INDIA 5000 Business Awards is a brand managed by Benchmark Trust. TQV Private Limited (formerly known as TQV Certification Services Private Limited) serves as their audit, assessment, and knowledge partner and manages all legal matters related to the platform.

This privacy policy governs the collection and use of personal information by INDIA 5000. For more information about INDIA 5000, visit india5000.com.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, who we share it with and how we protect it. It also outlines your legal rights in relation to your information. By using our website or services, you agree to the terms described in this policy. We comply with all applicable data protection laws in the operation of our business. (Third para privacy policy)

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it explains our practices regarding your personal information and how it is handled. By browsing or accessing our website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to this privacy policy and all terms outlined within it. If you do not agree with any of the practices described here, please do not use our website. 

Who We Are

For the purposes of relevant data protection laws, the data controller is INDIA 5000, 3rd Floor, Shubham Complex, Sadhu Vasvani Rd, above Gangotri Dairy, Rajkot, Gujarat 360005, India.

Information Covered Under This Policy

This privacy policy covers all personal information collected and used by INDIA 5000. Here, “personal information” refers to information which, either alone or in combination with other information collected by us, allows you to be identified as an individual, directly or indirectly. This may include your name, sex, date of birth, email address, postal address, phone number, computer IP address, credit card number, technical information and login information from devices you use to access our services.

Personal Information

We may collect information about you from various sources as detailed below.

Information You Provide to Us

When you use or browse our website, including registering for awards or filling out a form, or when you communicate with us by email, phone or any other means of contact, you may provide us with information about yourself. This may include your name, postal address, email address, mobile or landline number, delivery address, payment details, access requirements and employment information such as your job title, employer details and responsibilities.

Information We Collect About You

During your visits to our website, we may use cookies and other technologies to automatically collect the following information:

• Technical information such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your browser type and version, login details, time zone settings, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
• Information about your visits, including complete Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstreams to and from our website, products you view or search for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to specific pages, page interaction details such as scrolling, mouse-overs and clicks, methods used to browse pages and any phone number used to contact us.

Information We Collect and Receive from Other Sources

We may receive your information from other websites operated by the INDIA 5000 group or from other services we offer. We work closely with third parties such as app providers and payment processors and may receive information about you from them. We may also collect information about you from publicly available sources, including publicly available social media content.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to differentiate you from other users. This helps us provide you with a better experience when browsing our website and allows us to make improvements over time. For more information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, please refer to our cookie policy at: https://india5000.com/policies/cookie

How We Use Your Personal Information

To Provide You with Services and Goods

We may use your personal information where it is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations under our agreement with you, for instance when you have purchased our services and to ensure your requirements are met at the event. Using your personal information in this way is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations to you.

Ensuring Your Requirements Are Met

We may use your personal information to better understand your preferences and requirements so that we can offer you a personalized experience. It is in our legitimate interest to analyse your preferences so that we can tailor our events and services accordingly.

To Complete Bookings Made Through Our Website

We use your contact information, such as your email address or postal address, to process bookings made through our website. Using your personal information in this way is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations to you.

To Process Payments and Protect Against Fraudulent Transactions

We may use your personal information to process payments securely and to protect against fraudulent transactions. It is in our legitimate interest to process personal information in order to keep customer payments safe and secure.

To Inform You About Special Offers and Services

We may use your personal information, such as your email address or phone number, to send you information about services that may be of interest to you. Please note that we may share your personal information with other entities within the INDIA 5000 group for this purpose. We will request your permission before processing your information for this purpose.

To Identify Server Issues and Manage Our Website

We may use your personal information, such as your IP address, to diagnose server issues and manage our website. We will request your permission before using cookies for any such processing.

To Analyse Website Traffic and Improve Our Website Content and Services

We may use your personal information, such as your IP address, to measure usage of our website and evaluate the effectiveness of our web pages, including website advertising. We may also use personal information to improve our website content and services. It is in our legitimate interest to analyse user traffic in order to make our website more effective and better suited to our customers’ needs.

To Meet Legal Requirements and Exercise or Defend Legal Claims

We may use your personal information when required to comply with legal obligations applicable to our business, including those related to health and safety regulations. We may also use your information to establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.

To Evaluate How Attendees Experience the Award Event

We may use your personal information, such as location data, to understand how attendees experience and navigate the award events we host. It is in our legitimate interest to use location information to improve the overall experience at our events.

Personal Information Transfer

We may share your personal information with any member of the INDIA 5000 group of companies, including holding companies and subsidiaries where applicable, to help you access our services, provide customer support and carry out other activities described in this privacy policy.

