Terms & Conditions
These terms and conditions (“Terms & Conditions”) govern the use of the website – https://www.AgroStar.in/ (“Website”) and our mobile application – “AgroStar Agriculture App” or AgroStar Agri-Doctor App or AgroStar App (“App”) excluding the ‘Products’ section of the App wherever available (Website and App shall collectively be referred to as “Platform”).
ULink AgriTech Private Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered office at Office Nos. 003 and 004 Ground Floor, Wing “B”, Office Nos. 001 and 002, Ground Floor Wing “A”, Nyati Tech Park, Wadgaon Sheri, Pune, Maharashtra – 411014 (hereinafter shall be referred to as "AgroStar" or "us" or "we") are the owner of the Platform.
As a user ("User" or "You") of the Platform, You understand that AgroStar is a technology platform providing access between multiple Users in the form of various registered consumers, farmers, farmers societies or groups, data partners, other vendor and service providers assisting farmers etc. with a view to facilitate awareness and knowledge with products in farming, about irrigation, seeds, crop nutrition, farm machinery, organic farming and even about animal husbandry, kitchen & garden to the Users.
It is hereby clarified that the term "Users" shall mean any person duly registered and using the Platform i.e. consumers, farmers, farmers societies/groups and other vendors and service providers assisting farmer. Your use of this Platform implies that You have read, understood and agreed to abide by following, disclaimer, terms & conditions ("Terms & Conditions"). These Terms & Conditions read together with our privacy policy govern Your usage, access of the Platform. If You disagree with any part of these Terms & Conditions, please do not use or access the Platform / Website / App as the case may be.
Please read these Terms & Conditions carefully before accessing or using our Platform or any part thereof. By accessing or using any part of the Platform, You agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions. If You do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then You may not access the Platform or use any services provided by Us.
These Terms and Conditions form a legal and binding agreement between the User and Us and is made pursuant to the terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
1. GENERAL
The Website / App provides access to an online platform bringing together farmers and its groups, vendors and service providers assisting farmers and data partners who are willing to abide by the Terms & Conditions herein. AgroStar is merely a facilitator providing the Platform for farmers and their groups in need of right awareness and knowledge about farming, seeds, crop nutrition, farm machinery, organic farming and even about animal husbandry, kitchen & garden and other related agricultural topics.
AgroStar merely facilitates awareness in Users about farming and related services as stated above and option to choose the related products.
In the event You wish to avail any of the services or products displayed on the Platform, You will be required to register yourself on the platform.
AgroStar provides various services, including but not limited to (“Services”):
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Users can access the details provided on the Platform with regard to various seeds, farming and growing vegetables, crops, growth, nutrition and protection of crops, organic farming, garden products regarding the farming machinery, seeds, crops, pulses, vegetables etc.
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In the event You have registered Your phone number on the ‘Do Not Disturb’ registers with Your network provider, You shall ensure to take all steps to enable the Company’s representative’s to contact You via phone to provide details and You shall ensure that such calls received by You are pursuant to You providing Us with information and You shall not register a complaint with the relevant authorities for the same.
For the provision of the above-mentioned Services, AgroStar will be using and sharing the information of the User with other parties, as may be required for the purpose mentioned above or otherwise and AgroStar shall also require the Users to provide specific details and requirement with regard to services and products such User is intending to avail. The collection, storing, use and transfer of information shared by the User shall be governed in accordance with the Privacy Policy accessible at [Privacy Policy].
2. ELIGIBILITY
The User of this Website unequivocally declares and agrees that the User is a natural / legal person who has attained the age of at least 18 years and is legally allowed to enter into a contract in India. The User is allowed to utilize the Services in accordance with the terms and conditions detailed hereinafter. By registering on the Website / App, the User hereby undertakes to agree and abide by the Terms & Conditions detailed herein. If the User violates any of these Terms & Conditions, or otherwise violates an agreement entered into through the medium of the Website / App, AgroStar may terminate the User’s membership, delete his/her profile and any content or information posted online by the User on the Platform or prohibit the User from using or accessing the Platform at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice, including without limitation if AgroStar believes that User is under the age of 18 years.
3. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
As a User of this Platform, You have agreed to the Terms & Conditions provided hereunder or anywhere else on this Platform including but not limited to disclaimers, terms of privacy policy, cancellation, shipping terms, etc. on this Platform.
You are advised to read and understand the said Terms & Conditions and in case You do not wish to agree to these Terms & Conditions, please refrain from using or accessing the Platform or any part thereof.
AgroStar reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms & Conditions or any other terms appearing on the platform, at any time without any prior written notice to the User. It is the User’s responsibility to review these Terms & Conditions and other terms periodically for any updates/ changes. User’s continued access or use of the App or Website following the modification of these Terms and Conditions or such other terms will imply the acceptance by the User of the revisions.
4. YOUR ACCOUNT
If You wish to use the Platform, You are required to maintain an account on the Website and App, as the case may be, and You will be required to furnish certain information and details, including Your name, email id, contact number and any other information deemed necessary by AgroStar. We may also seek additional information if You wish to avail financial services from our lending partners for the purpose of accepting Your eligibility for the financial products offered on our Platform through various regulated financial institutions.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of Your account, password, activities that occur in or through Your account and for restricting access to Your computer or mobile, as the case may be, to prevent unauthorized access to Your account. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under Your account or password, computer, mobile etc. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that the password is kept confidential and secure and You should inform Us immediately if You have any reason to believe that Your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorized manner.
Please ensure that the details You provide to Us are true, correct, accurate and complete. Upon AgroStar gaining knowledge of having any reasonable suspicion that the information provided by You is wrong, inaccurate or incorrect, AgroStar shall immediately terminate Your account without any notice to You in this regard and shall retain the information as became available from your access through computer, mobile etc and shall take such action as the AgroStar deem fit. In the event of any changes to the information shared by You after registering Yourself on the Platform, You shall be responsible for forthwith notifying the said changes to Us. You can access and update most of the information You provided us on Your account area in the Apps/Platforms after You log-in or by writing to Us at [hello@AgroStar.in] or [customersupport@AgroStar.in].The right to use this Platform is personal to the User and is not transferable to any other person or entity.
You shall at all times abide by the Terms and Conditions stated herein and any breach of these conditions may also lead to AgroStar terminating Your account and appropriate civil and criminal remedies will be sought against You as provided under the laws of India.
5. PRIVACY
AgroStar collects certain information from You in order to provide the Services or otherwise. AgroStar’s use of Your personal information is governed in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
6. LICENSE AND ACCESS
AgroStar grants You a limited, non-transferable and revocable, temporary license to access and use the Platform or any part thereof for availing the Services, but not to download any material from it (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of AgroStar and / or its affiliates, as may be applicable. Any unauthorized access to the Platform (or any part thereof) or any networks, servers or computer systems connected to Platform and any attempt to modify, adapt, translate or reverse engineer any part of the Platform or re-format or frame any portion of the pages of the Platform save to the extent expressly permitted by these Terms & Conditions, is not permitted.
This license is non-transferable and does not permit any resale or commercial use of this Platform or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of anyone other than Your own use; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. The Platform or any portion of the Platform (including but not limited to any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information) may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, distributed or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of AgroStar and / or its affiliates, as may be applicable. Any unauthorized use of the Platform shall terminate the permission or revoke the license granted by AgroStar.
You are permitted to use content delivered to You through the Service only for the Service. You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from this content. Further, You agree not to reverse engineer or reverse compile any of the Service technology, including but not limited to, any Java applets associated with the Service.
7. MONITORING OF THE PLATFORM AND YOUR ACCOUNT
AgroStar has the right and liberty to monitor the content of the Platform or any part thereof at all times which shall include information provided in Your account. The monitoring of the Website / App / Platform is important to determine the veracity of the information provided by You and that every User remains in consonance with the Terms & Conditions provided herein. Subject to the Terms & Conditions mentioned herein, AgroStar shall also have the liberty to remove any objectionable content which is in contravention of the Terms & Conditions or any applicable laws in force in India or share such information with any governmental authority as per procedures laid down by the law for the time being in force in India.
