Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Welcome to the official website of WAVE BUDDY Hindustan WAVE BUDDY Beverages Private Limited (“HCCBPL”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and have created this Privacy Policy to explain how we handle and use any personal information that you may provide to us through this website.

The WAVE BUDDY and its affiliates (together, WAVE BUDDY or we) take your right to privacy seriously. We appreciate that you trust us with your personal information and respecting your privacy is at the core of our interactions with you.

WAVE BUDDY’s handling of personal information is guided by these principles:

  • Transparency
  • Respect
  • Trust
  • Fairness

Effective Date: January 10 th 2024

The WAVE BUDDY Consumer Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy) describes the personal information that WAVE BUDDY collects from or about users of the websites, mobile applications (Apps), widgets and other online and offline services that WAVE BUDDY operates (together, the Services) and how we use and protect that personal information. This Privacy Policy also explains how users can make choices about their personal information.

When we refer to personal information (sometimes referred to as personal data under some laws) in this Privacy Policy, we mean information that identifies or can be used to identify an individual human being. This means that personal information includes direct identifiers (such as name) and indirect identifiers (such as computer or mobile device ID and IP address). When we refer to you or user, we mean someone who uses any of the Services. When we refer to controller, we mean the person or entity that determines what personal information is collected from or about you and how that personal information is used and protected.

How we collect, use and protect your personal information is subject to the laws in the places in which we operate. This means that we may have different practices in different places. For more information, please see Privacy Rights and Choices, which includes additional descriptions of your rights and our obligations in certain key jurisdictions and who to contact.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WAVE BUDDY PROCESSES YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT [email protected].

01. Overview

Hindustan WAVE BUDDY Beverages Private Limited (hereafter “HCCBPL”) is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors (here after the "Visitors," "you" or “your”) to our Internet world wide web site www.wavebuddy.in (hereafter referred to as the "Website") that links directly to this privacy policy about the protection of personal information online. We aim for the Website to be a safe and enjoyable environment for you.

This privacy policy (hereafter the "Policy") primarily describes: the information that HCCBPL collects through the Website, which is hosted and operated from India;the use and role of cookies and similar technologies on the Website; andthe security measures HCCBPL has in place to protect the information that HCCBPL gathers through the Website.This Policy does not govern HCCBPL’s collection of information through any website, or by any other means, other than through this Website, or the collection of information by any parent, or subsidiaries of HCCBPL ("Other Entities").

Visitors are encouraged to read this Policy before using the Website. By using the Website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website, available at Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website, please do not use the Website.

02. Information Gathered By HCCBPL Though The Website

Hindustan WAVE BUDDY Beverages Private Limited (hereafter “HCCBPL”) is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors (here after the "Visitors," "you" or “your”) to our Internet world wide web site www.wavebuddy.in (hereafter referred to as the "Website") that links directly to this privacy policy about the protection of personal information online. We aim for the Website to be a safe and enjoyable environment for you.

This privacy policy (hereafter the "Policy") primarily describes:
the information that HCCBPL collects through the Website, which is hosted and operated from India;the use and role of cookies and similar technologies on the Website; andthe security measures HCCBPL has in place to protect the information that HCCBPL gathers through the Website.This Policy does not govern HCCBPL’s collection of information through any website, or by any other means, other than through this Website, or the collection of information by any parent, or subsidiaries of HCCBPL ("Other Entities").

Visitors are encouraged to read this Policy before using the Website. By using the Website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website, available at Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website, please do not use the Website.

03. When Does This Privacy Policy Apply?

This Privacy Policy was posted and is effective for new users on [public posting date], 2024.

The prior versions of WAVE BUDDY’s privacy policies apply until [public posting date + 10 days] and are available upon request to [email protected].

04. Where Does This Privacy Policy Apply?

The Privacy Policy applies to the personal information collected from users of the Services in which the Privacy Policy is posted or linked, when the Privacy Policy is specifically referenced in the Services or when WAVE BUDDY asks you to acknowledge it. This Privacy Policy also covers personal information that we collect from consumers who contact us by email, telephone and offline, such as during an in-person event.

