Table of Contents
1 Introduction
Welcome to Mindful Dining. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023 and the Information Technology Act, 2000 of India.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our social dining concierge platform operating in Amravati, Maharashtra, India. By using our website at mindfuldining.app, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
2 Data We Collect
We collect the following categories of data from you to provide our curated dining experiences:
- Reservation Form Data: First name, last name, email address, phone number, preferred event date, and any dietary restrictions.
- Personality Test Responses: Answers to 10 psychological questions relating to communication style, dining preferences, group behavior, conflict resolution, and social energy. We derive and store your social intent scores, table role, social energy score, and a designated personality type.
- Menu Selections: Your chosen food tier, main course, dessert, and drinks.
- Payment Metadata: We collect confirmation of payment status, but we never store your credit/debit card details. All payments are processed securely by our payment partner.
3 How We Use Your Data
We use the data we collect exclusively for the following purposes:
- Matchmaking Algorithm: To group you with compatible dining companions based on your personality test responses and preferences.
- Event Coordination: To reserve tables, organize menu selections, and ensure your dietary restrictions are met at partner restaurants.
- Transactional Emails: To send booking confirmations, event reminders, the final "Big Reveal" of the restaurant details, and feedback requests.
- Service Improvement: To analyze general trends and improve our matchmaking accuracy and service quality.
4 Legal Basis for Processing
Under Section 6 of the DPDPA 2023, our legal basis for processing your personal data is your explicit and informed consent, provided at the time of booking and taking the personality test. You may withdraw this consent at any time by contacting our Grievance Officer, though doing so may prevent us from providing our matchmaking and dining services to you.
5 Third-Party Data Processors
To operate our platform securely and efficiently, we share limited necessary data with the following trusted third-party processors:
- Google LLC (Firebase Firestore): Used for secure persistent storage of your reservation details and personality data.
- Resend, Inc.: Used for our email API. They receive your name, email address, and basic reservation details to deliver transactional emails.
- Cashfree Payments India Pvt. Ltd.: Used to process your payments securely. They collect and process your financial information directly; our platform never sees or stores your card details.
We also use Google Fonts to load typography on our website, but no personal data is sent to them in this process.
7 Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. Specifically, we keep your reservation, personality, and menu selection data for a period of 12 months following your last attended event. After this period, your personal identifying data is permanently deleted from our servers, though we may retain fully anonymized, aggregated data for statistical purposes.
8 Your Rights Under Indian Law
Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you as a Data Principal have the following rights:
- Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Correction: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data at any time.
- Right to Grievance Redressal: You have the right to readily available means of grievance redressal provided by us.
- Right to Complain: If you are unsatisfied with our response, you have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Board of India.
To exercise any of these rights, please email us directly at hello@mindfuldining.app. We aim to respond to all valid requests within a reasonable timeframe as stipulated by law.
9 Children's Data
Mindful Dining is designed for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such data, we will take immediate steps to delete it from our records.
10 Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your data.
11 Grievance Officer
In compliance with the DPDPA 2023 and the Information Technology Act, 2000, we have designated a Grievance Officer to address your concerns regarding data processing.
Contact Details:
Name: Grievance Officer (Mindful Dining)
Email: hello@mindfuldining.app
Phone: +91 72497 51307
12 Contact Us
If you have any further questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please get in touch:
- Email: hello@mindfuldining.app
- Phone: +91 72497 51307