Instaminutes Privacy Policy


Effective Mar 10th, 2021

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This privacy policy (“Policy”) informs you of our practices when handling your Personal Information through the Services (both as defined below). In this Policy,“Instaminutes”, “we” or “us” refers to Instaminutes Private Limited, a company registered in Noida with its registered address located at B-71, Sector 46, Noida, U.P. 201303, India. We are the data controller under the applicable privacy laws.

Where we have an Instaminutes Business or enterprise service agreement in place with an enterprise customer who is asking you to use our Services (for example your employer), we obtain and process your Personal Information on behalf of and at the instructions of that customer. In that context, such enterprise customers are the data controllers and their privacy policies will apply to the processing of your Information. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.

For the purpose of this Policy, “Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes Personal Information you provide or generate when you use: (a) Our Instaminutes automated minutes of meeting app (the “App”); and (b), https://instaminutes.com/, and any other dedicated Instaminutes websites (the “Website”) (collectively, the “Services”). When you use the Services, you accept and understand that we collect, process, use, and store your Personal Information as described in this Policy.

If you do not agree with this Policy, you must not use any of the Services. If you change your mind in the future you must stop using the Services and you may exercise your rights concerning your Personal Information as set out in this Policy.

  1. 1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

    We will collect and use the following Personal Information about you:

    Information you provide to us

    • Registration Information: When you create an account on our Services, you will be asked to provide your name, email, and a password, you may voluntarily add a profile picture. For Pro or Business plans which are paid Services, our payment processing partner CC Avenue, Inc. may also collect your name, billing address, and payment information. Payment information 2 is not shared with us and is maintained by CC Avenue or other third-party payment service partners.
    • App Information: When you use the Services, you may provide us with your audio recordings (“Audio Recordings”) and any text, images or videos that you upload or provide to us in the context of the Services.
    • Communication Information: When you contact us, you provide us with your phone number, email, and any other information you choose to provide over such communication, including information about your query.

    Information you provide us about others

    • If you choose to collaborate on a task with your co-workers or friends, or refer us to them, you provide us with the email address and contact information of your co-workers or friends.
    • If you provide an Audio Recording, this may contain the Personal Information of third parties. Before you do so, please make sure you have the necessary permissions from your co-workers, friends or other third parties before sharing Personal Information or referring them to us.

    Information we automatically collect or is generated about you when use the Services

    • Usage Information: When you use the Services, you generate information pertaining to your use, including timestamps, such as access, record, share, edit and delete events, app use information, interactions with our team, and transaction records.
    • Device Information: We assign a unique user identifier (“UUID”) to each mobile device that accesses the Services. When you use our Services, you provide information such as your IP address, UUIDs, device IDs, web beacons and other device information (such as carrier type, whether you access our Service from a desktop or mobile platform, device model, brand, web browser and operating system).
    • Cookies: We use Cookies and other similar technologies (“Cookies”) to enhance your experience when using the Service. For more information about our Cookies policy, see HOW WE USE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES below.

    Information received from third parties.

    • Information we receive from third party platforms: When you connect third party platforms, apps or providers (such as Google Calendar, iCal or other calendar programs, Google Contacts or Zoom) to our Services, or when you register through a third party account (such as Google or Microsoft), we receive Personal Information that includes your username, profile picture, email address, time, location, calendar information, contact information from such third parties and any information you choose to upload to such third party platforms (“Platform Information”).
    • Information from platforms our Services relies on: We receive transaction information from our payment processor CC Avenue.
    • Other third parties: We may receive additional information about you, such as demographic or interest attributes from third parties such as data or marketing partners and combine it with other information we have about you.

    We also collect, and use aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data for our purposes. Aggregated data may be derived from your Personal Information but is not Personal Information as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your Personal Information so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we will treat the combined data as Personal Information which will be used in accordance with this Policy.