8. SERVICE SUSPENSION
AgroStar may wish to stop providing the Services and may terminate use of it at any time without giving notice of termination to You. Unless AgroStar informs the User otherwise, upon any termination, (a) the rights and licenses granted to You in these Terms and Conditions will end; and (b) User must stop using the Platform or any part thereof forthwith. AgroStar reserves the right to suspend or cease providing any Service and shall have no liability or responsibility to the User in any manner whatsoever.
9. PROHIBITED USES
In addition to other prohibitions as set forth in the Terms & Conditions, You are prohibited from using the Platform: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate Your use of the Service or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither AgroStar nor its affiliated companies, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees or any related party shall have any liability to You or to any third party for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages or any loss of revenue or profits arising under or relating to these Terms & Conditions. To the maximum extent permitted by law, You waive, release, discharge and hold harmless AgroStar, its affiliated and subsidiary companies, and each of their directors, officers, employees, and agents, from any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, expenses and causes of action arising out of Your accessing or use of the Platform / Website / App.
As a User, You also acknowledge that AgroStar has maintained and carried out all possible checks and balances to assure the credibility of the Users as listed on the Platform. The information provided on the Website / App is based on the information that is provided to AgroStar by its Users. In case the User does not disclose any information to AgroStar, and the same is not found out at the first instance by AgroStar,
AgroStar shall not be responsible for any claims or liabilities. AgroStar in any event is not responsible for any default in return of money that is borrowed from the financial partners and the financial partners shall have the exclusive right to initiate proceedings against the defaulter borrower. AgroStar shall to the best of its abilities aid the concerned User in terms of provision of information to initiate any legal proceedings. However, AgroStar shall not be responsible for any default on behalf of the User. AgroStar is merely an information technology platform and the User is entitled to conduct its own diligence before taking any steps to initiate the processes outlined on the Platform or any part thereof.
AgroStar does not make any representations or warranties on behalf of the accuracy of the knowledge provided, services, third party products provided in the platform. Farming techniques, responsiveness of seeds, crop growth, overall farming, its expected result, quality and quantity of crops produced could differ and vary depending on the lot of external factors including but not limited to change in climate, soil, water, atmosphere etc. Even otherwise, AgroStar shall not be liable whatsoever.
AgroStar makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, current-ness and/or timeliness of any content, information, software, text, graphics, links or communications provided on or through the use of the Website / App or that the operation of the Website / App will be error free and/or uninterrupted. Consequently, AgroStar assumes no liability whatsoever for any monetary or other damage suffered by You on account of the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use of the Website / App; and/or any interruption or errors in the operation of the Website / App. This limitation of liability clause shall prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent provision contained in any of the documents / content comprising this Terms & Conditions. It is up to You to take precautions to ensure that whatever You select for Your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses and other items of a destructive nature.
YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE SERVICE AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDING THAT OF THIRD PARTIES) INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. AGROSTAR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AS TO THE SERVICE AND ALL INFORMATION, PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONTENT (INCLUDING THAT OF THIRD PARTIES) INCLUDED IN OR ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SERVICE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. AGROSTAR FURTHER MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT: (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, OR (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CORRECTED AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM AGROSTAR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.
YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT NEITHER AGROSTAR OR THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES, ACCOUNT PROVIDERS OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY HARMS, WHICH LAWYERS AND COURTS OFTEN CALL AS DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN IF COMPANY OR SERVICE PROVIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE / PLATFORM; (ii) THE COST OF GETTING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES, (iii) ANY PRODUCTS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO, THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (v) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANYONE ON THE SERVICE; EVEN IF THE PROVIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED PREVIOUSLY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; OR (vii) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE. THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF AGROSTAR SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO THE COMPANY FOR THE SERVICE.
11. INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify, save, and hold AgroStar, its affiliates, contractors, employees, officers, directors, agents and its third party associates, licensors, and partners harmless from any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, and liabilities, costs and expenses, including without limitation legal fees and expenses, arising out of or related to Your access, use or misuse of the Services or of the Website or App or Platform, any violation by You of these Terms & Conditions, or any breach of the representations, warranties, and covenants made by You herein or Your infringement of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity, or as a result of any threatening, libelous, obscene, harassing or offensive material posted/ transmitted by You on the Website / App. AgroStar reserves the right, at Your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which You are required to indemnify AgroStar, including rights to settle, and You agree to cooperate with AgroStars’ defense and settlement of these claims. AgroStar will use reasonable efforts to notify You of any claim, action, or proceeding brought by a third party that is subject to the foregoing indemnification upon becoming aware of it. This paragraph shall survive termination of this Terms & Conditions.
