operational errors nor do We warrant that our website will be free of any virus, computer contaminant, worm, or other harmful components. Our website contains links to other sites which are not owned or operated by Engineer’s Mart . Engineer’s Mart is not responsible and makes no guarantee for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. These links are provided only as a convenience to You. Neither Engineer’s Mart nor any of its affiliates are responsible for the availability of such third party websites or their contents. Engineer’s Mart will not be liable for Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information transmitted over networks accessed by You of the sites, or otherwise connected with Your use of the services. You understand, acknowledge and agree that neither Engineer’s Mart nor any of its affiliates are responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss of any sort caused in connection with your use of or reliance on any content of any such site or services available through any such site. You acknowledge that the services, content, site and/ or any software are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose. Although Engineer’s Mart has taken adequate safeguard and in case of any breach Engineer’s Mart shall take action to remedy such breach. In addition to taking all the reasonable precautions as required under law, Engineer’s Mart expressly disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, including, without limitation that : (i)The services and/ or software will be free of all viruses and hacking.
(ii)The software will work on all mobile phones, will be compatible with all mobile phone networks and/or will be available in all geographical areas.
DISCLOSURES OR TRANSFER OF YOUR SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA OR INFORMATION
If Engineer’s Mart wishes or is required to disclose the Sensitive Personal Data or Information collected from You to any Third Party, We will ask for Your prior Consent except when such disclosure has been agreed in the contract between Engineer’s Mart and You or it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or it is to be shared with Government agencies or to be disclosed to any third party by an order under law. Engineer’s Mart or the Third Party will transfer, with Your Consent, the Sensitive Personal Data or Information to any other Third Party in India or overseas, that ensures the same level of data protection that is adhered to by Engineer’s Mart as set out herein for fulfilling any contractual obligation. We will disclose or transfer Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information in accordance with this Policy and all applicable legal requirements.
Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information will be disclosed or transferred, as may be required from time to time, as follows:
processing and human resources administration in order to allow us to better manage our business.
Such centralization may result in the transfer of Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information:
it will be processed in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Policy.
REASONABLE SECURITY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES AND AUDITS
We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the IT Act to ensure the protection and preservation of Your privacy, therefore We take appropriate security measures to protect Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. We have a number of physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards/measures in place to actively protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information, including a comprehensively documented information security programme and a strict security policy that contains managerial, technical, operational and physical security control measures for protecting such data or information. We have implemented code of best practices for data or information protection. We limit access to Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information to members of our team/employees of Engineer’s Mart /Third Party’s who We believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information for the purpose of performing their job duties. We have strict confidentiality obligations that apply to such members/employees of Engineer’s Mart /Third Party’s. Failure to meet these obligations may result in disciplinary and other actions, including dissolution of a contract, termination employment and criminal prosecution. We conduct training to authorised users regarding the lawful and intended purposes of processing Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information, the need to protect and keep information accurate and up-to-date and the need to maintain the confidentiality of the data or information to which such authorised users have access. Authorised users will comply with this Policy, and We will take appropriate disciplinary actions, in accordance with applicable laws, if Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information is accessed, processed, or used in any way that is inconsistent with the requirements of this Policy. To further ensure enforcement of this Policy, code of best practices will be audited for compliance with this Policy and IT Act. For this purpose, We engage an independent auditor duly approved by the Central Government, to conduct the audit at least once a year or when We undertake significant upgradation of our process and computer resources and take such corrective action if necessary to address any issues or problems that such audit reveals.
RETENTION OF YOUR SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA OR INFORMATION
We are aware of the importance of timely destruction of Sensitive Personal Data or Information. We ensure that Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information is not stored/retained for a longer period than necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, used or processed or as provided in our contracts except when there is a legal obligation to do so under any law. It is our practice to destroy Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information as soon as possible after it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, used or processed save and except as stated hereinabove.
UPDATING OR REVIEWING YOUR SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA OR INFORMATION/ QUESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS
You may by a written request review the Sensitive Personal Data or Information provided by You. We will ensure that any Sensitive Personal Data or Information about You which is found to be inaccurate or deficient shall be corrected or amended as may be feasible. You expressly state that Sensitive Personal Data or Information provided by You to us or to the Third Party is correct and complete in all respects and does not contain any false, distorted, manipulated, fraudulent or misleading facts. We expressly disclaim any liability arising out of the said data or information provided by You to us or to the Third Party. Further,
You expressly agree that We are not responsible for the accuracy and authenticity of such data or information provided by You to us and You agree to indemnify Engineer’s Mart for all losses incurred by Engineer’s Mart due to any false, distorted, manipulated, defamatory, libellous, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent or misleading facts made by You to Engineer’s Mart .
ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS
All Engineer’s Mart subsidiary companies will ensure that this Policy is observed. All employees of Engineer’s Mart and Third Parties who have access to Sensitive Personal Data or Information are required to comply with this Policy. In some countries, violations of data protection regulations may lead to penalties and/or claims for damages from the individuals who are adversely affected.All Third Parties shall only process the Sensitive Personal Data or Information in accordance with Engineer’s Mart instructions or make decisions regarding such data or information as part of the delivery of their services. In either instance, Engineer’s Mart will select reliable Third Party’s who undertake, by contract or other legally binding and permissible means, to put in place appropriate technical and organisational security measures to ensure an adequate level of protection of such data or information. Engineer’s Mart will require Third Party’s to comply with this Policy or to guarantee the same levels of data protection that is adhered to by Engineer’s Mart when handling/processing such data or information. Such selected Third Party’s will have access to such data or information solely for the purposes of performing the services specified in the applicable service contract and are legally and contractually bound to maintain the privacy of such data or information shared with them and will not disclose it further. If Engineer’s Mart concludes that a Third Party is not complying with these obligations, it will promptly take appropriate actions to remedy such non-compliance or implement necessary sanctions. Additionally, our team members/employees are bound by internal confidentiality policies. Any team member/employee found to have violated this Policy or any other policies will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment including penalties under applicable laws. All Third Parties and our team members/employees/staff do hereby specifically agree that he/she/it shall, at all times, comply with the requirements of the IT Act, while collecting, receiving, possessing, using, processing, recording, storing, transferring, dealing, handling and disclosing Sensitive Personal Data or Information. The said Third Parties and team members/employees/staff do further unequivocally declare that in case he/she/it violates any provisions of the IT Act, he/she/it shall alone be responsible for all his/her/it acts, deeds and things and that he/she/it alone shall be liable for civil and criminal liability there under or under any other law for the time being in force.
MODIFICATIONS TO THE POLICY
Engineer’s Mart reserves the right to update, change or modify this Policy, from time to time, without prior notification. The policy shall come into effect from the date of such update, change or modification. We will inform You regarding any such changes by updating this Policy and will post all changes to the Policy on relevant internal and external websites. Effective with the implementation of this Policy, all existing intra-group agreements and applicable Engineer’s Mart privacy guidelines or practices relating to the processing of Sensitive Personal Data or Information will be superseded by the terms of this Policy and modified accordingly. All parties to any such agreements will be notified of the effective date of implementation of the Policy. If any of the terms or definitions used in this Policy are ambiguous, the definitions established under the IT Act shall apply.