  2. 2. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

    We use your Personal Information to:

    • Set up your account: We use your registration information, device information and information received from third parties (such as your username, email address) in order to set up an account for you to use our Services. We do so in accordance with our contractual and precontractual obligations to you in order to provide you with an account to use the Services.
    • Provide you with the Services: We use your audio recordings, usage information and platform information in order to provide you with the Services. In addition, we use your communication information to facilitate support (e.g. retrieval of a forgotten password). We do so in accordance with our contractual obligations to you in order to provide you with the Services.
    • Improve and monitor the Services: We use information we automatically collect or generate about you when you use the Services, as well as non- personal information about your device such as device manufacturer, model and operating system, and the amount of free space on your device, to analyze the use of and improve our Services. We train our proprietary artificial intelligence technology on aggregated, de-identified audio recordings. Only with your explicit permission will we manually review certain audio recordings to further refine our model training data.
    • Communicate with you: If you contact us, we will use your contact information to communicate with you and, if applicable, your usage information to support your use of the Services.
    • Send you newsletters about product news or updates that may be of interest to you: We will send you emails with news or updates pertaining to our Services. When doing so, we process your email address, name and may process your usage information. Your consent can be withdrawn at any time by following the unsubscribe mechanism at the bottom of each communication.
    • Prevent fraud, defend Instaminutes against legal claims or disputes, enforce our terms and to comply with our legal obligations: It is in our legitimate interest to protect our interests by (1) monitoring the use of the Services to detect fraud or any other user behavior which prejudices the 4 integrity of our Services, (2) taking steps to remedy aforementioned fraud and behavior, (3) defending ourselves against legal claims or disputes, and (4) enforcing our terms and policies. When doing so, we will process the Personal Information relevant in such a case, including information you provide us, information we automatically collect about you, and information which is provided to us by third parties.
  3. 3. HOW WE USE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

    We and our third party partners use Cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities and to distinguish you from other users of our Services in order to aid your experience and measure and improve our advertising effectiveness.

    Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or on your device. They contain information that is transferred to your device.

    We use Cookies to collect information about your browsing activities and to distinguish you from other users of our Services in order to aid your experience.

    We use the following types of Cookies and similar technologies:

    • Strictly necessary Cookies: Some Cookies are strictly necessary to make our Services available to you; for example, to provide login functionality, user authentication and security. We cannot provide you with the Services without this type of Cookie.
    • Functional Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language).
    • Analytical, performance, or advertising Cookies: We also use Cookies and similar technologies for analytics purposes in order to operate, maintain, and improve our Services and measure and improve our advertising effectiveness. We use third party analytics providers, including Google Analytics and Amplitude, to help us understand how users engage with us. We also use third party advertising partners, including Facebook, to deliver ads to you on other sites. Google Analytics uses first-party Cookies to track user interactions which helps show how users use our Service and Website. This information is used to compile reports and to help us improve our Service and Website. Such reports disclose Website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics by going to https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or via Google’s Ads settings.

    You can block Cookies by setting your internet browser to block some or all or Cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all Cookies (including essential Cookies) you may not be able to use our Services.

    Except for essential Cookies, all Cookies will expire after a maximum of two years.

  4. 4. WITH WHOM WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

    We share your Personal Information with selected third parties, including:

    • Other users who see your Personal Information (such as your username and email) and any other information you choose to share with them through the Services.
    • Vendors and service providers we rely on for the provision of the Services, for example:
    • Cloud service providers who we rely on for compute and data storage, including Amazon Web Services, based in India.
    • Platform support providers who help us manage and monitor the Services, including Amplitude, which is based in the U.S. and provides user event data for our Services.
    • Mobile advertising tracking providers who help us measure our advertising effectiveness, including AppsFlyer which is based in Israel.
    • Analytics providers who provide analytics, segmentation and mobile measurement services and help us understand our user base. We work with a number of analytics providers, including Google LLC, which is based in the U.S. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
    • Advertising Partners: We work with third party advertising partners to show you ads that we think may interest you. If you do not wish to receive personalized ads, please visit their opt-out pages to learn about how you may opt out of receiving web- based personalized ads from member companies. You can access any settings offered by your mobile operating system to limit ad tracking, or you can install the AppChoices mobile app to learn more about how you may opt out of personalized ads in mobile apps.
    • Providers of integrated third-party programs, apps or platforms, such as Google Calendar and Apple iCal. When you connect third party platforms to our Services, you authorize us to share designated information and data created and/or uploaded by you to our servers with these third-party programs on your behalf.

