Privacy Policy

This Website Privacy Notice describes how “SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART” uses personal data collected or received from visitors (“Visitors”) of this website (“Website”). It also describes how we use personal data collected when you register as a Preferred Customer (“Customer”). It describes how we collect or receive your personal data, the types of personal data we process, how we use, share and protect these data, how long we retain these data, your rights with respect to the processing of your personal data, and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.

If you are an SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART Direct agent please read our SDA Privacy Notice, which includes information about how we process your personal data when you are logged in on the Website as an SDA.

How We collect or Receive Personal Data from You When you Visit the Website

SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART collects personal data from you through your use of the Website in various ways.

You may choose to submit your personal data and other information to us through various communication channels provided on the “Contact Us” webpage of the Website, for example, SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART e-mail addresses, telephone numbers or online forms.

Where we ask you to provide us with your personal data, we will indicate whether providing the personal data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into and/or facilitating a contract, as well as whether you are obliged to provide the personal data and of the possible consequences of a failure to provide the personal data.

We also use cookies or similar technologies that collect certain Website usage information when you access, view and use the Website. A cookie is a data file placed on a computer or mobile device when it is used to visit websites. We do not enable third parties to place cookies on your device. As long as you do not log on to our services, your data is anonymous and we cannot link any provided information to you. The table below provides an overview of the cookies we use and why we use them.

You may disable cookies in your browser’s settings (e.g., under the “Preferences” or “Internet Options” features of your browser).  Note, however, that some features of the Website may not function properly if you disable the use of cookies. For detailed information on how to manage or delete cookies,

The Types of Personal Data We Collect From Visitors

Through the cookies listed above under the section “How We Collect or Receive Personal Data from You” we collect information regarding your website usage, IP-address, browser type and operating system. Also, in order to process your online purchases, we may collect your payment information and information relating to your product preferences and purchasing behaviour.

In addition, through the communications channels made available on the Website’s “Contact Us” webpage, we collect your contact details, such as your name, email address, address, telephone number and fax number. You may also voluntarily provide other data that is related to you in connection with your inquiries or comments. We encourage you, however, to provide no more personal data relating to you than is necessary in order for us to provide an appropriate response to your inquiries or comments.

How We Collect or Receive Personal Data from You When You Are Registering as a Customer

SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART collects and receives personal data from its Customers in various ways. We collect personal data from you when you register as a Customer on our websites. You may also choose to submit your personal data and other information to us through various communication channels provided on the “Contact Us” webpage of our websites, for example, SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART e-mail addresses, telephone numbers or online forms.

We also receive personal data of our Customers from the SDA with whom the concerned Customers have an existing relationship (such as when Customers have bought SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART products from the ADS).

The Types of Personal Data We Collect From Customers

If you are registering as a Customer directly with SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART, we collect the following personal data from you:

• Contact information (e.g., name, postal or e-mail address, fax number and phone number);
• Date of birth;
• Login Information incl. Username, Connect ID and Password; and
• Payment information (e.g., Bank name and account number IFSCODE Branch);
• Product preferences, purchasing habits, purchasing history and spending behaviour; and
• Communication preferences.

In addition, when you communicate with us through various communications channels, we collect your contact details, such as your name, email address, address, telephone number and/or fax number. You may also voluntarily provide other data that is related to you in connection with your inquiries or comments. We encourage you, however, to provide no more personal data relating to you than is necessary in order for us to provide an appropriate response to your inquiries or comments.

We may collect other types of personal data in exceptional circumstances only. If we do need to process additional types of personal data about you, we will make sure that you are informed about the processing of your personal data and that there is a valid legal basis for doing so (e.g. your consent).

How We Process the Personal Data We Collect From Customers

We only process your personal data to the extent it is necessary (i) for the performance of your agreement with us or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into an agreement with us; (ii) to comply with our legal obligations; or (iii) for the purpose of our legitimate interests, including operating, evaluating and improving our services; preventing and protecting us and others against fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims and other liabilities; and ensuring compliance with company policies and industry standards. For companies like SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART that have global business operations, processing customer’s personal data for internal administrative purposes is typically also considered a legitimate interest. As required under law, we have costumer carefully balanced our legitimate business interests against your data protection rights. 

In particular, we process the personal data we obtain about you to:

• Manage your registration as a Customer;
• Create and manage your online account;
• Address your comments or inquiries
• Process your orders of products or services;
• Communicate with you;
• Bring you in contact with your SDA (including providing your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address, purchases and purchasing history to your SDA);
• Operate, evaluate and improve our services and facilitate your use of our websites;
• Perform accounting, auditing, billing and collection activities; and
• Comply with applicable legal requirements, industry standards and our policies.

How We Share Personal Data

SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART does not sell, rent or trade your personal data. SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART does share your personal data with:

• Entities within the SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART group to whom it is reasonably necessary or desirable for SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART to disclose personal data;
• SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART Direct Agents, to allow communication regarding product advice, ordering advice, product information for the products that you order from SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART and the SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART Business Opportunity;
• Processors who provide us with Infrastructure- or Platform- or Software-as-a-Service solutions, software development services, information system maintenance services, record management services or marketing services; and
• Government authorities or other third parties, if required by law or reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property and safety of others or ourselves.

International Data Transfers

We transfer the personal data we collect about you to entities within the SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART group, including SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART’s mother company Alticor Inc. Some of them may be located in countries other than the country in which the data were originally collected. The laws of those countries may not have the same level of data protection as the country in which you initially provided the data. When we transfer your personal data to other countries, we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Notice and in accordance with applicable law. For more information on the locations of the SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART group entities, please visit www.spsupermart.com

How We Protect Personal Data

We maintain appropriate technical and organizational security safeguards designed to protect the personal data we process against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use.

How Long We Retain Personal Data

We store personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collect the data (see above under “How We Use the Personal Data We Collect”), except if required otherwise by law. 

Links to Other Websites

The Website may contain links to websites maintained by third parties, whose information and privacy practices are different than ours. We are not responsible or liable for the information or privacy practices employed by such third parties. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of all third party websites before using such websites or submitting any personal data or any other information on or through such websites.

Updates to the Website Privacy Notice

SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART reserves the right to change this Website Privacy Notice at any time. If we change this Website Privacy Notice we will update the effective date and such changes will be effective upon posting. We encourage you to review the Website Privacy Notice regularly.

Your Rights

Your rights under applicable law may include access to the personal data we process about you, the right to have such personal data corrected or erased, the right to restrict the processing of your personal data, as well as the right to data portability. Where we have obtained your consent for the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of the processing that has happened based on your consent prior to the withdrawal. To exercise these rights, you should make a written request using our contact details set out below. If you are not satisfied with the way we handle your request, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

You also have the right to object, at any time, to the processing of your personal data which is based on SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART’s legitimate interests. Where we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to such processing, including for profiling purposes to the extent that it is related to direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for such purposes.

How to Contact Us

If you have any comments or inquiries about this Website Privacy Notice, if you would like to update information we have about you, or to exercise your rights, you may contact your local affiliate by letter to the CEO, Murugadas at customercare@spsupermart.com.

You may also contact our Data Protection Officer by email (customercare@spsupermart.com) or letter to Data Protection Officer at SAI PERUMAL SUPERMART GA RAMANIYAM SHARDHANJALI APPARTMENTS, NO7, JAYARAM STREET, THIRUVANMIYUR, and CHENNAI 600041