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Grapevine, is an application and website published by M/s. Watercooler Chat Private Limited and / or its affiliates (collectively referred to “Grapevine”, “Platform”, “Watercooler Chat”, “us”, “we” or “our”) that provides end users (“end users” or “you”) a pseudonymous social network, including but not limited to an online platform allowing users to upload, view and compare data on salaries and compensation across a range of job titles and employers. Grapevine also houses different communities relevant to working professionals and students available on the Google Playstore or Apple Appstore.

We respect your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it.  This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, process, and share your personal information and to help you understand and exercise your privacy rights. This Policy will be applicable to you when you use Grapevine. Users are offered choices about the data that is collected, used, and shared, as stated in the Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy, together with our Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern the collection, disclosure and processing of your data and is applicable to all the information collected through the Platforms, upon the use of such Platforms, any related services, marketing, events and/or any other locations that are in any way linked to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”). Please read this Policy and our Terms carefully. By accessing our Platforms, you consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you should immediately cease to continue the use of the Services. This privacy policy is in accordance with the statutory mandate under Rule 4 of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011, and other applicable rules, regulations and laws.

<aside> 👩🏽‍⚖️ We are committed to protecting your privacy. Grapevine does not store any data (such as your phone number or email address) that lets us or any other third party identify your real identity.

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Data we collect

Our servers may automatically log standard data provided by your device upon the use of Grapevine, such as browser type, device type, and version, Internet Protocol (IP) address, geolocation data, username and email. The User acknowledges that it is their duty to inform us of rectification or amendment pertaining to any changes to their personal data.

Your consent to use your personal information may be required in certain circumstances and the same may be withdrawn at any time by reaching out to us via the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy. We shall get in touch with you whenever consent to process any data is required.

In addition to this, data we collect includes the following:

Categories of information collected Information collected
Profile information Username, your Company, Professional Title
Device information GAID / Apple ID, device model, OS version etc.
Content You Contributed Posts, comments and votes you contributed to the Platform
App activity Interactions with the app including but not limited to communities you visited and joined, posts you viewed reactions, chat messages, crash and diagnostic reports etc.
Security & Login Information We generate and store a one-way hashed and salted strings of Phone number and Email IDs

How do we use your data?

We use your information for a variety of business purposes, including to provide our Services, for administrative purposes, and to market our products and Services, as described below. We collect, store, use and process your information in order to provide you with a personalized experience on Grapevine that is in line with your interests and preferences, in accordance with our Terms.

Additionally, Grapevine stores, uses, and processes your information for the following purposes:

  1. Managing your information and accounts, providing access to certain areas, functionalities, content, and features of our Services;
  2. To tailor our services (such as posts on your feed) for you. Such decisions may be taken by automated algorithms.
  3. Answering requests for customer or technical support communicating with you about your account, activities on our Services, application updates / upgrades as applicable, and policy changes;
  4. Complying with regulatory and legal obligations;