Terms of service

**This policy applies to all The Cotton Stories platforms (the “Site” or “Web Site” or “Mobile Application” or “App” or “Us” or “We” or "Social Media Platforms"), which are operated and owned by The Cotton Stories, marketed and/or managed by The Cotton Stories. It is The Cotton Stories’ policy to comply with general laws for protecting user information and bank details shared for the purpose of availing The Cotton Stories services. This regulates the processing of information relating to you and grants you various rights in respect of your personal data.

Any Images, Data, or Files uploaded on the website must not be used without the consent of the authorized personnel of the brand.

The Web Site contains links to other websites over which we have no control. The Cotton Stories is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other websites to which you choose to link from thecottonstories.com. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other websites so you can understand how they collect, use, and share your information.

**PRIVACY POLICY**

This Privacy Policy is intended for all Users of thecottonstories.com. The Cotton Stories is dedicated to respecting and protecting the privacy of our Users. All information User provides, such as phone number, home address, current location, e-mail addresses, or any additional personal information found on the site, will be used solely to support User relationship with The Cotton Stories. The Cotton Stories strives to develop innovative methods to serve Users even better. The Cotton Stories is designed to operate efficiently while keeping users’ privacy in mind. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information that The Cotton Stories gathers from its users and takes steps to safeguard it. To provide a personalized browsing experience, The Cotton Stories may collect information from you, which may include technical or other related information from the device used to access The Cotton Stories platforms including without limitation to your current location. By registering or using or visiting The Cotton Stories platforms, you explicitly accept, without limitation or qualification, the collection, use, and transfer of the personal information provided by you in the manner described in the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. Kindly read the Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy carefully as they affect your rights and liabilities under the law. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy, PLEASE DO NOT USE The Cotton Stories SERVICES.

The Cotton Stories reserves the right to take any rightful legal action against the customer if any fraudulent activity is identified such as multiple usage & abuse of coupon codes, wrong claims for orders, etc.

**USER’S CONSENT**

By using or visiting The Cotton Stories platforms, you expressly consent to the Terms and conditions and our Privacy Policy and to The Cotton Stories processing of Personal Information for the purposes given under the Terms & Conditions and this Privacy Policy, subject to the local laws, in the following ways such as:

- To create a personalized account containing your contact information, email-id, address, bank details, etc based on information you provide or imported from other sites or applications, or any information provided by third parties;
- To contact you about any Website updates, informational and service-related communications, including important security updates;
- To inform you of other services available from The Cotton Stories or its affiliates, if any. (“Affiliates” means entities that control or are controlled by or are under common control with The Cotton Stories); to enable you to provide feedback, and contact The Cotton Stories customer service in case of any problem with the services or emergency;
- To conduct surveys, make promotions, advertise, and provide the results thereof such as success stories, etc; to provide information about you and your experience to further promote our websites, etc.
- To help your friends, contacts, and potential customers find your profile and connect with you;
- To allow you to share your experience and information with your connections;
- To give search engines access to public information; to detect, investigate and prevent activities that may violate our policies and are illegal; to provide certain information that enables users to network, post information on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc; to generate internal reports about the use of our platforms and many more related uses.

The Cotton Stories uses the information provided by you to create its database and networking and may enable third parties to see your personal information for marketing purposes. The Cotton Stories has certain hashtags such as #TheCottonStories which will be provided to you while you purchase merchandise from The Cotton Stories platforms. If you upload a picture on social media such as Facebook or Instagram using these hashtags, The Cotton Stories platforms will automatically link that picture to The Cotton Stories platforms. The picture will be solely used for marketing and promotional purposes and shall be visible to anyone who uses The Cotton Stories platforms. Your Profile information may be used for networking with other community members or may be visible to service providers or customers who are using the Website. In addition, portions of your personal information may be made public for networking.

You acknowledge that by providing your personal information, you have consented to your information being used as described here. We shall take measures to safeguard your information from unauthorized access or inappropriate use by third parties. However, The Cotton Stories has no control over third parties' websites and is not responsible for any sort of misuse or any other liability. You acknowledge that by linking with third-party websites, you are aware of the potential misuse and risk involved.

**SECURITY**

You are responsible for ensuring that your login credentials (your username and password) are kept confidential.

To provide security measures, we have implemented technical and organizational measures specially designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. However, due to the inherent open nature of the Internet and wireless communications, we do not guarantee that your personal information will be completely free from unauthorized access by third parties, because the transferring of money over or through The Cotton Stories’ Platforms is not within our exclusive control.

Use of The Cotton Stories services implies Users' acknowledgment and assumption of this risk involved. The Cotton Stories has made all reasonable efforts to put in place reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect.

We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, 2000 as amended and rules made thereunder to ensure the protection and preservation of your privacy. However, it is your responsibility to not provide any sensitive data that you would not want to make public. You should be aware that your account may be monitored by customers and service providers across the Websites.

We also use cookies to administer our platforms and deliver a personalized experience. For additional detailed information on each of these, please see below.

**COOKIES**

“Cookies” are pieces of information that may be placed on User’s device by a service provider to facilitate and enhance User communication and interaction. To the extent possible depending upon User’s device, The Cotton Stories may use cookies (and similar items such as web beacons, tags, etc.) to customize User experience, to make usage of Apps more convenient, or to enable The Cotton Stories to enhance its Services. The Cotton Stories may also use and place cookies on User devices from our third-party service providers in connection with the User services, such as an analytics provider that helps User manage and analyze The Cotton Stories Services. User may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on certain devices or flush them from User’s browser by adjusting User’s web browser preferences. However, User may still use The Cotton Stories Services, but it may interfere with some of its functionality. Cookies and similar items are not used by The Cotton Stories and may automatically retrieve personal information from Users' devices without User’s knowledge. Cookies are device and browser-specific, so if User makes a change to User’s environment, The Cotton Stories may reinstall a cookie.

We might utilize session ID cookies to enable certain features of the website, to better understand how you interact with the website, and to monitor aggregate usage by The Cotton Stories users and web traffic routing on the Website. Unlike persistent cookies, session cookies are deleted from your computer/device when you log off from the website and close your browser. Third-party advertisers on the website may also place or read cookies on your browser. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the website you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the website or Services.

We might also use tracking technologies that may record information such as internet domain and host names; internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; click stream patterns; dates and times; and locations from which the website is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our website and your web experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain Personal Information for Trends and statistics.

**CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY**

The Cotton Stories reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this Privacy Policy at any time. However, if at any time in the future The Cotton Stories plans to use personal information or location-based data in a way that materially differs from this Privacy Policy, such as sharing such information with more third parties, The Cotton Stories will post such changes here and provide Users the opportunity to opt out of such differing uses. Users, continuing to use our services, following the posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy means User’s acceptance of such changes.

**POLICY TOWARDS CHILDREN**

The Website is not directed to children under the age of 18 years. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of 18 years. We do not specifically collect information about children without parental consent or supervision. We encourage you to participate in your child’s experience with The Cotton Stories.

**INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND DATA RETENTION**

We commit to respecting your online privacy and data. We further recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) you share with us. The Personal Information is used for such purposes as mentioned in this privacy policy