PRIVACY POLICY


Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services Limited (MMFSL), a company incorporated under the provisions of Companies Act, 1956, having our registered office at Gateway Building, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai Maharashtra- 400001 and having corporate identity number L65921MH1991PLC059642, (hereinafter referred to as MMFSL/ We/ Us), and its third-party service providers engaged to render certain services on the Web Portal / Mobile application are committed to upholding the privacy and security of the information supplied by every person (User/You) accessing and using any version of the Web Portal / Mobile application on a compatible device. 

This Privacy Policy provides you with details about the manner in which your data is collected, stored and used by us. You are advised to read this Privacy Policy carefully. By visiting MMFSLs Lease web portal or downloading/accessing the Mobile application, you signify that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not use or access the Web Portal / Mobile application. We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice and such changes shall be effective immediately upon posting the updated or modified Privacy Policy on the MMFSL Leasing Web Portal and we shall not be bound to inform you of any modifications hereof. 

While using the Web Portal / Mobile application, you agree not to, by any means (including hacking, cracking, or defacing any portion of the Web Portal) indulge in illegal or unauthorized activities. 

  

1.Personal Information 

Personal Information, means and includes, all information that can be linked to a specific individual or to identity of any individual, including but not limited to, your personal details (like name, address, date of birth, age, sex, nationality father’s name, mother’s name, user photograph etc.), contact details (like your residential address, email address, telephone/ mobile number etc.),bank account details including details linked to credit/debit payment instruments, information about your mobile phone, any details that may have been voluntarily provided by the Individual, whether to Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), any other agency including any Credit Information Companies.  

Information obtained with consent from your mobile device like device location, device information (including storage, model, installed apps, wifi, mobile network,) transactional and promotional SMS, communication information including contacts and call logs, log application data caches, Cookies, IP address, log information like your search queries, access to camera for VKYC (collectively and individually referred as, User Data) 

  

2.Use Of Personal Information

We use personal information to provide you with car subscription you explicitly requested for, to resolve disputes, troubleshoot concerns, help promote safe services, assess your interest in our services, inform you about offers, products, services, updates, customize your experience, detect and protect us against errors, fraud and other criminal activity, enforce our terms and conditions, etc. We may also use your personal information to send you offers regarding various services/facilities which MMFSL or its group companies may offer, from time to time. We may occasionally ask you to complete optional online surveys. These surveys may ask you for contact information and demographic information (like zip code, age, gender, etc.). We use this data to customize your experience. 

  

Information Collected from You

In order for you to access certain areas of the Web Portal / Mobile application, we may require you to provide us with certain information (Personal Information). Personal Information includes the following information: 

1.Your full name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, date of birth and bank or payment card details and any proof of your identity and/or address that we may request; 

2.Details of any transactions you carry out through our Website/ Mobile application using your MMFSL account and of the fulfilment of your requests; 

3.Details of any credit, debit or other card, used by you for transactions; 

4.Your participation in any promotion sponsored by us; 

5.Correspondence that you send us; 

6.Calls that we make to you or you make to us; 

7.Surveys that you complete through the Website or based on our request; 

8.Your IP address, log-in times, operating system and browser type; and 

9.Details of your visits our website / to download and access of the Mobile application including, but not limited to, Traffic Data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access whilst visiting our website / download and access of  Mobile application. 

  

3.Disclosure

We will not use User information for any purpose other than in connection with the Web Portal / Mobile application. MMFSL will not rent, sell or share User information and will not disclose any of the Users personally identifiable information to third parties, unless: 

1) It is pursuant to obtaining the Users permission; 

2) It is in connection with a disclosure to financial institutions and banks, in which case, the User hereby gives users express permission; 

It may become necessary for MMFSL to disclose the Customer Data to the agents, other service providers and contractors (which includes but not limited to KYC repository services, data storage agencies, marketing and collection agents, any assigns to whom MMFSL intends to grant any right or obligation of MMFSL) in the course of normal business operations; 

