Privacy Policy

Last updated: 28th May, 2023

Kathmandu Metropolitan City ("KMC", "us", "we", or "our") operates the KMC ...Waste Management (hereinafter referred to as the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.



Definitions

1.Service is the KMC ...Waste Management application operated by KMC.

2.Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

3.Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

4.Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device)

5.Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

6.Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

7.Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Mobile number

Email addres

First name and last name

Address

Date Of Birth

Occupation

Family Information (Only Names)

National Identification Number

Identification Documents

Gender

When you access the Service with a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device token.

We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so ("Location Data"). We use this data to provide features of our Service, to improve and customize our Service. You can enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time by way of your device settings.

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), KMC legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. KMC may process your Personal Data because:



We need to perform a contract with you.

You have given us permission to do so.

The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights.

To comply with the law

KMC will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies. KMC will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods

Your information, including Personal Data, will be maintained on - Servers/Cloud Storage located inside Nepal. If you are located outside Nepal and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Nepal and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. KMC will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country.

Under certain circumstances, KMC may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

KMC may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to

To comply with a legal obligation

To protect and defend the rights or property of KMC.

To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.

To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.

To protect against legal liability

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot 100% guarantee its absolute security.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. KMC aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data, we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

1.The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

2.The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

3.The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

4.The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

5.The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.

6.The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where KMC relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.