We at BANCOM, accessible from www.BANCOM.io, are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize the need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information you share with us.

This is the privacy statement disclosing the privacy and statement of BANCOM for the website address at www.bancom.io (the “Site”), related services, and Email communication to upskills@bancom.io and its corporate affiliates (collectively, the “Service”).

Protecting your privacy is our priority at BANCOM. Through this privacy policy, we aim to mention how your personal and business information is collected, used, and protected at BANCOM. This privacy statement is a part of our Terms of Usage of our website BANCOM.

By visiting our website BANCOM, we take it as permission to collect your information in compliance with this Privacy Policy and also take it as acceptance from your end. We assure you that we do not sell, lease, rent, or transfer your details to any third party in any way other than what is stated in the Privacy Policy. We are committed to respecting your privacy and maintaining the confidentiality of your data.

You must agree and understand that our services may be associated with certain other third parties as well, and these conditions and privacy like online data storage services and payment providers.

1. What information do we collect?

On our website, we collect two types of information:

1.1 Personal Identifiable Information (PII)

• Name
• Email address
• Country & City
• Contact number
• Company/organization that you are currently associated 
• Information in a resume, including work experience, educational qualifications, data relating to your current and past remuneration or salary, a copy of your resume, etc.

• An online identifier such as a LinkedIn account or one or more factors specific to physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.

1.2 Technical Information

• An Identification number
• Device/browser
• IP address
• Location data 

• Activities on the website

We collect this information about you/or your usage to provide better services and offerings.

We do not access or use any sensitive personal information. The personal information that we collect and how we collect depends on how you interact with us.

2. When do we collect information?

We collect information from you when you:

• Register on our site
• Subscribe to a newsletter
• Respond to a survey
• Fill out a form
• Open a Support Ticket 
• Enter information on our site
• Provide us with feedback on our services

• Anonymously browse our website

When you visit the platform, we use cookies to automatically collect, store, and use technical information about your system and interaction with our platform.

If you choose to sign in with your social media account to access the platform, or otherwise connect your social media account with the services of the platform, you consent to our collection, storage, and use, by this Privacy Policy, of the information that you make available to us through the social media interface.

3. How BANCOM may use your personal information?

We collect this data to/for:

• Offer personalized service
• Improve performance and user experience
• Statistical Analysis
• Internal Research
• Marketing Purposes: We can send you information about our products and services for marketing purposes and promotions.
• Deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• For identity verification, government sanctions screening, and due diligence checks
• Create a secure platform: preventing, detecting, investigating, and taking action against crimes (including but not limited to fraud and other financial crimes), any other illegal activities, suspected fraud, or violations of BANCOM’s Terms of Use in any jurisdiction.

• Establishing, exercising, or defending legal rights in connection with legal proceedings (including any prospective legal proceedings) and seeking professional or legal advice for such legal proceedings.

4. How do we protect your information?

The protection of your data is of great importance to us.

4.1 Data Protection Measures:

We maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against any unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, alteration, disclosure, or accidental/unlawful destruction/damage.

4.2 Storage and Processing Location:

Your information is stored in our database as part of enhancing your website experience.

BANCOM is an India-based company, and if you choose to furnish any form of details to our servers, we will protect it as disclosed in our Privacy Policy. By visiting our website and providing us with your details, you understand and agree (compliance) with this privacy policy. Your collected data may be transferred, processed, and stored in India.

4.3 Data Sharing:
We do not share any of your Information available to third parties for their marketing purposes. No data given or collected is given with other social media platforms. If, however, we provide your business Information with third parties, we will prior notify you.

4.4 Internet Security Measures:

We use strong security technology to protect data from unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and help ensure the appropriate use of data. Please note that no conveyance over the Internet can guarantee confidentiality and non-disclosure, and as such, you share at your own risk.

4.5 Spam Policy:

We neither do or tolerate spam. To report any kind of spam activity, please write to us at privacy@bancom.io

4.6 User Responsibility:

BANCOM does everything to ensure your data is protected. However, you are responsible for maintaining the security and undisclosed of your Account’s username and password.

5. Information sharing and disclosure

We restrict access to your Personal Information to employees who we believe reasonably need to know/or that information to fulfill their jobs to provide, operate, develop, or improve our products or services.

BANCOM does not disclose, transfer, or share your personal information with others except with: 

• Our affiliates and group companies to the extent required for our internal business and/or administrative purposes and/or general corporate operations and for the provision of services.
• Potential recruiters if we determine that your resume matches a particular job description/ vacancy available with such recruiters. By registering on the platform and consenting to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you agree that BANCOM may contact you or forward your resume to potential recruiters.
• Third parties including enforcement, regulatory, and judicial authorities, if we determine that disclosure of your personal information is required to

 a) Respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; OR

 b) Investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of BANCOM’s Terms of Use or as otherwise required by law;

• In the event of a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets or any other situation involving the transfer of some or all of BANCOM’s business assets we may disclose personal information to those involved in the negotiation or transfer.
• Third-party service providers and marketing partners that BANCOM engages to

 a) provide services over the platform on BANCOM’s behalf
 b) maintain the platform and mailing lists, OR
 c) communicate with you on BANCOM’s behalf about offers relating to its products and/or services. 

