Personal Information

While using our Services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information (also known as PII or Personal Information) that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally Identifiable Information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address

First name and Last name

Phone number

Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

KYC Details / Documents

Geographical Location

If you provide us any Personal Information of another Data Subject, you must ensure that you are authorised to do so and that such person is informed about this Privacy Policy.

You can choose not to provide any Personal Information that we may request of you, but, in general, the Personal Information we request is required in order to provide you with access to and use of the Services, and the lack of such information may prevent us from doing so and impact the service capability and certain features of the Services.

We may ask you to provide certain additional information about yourself on a case to case basis in relation to our Services. It is clarified that any data which does not reveal your specific identity, does not relate to an identified or identifiable individual, information that is publicly available, information about software and hardware usage, information in relation to the products you purchase or who you purchase them from, or any anonymised or aggregated data ("Other Information") is not considered as PII or Personal Information.

Usage Data

We may collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or application.

This usage data may include information such as your computer's internet protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access our website on a mobile device or access a mobile application, this usage data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Cookies Data

Our website, mobile applications and other platforms may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Services and hold certain information. For instance, cookies help us learn which areas of our website are useful and which areas need improvement. Cookies are a standard feature of websites consisting of small data files which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our service. You can choose whether to accept the use of cookies and similar technologies in general by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you disable cookies, your experience of our Services may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.

Examples of Cookies we use:

Session Cookies: we use Session Cookies to operate our Service.

Preference Cookies: we use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

Security Cookies: we use Secure Cookies for security purposes.

We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our website and services more useful.To view our Cookie policy, please click here

We provide a range of Services including (without limitation) various delivery and logistics solutions through innovative technology and connected tools. In order to achieve this, we collect Personal Information and Other Information from you in a number of ways including:

Directly from you, for example when you use our website, our Services, mobile applications, or when you contact us through phone, WhatsApp, email or chat

When you make an account with us

When you are a recipient or sender of goods transported by us or services provided by us

When you use a tracking ID to track your package

When you provide us information to verify your identity

Indirectly, when you purchase products or receive packages from any of our clients with whom we have a legally binding contract

When you reach out to our customer support teams or when a support ticket is created

When you provide us feedback

Our social media pages

Web forms and surveys

Off-site services and events that relate to our Services

When you contact our customer service

APIs

At the time of delivering consignments

Other interactions with you

We use the collected data to provide, develop and improve the services that we offer you. Some of these purposes include (without limitation) the following:

Provide you products and services:

We use the data we collect to:

provide products and services (such as parcel transportation, warehousing, freight, reverse logistics, cross-border and technology services)

monitor your usage of our services to understand your requirements better

perform accounting, auditing, invoicing, reconciliation and collection activities

send tracking updates and transactional information

give options for convenient or express delivery

provide location and tracking features

provide you related and ancillary functionalities, products, services, solutions, software and technologies developed and offered by us in the ordinary course of our business

Communicate with you: We use your Personal Information to communicate with you via different channels (such as by phone, email, chat, WhatsApp) in relation to our Services and to follow up with you on any requirements for our services that you have indicated an interest in. We send you transaction related updates through third party platforms such as WhatsApp to update you on the status of your order / transaction. You can always opt-out of such communication, however, you may then be unable to receive real time updates of your order status. Troubleshoot and customer support: We use your data to analyze performance, improve our services, detect incorrect addresses, and prevent technical issues. We also use collected data to provide customer support and respond to you about your requests, questions and comments, and update our records about you. Identity Proof Details / Documents: We may collect your Aadhaar Card number, PAN Card number, or Driving License number, to verify your identity and prevent misuse of our Services. Please note that you are not obligated to provide your Aadhaar details and you can choose any other document, such as your PAN Card, or Driving License (as per the options provided) as identity proof. If you do choose to provide us with your Aadhaar number, please note that we may use it for identity verification and Aadhaar based authentication with UIDAI through third party service providers. By agreeing to provide your details you expressly consent to our use of the same.

Customer satisfaction surveys: We may use your Personal Information to conduct polls and surveys and periodically reach out to you via phone, WhatsApp, email or chat to understand your experience in using our services. You may choose to not participate in such surveys by opting out when we reach out to you.

Personalisation: We use your data to understand your preferences and to enhance and customise your experience by offering tailored services. Develop new products and services: We use the data collected (including Personal Information and Other Information) to evaluate, optimise, develop, and improve our business to bring you enhanced, efficient, and cost-effective products and services. This includes developing new products and services, determining the effectiveness of our sales, analysing and enhancing our products, services, websites and applications and improving and maintaining the quality of our customer services.

Data analysis and improving our services: We use your Personal Information and Other Information to perform market analysis, consumer search and analytics, trend analysis and financial analysis to develop, enhance and improve the Services we provide to you.

Information about new offers: We would like to send you information about our products and services and any new offers that we think you might benefit from. If you have agreed to receive this information, you may always opt out at a later date by using the "Opt-out" or "Unsubscribe" functionality or by directly contacting us. We may also use your information to contact you with updates to our Services, website or mobile applications.

Post comments & testimonials: If you allow us to or where we have a legitimate interest, we may use your Personal Information to post comments and testimonials you provide to us on our website and other platforms.

