Privacy Policy

Govietmart.com Privacy Policy

Govietmart understands that our users care about their personal data and how it is collected, used, shared and cared for. We are committed to handling your personal data in accordance with the applicable laws when you use any of the features, functions, mini-apps or mobile games available on our Platform or Services, interact with us via an external service, application or through our customer service agents, or access our Services or our Platform through your computer, mobile device, or any other device with Internet connectivity.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING OR CHECKING “SIGN UP”, “I AGREE TO GOVIETMART’S PRIVACY POLICY”, “I AGREE AND CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, DISCLOSURE, STORAGE, TRANSFER AND/OR PROCESSING OF MY PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE STATED IN, AND UNDER THE TERMS OF, GOVIETMART’S PRIVACY POLICY” OR SIMILAR STATEMENTS AVAILABLE AT THE GOVIETMART REGISTRATION PAGE OR IN THE COURSE OF PROVIDING YOU WITH THE SERVICES OR ACCESS TO THE PLATFORM, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THAT YOU HAVE AGREED AND CONSENTED TO THE COLLECTION, USE, DISCLOSURE, STORAGE, TRANSFER AND/OR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS DESCRIBED AND UNDER THE TERMS HEREIN.

1. Introduction to this Privacy Policy

1.1. Govietmart and its affiliates (collectively or individually, "Govietmart", "we" or "us") take your privacy seriously. Depending on your use of our Services, there may also be other Govietmart entities which you may contract with that may also control your personal data.

1.2 In the course of you using Govietmart’s applications and websites (both web and mobile versions), as well as products, information, functions and other services operated by Govietmart, we will be collecting, using, disclosing, storing and/or processing data, including your personal data. In this Privacy Policy, Platform shall refer to all relevant applications and websites (both web and mobile versions), and Services shall refer to all products, information, functions and services provided by Govietmart from time to time at the Platform(s).

1.3 This Privacy Policy exists to keep you in the know about how we collect, use, disclose, store and/or process the data we collect and receive during the course of providing the Services or access to the Platform to you, our user, whether or not you have registered to use our Platform as a Customer (as defined in the Operation Regulations) or a Seller. We will only collect, use, disclose, store and/or process your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1.4 It is important that you read this Privacy Policy together with any other applicable notices we may provide for special applications where when we are collecting, using, disclosing and/or processing personal data about you, so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your personal data.

1.5 We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes we make to this Privacy Policy in the future will be reflected on this page and material changes will be notified to you. Where permissible under local laws, your continued use of the Services or access to the Platform, including placing Orders (as defined in the Terms of Service) on the Platform, or express consent thereto, following the modifications, updates or amendments to this Privacy Policy (whether or not you have reviewed such document) shall constitute your acknowledgment and acceptance of the changes we make to this Privacy Policy. You agree that it is your responsibility to review and check the Privacy Policy frequently to see if any updates or changes have been made to this Privacy Policy.

1.6 This Privacy Policy applies in conjunction with other notices, contractual clauses and consent clauses that apply in relation to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and/or processing of your personal data by us and is not intended to override them unless we state expressly otherwise.

1.7 All of these terms apply to Govietmart's users, whether or not the users have created an account as Customers and/or Sellers, unless otherwise stated specifically to apply only to Customers or only to Sellers.

2. The personal data we collect from you

2.1 We collect the personal data described below in accordance with applicable local laws and, if required, upon obtaining your consent.

2.2 Personal data means any electronic information in the form of symbols, letters, numbers, images, sounds, or equivalences that is associated with or helps identify a natural person, directly or indirectly, obtained or known by us in the course of providing the services, including basic personal data and sensitive personal data.

2.3 Depending on your use of our Platform and/or your interaction with our Services (such as when registering for our Services and/or logging into our Platform), you may be asked to provide us with certain information. While you can choose not to provide us with certain information, you might not be able to take advantage of many of our Services that are provided to you. The personal data that you may opt to provide to us are as follows and some of which (shown in bold and underlined below) are sensitive personal data under the applicable laws:

(a) Identity and Profile Data, which may include your name, date of birth, gender, username and password, email address, telephone number, your interests, and any personal data in any photographs or videos or audio recordings that you upload onto our Platform.