This Privacy Policy also may apply to personal information provided to us by consumers who engage with us through social media. Please contact us at [email protected]. if you have questions about whether this Privacy Policy applies to specific personal information connected with social media.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to websites and other online services operated by other organizations. Those other websites and services follow their own privacy policies, not this Privacy Policy. Please make sure to check those privacy policies so you know how your information is handled.

05. Does WAVE BUDDY Use Cookies And Other Data Collection Technology?

We use cookies and other data collection technology to recognize you and/or your device(s) when you use the Services and collect personal information about you.

In some rare cases, there may be some websites that are part of the Services which have specific notices about cookies and other data collection technology that apply to specific websites and consumers. If you visit a WAVE BUDDY website with a notice about cookies, then that website’s cookie notice applies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are sent to or accessed from your web browser or your computer's hard drive. A cookie typically contains the name of the domain (internet location) from which the cookie originated, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e., when it expires) and a randomly generated unique number or similar identifier. A cookie also may contain information about your computer or device, such as settings, browsing history and activities conducted while using the Services.

wave buddy also uses “pixels” (sometimes called web beacons). Pixels are transparent images that can collect information about email opens and website usage across websites and over time.

Cookies that wave buddy sets in the Services are called first-party cookies. Cookies set in the Services by any other party are called third-party cookies. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality on or through the Services, such as analytics and marketing automation. The parties that set third-party cookies can recognize your device both when you use it to access the Services and also when you use it to visit certain other websites. To learn more about cookies generally, visit www.allaboutcookies.org (http://www.allaboutcookies.org).

Some web browsers (including Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome) incorporate a “Do Not Track” (DNT) or similar feature that signals to websites that a user does not want to have his or her online activity and behavior tracked. If a website that responds to a particular DNT signal receives the DNT signal, the browser blocks that website from collecting certain information from the browser cache. Not all browsers offer a DNT option and DNT signals are not yet uniform. For this reason, many website operators, including wave buddy, do not yet respond to DNT signals.

Why does wave buddy use cookies and other data collection technology?

Some cookies are required for the Services to operate. Other cookies enable us to track the interests of users for targeted advertising and to enhance the experience of the Services.

The types of cookies served on through the Services and why they are used is as follows:

  • Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Services to operate.
  • Performance or Analytics cookies collect information about how the Services are used so we can analyze and improve the Services. Performance or analytics cookies typically remain on your computer after you close your browser until you delete them.
  • Advertising cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you by helping us display advertisements that are based on your inferred interests, prevent the same ad from appearing too often and ensure that ads are properly displayed for advertisers.
  • Social media cookies allow users to interact more easily with social media platforms. We do not control social media cookies and they do not allow us to gain access to your social media accounts without your permission. Please refer to the relevant social media platform’s privacy policy for information about the cookies used.

Data collection technology enables wave buddy to monitor the traffic patterns from one webpage to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether users visit the Services after seeing our online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve performance of the Services and to measure the success of our email marketing campaigns. wave buddy’s Cookie Policies (available in certain jurisdictions) describe wave buddy’s use of data collection technology.

Google Products

Where permitted by applicable law, the Services use Google Analytics for targeted advertising (which Google sometimes refers to as ‘remarketing’). Google uses cookies that Google recognizes when consumers visit various websites. The data collected through Google’s cookies helps wave buddy analyze how the Services are used and, for some Services and in some jurisdictions, to personalize marketing communications and digital advertising.