12. ADVERTISERS/ THIRD PARTY LINKS ON THE PLATFORM
AgroStar accepts no responsibility for advertisements contained within the Platform or any part thereof. AgroStar has no control over and accepts no responsibility for the content of any website or mobile application to which a link from the Platform or any part thereof exists. Such linked websites and mobile applications are provided “as is” for User’s convenience only with no warranty, express or implied, for the information provided within them or the veracity thereof. AgroStar does not provide any endorsement or recommendation of any third-party website or mobile application to which the Platform or a part thereof provides a link. Further, You consent and agree that the Content provided in the Website and the App shall be synced and shall be available in both mediums.
13. USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS
If, at AgroStar’s request, You send certain specific submissions (for example contest entries) or without a request from Us, You send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, 'comments'), You agree that We may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any comments that You forward to Us. We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments.
You agree that Your comments will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that Your comments will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Service or any related website. You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than Yourself, or otherwise mislead Us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any comments You make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by You or any third-party.
You are licensing to AgroStar and its service providers, any information, data, materials or other content (collectively, “Content”) You provide through or to the Service. Company and service provider of Company may use, modify, display, distribute and create new material using such Content to provide the Service to You. We may also use, sell, license, reproduce, distribute and disclose aggregate, non-personally identifiable information that is derived through Your use of the Service. By submitting Content, You automatically agree, or promise that the owner of such Content has expressly agreed that, without any particular time limit, and without the payment of any fees, AgroStar and its third party service provider may use the Content for the purposes set out above. As between AgroStar and third-party service provider, Company owns Your confidential account information.
14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
You acknowledge that AgroStar is merely a technology platform for awareness of farming and its related products and services. You acknowledge that the use of the products or services is entirely based on the wisdom of the Users and neither AgroStar nor its affiliates, contractors, employees, officers, directors, agents and its third-party associates, licensors, and partners have no liability products assistance procured by or to a registered User. You acknowledge that AgroStar will not be responsible for any claim or damage in case of use of the services or products or access of platform or mobile app. AgroStar in no manner warrants or guarantees the performance of a third-party service provider that is providing services through the Website / App, if any. You acknowledge that AgroStar in no manner guarantees that the Users have provided all the information on this Website / App which is true and correct including his address, phone numbers etc. You acknowledge that it is Your responsibility to verify the information about the person on the Platform and AgroStar is in no manner liable if the information provided on this Website / App is untrue or incorrect. You acknowledge that AgroStar is in no manner responsible for any claim of money in case of fraud or cheating or any other such illegal act.
15. APPLICABLE LAWS
Your use of this Platform and any Term & Conditions stated in this agreement is subject to laws of India. In case of any disputes arising out of the use of the Platform or any part thereof, Courts of Mumbai, Maharashtra will have exclusive jurisdiction.
16. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
All disputes or differences arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions that the Parties are unable to resolve amicably shall be resolved through arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The dispute shall be referred to a sole arbitrator to be appointed by the Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), and the arbitration shall be conducted under its aegis and rules. The proceedings shall be conducted in English, and the seat of arbitration shall be Delhi. The costs of the arbitration shall be borne equally by both Parties. The arbitral award shall be final and binding on the Parties.
16. GRIEVANCES
Users have complete authority to file a complaint/ share feedback if they are disappointed by services rendered by AgroStar through the Platform or any part thereof. They can give their complaint/ feedback in writing or by way of an email to the following:
Grievance Officer
Name: Peeyush Uttav
Email: compliance@AgroStar.in
Privacy Policy
The websites – ‘https://www.agrostar.in’, ‘https://www.corporate.agrostar.in’ and ‘https://inifarms.com/’ (“Websites”) and the mobile applications – ‘AgroStar Agriculture App’ excluding the ‘Products’ section where available (“App”), the ‘AgroStar Saathi App’, and ‘Agroex’ app (the Websites and Apps collectively referred to as “Platform”) are owned and operated by ULink AgriTech Private Limited (“We”, “Us”, “Company” or “Our”, which expression shall mean and include its affiliates, successors, and assigns).
