1. Introduction
Welcome to Baetoti.com (the “Site”) and thank you for using the Baetoti Application (the, “Baetoti Platform”). The Site and Baetoti Platform (collectively, the “Baetoti Service”) are designed to connect customers and Service Providers purchasing and selling high-quality local quality goods and services.
Baetoti (“we”, “us”, or “our”) takes its User’s (“you”, “your”) privacy seriously and respects your privacy as a fundamental right. This Privacy Policy is offered to provide you full disclosure on all the personal data that we collect, how we use such personal data, and how it is processed in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) and Personal Data Protection Interim Regulations (PDPIR). All data-processing conducted by Baetoti happens within the territory of GCC.
Before you use Baetoti Service or submit any personal data to us, we would highly advice that you review this Privacy Policy carefully and contact us in case you have any questions By accessing this site you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, processing, use or transfer of data as set out herein. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please refrain from accessing the Baetoti Service.
2. Personal Data/Information that we collect
PDPA defines Personal Data as “Any data, regardless of its source or form, that may lead to identifying an individual specifically, or that may directly or indirectly make it possible to identify an individual, including name, personal identification number, addresses, contact numbers, license numbers, records, personal assets, bank and credit card numbers, photos and videos of an individual, and any other data of personal nature”
We collect your Personal Data when you create a Service provider Account on Baetoti to access the listed services. To create your User Account we collect the following Personal Data and Information;
- First Name;
- Last Name;
- Birthday;
- Gender;
- Street Address;
- Area and City;
- Phone and Contact Numbers;
- Email Address; and
- GPS Location (through Baetoti Platform)
We collect your Personal Data when you create a Service Provider Account on Baetoti to be reviewed by Baetoti and 3rd party to validate the integrity of the data to potentially onboarded to the listed services. To create your Service Provider Account we collect the following Personal Data and Information;
- Country
- Region
- City
- Business type (Corporate or Freelancer) and associated information;
- First Name;
- Middle Name;
- Last Name;
- Valid Passport or Government ID information;
- Gender;
- Street Address;
- Phone and Contact Numbers;
- Email Address; and
- GPS Location (through Baetoti Platform)
- Business Name
- Description
- Business Cover Image and Logo
- Social Media links
- Items (Products and services), category, subcategory, item details, photos, price, available quantity.
- Digital Signature
We collect your Personal Data when you create a Captain Account on Baetoti to be reviewed by Baetoti and 3rd party to validate the integrity of the data to potentially onboarded to the listed Captains. To create your Captain Account we collect the following Personal Data and Information;
- Country
- Region
- City
- Business type (Corporate or Freelancer) and associated information;
- First Name;
- Middle Name;
- Last Name;
- Valid Passport or Government ID information
- Driver License information;
- Gender;
- Phone and Contact Numbers;
- Email Address; and
- GPS Location (through Baetoti Platform)
- Vehicle Type
- Vehicle Pallet Number
- Vehicle Sequence number
- Digital Signature
By creating a User Account to access Baetoti Service you consent to our collection of this Personal Data.
3. Automatically collected Personal Data.
We may receive certain information about your visit, use, and interactions with the Baetoti Platform when you visit, use, and interact with it. For example, we may track the number of visitors to the Baetoti Platform, the peak hours of visits, the pages you visit, the links you click, the text you enter, the way your mouse moves around the Baetoti Platform, the domains from which you came (e.g., google.com, facebook.com, etc. ), and the browsers you use to access the Service (e.g., Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc. ), as well as broad geolocation data. Particularly, the following information is created and automatically logged in our systems:
- Log Data: Information sent automatically by your browser whenever you visit the Site, Your Internet Protocol address, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, and how you interacted with the Site are all included in the log data.
- Device information: This includes the device's name, operating system, and browser version. The information collected may vary according to the type of device and its settings. We will also capture information regarding the network connection type such as 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G provider network and device performance, browser type, language and operating system.
- Usage Information: We collect information about your use of our Service, such as the types of content you view or interact with, the features you access, the actions you take, and the time, frequency, and duration of your activities
- IP Address: IP Addresses are the Internet Protocol addresses of your device. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) assigns your IP address automatically to the device that you are using. This number is automatically identified and recorded in our server's log files whenever a user visits the Site or uses the Baetoti Platform, along with the date and time of the visit and the page(s) that were viewed. Collecting IP addresses is a common practice on the Internet, and many websites do so routinely.
- How do we use your collected Personal Data?
- Communicating with you. Baetoti uses your Personal Data to communicate with you about listed services, updates, to provide you with additional services, promotions, and special offers, and to bill you for your purchases. By visiting the Site, you can opt out of receiving promotional communications from Baetoti. We also use the collected data to respond to you against your inquiries, comments, feedback or questions. We also use the collected data to forward administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the service, feedback requests, and changes to our terms, conditions and policies
- To enhance user-experience. Baetoti uses cookies to remember Users on the Site and to enhance Users' experience on the Site. For example, when Users with User Accounts return to the Site, cookies identify those Users and allow the site to provide certain user-specific information such as login information, choice of website language and country selection in addition to any other information we might collect in the future.
