Introduction: We, Maxeemart Trading LLC, is a limited liability company, organized and existing under the laws of Sharjah Media City - Free Zone Authority, United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) with trade license number 2432979, having its registered address at Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, UAE (“us”, “we”, “our”) respect the privacy of all our users and are committed to protecting personal data collected through www.maxeemart.com and its associated mobile application (“Platform”) This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets out the basis on which we collect and use any of your personal data, either collected directly from you or other from sources in connection with your access and use the Platform or any services provided by us including newsletters and any social media functions on the Platform (collectively, the "Services"). We understand the importance you place on your personal data, and we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read the following Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data. By using the Platform and Services, you agree to the collection and handling of your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the “Personal Data” shall mean and include the categories of data set out in Clause 2 of this Privacy Policy. References to "user", “you” or "your" (or similar) are references to you as an individual or legal entity as the case may be. The Platform may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy notices/statements. When you leave our Platform, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

01. WE DO NOT COLLECT CHILDREN’S DATA
This Platform is intended only for individuals who have reached the age of majority as defined by applicable laws. However, we cannot fully prevent users, including minors, from misrepresenting their age to access the Platform. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that we have inadvertently collected information about your child, please contact us immediately using the details provided in Clause 11 of this Privacy Policy.

02. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT FROM AND/OR ABOUT YOU?
We collect your Personal Data to provide and continually enhance our Platform and Services. Personal Data refers to any information that identifies you as an individual through specific identifiers. This does not include anonymized data, where individual identifiers have been removed. The types of Personal Data we collect, use, store, and share are categorized as follows: a) Identity data includes details such as your first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, gender, title, nationality and date of birth/ birthday;
b) Contact data comprises your address, email address, and telephone number;
c) Transaction data involves information about payments made to and by you including but not limiting to your modes of payments, as well as details about products and services you have purchased from us;
d) Technical data encompasses your IP address, login data, browser type and version, operating system, mobile application version, time zone settings and location, device type, IDFA (in case of iOS users), as well as information about your general internet usage (e.g. by using technology that stores information on or gains access to your device, such as cookies, tracking pixels, web beacons, etc. and other technology used to access our website;
e) Profile data includes your username and password, your interests, preferences, feedback, your preferred language and survey responses;
f) Purchase data includes all the past orders and purchases you have made from the same user account, redemption information, fulfillment information and page-view information from the service providers that enable branding, fulfillment, and other operations on the Platform;
g) Browser data relates to how you interact with our website, products, and services;
h) Marketing and Communications data covers your preferences for receiving marketing materials from us and third parties, as well as your communication preferences.
We also collect, use, and share statistical or demographic information ("Aggregated Data"). Aggregated Data is derived from your Personal Data but has been modified to remove any personal identifiers, ensuring it cannot directly or indirectly identify you. For example, we may aggregate browser data to analyze the percentage of users engaging with specific features on our website.

03. HOW DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA ABOUT YOU?
We deploy the following means to seek Personal Data about you:
a) Directly: We collect your Personal Data directly from you through the Platform while you are:
a. registering on the Platform and other co-registrations (e.g. social media logins, etc.), subscribing to any of our Services, posting material on the Platform;
b. making payments, seeking refunds, and mode of payment;
c. participating in contests, promotional offers, opting-in for special schemes;
d. submitting reviews, testimonials or feedback;
e. during a support request / raising a complaint ticket with the Platform for refund, fraud transaction and replacement, among others;
f. a record of correspondence if you contact us through phone, e-mail or otherwise; and
g. browsing and conducting other activities on the Platform.
b) Indirectly: We also receive Personal Data about you from your friends/ relatives when they are making purchases for you or on your behalf, our vendors/ third-party service providers that enable you to seek our Services seamlessly. Our vendors include:
a. logistic and fulfillment service providers and/or partners;
b. marketing service providers;
c. your interactions with us on other platforms such as Facebook, Google, etc.;
d. payment service providers; and
e. in case you share any Personal Data of a third-party i.e. friends, relatives, or colleagues (any individual) with us while using our Services, you warrant that you have obtained the consent of the concerned individual to share their Personal Data with us as per this Privacy Policy.
c) Automatically:There is certain Personal Data about you that is collected automatically, while you use our Services through log files, cookies and other unique identifiers. We use log files to collect certain Personal Data about you. Log information is data about your use of the Service, such as IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamps, and related data, which is stored in log files.
We also use a limited number of cookies. A cookie is a small data file transferred to your computer (or other device) when it is used to access our Services. Cookies are used for many purposes, including to enable certain features of our Services and remember your preferences, your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, to better understand how you interact with our Services, to provide you advertising on and of the Service, and to monitor usage by visitors and online traffic routing. To the extent permitted by your preferred web browser, you can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the online services you wish to avail of. We use cookies to enrich your experience by remembering your online behavior while using the Platform and to improve the effectiveness of ads and Services. If you do not consent to the use of cookies by us, we request you to cease using the Platform immediately. It is your choice not to provide certain Personal Data, but then it may impact on your ability to take advantage of many of our Services.

