Privacy Policy
Chikka Asia, Inc. (hereinafter, "Chikka Asia")and all its affiliates understand your concerns about how your information is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly.
This Privacy Policy covers this Chikker Website, and your use of the Chikker Mobile Service. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other Website linked to or from the Chikker Website or the Chikker Mobile Service. By using the Chikker Website, and using Chikker Mobile Service, you agree to accept the terms set forth in this privacy policy. Chikka Asia and all its affiliates may amend this privacy policy from time to time. If the privacy policy is revised, the updated privacy policy will be posted on this Website, and you will have the opportunity to modify your information on file with Chikka.
Information Collection
In order to use the Chikker Service, some personally identifiable information is necessary, such as your mobile number, user name, password, email address, among others, as specified by the Chikker Website. In addition, Chikka Asia and all its affiliates may collect non-personally identifiable usage data and other information on all users.
Opt-in. To use the Chikker Service, we require a user to opt-in to the service. A user may join or opt-in to the Chikker Service by registering in the website or via mobile or accepting a Chikker invite received in the User's mobile phone.
Customer Service. When you contact our customer service, we request for personal information to ensure that we have the necessary information to assist you with your inquiries. We communicate with users via email on a regular basis to provide requested services and assistance on issues relating to their account.
Sharing of Information
Chikka Asia may share information with other parties when necessary, such as in the following cases:
Third Party. Chikka Asia and all its affiliates, share personally identifiable information when necessary, with partners that provide us with content and technology, and our agents, representatives, contractors, and service providers to enable the normal course of functionality of the Chikker Website. By using the Chikker Website or the Chikker Mobile Service, you consent to our sharing your personally identifiable information with third parties in connection with providing services, including without limitation, our messaging and billing service providers and your wireless service provider. If the Chikker Website or the Chikker Mobile Service goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, Chikka Asia and all its affiliates will inform users before users' personal information is transferred and become subject to a different privacy policy.
Legal Disclaimer. Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on the Website or its owners. Chikka Asia may also disclose personally identifiable information in order to respond to a subpoena, court order or other similar requests. Chikka may also provide such personally identifiable information in order to comply with law or in response to a law enforcement agency's request, to enforce our privacy policy, terms of service, and to protect the rights, property or safety of Chikker Website users.
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable). The non-personally identifiable information we may gather includes the type of browser that you use, your gender, age, and IP address, the content that you access and the duration of your visit to the Chikker Website or use of the Chikker Mobile Service, among others. We may share aggregated demographic information with our partners. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information. We also use this information, to enhance the operation of our services, analyze interest in the areas of the Chikker Website and to tailor advertising and content display to users and to inform our advertisers about the number of users that have viewed their advertising. We also retain aggregated log files of requested content in order to report overall product usage and to evaluate user trends.
Third Party Intermediaries. By using our services, you consent to sharing necessary information/account to and/or with third parties in connection with delivering the services offered by the Chikker Website such as participating mobile communications service providers, in order to bill users for its services.
Children. The Chikker Website does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. We request that children under the age of 13 not to use our services nor submit any personal information to us. Since we do not collect information from children under the age of 13, we do not knowingly use or distribute personal information regarding children under the age of 13. If Chikka Asia and all its affiliates obtain actual knowledge that it has collected personal information about a child under the age of 13, that information will be immediately deleted from our database. Chikka Asia and all its affiliates believe that parents should supervise their children's online activities and use a parental control tool to prevent children from disclosing personal information without parental consent. If a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information without the consent of a parent or guardian, please contact us. After verification of the information, we will immediately delete the information from our records.
Communication. The Chikker Website and Chikker Mobile Service will send you certain communication relating to the general operation of the service, such as service announcements and administrative messages.
Notification of Changes. We may update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time with or without notice to you. Any such updates, modifications or revisions, shall be effective immediately upon posting on our sites. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so you may always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. Please refer back to this page often for the latest information.
Links. The Chikker Website and Chikker Mobile Service may contain banner and text advertising that are linked to other Websites. Chikka Asia and all its affiliates are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other Websites. We persuade our users to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of each and every Website that collects personally identifiable information. The use of personal information will be governed by such third party's own privacy policy. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Website and the Chikker Mobile Service.
Your Acceptance of this Policy. By visiting the Website, or using the Chikka Groups Service, you signify your assent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE CHIKKER MOBILE SERVICE SIGNIFIES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHIKKA MOBILE SERVICE TERMS OF USE AND THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Each time you use the Chikker Website, or the Chikker Mobile Service, you signify that you have read and agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Chikker Website or the Chikker Mobile Service. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of the Chikker Website or the Chikker Mobile Service following the posting of changes to these terms means you accept these changes.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please email us at mailus@chikka.com.