1) It is in connection with the services being rendered through the Web Portal / Mobile application; 

2) It is to help investigate, prevent or take action regarding unlawful and illegal activities suspected fraud, potential threat to the safety or security of any person, violations of MMFSLs Terms & Conditions, or as a defence against legal claims; 

3) It is a case of special circumstances such as compliance with court orders, requests/order, notices from legal authorities or law enforcement agencies compel us to make such disclosure; 

4) It forms part of the information MMFSL shares with advertisers on an aggregate basis; 

5) It may also be disclosed to a third party as part of any organizational restructuring. 

  

4.Cookies 

A cookie is a small piece of information stored by a web server on a web browser so it can be later read back from that browser. MMFSL uses cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. No personal information / data / details will be collected via cookies and other tracking technology however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties. 

  

5.Password Policy 

Do help us protect your privacy by maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password you use for any of our Services. 

  

6.Retention of Data  

We are required under applicable laws to retain certain records for a limited period after closure of your MMFSL account, which will include your personal data such as your name, contact details, customer number and transaction history, etc. ("Retained Data"). Other than the Retained Data, we will delete and destroy all Personal Information that we hold about you when you (or we) terminate your MMFSL account. We do not store your online banking login PIN, TAN and / or password. 

  

7.Changes To This Privacy Policy 

MMFSL reserves the right to modify, change or update this Privacy Policy or any other of our policies / practices at any time without giving any prior notification; hence, you are requested to review the Privacy Policy periodically, to make sure that you are aware of any such changes. The said changes shall duly reflect in the privacy policy. 

  

8.Data Retention 

We take reasonable steps to ensure that information about you is available only for so long as is necessary for the purpose for which it is processed, or longer if required under any contract, by applicable law, or for statistical purposes, subject to appropriate safeguards. 

  

9.Third-Party Links And Content On Our Services 

Our Services may link to third-party websites and services that are outside our control. Further, MMFSL, its group companies, its affiliates, and their directors and employees (MMFSL Group) accept no liability and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly (including special, incidental or consequential, punitive, or exemplary loss, damage or expenses) from your use of any mobile application or any site or inability to use by any party, howsoever arising, and including any loss, damage or expense arising from, but not limited to, any defect, error, omission, interruption, imperfection, fault, mistake or inaccuracy with any mobile or online application, its Contents (material, information, data, money market movements, news items, etc.) or associated services, or due to unavailability of any application or any part thereof or any Contents or associated services even if MMFSL Group are advised of the possibility of such damages, losses or expenses. 

  

10.Intellectual Property Rights 

Please note that MMFSL retains all rights (including copyrights, trademarks, patents as well as any other intellectual property right) in relation to all information provided on Web Portal / Mobile application (including all texts, graphics, and logos). 

  

11.Consent 

I. You shall authorize and consent   Mahindra &Mahindra Financial services Ltd (MMFSL) to obtain your personal information from Credit information Companies (CICs) to enable MMFSL to access and analyse your credit score for proposed Lease transaction   and this consent and authorization is unconditional and shall be used by MMFSL for the limited purpose of evaluating the credit worthiness for availing Lease, by consenting the following; 

  • I/We do hereby give my free consent and authorize Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd (MMFSL)to use my personal information to obtain my /our Credit Information Report and Credit Score from any Credit information Companies (CICs)  for the purpose of determining my credit score, undertaking credit risk analysis  to  for considering lending to me /us for considering revising my credit limit and not for any other purposes. 
  •  I/we also state and confirm that CICs sharing my/our information to MMFSL, shall be in order and I/we shall not hold them responsible for sharing the information and further state that   no person has induced me/us to provide my/our Consumer Credit Information. 
  • I /we shall not hold MMFSL responsible or liable for any loss, claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting from any inaccuracy or error in the credit information provided by any CICs and for any breach of confidentiality or privacy by any CICs sharing of my/our Consumer Credit Information. 
  • I/we agree that I/we may be required to record my/our consent / provide instructions electronically and in all such cases I/we understand that by clicking on the "I Accept" button below, I/we am providing "written instructions" to MMFSL authorizing MMFSL to obtain my Consumer Credit Information from my/our personal credit profile from any CIC. 
  • By accepting these terms and conditions, I/we understand that I/we am providing express written instructions for MMFSL to request and receive information about me/us from third parties, including but not limited to a copy of my consumer credit report and score from consumer reporting agencies, at any time for so long as I /we have an active MMFSL account. 