04. WHAT PURPOSES DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR?
We collect and use your Personal Data for the following purposes:
a) to provide you with information, products or Services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes;
b) to provide you with location-based services, such as advertising, search results and other personalized content;
c) to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and another entity using the Platform or between you and us;
d) to improve our Services and to deliver a better and more personalized service to you including to communicate with you in relation to Services via different channels (e.g., by phone, messages, e-mail, instant messaging applications);
e) to ensure that content from the Platform is presented in the most effective manner for you and the device you use to access the Platform;
f) to present you with discounted services and offers on special occasions such as your birthday and anniversary;
g) to notify you about changes to our Services;
h) for any other reasons which we deem necessary to enhance your experience of the Platform;
i) to administer and manage our incentives programs and fulfill your requests for incentives, and/or to allow you to participate in sweepstakes and to notify you if you are a sweepstakes winner;
j) to provide functionality, analyze performance, fix errors, and improve the usability and effectiveness of the Services;
k) to comply with local laws (e.g. your nationality to fulfill cross-border shipments, sellers’ information regarding place of establishment and bank account information for identity verification and other purposes); and
l) to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in order to protect the security of our customers, us, and others.

05. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We will only use your Personal Data in the following circumstances:
a) Performance of a Contract: We need to use your Personal Data to fulfill a contract with you or to take preliminary steps before entering into a contract. This includes accepting applicable terms and conditions or specific terms related to our Services. If you do not provide your Personal Data for these purposes, we may not be able to deliver our Services or enter into a contract with you, which could lead to the cancellation of a Service. We will inform you if this occurs.
b) Legal or Regulatory Obligation: We may collect your Personal Data to comply with any applicable laws and/or regulations.
c) Legitimate Interests: We may process your Personal Data based on our legitimate business interests and the interests of our customers when we improve our Services, when we detect and prevent fraud and abuse in order to protect the security of our customers, ourselves, or others and when we provide you with interest-based advertising.
d) Marketing and Communications Data: We may also use your Personal Data to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and enhance your Platform experience by way of service messages, new features, enhancements, special offers and events of interest. We may contact you via various channels, including without limitation emails, push notifications, web notifications, post, telephone, in-app messages, WhatsApp messages and news feed cards. We offer you the choice to receive these interest-based ads from us. You can choose not to receive these ads by contacting us on details mentioned in Clause 11 of this Privacy Policy and/or by clicking the “UNSUBSCRIBE'' button in the mail or by sending a “STOP” message to any marketing communications sent by us through text messages or WhatsApp or follow any such similar directions as updated from time to time.

06. WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH?
Your Personal Data is essential for us to deliver our Services, and we do not engage in selling your Personal Data to third parties. We share your Personal Data only with the third parties listed below and with organizations that adhere to practices as protective as those outlined in this Privacy Policy.
a) Other Businesses: To offer you our Services, we may engage with other businesses who are affiliates of us and/or non-affiliated service providers (e.g. logistics businesses used to deliver products, marketing companies, payments processors to process online transactions, analyzing data etc.) and share your Personal Data with such businesses. We may involve other businesses in your transactions, who may store your Personal Data in a digital wallet to make your use of our Services more efficient. You understand that it is important that such businesses have access to the relevant Personal Data to perform their functions. We will ensure that these businesses do not use your Personal Data for other purposes. We may also receive Personal Data from these businesses (e.g. updated delivery and address information), which we may use (e.g. to correct our records and deliver your next purchase). These businesses shall be contractually bound to respect the confidentiality of your Personal Data and not use it for any other purposes.
b) Third Parties: We may share your Personal Data with any third parties for the purposes set out in clause 5 above. However, we ensure that all the businesses follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Policy. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing communications at any time by selecting your marketing preferences on the Platform or by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or by contacting us at maxeemart@gmail.com at any time. Additionally, you may be asked to provide additional Personal Data to participate in some of our market research activities, including competitions and promotions. (e.g. further Personal Data to establish your eligibility to win a prize). This Personal Data may be collected by us or our co-sponsors or vendors for the promotion. If you choose not to provide certain Personal Data, you might not be able to take advantage of the competitions and promotions. In case you decide to participate, please note that you should review such third parties’ privacy policies to see how they may use any Personal Data that they collect.
c) Business Transfers: As our business evolves, we may engage in buying or selling other businesses or services. In these transactions, customer Personal Data is typically included among the transferred assets but will continue to be protected under any existing Privacy Policy(ies) (unless, of course, the customer does not consent). In an event wherein we are acquired or if a substantial portion of our assets are acquired, customer Personal Data will be included as part of the assets being transferred.
d) Protection of the Platform and Others: We release Personal Data of users when we believe such a release is appropriate to comply with the law, law enforcement investigations and to protect the rights, property or safety of ourselves, our users or others. This includes exchanging Personal Data with other companies and organizations for various reasons, such as fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