We may engage agents, contractors or other companies (“Service Providers”) to provide services on our behalf or to assist us in providing services to you. For instance, we may engage Service Providers for market research, advertising, communications, marketing, event management including health, safety, audio-visual and logistics services, bookings and accommodation, IT, hosting, training, infrastructure, payment processing, discount management and data processing services.

To provide these services, Service Providers may require access to your personal information. Third parties are required to use personal information only for the purposes for which they have been engaged. We will use our best efforts to ensure that all Service Providers working on our behalf keep your personal information safe and secure.

We May Disclose Your Personal Information to Third Parties In the Following Circumstances:

• In the event of a sale, acquisition or transfer of any part of the INDIA 5000 group or its assets, your personal information may be disclosed to or transferred to the relevant third party as part of that transaction.
• If we are required to disclose or share your personal information to comply with any legal obligation, or to enforce our terms and conditions or other agreements, or to protect the rights, property or safety of the INDIA 5000 group.

In some cases, such as on a product listing page, you may contact an exhibitor or supplier directly and they may contact you for business purposes. In other cases, some of our products are sponsored, in which case the information you have provided to us may be transferred to the sponsor.

We will generally inform you at the time of collection if a product is sponsored. If you wish to change your contact preferences with a specific sponsor or exhibitor, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided. Unsubscribing from INDIA 5000 communications will prevent INDIA 5000 from contacting you in future, but will not affect communications from individuals or third parties with whom you have interacted with independently.

Where We Store Your Data

The data we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at a destination within India. It may also be processed by staff operating within India who work for us or for one of our subsidiaries. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the provision of services to you or the processing of your payment details.

We will take all steps that are reasonably necessary to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable data protection laws.

Personal Information Security

We use technical, physical and administrative measures to protect personal information against theft, loss and unauthorised access, use or modification. Some areas of our website may be password protected. Where we have provided you with a password, you are responsible for keeping that password confidential. Please do not share your password with anyone. Payments made through our website are processed in a secure environment through software provided by third party service providers.

Third Party Apps and Websites

Our website may contain links to and from third party websites and we may provide information about apps provided by third parties. Please be aware that if you follow a link to any of these websites or download an app, these websites and apps have their own privacy policies and terms of use and we accept no responsibility or liability for these policies. Please review their policies before providing any personal information to these websites or apps.

User Rights (Your Rights)

As a user, you have the following rights regarding your personal information.

Right to Access Information We Hold About You

You have the right to ask us whether we are using your personal information and to request details about the purposes for which it is being processed and whether we are using it only for those stated purposes.

You can request access to all the information we hold about you by contacting us using the contact details provided below. We will endeavour to make your information accessible to you within one month. However, there may be occasions where we are unable to provide access to certain personal information, for instance where doing so would unreasonably affect someone else’s privacy or create a serious threat to someone’s life, safety or health. You also have the right to be informed about the third parties to whom we transmit your personal information within the scope of this privacy policy.

Right to Have Your Information Edited or Deleted

If you have an account with us, you can sign in to update your personal information. If you experience difficulty updating your information, or if you would like us to delete your information, or if you would like us to request that third parties to whom we transmit your data within the scope of this privacy policy update or delete your information, please send your request to info@india5000.com and we will take prompt action.

Right to Object to the Processing of Your Information

You have the right to instruct us to stop using your information, even where the processing is required for our legitimate interests, such as where the processing is necessary for the legitimate commercial purposes we pursue in our business, including any profiling we conduct to send you personalised offers, product recommendations or similar content. You also have the right to object to any outcomes of processing activities that affect your rights and that are conducted entirely through automated systems.

You also have the right to ask us to stop using your information for direct marketing purposes, including any profiling we carry out for the purposes of direct marketing. We will send you marketing materials only where you have previously consented to receiving them. If you change your mind, you can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by following the instructions included in those communications.

Please also note that if you have agreed to receive offers from our partners, they are responsible for managing your rights in relation to those offers, including your right to opt out of receiving further offers from them. You may opt out of receiving offers from third parties at any time by logging into your user account and updating your settings. If you have previously opted in, your personal information will continue to be transmitted to partners until your opt out request has been processed.

Right to Have Data Transferred to Another Organisation

Where we hold personal information about you on the basis of your consent or for the performance of a contract, you have the right to request that we provide you with the personal information we hold about you in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format, and where technically feasible, to have that information transmitted directly to another organisation.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at our sole discretion without prior notice. We will inform you of any changes, including when they take effect. Your continued use of our website or services following any changes to this policy will be taken as your consent to those changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise any of your rights under applicable data protection law, please email us at info@india5000.com  or write to us at:

INDIA 5000 3rd Floor, Shubham Complex, Sadhu Vasvani Rd, above Gangotri Dairy, Rajkot, Gujarat 360005, India