Privacy Policy
My Deal Oman is an electronic marketing
platform predominantly used by business entities in Oman to promote their
product and services and such business use does not generally involve the
collection of personal information of individuals. My Deal Oman recognizes
the importance of privacy as well as the importance of maintaining the
confidentiality of personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to all
products and services provided by us and sets out how we may collect, use and
disclose information in relation to users of our services.
You may use our services and products via a
mobile device either through mobile application or mobile optimized website.
This Privacy Policy also applies to such use of our services and products.
All capitalized terms not defined in this
document shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Use of the
Site, which can be found here. If you are a
user, the My Deal Oman entity that you are contracting with is My Deal Oman (Based in Muscat)
A. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
1. Your privacy is important to us and we
have taken steps to ensure that we do not collect more information from you
than is necessary for us to provide you with our services and to protect your
account.
2. Information including, but not limited
to, user name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, gender, date
and/or year of birth and user preferences ("Registration
Information") may be collected at the time of user registration on the
Sites.
4. We record and retain details of users™
activities on the Sites. Information relating to such transactions including,
but not limited to, the types and specifications of the discount Coupons, Instore
Coins, pricing and discounts redemption history and delivery information and
any trade dispute records (Activities Information) may be collected when discount
coupons/ instore coins are claimed and redeemed through the Sites
5. From time to time, we collect
information about our users and prospective users during trade shows, industry
events and other functions. The information we may collect at these locations
may include, but is not limited to, user name, address, phone number, fax
number and email address ("Event Information").
6. We record and retain records of users' Coupon/
instore coins claiming and browsing activities on our platform including but
not limited to IP addresses, browsing patterns and buyer behavioral patterns.
In addition, we gather statistical information about the Sites and visitors to
the Sites including, but not limited to, IP addresses, browser software,
operating system, software and hardware attributes, pages viewed, number of
sessions and unique visitors (together "Browsing Information").
7. Registration Information, Account
Information, Activities Information, Event Information and Browsing Information
generally relate to business entities and are together referred to as business
data (Business Data). Insofar and only insofar as they constitute personally
identifiable data of living individuals, such information are together referred
to as personal data (Personal Data).
8. It is mandatory for users of the Sites
to provide certain categories of Business Data and Personal Data (as specified
at the time of collection). In the event that users do not provide any or
sufficient Business Data and/or Personal Data marked as mandatory, we may not
be able to complete the registration process or provide such users with our
products or services.
B. USE OF PERSONAL DATA
If you provide any Personal Data to us, you
are deemed to have authorized us to collect, retain and use that Personal Data
for the following purposes:
1. verifying your identity;
2. verifying your eligibility to register
as a user of the Sites;
3. processing your registration as a user,
providing you with a log-in ID for the Sites and maintaining and managing your
registration;
4. providing you with customer service and
responding to your queries, feedback, claims or disputes;
5. to facilitate communication between Discount
providers on the Sites and processing your transactions on the Sites;
6. performing research or statistical
analysis in order to improve the content and layout of the Sites, to improve
our product offerings and services and for marketing and promotional purposes;
7. subject to obtaining your consent in
such form as may be required under the applicable law, we (including our
affiliated companies and their designated Service Providers (as defined in C.1
below)) may use your name, phone number, residential address, email address,
fax number and other data ("Marketing Data") to provide notices,
surveys, product alerts, communications and other marketing materials to you
relating to goods and services offered by us on the Sites.
C. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
1. You further agree that we may disclose
and transfer (whether within or outside the jurisdiction of the My Deal Oman entity that you are contracting with) your Personal Data to service providers
engaged by us and/or other affiliated companies of the My Deal Oman Group to
assist us with providing you with our services (including but not limited to
data entry, database management, promotions, products and services alerts,
delivery services, payment extension services, membership authentication and
verification services and logistics services) ("Service Providers").
These Service Providers are under a duty of confidentiality to us and are only
permitted to use your Personal Data in connection with the purposes specified
at B.1 to B.7above, and not for their own purposes.
2. You agree that we may disclose and
transfer (whether within or outside the jurisdiction of the My Deal Oman entity that you are contracting with), for the purposes specified at B.1 to B.9
above, your Personal Data to other affiliated companies and/or their designated
Service Providers of the My Deal Oman Group, which comprises a group of
companies operating leading online and mobile marketplaces in consumer and
business-to-business commerce, as well as cloud computing and other services.