Fraud prevention: We use the data collected to ensure the security of our networks and information systems, identify and prevent fraud and other prohibited or illegal activities. We may also use scoring methods to identify and manage business risks such as credit risks.

Comply with legal obligations: In some cases, we collect and use your data to comply with legal and regulatory regulations, including customs and GST requirements. For example, KYC details in some cases are legally required for identity verification.

Our primary goal is to provide you safe, efficient, smooth, cost-effective and customized experiences when you use our Services. The Personal Information collected allows us to provide the Services that most likely meet your needs. More importantly, while doing so, we collect Personal Information from you that we consider necessary for achieving the above mentioned purposes.

We may use and disclose Other Information (defined above) and non-personal information for any purpose in accordance with applicable laws.

As a rule, we do not transfer or share your Personal Information with any third party unless we are required to do so. We may share your Personal Information in the following ways:

Group Companies of BAASHIP

We may disclose your Personal Information with group companies of BAASHIP for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, including:

for enabling them to provide the Services;

for optimizing our shared processes; and

for other cross-affiliate initiatives.

Regulatory or Government Authorities

We may disclose your Personal Information in good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

comply with a legal obligation;

comply with a request from any government, regulatory or public authority (for example: to fulfil a legal obligation during export of a shipment);

protect and defend the rights or property of BAASHIP;

prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our Services; and

protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public.

Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Opt Out Process

You can opt-out of having your activity on our Website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about your visits and activity. The add-on can be downloaded and installed from: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de . However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our website or mobile applications to their full extent. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Third Party Vendors / Consultants / Marketers

We may engage Third Party Vendors and individuals to facilitate our services or to perform Service-related transactions or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used. For example, we may have to provide your address and other details to a third party service provider to deliver your packages to you and process payments. We may also engage sub-processors for services including but not limited to hosting data, identifying, assessing and managing credit risk, distribution, customer support and technical assistance, cloud services, processing payments, validating KYC documents to authenticate identity, delivering shipments, email delivery, undertaking audits or data analysis, web analytics, IT performance monitoring, customer relationship management, evaluating, running and optimizing user experience or our growth campaigns, polls and surveys, and also use third parties for marketing, promotions and advertising initiatives.

BAASHIP will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Before we engage any Third-Party Vendor, we check their security practices and regularly conduct their security and privacy assessments. These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose whatsoever. Also,we bind our third-party vendors in a contract to secure your data by putting monetary liabilities and surveillance practices and hence, ensuring a high level of security for your Personal Information. Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. No transfer of your Personal Information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are security adequate controls in place.

We maintain a list of such sub-processors here:

Name	Purpose
Solutions Infini Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd (Kaleyra)	Sending messages for collection of feedback from customers
Airtel Digital Limited	Provisioning of call masking features to protect the privacy of end-customers
Salesforce.com Inc.	Provision of ERP platform where customer representative contact information is stored
Ozonetel Communications Private Limited	Provisioning of IVR calling and customer support
Freshworks Inc.	Provisioning of customer support system
Zendesk Inc.	Provisioning of customer service software and support ticketing system/help desk solution
Razorpay	Supports payment integration
MoEngage	Provision of a platform for communication with client representatives to ensure complete onboarding and ensuring the client representative is up to date with new features and products beneficial to them
Twilio	Send SMS Notifications & WhatsApp notifications to Consignees

Mergers / Acquisitions

As we aim to deliver a greater customer experience, we might sell or buy other service lines or business ventures. During any such transactions we may have to provide customer information. Any such disclosure shall of course be subject to the safeguards set out in this Privacy Policy.

Please notify us of any changes to your Personal Information. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Information is kept accurate and current. We will retain your Personal Information for as long as needed to fulfil the purpose for which we collected it and for a reasonable period thereafter to comply with audit, accounting, contractual, technical and legal requirements, for security purposes, and/or to resolve any future disputes. We may retain Other Information, including non-personal information indefinitely or to the extent allowed by applicable law. Our retention guidelines are applicable even where you have chosen to delete your account with us.

Please notify us of any changes to your Personal Information. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Information is kept accurate and current.

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as needed to fulfil the purpose for which we collected it and for a reasonable period thereafter to comply with audit, accounting, contractual, technical and legal requirements, for security purposes, and/or to resolve any future disputes. We may retain Other Information, including non-personal information indefinitely or to the extent allowed by applicable law. Our retention guidelines are applicable even where you have chosen to delete your account with us.

Our Services are not aimed at children (under the age of 18) and do not provide information specifically targeting children. If you are under 18 you may use our website and our Services only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian. However, if you have visited our website or used our Services, we may store your details as set out in this Privacy Policy.

Depending upon your location and in accordance with applicable laws, you may have the right to access what Personal Information we hold about you, or the right to have incomplete or inaccurate data about your corrected or completed. Subject to certain exceptions where information needs to be retained for legal, internal audit, security & fraud prevention purposes and depending on your location, you may also have the right to request erasure of Personal Information or the right to restrict processing in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

You always have the right to report any Personal Information breach at privacy@baaship.com and the right to not be discriminated against by us for exercising any of your privacy rights.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as set forth below. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws and if we believe your request is genuine. To protect your privacy, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.