• Where you are a Seller, we may also collect your company name, address, date of incorporation, and other business-related information (e.g. company registration number, business licence, tax information, shareholder and director information).

(b) Account and Transaction Data, which may include your credit card details, bank account details, bank statements, delivery/billing address, payments and orders to and from you, and other details of products and services that you have supplied to or purchased through the Platform.

(c) Usage Data, such as information about how and when you use the Platform, products and Services or view any content on the Platform, as well as websites you were visiting before you came to the Platform and other similar statistics.

(d) Marketing and Communications Data, which may include your interests, survey responses, preferences in receiving marketing materials from us and your communication preferences, your preferences for particular products or services, as well as your feedback, chat, email or call history on / in relation to the Platform or our Services.

(e) Location data (if identified through positioning services), such as when you check for deals near you or the delivery / pick-up status of orders.

2.4 We automatically collect and process certain types of information when you use your devices to access our Platform and interact with our Services for the purposes set out herein. Examples of such information include application page views and searches, purchase history (for buyers), device information or other identifiers, cookies (where applicable) and other functional information for platform performance (e.g. application version information, diagnostics, and crash logs).

How we receive your personal data

2.5 During the course of your use of the Platform and our provision of the Services, we may receive personal data from you in the following situations:

(a) When you browse our websites (both mobile and web versions);

(b) When you create an account with us (as Customers or Seller or otherwise);

(c) When, as a Seller, you list products and/or services for sale on the Platform and/or on the platforms of our affiliates and conduct transactions with Customers in respect of the sale and purchase of those products and/or services;

(d) When you apply for, subscribe to or otherwise use any of the Services on our Platform and/or on the platforms of our affiliates;

(e) When you make a transaction regarding the products available on the Platform;

(f) When you activate or use any payment-related functions available on the Platform or provided by our third party service providers;

(g) When you use any of the features, functions, mini-apps or mobile games available on the Platform or Services;

(h) When you record any user-generated content which is uploaded on the Platform;

(i) When you use the chat function on the Platform;

(j) When you subscribe to our publications or marketing collaterals;

(k) When you enter a competition, promotion or survey;

(l) When you participate in any activity or campaign on the Platform;

(m) When you log in to your account on the Platform or otherwise interact with us via an external service or application, such as Facebook or Google;

(n) When any other user of the Platform posts any comments on the content you have uploaded on the Platform or when you post any comments on other users’ content uploaded to the Platform;

(o) When a third party lodges a complaint against you or the content you have posted on the Platform; and

(p) When you interact with us offline, including when you interact with our outsourced customer service agents.

2.6 We may collect personal data from you, third parties (including but not limited to agents, vendors, contractors, partners and any others who provide services to us, who collect your personal information and/or perform functions on our behalf, or with whom we collaborate, including but not limited to payment service providers, government sources of data, financial services providers, credit bureaus, delivery, marketing and other service partners), our affiliates, or such data may be collected automatically when you use the Platform or the Services, as set out in this section. Please see also Sections 2.12 to 2.15 on the collection of computer data.

2.7 You agree to only submit personal data which is accurate and not misleading and to keep it up to date and inform us of any changes to the personal data that you have provided to us. We shall have the right to request for documentation and carry out the necessary checks to verify the personal data provided by you as part of our user verification processes or as required under law.

2.8 We will only be able to collect certain categories of personal data if you voluntarily provide the personal data to us or as otherwise provided for under this Privacy Policy. If you choose not to provide your personal data to us or subsequently withdraw your consent to our use of your personal data, we may not be able to provide you with certain features or functionality on the Services or access to the Platform.