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. While you may be able to browse certain sections of the Platform without registering with us, please note that we do not offer any product/service under our Websites or App outside India. By visiting this Platform, providing your information, or availing any product/service offered on the Platform, you expressly agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, and the applicable service/product terms and conditions, and agree to be governed by the laws of India including but not limited to the laws applicable to data protection and privacy.
THIS POLICY DESCRIBES OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION, USE, STORAGE, DISCLOSURE AND PROTECTION OF ANY INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BUSINESS OR PERSONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU (“YOU/R”) WHILE USING THE WEBSITE/APP.
THIS POLICY CONSTITUTES A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU, AS THE USER OF THE WEBSITE/APP, AND THE COMPANY, AS THE OWNER OF THE WEBSITE/APP. BY VOLUNTARILY PROVIDING US WITH INFORMATION, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO COMPANY’S USE OF IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POLICY. BY MERE VISITING/ ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO COMPANY’S USE AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY. THIS POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE/APPS THAT ARE CONNECTED VIA LINKS TO THE WEBSITE/APP. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT PROCEED FURTHER TO USE/ ACCESS THIS WEBSITE/APP IN ANY WAY OR DOWNLOAD THE APP. ALSO IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE POLICY BY YOU, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS TO YOU.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE/APP WILL BE GOVERNED BY THIS POLICY IN ADDITION TO THE TERMS OF USE (LOCATED AT HTTP://AGROSTAR.IN/) AS APPLICABLE TO YOU.
THIS POLICY HAS BEEN DRAFTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 AND THE DATA PROTECTION RULES AND REGULATIONS OF INDIA.
1. Information Collected
We will use the information provided by You only in accordance with the purposes described in this Policy.
We and our authorised affiliates/partners collect Your Personal Information or Non Personal Information (as hereinafter defined) when You use the Products Section of the App. Further, We collect financial information from You during the performance of Services for You. We collect information with respect to Your name, mobile number, email, address, IP Address, zip code, age, gender, occupation, Your location, device ID, Device location, other related things like crops grown, crops to check prices for, products interested in, articles and posts liked etc. In addition to the foregoing, We also access Your contacts on Your mobile phone and Your SMSs. We also gain the ability to write to the external memory on Your mobile phone. We collect all of the foregoing information in order to provide You the Services. Our cache plugins potentially store a duplicate copy of every web page on display on the App. The pages are stored locally on the system where the App is installed and are not transferred to or accessed by Our employees in any way, except as necessary in providing routine technical support if You request it. All cache files are temporary, and may easily be purged before their natural expiration, if necessary. It is up to individual site administrators to come up with their own cache expiration rules.
Except as provided herein, We do not solicit any Sensitive Information about You. However, if You share such information with Us voluntarily, We will not be liable for any actions, claims, costs, expenses or other liabilities that may arise as a consequence of such any unauthorized use or misuse of such information.
During Your use of the Products Section of the App, We may collect and process such information from You, including but not limited to the below mentioned:
(a) Personal Information:
“Personal Information” means and includes:
(a) Information that You provide to Us by filling in forms on the Website/App. This may include contact information such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number, financial information, if any, unique identifiers such as user name, account number, password and preferences information such as favourites lists, transaction history;
(b) Information that You voluntarily provide when You write directly to Us (including by e-mail and surveys);
(c) Information that You specifically provide Us access to while accepting the Terms and Conditions of use of the Products Section of the App.
(b) Non- Personal Information:
“Non-Personal Information” means and includes any information that does not reveal Your specific identity, such as, browser information, information collected through Cookies (as defined below), pixel tags and other technologies, demographic information etc. The App gathers some information automatically when You visit the Products Section of the App and stores it in log files. We may collect certain information about Your computer or other electronic device through which You have accessed the Products Section of the App to facilitate, evaluate and verify Your use of the Products Section of the App.
