NammaHubballi

Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to NammaHubballi, the authoritative digital commerce and hyper-local community platform dedicated to the twin cities of Hubballi and Dharwad, Karnataka. Your privacy, personal data security, and trust are fundamental to everything we build.

2. Information We Collect

We collect only the minimum necessary information required to deliver verified local commerce, search discovery, and community engagement:

  • Account Information: Name, phone number, email address, and optional profile pictures provided during registration.
  • Merchant & Business Details: Trade name, GSTIN (if applicable), physical storefront address, geo-coordinates, operating hours, and business claims documentation.
  • Usage & Discovery Telemetry: Anonymized query terms, locality filters (e.g., Vidyanagar, Gokul Road, Keshwapur), and banner interaction metrics used exclusively for city relevance ranking.
  • Payment & Billing Data: Transaction records processed via authorized PCI-DSS compliant gateways (such as Razorpay). We do not store raw credit card numbers or banking passwords.

3. How We Use Your Data

Collected data is used strictly to power platform services:

  • Facilitating verified local merchant discovery and citizen customer inquiries.
  • Delivering essential transactional receipts, tax invoices, and real-time operational notifications.
  • Protecting against fraud, malicious bot crawlers, and duplicate business claims.
  • Ensuring fair search rankings free from sponsored manipulation or undisclosed sponsored bias.

4. Data Sharing & Third Parties

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third-party advertisers. Data is shared only with verified service providers necessary for platform operation (such as transactional email relays and SMS gateways) under strict data-protection agreements.

5. Contact Our Privacy Officer

If you have any questions or data removal requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our administrative team at privacy@nammahubballi.in or visit our offices at Deshpande Nagar, Hubballi.