2.9 In some situations, you may provide personal data of other individuals to us (such as your family members or friends or persons in your contact list), when you add them as recipients or beneficiaries of any use of our Services. You represent and warrant that you have obtained the necessary consent, license and permissions from such individuals to share and transfer his/her personal data to us, and for us to collect, store, use, disclose or otherwise process that data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

2.10 If you sign up to be a user on our Platform using your social media account or link your Govietmart account to your social media account or use certain other Govietmart social media features, you agree and consent that we may access personal data about you which you have voluntarily provided to your social media provider in accordance with the provider's policies and we will manage your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Collection of computer data

2.11 We or our authorised service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies in connection with your use of the Services or access of the Platform.

2.12 When you visit the Platform through your computer, mobile device, or any other device with Internet connectivity, you acknowledge and consent that our company servers will automatically record data that your browser sends whenever you visit a website, such as the technical data and usage data outlined in Section 2.3 and 2.4 above.

2.13 This data is collected for analysis and evaluation in order to help us improve our website and the services and products we provide, as well as to help us to personalise the content to match your preferred interests more quickly. The data is also collected to make the Services and the Platform more convenient and useful to you, and to provide more relevant advertising related to market products, services and features to you.

2.14 Cookies are small text files (typically made up of letters and numbers) placed in the memory of your browser or device when you visit a website or view a message. They allow us to recognise a particular device or browser. Web beacons are small graphic images that may be included on our Services and the Platform. They allow us to count users who have viewed these pages so that we can better understand your preference and interests.

2.15 You may be able to manage and delete cookies through your browser or device settings. However, certain cookies are required to enable core functionality (such as adding items to your shopping basket), so please note that changing and deleting cookies may affect the functionality available on the Platform or through our Services.

3. Scope of use and disclosure of your personal data

Purpose of use

3.1 We use and disclose personal data for the purposes described below in accordance with applicable local laws and, if required, upon obtaining your consent.

3.2 Depending on your relationship with us (for example, whether you are a Customer, a Seller, a visitor to our websites, or a user of our mobile applications), the personal data which we collect from you or via third parties may be used for certain purposes, as follows:

(a) To facilitate your use of the Services or access to the Platform.

(b) To administer the online account that you may have set up with us.

• To better understand user experience with the Services and the Platform;

• To improve the layout or content of the pages of the Platform and customise them for users;

• To identify visitors on the Platform;

• To conduct surveys, including carrying out research on our users’ demographics and behaviour to improve our current technology (e.g. voice recognition tech, etc) via machine learning or other means;

• To derive further attributes relating to you, in order to provide you with more targeted and/or relevant information from the Platform or other communication channels of Govietmart;

• To conduct data analysis, testing and research, monitoring and analysing usage and activity trends in order to develop our products and services; and

• To further develop our products and services.

(d) Legal and operational purposes

• To ascertain your identity in connection with fraud detection purposes;

• To compare information, and verify with third parties in order to ensure that the information is accurate;

• To process any complaints, feedback, enforcement action and take-down requests in relation to any content you have uploaded to the Platform;

• To produce statistics and research for internal and statutory reporting and/or record-keeping requirements;

• To collect, record, analyse, confirm, store, rectify, disclose, combine, access, trace, retrieve, encrypt, decrypt, copy, share, transmit, provide, transfer, delete, destroy your personal data for operational, legal or business purposes;

• To share personal data in connection with any proposed purchase, merger or acquisition of any part of our business, provided that we satisfy the requirements of applicable data protection law when disclosing your personal data;

• To prevent or investigate any actual or suspected violations of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy or any of our policies, fraud, unlawful activity, omission or misconduct, whether relating to your use of our Services or any other matter arising from your relationship with us;

• To perform due diligence checks;

• To comply with legal and regulatory requirements (including, where applicable, the display of your name, contact details and company details), including any law enforcement requests, requests by any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over Govietmart, in connection with any legal proceedings, or as otherwise deemed necessary by us; and

• To protect the life, health or personal safety of Govietmart’s employees, its users and/or the public.

(e) Any other purpose to which your consent has been obtained, in compliance with our obligations under applicable laws, including to notify you at the time of obtaining your consent.

