Last Updated: May 22, 2025
Welcome to WeOnTheGo.in! We are a community-driven platform for adventurous parents, dedicated to celebrating both family travels and the importance of individual well-being through solo exploration and respite. Your privacy is paramount to us, and this policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit and use our website.
By accessing or using WeOnTheGo.in, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy
At WeOnTheGo.in, we understand the importance of trust and transparency. We are committed to protecting your personal data in compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act), 2023, and other applicable Indian laws. We only collect data that is necessary for us to provide our services and enhance your experience.
2. Data We Collect (Categories of Personal Data)
We collect different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you.
a. Personal Data You Provide Directly:This includes information you voluntarily provide when you:
- Register for an account: Name, email address, password, date of birth (optional, for age-appropriate content/groups).
- Create your member profile: Location (city/state/country), family details (e.g., number/ages of children - optional), travel preferences (e.g., favorite destinations, travel styles - family, solo, budget, luxury, hiking, etc.), interests related to solo breaks.
- Participate in forums/groups: Content of your posts, comments, private messages.
- Subscribe to our newsletter: Email address.
- Contact us for support: Your name, email address, and the content of your communication.
- Participate in surveys, contests, or promotions: Any information you provide as part of your entry or response.
- Register for events (online/offline): Your name, email, contact number, and any specific requirements.
b. Usage Data (Automatically Collected):When you access our website, we may automatically collect certain information. This Usage Data may include information such as your:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type and version
- Pages of our Service that you visit
- Time and date of your visit
- Time spent on those pages
- Unique device identifiers
- Other diagnostic data
c. Tracking & Cookies Data:We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
- Session Cookies: To operate our Service.
- Preference Cookies: To remember your preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies: For security purposes.
- Analytics Cookies: To understand how our Service is used.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
3. How We Use Your Data (Purposes of Processing)
WeOnTheGo.in uses the collected data for various purposes, acting as a Data Fiduciary as per the DPDP Act, 2023:
- To Provide and Maintain Our Service: Including monitoring the usage of our Service.
- To Manage Your Account: To manage your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to you as a registered user.
- For the Performance of a Contract: The development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services you have purchased or of any other contract with us through the Service.
- To Contact You: To contact you by email, phone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- To Provide You with News, Special Offers and General Information: About other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information.
- To Manage Your Requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
- For Business Transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
- For Other Purposes: We may use your information for data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.
- Community Building: To facilitate connections between members (e.g., matching parents based on location or interests if you opt-in to such features).
- Personalization: To tailor content, recommendations, and advertisements based on your profile and interests.
4. Data Retention
WeOnTheGo.in 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.
WeOnTheGo.in will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, 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.
5. Disclosure of Your Data
We may share your personal data in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share your personal data with third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact you. These third parties are obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your data.
- For Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
- With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
- With Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
- With Other Users (Community Features): When you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If you interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see your name, profile, pictures, and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you, and view your profile. Please be mindful of what you share in public forums.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal data for any other purpose with your consent.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose your personal data where required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
6. Your Rights Under the DPDP Act, 2023 (Rights of the Data Principal)
As a Data Principal, you have specific rights concerning your personal data under the DPDP Act, 2023:
- Right to Access Information (Right to Confirmation and Access): You have the right to confirm whether your personal data is being processed and to access a summary of your personal data being processed and a description of the processing activities.
- Right to Correction and Erasure: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or misleading personal data, and to request the completion of incomplete personal data.
- Right to Grievance Redressal: You have the right to have your grievances redressed by the Data Fiduciary (WeOnTheGo.in) in respect of any act or omission regarding the exercise of your rights.
- Right to Nominate: You have the right to nominate any other individual who shall, in the event of your death or incapacity, exercise your rights under this Act.
- Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, provided that the consequences of such withdrawal have been explained to you. Withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@weonthego.in. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable laws.
7. Data Security
The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We implement reasonable security measures, including technical and organizational safeguards, to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, 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 guarantee its absolute security.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Service is not directed at children under the age of [18, or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, if higher]. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under [18]. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under [18] without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
9. Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on 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.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
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 and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. We will also inform you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective. 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.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
- By email: info@weonthego.in
- By visiting this page on our website: [Link to your "Contact Us" page]