The Services also embed videos from YouTube (a Google company) by framing. This means that, after you click the button to play a YouTube video through the Services, a connection between the Services and the YouTube servers is established. Then, an HTML link provided by YouTube is inserted into the code of the Services to create a playback frame. The video stored on the YouTube servers is then played by the frame in the Services. YouTube also receives information that informs YouTube that you are currently using the Services: your IP address, browser information, the operating system and settings of the device you are using, the URL of the current web page, previously-visited web pages if you have followed a link, and the videos you watched. If you are logged into your YouTube account, the information may be associated with your YouTube user profile. You can prevent this association by logging out of your YouTube account before using the Services and deleting the corresponding cookies.

For more information about how Google collects, uses and shares your information, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy)

For more information about how Google uses cookies in advertising, please visit Google’s Advertising (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) page.

To prevent Google Analytics from using your data, you can install Google’s opt-out browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).

To opt out of ads on Google that are targeted to your interests, use your Google Ads settings (https://adssettings.google.com/).

If you are located in the EEA, Switzerland or UK, please note in particular that, if you allow Google’s cookies in wave buddy’s Privacy Preference Center, the information generated by those cookies about use of the Services is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. wave buddy used technology tools, including Google’s IP Anonymization tool, to exclude the last part of your IP address before the data is transferred by Google to the United States, as well as Google’s tools for deactivation of data sharing and Google signals and User-ID settings in Google Analytics for certain jurisdictions. Google will not associate an IP address with any other data held by Google.

On behalf of wave buddy, Google will use the data described above to compile reports that help wave buddy operate and provide the Services.

Meta Products

Some part of the Services use products and features offered by Facebook, Instagram and Messenger and Facebook apps (Meta Products). The Meta Products use tags, pixels (the Meta Pixel (https://www.facebook.com/business/help/742478679120153?id=1205376682832142)) and other unique tracking codes and technology that collect user information (including personal information) from the Services. Facebook tracks user interactions with the Services after a user clicks on an ad placed on Facebook or other services provided by Meta (called a conversion) and enables wave buddy to learn more about how users engage with ads (https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy?subpage=4.subpage.2-AdvertisersAndAudienceNetwork&dialog_back=1) and similar information. The Meta Products use the collected data for Meta’s own purposes, including to improve the Meta Products. Meta may transfer data that it collects from the Services to the USA and other countries, where you may have fewer rights to related to your personal information. To learn more about how the Meta Products collect, use and process personal information and how you can manage or delete personal information about you, please see the Privacy Policy for the Meta Products at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Your Cookie Choices

You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is set. (Most browsers accept cookies automatically but allow you to disable them but note that some features of the Services may not work properly without cookies.)

As noted above, Google has developed an opt-out browser add-on if you want to opt out of the cookies used for Google Analytics. You can download and install the add-on for your web browser here: (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). You may refuse the use of these cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. To learn more about how to view and manage your information on the Meta Products, please see here: (https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy?section_id=6-HowCanYouManage).

Certain jurisdictions in which the Services are available also have cookie policies which are separate from and supplement this Privacy Policy and tools to manage cookies.

06. How Does WAVE BUDDY Share Personal Information?

wave buddy shares personal information with people and businesses that help operate the Services and carry out our business and when we are legally permitted or required to do so. We also share personal information when a user requests that we share it. We require that recipients of personal information from us comply with this Privacy Policy unless and until users are made aware that a different privacy policy or notice will apply.

wave buddy shares personal information with the following categories of recipients:

  • Professional advisors, such as lawyers, accountants, insurers and information security and forensics experts.
  • Marketing vendors that help promote the Services (such as by email marketing) and from time to time supplement personal information that we already have. For example, Meta receives and uses certain data related to the use of the Services to help us deliver personalized advertising on its platform and assess the effectiveness of this advertising.
  • Service providers to enable them to perform services on our behalf, including data analytics, data security, ecommerce operations, surveys, research, administration of promotions, offers and loyalty programs and otherwise to help us carry out our business. Some of these service providers have global responsibilities.
  • For strategic partnerships, such as with sports leagues and manufacturers and other providers of complementary offerings.
  • Through data clean rooms as described in Section 4. Data sharing in a data clean room is for the purpose of audience discovery, audience expansion, audience targeting and look-alike audience modelling.
  • Cloud storage providers.
  • Potential or actual acquirers or investors and their professional advisers in connection with any actual or proposed merger, acquisition or investment in or of all or any part of our business. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the terms of this Privacy Policy apply to personal information after the transaction or that users receive advance notice of changes to personal information processing.
  • wave buddy affiliates and bottler partners.
  • Competent law enforcement, government regulators and courts when we believe disclosure is necessary (i) to comply with the law, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend legal rights, or (iii) to protect the vital interests of users, business partners, service providers or another third party.
  • Other third parties with your permission.