- To provide you with the listed services. Baetoti uses the collected personal data to provide you with listed Services. For example, Baetoti shares customers' order content, special order instructions, first and last name, street address with Service Providers with whom orders are placed to the extent necessary to process those orders.
- Use of your IP addresses. We use Users’ IP addresses for purposes such as calculating Site usage levels, helping diagnose server problems, and administering the Site. We may also use and disclose IP Addresses for all the purposes for which we use and disclose other information.
Additionally, we use your Personal Data;
- To analyze your interaction with Baetoti Services;
- To maintain and improve the quality and functionality of Baetoti Services;
- For research and development for new products and services;
- To ensure that fraud, criminal activity, and misuse of our services can be prevented;
- To ensure the security of our IT systems, architecture, and networks; and
- To comply with legal obligations and legal process, and to safeguard our rights, privacy, safety, and property, as well as the rights, privacy, safety, and property of our affiliates, you, and other third parties.
4. Who do we share your data with?
- Vendors and Service Providers. Baetoti shares collected Personal Data to third-party vendors and service providers with whom Baetoti works to provide application programming interfaces ("APIs") and other functions for the Site in connection with the delivery of Baetoti Service. To further seek assistance in fulfilling its business operation needs and to effectively complete performance of certain services and functions, Baetoti may share Personal Data with third party vendors and service providers, including provider of payment aggregator, cloud services, hosting services and other information technology service providers. Baetoti may also share Users’ Personal Data with email communication software, newsletter services, customer relationship management and support services. Based on the instructions we send them, these parties will process, store or access Users’ Personal Data in the course of performing their duties for Baetoti. Baetoti takes all commercial measures and reasonably endeavor to ensure that these third party vendors adhere to the Security standards that Baetoti applies to secure its Personal Data. All our Vendors are bound by a strict clause of confidentiality and remain under an obligation to keep the Personal Data confidential.
- Legal Requirements. Baetoti may also disclose Personal Data to third parties such as attorneys, collection agencies, tribunals or law enforcement authorities pursuant to valid requests in connection with alleged violations of Baetoti terms of use and service or other alleged contract violations, infringement or similar harm to persons or property. Additionally, Baetoti may also share Personal Data in an action in accordance with Article 15 of the PDPA.
- Business Transfers. If in any scenario, Baetoti is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due-diligence, restructuring, sale of assets or any other arrangement which involves substantial change in management and work operations, your personal information and data may be shared in diligence process with the counter parties and others who are providing assistance in the transaction and will be transferred to a successor or affiliate as part of that transaction along with other assets.
5. Payment Information
When you place an order through the platform, you are required to select a method of payment. Baetoti is not interested in your debit/credit card information nor do store any of your debit/credit information, since orders could be paid to the Service Provider and/ or captains through payment aggregator partner which processes debit/ credit card payments.
Online debit/ credit card payment is an option and for some Service Providers it can be the only method of payment. For transactions with online debit/credit cards, we transmit your entire card information to the appropriate debit/credit card company in an encrypted format with globally accepted rules and applications during order processing. Upon your choice, we keep a part of your card information in an encrypted format, taking precaution to maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards over your credit card information.
6. How long do we keep your Personal Data for?
We retain Personal Data for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law (e.g. for tax, legal, accounting, or other purposes), whichever is longer.
7. Your Rights under the Law (PDPA)
You have the following rights under the PDPA and Baetoti at all time shall strive to provide you the rights as stated hereunder;
- The right to be informed about the legal basis and the purpose of the Collection of your Personal Data.
- Right to access your Personal Data held by Baetoti, in accordance with the rules and procedures set out in the Personal Data Protection Interim Regulations (PDPIR);
- Right to request a copy of your Personal Data held by the Baetoti in a readable and clear format, in accordance with the controls and procedures specified by the PDPIR;
- Right to request a correction, completion, or updating of your Personal Data held by Baetoti;
- Right to request a destruction of your Personal Data held by Baetoti when such Personal Data is no longer needed; and
- Right to withdraw your consent from processing. You may execute this right by addressing us an email to withdraw your consent at our baetoti help center.
8. Protection and Security of your Personal Data
The Site and Baetoti Platform and has secure pages to collect Personal Data and most critical data is stored in encrypted form. We use various technical and management practices to help protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of data stored on our system. Our servers use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and encryption technology that works with Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.
Baetoti uses reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect Personal Data under its control. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please do not send us sensitive information through email.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be amended with time and with or without notice to the Users. However, each time we amend this Privacy Policy the last updated date will be changed to the date when the latest version of this Privacy Policy was uploaded to the Site. We recommend that you keep checking this page to stay updated on the latest privacy terms of the Baetoti Service. If you do not agree to the updated policy, you may communicate your non-consent to us and we will stop processing your Personal Data.
10. Contact Us
All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your Personal Data are welcomed and should be addressed to Baetoti (Company AFAQ AL-TOUASIL Commercial) “Communication Horizons LLC”.
For questions or concerns relating to our privacy policy, we can be contacted through our Help Center in baetoti platform or by email at info@baetoti.com.
All communications to and from Baetoti may be recorded for quality and training purposes.
Updated on January 14, 2024