“Cookies” are small files that reside on Your computer's hard drive and generally contain an anonymous unique identifier and are accessible only by the App that placed them there and not any other sites. You may refuse to accept Cookies by activating the setting on Your browser which allows You to refuse the setting of Cookies. However, if You select this setting You may be unable to access the Products Section of App. Unless You have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, Our system may issue Cookies when You log on to the Products Section of the App. The use of Cookies by Our partners, affiliates, advertisers or service providers is not covered by the Policy.
2. Use of the Information
We may use the information provided by You in the following ways, viz:
Provide and improve the services offered to You through the Products Section of the App;
Conduct research and analysis to detect, prevent, mitigate and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities;
Analyse how the Products Section of the App is used, diagnose service or technical problems, maintain security;
To help You efficiently access the Products Section of the App;
Monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of viewers, visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns;
To notify You regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with Your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to confirm Your identity in order to ensure that You are eligible to Use the Products Section of the App;
Advertising and marketing communications;
To carry out Our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between You and Us;
To notify You about changes on the Products Section of the App;
Notify You in the event We become aware of any breach of the security of Your information and take appropriate action to the best of Our ability to remedy such a breach.
To enable Us to comply with legal and regulatory obligations;
We will use and retain Your information for such periods as necessary to comply with Our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce Our agreements.
3. Storage, Security and Disclosure of Information
We use reasonable safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of Your information against loss, theft, unauthorised access, disclosure, reproduction, use or amendment. All information You provide to Us is stored on Our secure servers within India.
The Company, together with its third-party business partners, utilizes various tools and technologies, including, without limitation, cookies, pixels, local storage, web beacons, software development kits, and other similar technologies, to collect data arising from a user’s interaction with the Company’s products and services, including its websites, mobile applications, and email communications. Certain of these Tracking Technologies store data in the user’s browser or on the user’s device, while others may employ network-related or other information, such as the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, to identify or recognize the user’s device.
By submitting Your information on the Products Section of the App, you agree to the handling of Your information by Us in a manner as stated under this Policy. We will take such steps as We consider reasonably necessary to ensure that Your information is treated securely and in accordance with the Policy.
We assume no liability for any disclosure of information due to errors in transmission, unauthorised third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond Our reasonable control and You agree that You will not hold Us responsible for any breach of security unless such breach has been caused as a direct result of Our gross negligence or wilful default.
In using the Products Section of the App, you accept the inherent security implications of data transmission over the internet and the world wide web cannot always be guaranteed as completely secure. Therefore, your use of the Products Section of the App will be at Your own risk.
We may disclose such information to third parties in order to provide You with customer support facilities, to comply with Our legal obligations, to enforce Our Terms of Use, to facilitate Our marketing and advertising activities, or to prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities related to the Products Section of the App and to avail services from third parties for data analysis and market research.
In the event the We are merged with or acquired by another company or in case of re-organization or re-structuring of business, We and Our affiliates will share Your Personal Information, wholly or in part, with another business entity.
We will share Your information with third parties only in such manner as described below:
We may share Your information with third parties including third party service providers/agents/partners, etc. and in such an event, the third parties’ use of Your information will be bound, among other things, by this Policy. We may store information in locations outside the direct control of the Company (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers) and Your use of the Products Section of the App shall constitute consent for the same.
We may disclose Your information, to any member of Our related or group companies including but not limited to, our subsidiaries, Our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as the case may be, and Your use of the Products Section of the App shall constitute consent for the same.
We may disclose Your information if We are under a duty to do so in order to comply with any legal obligation or an order from the government and/or a statutory authority, or in order to enforce or apply Our Terms of Use or assign such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Us, Our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
4. Permissions required for using Website/App
When the Website/App is installed on your phone, a list of permissions may appear and are needed for the app to function effectively. There is no option to customize the list. The permissions that Website/App requires and the data that shall be accessed and its use is as below:
Android permissions:
(a) Device & App history: We need your device permission to get information about your device, like OS (operating system) name, OS version, mobile network, hardware model, unique device identifier, preferred language, etc. Basis these inputs, we intend to optimize your buying experience etc.
(b) Identity: This permission enables us to know about details of your account(s) on your mobile device. We use this info to auto-fill your email ID’s and provide a typing-free application experience.