If we share personal information, we require that the recipients handle personal information in compliance with this Privacy Policy and our confidentiality and security requirements.

07. How Does WAVE BUDDY Protect Personal Information?

wave buddy takes care to secure and safeguard the personal information entrusted to us. We use a variety of measures to help us protect personal information from unauthorized access and use.

wave buddy uses technical, physical, and administrative safeguards intended to protect the personal information that we process. Our safeguards are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information and include (as applicable) measures to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of processing systems and a procedure for regularly testing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing of personal information. wave buddy cannot, however, fully eliminate security risks associated with the processing of personal information.

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials. wave buddy will treat access to the Services through your account credentials as authorized by you.

wave buddy may suspend your use of all or part of the Services without notice if we suspect or detect any breach of security. If you believe that information you provided to wave buddy or your account is no longer secure, please notify us immediately at [email protected].

If we become aware of a breach that affects the security of your personal information, we will provide you with notice as required by applicable law. When permitted by applicable law, wave buddy will provide this notice to you using the email address associated with your account or another permitted method associated with your account.

UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THE SERVICES – INCLUDING SCRAPING – IS PROHIBITED AND MAY LEAD TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

08. How Long Does WAVE BUDDY Retain Personal Information?

We retain personal information about a user for as long as user’s account is active and otherwise as long as necessary for the purposes described above. We also retain personal information as long as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We intend to keep your personal information accurate and up-to-date. We retain the personal information that we handle subject to this Privacy Policy in accordance with our data retention policy. When determining the retention period, we take into account various criteria, such as the type of products and services requested by or provided to you, the nature and length of our relationship with you and mandatory retention periods under applicable law. At the end of relevant retention period, we either delete or anonymize personal information or, if we cannot delete or anonymize personal information, then we segregate and securely store personal information until deletion or anonymization is possible.

Once we anonymize personal information, it is no longer personal information. We use anonymized data subject to applicable law and contracts.

09. What Choices Are Available For Personal Information?

You can make choices about wave buddy’s handling of your personal information. You can exercise your privacy rights by contacting wave buddy as described in this Section 09 or using various tools available through your browser or that wave buddy makes available. In some cases, your ability to access or control your personal information is limited by applicable law.

Mobile Device Preferences
Mobile operating systems and app platforms (e.g., Google Play, App Store) have permission settings for specific types of mobile device data and notifications, such as for access to contacts, geo-location services and push notifications. You can use the settings on your mobile device to consent to or deny certain information collection and/or push notifications. Certain Apps also may have settings that allow you to change permissions and push notifications. For some Apps, changing settings may cause certain aspects of the App to not functional properly.

You can stop all information collection from an App by uninstalling the App. If you uninstall the App, please also consider checking your operating system’s settings to confirm that the unique identifier and other activity associated with your use of the App is deleted from your mobile device.

Opting out of Coca‑Cola’s Emails and Text Messages

To stop receiving promotional emails from Coca‑Cola, please click the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email. After you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as receipts for purchases or administrative information about your account.

Your account settings also may allow you to change your notification preferences, such as push notifications from an App.