3.3 Where you are a Customer and/or you have signed in or registered with us, the personal data which we collect from you or via third parties may be used for other purposes, as follows:

(i) Processing your order for products (whether sold by us or a third party seller)

• To process orders you submit through the Platform;

• To deliver the products you have purchased through the Platform. We may pass your personal information on to a third party (e.g. our logistics partner) or relevant regulatory authority (e.g. customs) in order to make delivery of the product to you;

• To update you on the delivery of the products;

• To provide customer support for your orders, for example, to return products that you have purchased through the Platform; and

• To verify and carry out payment transactions (including any credit card payments, bank transfers, offline payments, remittances, or e-wallet transactions) in relation to payments related to you, promotions participated in by you and/or Services used by you. In order to verify and carry out such payment transactions, payment information, which may include personal data, will be transferred to third parties such as our payment service providers.

(ii) Providing Services

• To display your name, username or profile on the Platform (including on any reviews you may post);

• To facilitate the use of the mini-apps available on the Platform and purchases made via these mini-apps;

• To respond to your queries, feedback, claims or disputes, whether directly or through our third party service providers;

• To display on scoreboards on the Platform in relation to campaigns, mobile games or any other activity;

• To allow other users to identify you as a user of the Service, to allow you to find other users and to connect with them on the Platform, and to support the socialising function of the Services (where applicable);

• To assess your application for loan facilities and/or to perform credit risk assessments in relation to applications for financial services and products, such as credit or loan facilities, insurance or credit cards (where applicable); and

• To facilitate the integration of third party’s loyalty membership programmes (including those supported by Sellers or brands) with our Platform.

(iii) Marketing and advertising

• To provide you with information we think you may find useful or which you have requested from us;

• To send you marketing or promotional information about our or third-party sellers’ products and services on our Platform through our Platform or other communication channels of Govietmart from time to time;

• To help us conduct marketing and advertising; and

• To promote the Services and use the information that you give to us, such as user-generated content (including video content) that you can choose to upload or broadcast on our Platform and will be accessible on the Internet and may be shared by the public (the latter of which is not within our control), as part of our advertising and marketing campaigns to promote the Platform.

(iv) Other

• To know our Customers better; and

To conduct automated decision-making processes in accordance with any of the above purposes, which will be carried out in compliance with our obligations under applicable laws, including to notify and obtain your consent to the same.

3.4 Where you are a Seller, the personal data which we collect from you or via third parties may be used for other purposes, as follows:

(i) Providing Services

• To ship or deliver the products you have listed or sold through the Platform. We may pass your personal information on to a third party (e.g. our logistics partners, our affiliates) or relevant regulatory authority (e.g. customs) in order to carry out shipping or delivery of the products listed or sold by you;

• To respond to your queries, feedback, claims or disputes, whether directly or through our third party service agents;

• To verify your documentation submitted to us to facilitate your onboarding with us as a Seller on the Platform, including the testing of technologies to enable faster and more efficient onboarding;

• To display your name, username or profile on the Platform;

• To verify and carry out financial transactions (including any credit card payments, bank transfers, offline payments, remittances, or e-wallet transactions) in relation to payments related to you, promotions participated by you and/or Services used by you. In order to verify and carry out such payment transactions, payment information, which may include personal data, will be transferred to third parties such as our payment service providers;

• To assess your application for loan facilities and/or to perform credit risk assessments in relation to your applications for seller financing and products, including credit or loan facilities, insurance or credit cards (where applicable);

• To provide you with ancillary logistics services to protect against risks of failed deliveries or customer returns; and

• To facilitate the return of products to you (which may be through our logistics partner).

(ii) Marketing and advertising

• To send you marketing or promotional materials about our or third-party sellers’ products and services on our Platform or services which may be provided by our affiliates that relate to our Platform or Services that you may be interested in from time to time; and

• To help us conduct marketing and advertising about our or third-party sellers’ products and services on our Platform, or services which may be provided by our affiliates relating to our Platform or Services that you may be interested in.

