Privacy Policy

1. What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy explains how maattaam collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards your information when you use the Platform.

2. Information We Collect

Account Data: name, email, phone, password hash, profile photo (optional), location (city/state).

Listing Data: titles, descriptions, images, category, price, and metadata.

Usage Data: device info, IP address, browser/OS, pages viewed, referral URLs, cookies, approximate location.

Communications: messages you send to sellers/buyers/support, feedback, and reports.

Payments: tokenized payment references via our gateway partners (we do not store full card/UPI credentials).

KYC/Verification (optional): Govt-ID or other proofs if we offer verification features (stored/processed per law and only as necessary).

3. How We Use Information

Provide, maintain, and improve the Platform; personalize content and ranking.

Facilitate communications; prevent fraud and abuse; process payments; send receipts.

Service communications, policy updates, and (with consent) marketing.

Legal compliance, dispute resolution, and enforcing Terms.

4. Legal Bases (where applicable)

Contract, Legitimate interests, Consent, Legal obligation.

5. Sharing of Information

Service providers, legal/compliance, business transfers, and with users as needed.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data as long as needed for services and legal obligations.

7. Your Choices & Rights

Access/update data, delete account, opt out of marketing, control cookies.

8. Cookies & Tracking

We use cookies for authentication, security, preferences, and analytics.

9. Data Security

We use reasonable measures; no method is 100% secure.

10. Children’s Privacy

Not intended for persons under 18.

11. International Transfers

Safeguards applied as per law and provider compliance.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update; continued use indicates acceptance.

13. Contact