(c) Location: This permission enables us to give you the benefit of location specific personalized information and shopping related capabilities.
(d) SMS: If you allow us to access your SMS, we read only OTP specific SMS to auto-fill or prepopulate ‘OTP’ while making a transaction and to validate your mobile number. This provides you a seamless purchase experience and you don’t need to move out of the app to read the SMS and then enter it in the app.
(e) WhatsApp: If you allow us to access your WhatsApp, we can send you notifications regarding order updates, customer care ticket updates and any other additional information as per capabilities supported by our WhatsApp business partner.
(f) Contacts: If you allow us to access your contacts, it enables us to provide a lot of social features to you such as sharing your purchase experiences with your friends, inviting your friends to try our app, send across referral links to your friends, etc. This information will be stored on our servers and synced from your phone.
(g) Photo/ Media/ Files: The libraries in the app use these permissions to access images that would be selected by us to post on the community forum of the AgroStar application & to store images that will be shared when you choose to share content from within the AgroStar application to other media of your choice for e.g. WhatsApp & Facebook.
(h) Wi-Fi connection information: When you allow us the permission to detect your Wi-Fi connection, we optimize your experience of using our application.
(i) Device ID & Call information: This permission is used to detect your Android ID through which we can uniquely identify users. It also lets us know your contact details using which we pre-populate specific fields to ensure a seamless purchase experience.
5. Use of Information
By the use of the Products Section of the App, you will be able to see various products and services offered by Us, various products and services offered by our third party agents and service providers and many other services and products of Our other service partners, affiliates and group companies. You may have interest or intention of availing such services and products or a general query with respect to the products and services available on the Products Section of the App. Accordingly, you may contact us or You may make a missed call to Us, or raise a chat with Our support team, or drop a query on the Products Section of the App, or send Us emails, or fill out other forms and query requests through the Products Section of the App, and share your contact details including but not limited to phone number, location, etc., with Us. By contacting Us in anyway and by providing us your phone number and contact details, you thereby give Us the unequivocal right to:
Contact you through various mediums, including but not limited to phone calls, emails, etc. or make a phone call to You to discuss your query or request;
Contact you through phone or message notwithstanding the fact that You may have registered under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India regulations as a fully blocked or a partially blocked customer. It is further clarified that We shall only make solicited phone calls or messages;
Share the contact details provided by You with the service provider or agent or representative available on or through the Products Section of the App who may be in a position to sufficiently answer or respond to Your query, including but not limited to third party service providers.
You also give the third party service providers/agents/affiliates available on the Products Section of the App, towards whom Your specific query/question/request is directed, to directly contact You, using the contact details shared by You with Us, on or through the Products Section of the App.
The Products Section of the App and the other service provides/affiliates/agents on the Products Section of the App shall only use the information provided by You above, for the purpose of ensuring complete provision of services to You and for the purpose of appropriately responding to Your query/question/request/concern.
We understand that Your contact details are important to You, and We shall bind the service providers/agents/affiliates that We share Your contact details with, with the same level of protection as required under the applicable laws.
6. Non- Disclosure of Information
You may choose not to provide identifiable information through the Products Section of the App, in which case You may not be allowed to access certain features / parts of the Products Section of the App. If You are a registered user, you may update, edit or correct Your account information and email preferences at any time by logging in to Your account. If You believe that any of Your information held by Us is inaccurate, you may write to Us at 'hello@agrostar.in'. It is Your responsibility to ensure that any information You provide Us remains accurate and updated.
5. Use of Third-Party Services
The Websites may contain links to third-party websites/products/services which are outside Our control and are not covered by this Policy. If You access other websites using the links provided, the operators of these websites may collect Your information which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from Ours. We encourage You to read the privacy policies of that website.
6. Data Transfer
We will share information with third parties and/or transfer it to third-party service providers for purposes as specified in this Policy. We may also store information in locations outside Our direct control (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers) and Your use of the Websites/App shall constitute consent for the same.
7. Accessing and Updating Your Information
You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the information You submit to Us, such as Your contact information. If Your information changes, you may correct, delete inaccuracies, or amend information by contacting Us through the contact details provided on Our Websites. We will make good faith efforts to make requested changes in Our then active databases as soon as reasonably practicable.