    We are not responsible for the content, privacy and security practices and policies of such third parties or App providers. We encourage you to learn about their privacy and security policies before integrating such platforms.

    • Payment processors, such as CC Avenue. These payment processors are responsible for the processing of your Personal Information, and may use your Personal Information for their own purposes in accordance with their privacy policies. More information is available here: https://www.ccavenue.com/privacy.jsp
    • Law enforcement agencies, public authorities or other judicial bodies and organizations. We disclose Personal Information if we are legally required to do so, or if we have a good faith belief that such use is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal obligation, process or request; enforce our terms of service and other agreements, policies, and standards, including investigation of any potential violation thereof; detect, prevent or otherwise address security, fraud or technical issues; or protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users, a third party or the public as required or permitted by law (including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection).
    • Change of corporate ownership. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, reorganization, partnership, asset sale or other transaction, we may disclose your Personal Information as part of that transaction.
  5. 5. HOW LONG WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION

    Instaminutes stores all Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in this Policy, or for as long as we are required to do so by law or in order to comply with a regulatory obligation. When deleting Personal Information, we will take measures to render such Personal Information irrecoverable or irreproducible, and the electronic files which contain Personal Information will be permanently deleted.

  6. 6. YOUR RIGHTS

    In certain circumstances you have the following rights in relation to your Personal Information that we hold.

    • Access: You have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, and to receive an explanation of how we use it and who we share it with.
    • Correction: You have the right to correct any Personal Information we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
    • Erasure: You have the right to request for your Personal Information to be erased or deleted.
    • Object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Information where we are relying on a legitimate interest or if we are processing your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes.
    • Restrict processing: You have a right in certain circumstances to stop us from processing your Personal Information other than for storage purposes.
    • Portability: You have the right to receive, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, Personal Information that you have provided to us if we process it on the basis of our contract with you, or with your consent, or to request that we transfer such Personal Information to a third party.
    • Withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw any consent you previously applied to us. We will apply your preferences going forward, and this will not affect the lawfulness of processing before your consent was given.

    Please note that, prior to any response to the exercise of such rights, we will require you to verify your identity. In addition, we may require additional information (for example, why you believe the information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete) and may have valid legal reasons to refuse your request. We will inform you if that is the case. For more information on how to exercise your rights, or to exercise your rights, please email admin@instaminutes.com.

  7. 7. CHILDREN

    The Service and Website are not targeted at children, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If you learn that a child has provided us with Personal Information in violation of this Policy, please contact us as indicated below.

  8. 8. CONTACT & COMPLAINTS

    For inquiries or complaints regarding this Policy, please first contact us at admin@instaminutes.com and we will endeavor to deal with your complaint as soon as possible. This is without prejudice to your right to launch a claim with a data protection authority.

  9. 9. DATA SECURITY

    We use certain physical, managerial, and technical safeguards that are designed to improve the integrity and security of Personal Information that we collect and maintain. However, the transfer of Personal Information through the internet will carry its own inherent risks and we do not guarantee the security of your data transmitted through the internet. You make any such transfer at your own risk.

    The Website and Service may provide features or links to websites and services provided by third parties. Any information you provide on Apps, third-party websites or services is provided directly to the operators of such websites or services and is subject to their policies governing privacy and security, even if accessed via our Website or in connection with our Service.

  10. 10. CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS

    To facilitate our global operations, Instaminutes may transfer, store and process your operations with our partners and service providers based outside of the country in which you are based. Laws in those countries may differ from the laws applicable to your country of residence.

  11. 11. CHANGES

    Where required, we will update this Policy from time to time. When we do so, we will make it available on this page and indicate the date of the latest revision. Please check this page frequently to see any updates or changes to this Policy.

  12. 13. ABOUT US

    If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us by email at admin@instaminutes.com attn: Privacy Officer or by mail to:

    Instaminutes Private Limited
    Attn: Privacy Officer
    B-71, Sector 50,
    Noida, U.P. 201303
    India