To stop receiving promotional text messages (SMS or MMS), please send a reply text message indicating that you wish to stop receiving promotional text messages from us – such as by testing the word “Stop”. You also may let us know as directed below in the “Contacting Us” section. Please specify which types of communications you no longer wish to receive together with the relevant telephone number, address, and/or e-mail address. If you do opt-out of receiving marketing-related messages from us, we may still send you important administrative messages, such as emails about your accounts or purchases

INFORMATION ABOUT PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CHOICES FOR SPECIFIC JURISDICTIONS IS PROVIDED IN SECTION 13 AT THE END OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW THE RELEVANT SECTIONS.

IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN A JURISDICTION WITH PRIVACY LAWS THAT OFFER YOU PRIVACY RIGHTS NOT DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE CONTACT US AT [email protected]. We respect your privacy rights and will do our best to accommodate your requests.

10. How Does Wave Buddy Protect Children's Privacy?

Some of the Services have age restrictions which means that we may ask questions to verify your age before we allow you to use those Services.

In accordance with our Responsible Marketing Policy, Wave Buddy does not direct marketing for our products to children under age 13. If you become aware that a child under age 13 or the age set under local law has provided us with personal information without parental consent or other than as allowed by applicable law, please contact our Privacy Office at [email protected]. Once we become aware, we will take steps to remove the child’s personal information as required by applicable law.

Once we anonymize personal information, it is no longer personal information. We use anonymized data subject to applicable law and contracts.

11. Does Coca-Cola Transfer Personal Information To Other Countries?

Coca‑Cola may transfer personal information across borders to any of the places where we and our suppliers and business partners operate. These other places may have data protection laws that are different from (and, in some cases, less protective) than the laws where you reside.

If your personal information is transferred across borders by us or on our behalf, we use appropriate safeguards to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. These safeguards include agreeing to standard contractual clauses or model contracts for transfers of personal information among the Coca‑Cola affiliates and among our suppliers and partners. When in place, these contracts require our affiliates, suppliers and partners to protect personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

Please also see our Data Privacy Framework Privacy Policy [LINK], which describes how Coca‑Cola handles personal data that Coca‑Cola receives in the U.S. from the EU, UK and Switzerland in reliance on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce (collectively, the DPF Framework). If the terms in this Privacy Policy and the DPF Privacy Policy conflict, then the DPF Privacy Policy governs with respect to personal information that Coca‑Cola receives in the U.S. under the DPF Framework. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework program and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.

To request information about our standard contractual clauses or other safeguards for cross-border personal information transfers, please contact [email protected].

12. When Is This Privacy Policy Changed?

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. The most current version always is available through the Services.

When we update this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated version and change the Effective Date above. We also will take appropriate measures to inform you in advance of significant changes that we believe affect your privacy rights so that you have an opportunity to review the revised Privacy Policy before it is effective. If your consent is required by applicable privacy laws, we will obtain your consent to changes before the revised Privacy Policy applies to you. Please regularly check this Privacy Policy to ensure you are aware of the updated version.

13. Privacy Rights and Choices for Specific Jurisdictions

Residents of India

The applicable law governing privacy policy is IT Act, 2000 and Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information Rules, 2011, and in supersession of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011, issued under the IT Act, 2000.

Email Address of the Grievance Officer appointed by Coca Cola India Private Limited (CCIPL): [email protected]

Registered office of CCIPL: Plot No. 1109-1110, Village Pirangut, Taluka Mulshi, Distt. Pune

Corporate Office of CCIPL: 1601-1701, One Horizon Center, DLF Golf Course Road, Phase V, Sector 43, Gurgaon, Haryana

When we update this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated version and change the Effective Date above. We also will take appropriate measures to inform you in advance of significant changes that we believe affect your privacy rights so that you have an opportunity to review the revised Privacy Policy before it is effective. If your consent is required by applicable privacy laws, we will obtain your consent to changes before the revised Privacy Policy applies to you. Please regularly check this Privacy Policy to ensure you are aware of the updated version.

QUESTIONS?

WAVE Buddy is committed to protecting the privacy of your Personal Information. If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, please contact [email protected].