07. HOW DO WE STORE AND HOW LONG DO WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
The Personal Data we collect from you may be transferred, stored, and processed by our staff or by one of our trusted service providers. These personnel may be involved in tasks such as fulfilling your orders, processing payments, and providing customer support. We retain your Personal Data only as long as necessary to achieve the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or to comply with legal obligations. To determine the appropriate retention period, we evaluate the nature, sensitivity, and volume of the Personal Data, the potential risks of unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for processing the data, and any applicable legal, regulatory, tax, or accounting requirements. In some cases, we may anonymize your Personal Data (removing all identifiers) for research or statistical purposes, allowing us to use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

08. WHAT SECURITY MEASURES DO WE APPLY?
We design our systems with your security and privacy in mind. We maintain commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to ensure your Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and in compliance with applicable laws, and to protect against unauthorized access or alteration to, disclosure, or destruction of your Personal Data. We may, for example, use encryption technology to secure your Personal Data during transmission to the Platform as well as external firewall and on-host firewall technology to prevent network level attacks. Only those authorized employees, contractors, and agents who need to know your Personal Data in connection with the performance of their services are allowed to access this Personal Data. We follow the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) when handling credit card data.
It is important for you to protect yourself against unauthorized access to your password and to your devices used to access our Services. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential (for example, ensure that you sign off when you have finished using a shared device). Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Data, unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.

09. WHAT ARE YOUR DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS?
a) Under certain circumstances, you have the following data subject rights:
a. Right to be informed about the Personal Data being collected from you: If you have any questions as to how we collect and use your Personal Data, please contact us at maxeemart@gmail.com. Many of our Services also include settings that provide you with options as to how your Personal Data is being used.
b. Right to access the Personal Data about you: You are able to access a broad range of information about your account and your interactions with the Platform for the purpose of viewing and, in most cases, updating your Personal Data. Examples of Personal Data you can access easily on the Platform include: i. up-to-date information regarding recent orders;
ii. personally identifiable information (including name, e-mail, password, birthdate, communications and personalized advertising preferences);
iii. payment settings (including credit card information); and
iv. e-mail notification settings.
b) To request any additional information, please contact us at: maxeemart@gmail.com
a. Right to request access to your Personal Data: In certain circumstances, you are entitled to request access to your Personal Data held by us in a readable and clear format if technically feasible. To make such a request, please contact us at: maxeemart@gmail.com.
b. Right to request destruction of your Personal Data: To the extent permissible by applicable law, you may have the right to request destruction or erasure of your Personal Data. To make such a request, please contact customer service at maxeemart@gmail.com. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you.
c. Withdraw Consent / Right to Object: You may at any time withdraw consent for processing of marketing data to which you previously consented. You can opt-out of receiving future marketing communications from us at any time by adjusting your customer communication preferences through the unsubscribe link within the email communication. Also, you may disable Cookies by changing the settings on your browser. If you disable Cookies, it will affect how our Platform works, and you may not be able to access or use certain areas of our Platform or full functionality.
d. Right to request correction of Personal Data: You may at any time request amendment to, and correction of, your Personal Data by reaching out to us on maxeemart@gmail.com.
c) Unless otherwise stipulated by the law, you will not be required to pay any fees in return for exercising your rights. In case you submit a request for exercising your rights, you will receive a response within the time limits set out in applicable law.

10. HOW DO WE CHANGE OUR PRIVACY POLICY?
As our business changes constantly, our Privacy Policy may also need to change however, we will inform you of any such changes by posting the updated version of the Privacy Policy on the Platform, and each such change will be effective upon posting on the Platform or upon the date designated by us as the "effective date".
We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, but you should check the Platform frequently to see recent changes. It is your obligation to regularly check the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Platform following any such change constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy as so modified from time to time.

11. CONTACT US
If you have any concerns about your Personal Data on the Platform, please contact us at maxeemart@gmail.com with a thorough description of your query or request.