(iii) Other

• To know our Sellers better; and

To conduct automated decision-making processes in accordance with any of these purposes, which will be carried out in compliance with our obligations under applicable laws, including to notify and obtain your consent to the same.

3.5 We may share (or permit the sharing of) your personal data with and/or transfer your personal data to third parties and/or our affiliates for the above-mentioned purposes. These third parties and affiliates, which may be located inside or outside your jurisdiction, include but are not limited to:

(i) Service providers (such as agents, vendors, contractors and partners) in areas such as payment services, logistics and shipping, marketing, data analytics, market or consumer research, survey, social media, customer service, installation services, information technology and website hosting;

(ii) Their service providers and related companies;

(iii) Courts, tribunals, enforcement agencies, governmental or regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over Govietmart; and

(iv) Other users of the Platform or Services.

3.6 In disclosing your personal data to them, we endeavour to ensure that the third parties and our affiliates keep your personal data secure from unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, processing or similar risks and retain your personal data only for as long as your personal data is needed to achieve the above-mentioned purposes.

3.7 We may transfer or permit the transfer of your personal data outside of your jurisdiction for any of the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. However, we will not transfer or permit any of your personal data to be transferred outside of such jurisdiction unless the transfer is in compliance with applicable laws, including, for example, to inform and obtain your consent on the countries to which your personal data may be transferred to and the applicable standards on data protection under the laws of such countries.

3.8 We may share your personal data with our third party service providers or affiliates (e.g. payment service providers) in order for them to offer their services to you in conjunction with your use of the Platform or our Services. Your acceptance and use of the third party service provider’s or our affiliate’s services shall be subject to terms and conditions as may be agreed between you and the third party service provider or our affiliate. Upon your acceptance of the third party service provider’s or our affiliate’s service offering, the collection, use, disclosure, storage, transfer and processing of your data (including your personal data and any data disclosed by us to such third party service provider or affiliate) shall be subject to the applicable privacy policy of the third party service provider or our affiliate, which shall be the data controller of such data. You agree that any queries or complaints relating to your acceptance or use of the third party service provider’s or our affiliate’s services shall be directed to the party named in the applicable privacy policy.

4. Updating Your Personal Data

4.1 It is important that the personal data you provide to us is accurate and complete for you to continue using the Platform and for us to provide the Services. You are responsible for informing us of changes to your personal data, or in the event you believe that the personal data we have about you is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or out of date.

4.2 You can update your personal data anytime by accessing your account on the Platform.

4.3 We may take steps to share the updates to your personal data with third parties and our affiliates with whom we have shared your personal data if your personal data is still necessary for the above-stated purposes.

5. To safeguard your personal data from unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, processing, copying, modification, disposal, loss, misuse, modification or similar risks during the course of your use of our Platform and/or Services, we have introduced appropriate administrative and technical measures. However, you should be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While security cannot be guaranteed, we strive to protect the security of your information and are constantly reviewing and enhancing our information security measures. You are also advised to exercise caution with respect to the sharing of your personal data and your authentication / security details (such as passwords, credit card details, transaction details) outside of our Platform / Services.

6. Third party sites

6.1 The Platform may contain links to other websites operated by other parties, such as our business affiliates, merchants or payment gateways. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by these other parties. You are advised to check on the applicable privacy policies of those websites to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.

6.2 Please note that even if the third party is affiliated with us, we have no control over these third party websites, each of which may have their own separate privacy and data collection practices independent of us. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content, security arrangements (or lack thereof) and activities of these linked sites. These linked sites are only for your convenience and you therefore access them at your own risk. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Platform and the links placed upon each of them and therefore welcome any feedback about these linked sites (including, without limitation, if a specific link does not work).

7. Questions, Feedback, Concerns, Suggestions or Complaints

If you have any questions on personal data protection or data privacy, please feel free to contact us via:

GOVIETMART CORPORATION

Address: 468 Arbour Run, Suwanee, GA 30024

Email: support@govietmart.com

This Privacy Policy shall take effect on 20th January 2025.