3. When necessary we may also disclose and
transfer (whether within or outside the jurisdiction of the My Deal Oman entity that you are contracting with) your Personal Data to our professional
advisers, law enforcement agencies, insurers, government and regulatory and
other organizations.
4. Any Personal Data supplied by you will
be retained by us and will be accessible by our employees, any Service
Providers engaged by us and third parties referred to at C.2 and C.3 above, for
or in relation to any of the purposes stated in B.1 to B.7 above.
5. All Voluntary Information may be made
publicly available on the Sites and therefore accessible by any internet user.
Any Voluntary Information that you disclose to us becomes public information
and you relinquish any proprietary rights (including but not limited to the
rights of confidentiality and copyright) in such information. You should
exercise caution when deciding to include personal or proprietary information
in the Voluntary Information that you submit to us.
6. We may provide statistical information
to third parties, but when we do so, we do not provide personally-identifying
information without your permission.
7. We have established relationships with
other parties and websites to offer you the benefit of products and services
which we do not offer. We offer you access to these other parties and their
websites either through the use of hyperlinks to these sites from the Sites or
through offering "co-branded" sites in which both we and other parties
share the same uniform resource locator, domain name or pages within a domain
name on the Internet. In some cases you may be required to submit personal
information to register or apply for products or services provided by such
third parties or co-branded partners. This Privacy Policy does not apply to
these third party sites or co-branded sites. The privacy policies of those
other parties may differ from ours, and we have no control over the information
that you submit to those third parties. You should read the relevant privacy
policy for those third party sites and co-branded sites before responding to
any offers, products or services advertised by those parties
D. RIGHT TO ACCESS/CORRECT
PERSONAL DATA
Under the applicable laws, you have the
right of access to personal information held by us and to request correction of
the information.
E. COOKIES
We use "cookies" to store
specific information about you and track your visits to the Sites. It is not
uncommon for websites to use cookies to enhance identification of their users.
A "cookie" is a small amount of
data that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. A
cookie can be sent to your computer's hard drive only if you access the Sites
using a computer. If you do not de-activate or erase the cookie, each time you
use the same computer to access the Sites, our web servers will be notified of
your visit to the Sites and in turn we may have knowledge of your visit and the
pattern of your usage.
Generally, we use cookies to identify you
and enable us to i) access your Registration Information or Account Information
so you do not have to re-enter it; ii) gather statistical information about
usage by users; iii) research visiting patterns and help target advertisements
based on user interests; iv) assist our partners to track user visits to the
Sites and process orders; and v) track progress and participation in
promotions.
You can determine if and how a cookie will
be accepted by configuring the browser which is installed in the computer you
are using to access the Sites. If you choose, you can change those
configurations. By setting your preferences in the browser, you can accept all
cookies or you can choose to be notified when a cookie is sent or you can
choose to reject all cookies. If you reject all cookies by choosing the
cookie-disabling function in your browser, you may be required to re-enter
information on the Sites more often and certain features of the Sites may be
unavailable.
F. MINORS
The Sites and their contents are not
targeted to minors (those under the age of 18) and we do not intend to provide
our services to minors. However, we have no way of distinguishing the age of
individuals who access our Site. If a minor has provided us with personal
information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should
contact our customer support to remove the information.
G. SECURITY MEASURES
We employ commercially reasonable security
methods to prevent unauthorized access to the Sites, to maintain data accuracy
and to ensure the correct use of the information we hold.
For registered users of the Sites, your
Registration Information and Account Information (if any) can be viewed and
edited through your account, which is protected by a password. We recommend
that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Our personnel will never ask
you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email.
If you share a computer with others, you should not choose to save your log-in
information (e.g., user ID and password) on that shared computer. Remember to
sign out of your account and close your browser window when you have finished
your session.
No data transmission over the internet or
any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure. As a result,
while we try to protect the information we hold for you, we cannot guarantee
the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own
risk.
H. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be
communicated by us posting an amended and restated Privacy Policy on the Sites.
Once posted on the Sites the new Privacy Policy will be effective immediately.
You agree that any information we hold about you (as described in this Privacy
Policy and whether or not collected prior to or after the new Privacy Policy
became effective) will be governed by the latest version of the Privacy Policy.
I. YOUR FEEDBACK
We welcome your input regarding our Privacy
Policy and any comments on the services we provide to you. You may send us your
comments and responses by email to: info@mydealoman with a subject line Comments on Privacy Policy