II. Lease limit shall be solely determined in terms of the internal criteria of MMFSL, and it shall be at the sole discretion of MMFSL . 

III. You shall pay/remit documentation charges, loan processing fee upfront as stipulated by MMFSL before availing the Lease facility and submit all KYC documents, credit information, income and other details and execute all necessary Loan Agreements either in digital or physical form and you shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the Loan agreement. 

IV. You accept receiving all communication from MMFSL that could be either through a digital mode including SMS, whatsapp message to your registered mobile number or by an electronic mail or by a postal communication to your given address. 

V. Terms and Conditions of Lease may be amended and/or modified and/ from time to time due to any reason including due to any change in the market conditions and such revision, modification, amendment shall be displayed on the website/mobile application of MMFSL and also shall be communicated through a digital mode and on such communication, you shall be under obligation to abide by such amended terms. 

  

12.Website Analytics 

We may use third party website analytics services in connection with the Web Portal / Mobile application. These website analytics services do not collect information that you do not voluntarily enter into the Web Portal / Mobile application. These services do not track your browsing habits across websites which do not use their services. We are using the information collected from these services to find usability problems to make the Web Portal / Mobile application easier to use. The recordings will never identify you or your account. 

  

13.Disclaimer

Kindly note that MMFSL does not collect personal information about individuals except when such individuals specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis. Upon such voluntary disclosure of personal information, we may further verify, collate or receive information about you from publicly and commercially available sources (as permitted by law), which we may combine with other information we receive from you. We may also receive information about you from third-party social networking services if you are already connected with those services MMFSL shall, at all times, ensure to implement reasonable security practices and procedures (such as managerial, operational, physical and technical) for the purpose of protection and safeguarding of your personal data and information as the same is of vital importance to MMFSL . At MMFSL, we are strongly committed to protecting the personal and financial information that you submit to us. Personal information of individual users will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without your approval at the time of collection. However, please note that although we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no website, internet transmission, computer system or wireless connection is completely secure. 

MMFSL shall ensure to safeguard the security and confidentiality of any information you share with us. Any of your personally identifiable information obtained by us shall not be used or shared other than for the purposes to which you consent. However, despite our utmost efforts to protect your personal information, MMFSL cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us through our online services/ applications. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you accept that such transmission of your personal information is done at your own risk. 

Your information/inputs/queries as a registered user are required to serve you better and the same shall not be shared with anyone without your consent. However, we may disclose your personal data to agents or contractors of MMFSL and/or its group companies/affiliates to enable processing of transactions or communications with you on need basis. Your aforesaid information may be further used for assessment and analysis of our market, customers, products, and services and to understand the way people use our Services so that we can improve them and develop new products and services. However, it shall be on the basis that the agents are required to keep the information confidential and will not use the information for any other purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for MMFSL and/or its group companies/affiliates. 

  

14.No Contractual Obligation 

Please note that this Privacy Policy does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party, nor is it intended to do so. 

  

15.Grievance Officer

In accordance with Information Technology Act 2000 and rules made thereunder, the name and contact details of our Grievance Officer are provided below: 

  

Name: Mr. Satish Dedhia 

Address: Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd., Sadhana House, 2nd Floor, 570, P. B. Marg, Worli, Mumbai 400018 

Phone: +91 22 24984169 

E-mail: quiklyz.operations@mahindra.com