Privacy Policy

BharatMed ("BharatMed" or "we") takes the privacy of your information seriously. This privacy notice describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

Note: Omi-Online Medicine India has been rebranded as BharatMed. The app, its entire functionality and data remain the same - it is rebranded for strategic purposes. All references to Omi-Online Medicine India in the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy of this app shall be deemed to refer to BharatMed.

Definitions

In this Privacy Notice, the following definitions are used:

Cookies

A small file placed on your device by our website or mobile application when you either visit or use certain features of our website or mobile application. A cookie generally allows a website to remember your actions or preference for a certain period of time.

Data

Includes non-personal information, personal information and sensitive personal information about you, which either directly or indirectly in combination with other information, could allow you to be identified when you visit our stores, website and/or mobile application.

Data Protection Laws

Any applicable law for the time being in force relating to the processing of Data.

Partners

Select third parties (including BharatMed) with whom we have contracts for the businesses described in this Privacy Notice.

Service Providers

Includes entities to whom we or other BharatMed will disclose your Data in order to process information for a specific purpose pursuant to written contract.

User or you

The natural person who accesses our stores, website or mobile application.

What Data Do We Collect About You

BharatMed collects Data for various purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. This Data includes, without limitation, the following categories:

  • Contact information: first and last name, email address, postal address, country, employer, phone number and other similar contact data.
  • Financial information: payment instrument information, transactions, transaction history, preferences, method, mode and manner of payment, spending pattern or trends, and other similar data.
  • Technical information: website, device and mobile app usage, Internet Protocol (IP) address and similar information collected via automated means, such as cookies, pixels and similar technologies.
  • Transaction information: the date of the transaction, total amount, transaction history and preferences and related details.
  • Health related information: such as information or records relating to Your medical/ health history, health status, details of treatment plans and medication prescribed by a Medical Practitioner, dosage details such as frequency of dosage, alternative medication, medicines ordered by You through the Platform, laboratory testing results and any other information inferred there from.
  • Product and service information: Your account membership number, registration and payment information, and program-specific information, when you request products and/or services directly from us, or participate in marketing programs.
  • Personal information: Age, sex, date of birth, marital status, nationality, details of government identification documents provided, occupation, ethnicity, religion, travel history or any other personal information provided in responses to surveys or questionnaires.
  • Your reviews, feedback and opinions about our products, programmes and services.
  • Loyalty programme information: your loyalty membership information, account details, profile or password details and any frequent flyer or travel partner programme affiliation.

How We Collect Data

We collect Data in the following ways:

Information You Give Us

We receive and store any information you enter on our website or mobile application or give us in any other way (e.g., at outlets, stores, hotels, kiosks).

Automatic Information We Collect

We use "cookies", pixels and similar technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us.

E-mail Communications

To help us make e-mails more relevant and interesting, we often receive a confirmation (if your device supports such capabilities) when you open e-mail from us or click on a link in the e-mail. You can choose not to receive marketing emails from us by clicking on the unsubscribe link in any marketing email.

Information from Other Sources

We may obtain information from other sources. An example of this is when you authorize a third-party website (such as the website of another BharatMed), to interact directly with our website or mobile application to provide or receive Data about you.

Our Use of Data

Any or all the above Data may be required by us from time to time to provide information relating to BharatMed and to work on the experience when using our website or mobile application. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:

  • Carry out our obligations arising from any contract entered into between you and us
  • Provide products and/or services and communicate with you about products and/or services offered by us
  • Enable BharatMed and Partners to offer their products and/or services and communicate with you about such products and/or services
  • Processing, disclosing, transmitting, and/or sharing the data/information with BharatMed Group Entities, and other third parties which have business or contractual dealings with us
  • Provide you with offers (including for financial products and/or services), personalized services and recommendations and improve your experience on our website and mobile application
  • Operate, evaluate and improve our business, website and mobile application
  • Generate aggregated data to prepare insights to enable us to understand customer behaviour, patterns and trends
  • Provide privileges and benefits to you, marketing and promotional campaigns based on your profile
  • In connection with loyalty programs owned and operated by us or by other BharatMed Group Entities
  • Communicate with you and to customize and improve our services
  • Enforce the terms of use of our website and mobile application
  • Protect against and prevent fraud, illegal activity, harm, financial loss and other legal or information security risks

Sharing of Data

We may share your Data with/ for:

Partners

We may make available to you services, products, or applications provided by Partners for use on or through our website or mobile application. If you choose to use such service, customer information related to those transactions may be shared with such Partner.

BharatMed

We may make available to you products, services and /or applications of BharatMed, to assist them to reach out to you in relation to their programs or campaigns and to process your queries and requests.

Service Providers

We or other BharatMed may share your Data with Service Providers. Examples include storing and analyzing Data, protecting and securing our systems, providing search results and links, providing customer service, credit analysis, processing your information for profiling, user analysis and payment processing.

Business Transfers

As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy subsidiaries or business units. Your Data (including in relation to loyalty programs) may be transferred as part of such transaction. Any Data that we receive from a third party pursuant to such transactions will be processed in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable law.

Protecting BharatMed

We may release Data when we believe release is appropriate to comply with applicable law or legal process, enforce or apply the Terms of Use of our website or mobile application and other agreements, protect BharatMed against harm or financial loss, when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect individuals' vital interests, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity.

Keeping Data Secure

We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data and we store your Data on secure servers. Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us by e-mail at our email address provided below.

Your Rights and Choices

When we process Data about you, we do so with your consent and/or as necessary to operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security of our systems and our customers, or fulfil other legitimate interests of BharatMed as described in this Privacy Notice.

You have the following rights in relation to your sensitive personal information and you can exercise it by submitting a request as described in the "How to Contact Us" section below:

  • Right to Access, Review and Modify
  • Right to Correction
  • Right to Withdraw Consent

It is important that the Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during the period for which we hold it.

App Permissions That We Capture

We ask for the following app permissions while onboarding, in order to optimize the experience for you:

Location

It is recommended that you set your location sharing 'Always' as it helps us to show you location specific data like availability of products. You can change this anytime.

Camera

To allow you to take a photo of prescriptions & directly upload it to the app.

Photos/Media/Files

Media access permission is needed to store and retrieve your uploads such as prescription uploads on your device.

SMS

To support automatic OTP confirmation, so that you don't have to enter the authentication code manually.

Receive SMS

This helps us to send you payment related SMS by our payment partner JustPay.

Access Wifi State

To ensure optimal app performance and connectivity.

Changes to This Privacy Notice

Our business changes constantly and our Privacy Notice may also change. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our website and mobile application frequently to see recent changes. The updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. Any changes will be immediately posted on our website and mobile application and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the updated Privacy Notice on your first use of our website or mobile application or first purchase of the products and/or services following the alterations.

How to Contact Us

To request to access, review, update, or withdraw your consent for your personal information or to otherwise reach us, please submit a request by e-mailing us at [email protected]. You may contact us for information on Service Providers, Partners and BharatMed with whom we may share your Data in compliance with this Privacy Notice and applicable law. We will respond to your request within 30 days.