Privacy Notice and Data Security Policy

SPECIAL40 operates the website www.special40.com It is SPECIAL40’s policy to protect your privacy and ensure your personal data is secure with relation to any information we may collect while operating our websites or providing services.

Gathering of Personally Identifying Information

Users of SPECIAL40’s website choose to interact with SPECIAL40 in ways that require SPECIAL40 to gather personally identifying information. Those who engage in transactions with SPECIAL40 – by applying and enrolling for SPECIAL40 are asked to provide information, including, as necessary, the personal information required to provide those services. In each case, SPECIAL40 collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfil the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with SPECIAL40. SPECIAL40 does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Protection of Certain Personally Identifying Information

SPECIAL40 discloses potentially personally-identifying information only to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on SPECIAL40’s behalf or to provide services available at SPECIAL40’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. SPECIAL40 takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying information.

SPECIAL40 does not sell or rent your personal information to anyone. SPECIAL40 may use sufficient personal information such as name, batch and the like, for marketing or promotional use. We analyse your information to learn about the use of SPECIAL40 services to help us to develop new product and services.

SPECIAL40 may use consultants or service entities on our behalf to perform services for you but these persons are not allowed to use your information for their own purposes.

SPECIAL40 may access and/or disclose your information if it is necessary to comply with the law or legal process, to protect or defend SPECIAL40. For example, we may be required to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement action such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant and wherever possible with your consent. SPECIAL40 reserves the right to trace the information which is deleted from the portal in a situation when the investigation under any law has been initiated.

SPECIAL40 uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology for encryption to ensure that data transmitted between your web browser and our servers, and data stored on our servers, is secure.

As part of its data security strategy, SPECIAL40 has identified and assessed the risks to information security in each relevant area of the company’s operation and established commensurate safeguards to mitigate these risks.

All payment transactions are processed through a payment gateway provider and related data is not stored or processed on our servers.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. SPECIAL40 uses cookies to help SPECIAL40 identify and track visitors, their usage of SPECIAL40 website, and their website access preferences. SPECIAL40 visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using SPECIAL40’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of SPECIAL40’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Information Security

SPECIAL40 ensure to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration by using industry-recognized security safeguards, coupled with carefully developed security procedures and practices. SPECIAL40 maintain electronic and procedural safeguards of all tax return information and uses both internal and external resources to review its security procedures.

Customer Testimonials

We post customer testimonials and comments on our websites and social media pages, which may contain Personal Information.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include link to third-party sites on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. SPECIAL40 therefore has no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our website and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, SPECIAL40 may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in SPECIAL40’s sole discretion. SPECIAL40 encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Privacy Policy changes). Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Arbitration

Any dispute arising under the privacy policy shall be governed by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the same shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Cochin, Kerala.