BANCOM will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect your personal information and are also subject to appropriate confidentiality/non-disclosure obligations.

• Third-party advertisers display advertisements to you when you visit the platform. The third-party advertisers include financial service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers, and mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies). These companies may use information about you and your visits to this platform and other websites to provide advertisements on this platform.

The company does not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted advertisement. However, if you interact with or view an advertisement, the advertiser may make certain assumptions and, in the process, learn certain personal information about you.

For instance, if you view and click an advertisement that is targeted towards women in the age group 18- 24 from a specific geographic area, the advertiser may assume that you meet the relevant criteria.

BANCOM does not intend to transfer personal information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on BANCOM's behalf unless such transfer is legally required.

If your Personal Information is transferred outside India, we take the necessary steps to protect your Personal Information per applicable data protection laws.

6. Cookies and other tracking technologies:

BANCOM uses cookies to give you an excellent site experience. Whenever you visit www.bancom.io, our server sends a cookie to your web device to acknowledge your location and use an appropriate language for you. You can delete these cookies at any time.

Cookies do not personally identify an individual and they can at the most merely acknowledge the web browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself by opening an account at our site or entering login information, the user will remain not identified to us.

Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our platform and the overall website experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain personal information for trends and statistics.

For more information about our use of cookies please refer to our Cookie Policy.

7. Third-Party Content:

Our website may contain outbound links to other websites which are not our properties or controlled by us. We bear no responsibility or risk liability for the content and activities of these third-party sites. We recommend you be aware when you leave our website to read the privacy policies of every website that collects personal information. 

This privacy policy applies only to information collected by www.bancom.io

8. Confidentiality and Security:

The security and confidentiality of your Personal Information is important to us and BANCOM has invested significant resources to protect the safekeeping and confidentiality of your personal data.

• When using external service providers acting as processors, we require that they adhere to the same standards as BANCOM does. Regardless of where your personal information is transferred or stored, we take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that personal data is kept secure.
• We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, of 2000 and the rules made there to ensure the protection and preservation of your privacy. We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with the laws prevalent in India to protect your personal information, details of which are available at the following link: www.bancom.io/security.
• By accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy, you agree that the standards and practices being implemented by us, are reasonable and sufficient for the protection of your Personal Information.

9. Social Media:

BANCOM operates channels, pages and accounts on some social media sites to inform, assist, and engage with customers. BANCOM monitors and records comments and posts made on these channels about itself to improve its products and services.

Please note that you must not communicate the following information to BANCOM through such social media sites:
Sensitive personal data including
(i) Special categories of personal data meaning any information revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data to uniquely identify a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation.
(ii) Other sensitive personal data such as criminal convictions and offenses and national identification number; - Excessive, inappropriate, offensive or defamatory content. 

BANCOM is not responsible for any information posted on those sites other than the information posted by its employees on its behalf. BANCOM is only responsible for its use of the personal information received through such sites.

10. Changes:

BANCOM reserves the right to update, change, or modify this privacy policy at any time. If our privacy policy procedures change in the future, we will post those changes immediately to www.bancom.io.

Any such changes will be effective right from the time they are posted unless otherwise stated in the new provision. An email containing new change information will be sent to the users who request it.

11. Legal requests:

We act by all legal requirements and cooperate with law compliance agencies as well as third parties to enforce laws, safeguard intellectual property rights, and prevent any type of fraud. 

If we are asked with a legal order by any governmental or law enforcement agency, we shall share your name, e-mail address, and website usage history, with your permission, with or without a legal order. We will not share or disclose any of your other information to any agency without a legal court order except when it becomes necessary for any safety, security, or similar concern.

12. Disclaimer:

BANCOM does not store any account-related information or any credit/debit card details. BANCOM shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by Users as a result of any disclosure (inadvertent or otherwise) of any information concerning the User's account, credit cards, or debit cards in the course of any online transactions or payments made for any products and/or services offered through the platform.

In case any personal information is shared by you with BANCOM, which is not requested by BANCOM during registration, (whether mandatorily or optionally), BANCOM will not be liable for any information security breach or disclosure of such information.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the protection of your Personal Information, please contact BANCOM’s Data Protection Officer/ Grievance Officer (given below).

13. Know Your Rights:

You have the right to access your data, as well as request rectification/ removal of your data. Furthermore, you have the right to object to the processing of your data. You can opt out of the mailing list by unsubscribing.

You can contact privacy@bancom.io to request your personal information, or in case you have any questions regarding our privacy policy.