If You provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete (or becomes untrue, inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete), or the Company has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information provided by You is untrue, inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete, We may, at Our sole discretion, discontinue the provision of the Services to You.
8. Data Protection Principles
We adhere to the following principles of data protection:
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Purpose Limitation: We collect and process Your data for specified, clear, and lawful purposes as described in this Policy.
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Data Minimization: We only collect and process the data that is necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.
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Accuracy: We ensure that the data we collect is accurate and up to date.
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Storage Limitation: We retain Your data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Policy and comply with legal obligations.
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Accountability: We take responsibility for ensuring that Your data is processed in accordance with the principles outlined in this Policy.
9. Consent
We will obtain Your explicit and informed consent before collecting and processing Your data. You have the right to withdraw Your consent at any time. If You withdraw Your consent, we will stop processing Your data unless there are legitimate grounds for processing it.
We may disclose your personal information with your consent.
We may disclose aggregated, anonymized, or deindentified information for any purpose permitted under the applicable law.
10. Your Rights
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Right to Access: You have the right to access the personal data we hold about You.
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Right to Correction: You have the right to correct any inaccuracies in the personal data we hold about You.
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Right to Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of Your personal data under certain circumstances.
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Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive Your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit that data to another data fiduciary.
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Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of Your personal data under certain circumstances.
11. Cross Border Data Transfer
We ensure that any transfer of Your personal data outside India complies with the conditions set out in this Policy. This includes transfers to countries with adequate data protection laws, standard contractual clauses, or obtaining Your explicit consent for the transfer.
12. Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)
For processing activities that are likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals, we will conduct DPIAs to assess the impact of data processing operations on data protection.
13. Appointment of Grievance Officer (GO)
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer to oversee data protection strategy and implementation. The GO is responsible for monitoring compliance with the Act, advising on data protection impact assessments, and serving as a point of contact for data subjects and the data protection authority.
14. Data Breach Notification
In the event of a data breach, we will notify You and take appropriate action to mitigate the breach and prevent future incidents.
15. Training and Awareness
We educate and train our employees on data protection principles and practices. Employees are made aware of their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding personal data. We regularly review and update our data protection policies and practices to ensure ongoing compliance with all applicable data privacy laws in India. We stay informed about any amendments or updates to the laws and adjust our practices accordingly.
16. Record-Keeping
We maintain detailed records of data processing activities, consents obtained, data protection impact assessments, and measures taken to ensure compliance. This documentation is crucial in demonstrating compliance during audits or investigations by the data protection authority.
17. Severability and Exclusion
We have taken every effort to ensure that this Policy adheres with the applicable laws. The invalidity or unenforceability of any part of this Policy shall not prejudice or affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Policy. This Policy does not apply to any information other than the information collected by the Company through the Website. This Policy shall be inapplicable to any unsolicited information You provide Us through this Website or through any other means. All unsolicited information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and the Company shall be free to use and/ or disclose such unsolicited information without any limitations.
18. No Waiver
The rights and remedies of available under this Policy may be exercised as often as necessary and are cumulative and not exclusive of rights or remedies provided by law. It may be waived only in writing. Delay in exercising or non-exercise of any such right or remedy does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy, or any other right or remedy.
19. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Grievance Officer
ULink AgriTech Private Limited
Mr. Peeyush Uttav
Email: privacy@agrostar.in
Ph: 020 41504243
By using our Websites/App, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
20. WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT
You may, at any time, withdraw your consent for the collection, use, storage, or processing of your personal data by contacting us at compliance@agrostar.in or by using the opt-out features made available on the Platform. Upon receipt of such a request, we shall, to the extent technically feasible, cease further processing of your personal data, other than as required for compliance with applicable law, contractual obligations, or legitimate business interests.
Please note that withdrawal of consent may impact our ability to provide you with certain services or functionalities on the Platform.
21. ERASURE OF PERSONAL DATA
You may request the deletion or erasure of your personal data collected by us by writing to compliance@agrostar.in. Subject to our verification of your identity and the absence of any legal or contractual requirement to retain such data, we will take reasonable steps to erase your personal data from our records within a reasonable time.
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