Effective date: [19-10-2025]

This Privacy Policy applies to SastiMarket, a Pakistan-based marketplace platform (“we”, “our”, “us”). This Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit or use our website [sastimarket.com] (the “Site”).

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly when you:

• create or update your account;
• post an ad or respond to an ad;
• communicate with other users;
• use features such as “Contact Seller” or Chat/WhatsApp.

Types of personal information may include: name, email address, phone number/WhatsApp, location (city/region), payment or transaction details (if you upgrade or purchase packages), profile picture, ad content and images.

We also collect certain non-personal or aggregate information: device and browser type, IP address, cookies and usage data, and analytics data to help us improve the Site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information to:

• operate, maintain and improve the Site;
• facilitate posting and viewing of ads;
• enable communication between buyers and sellers;
• send you confirmations, notifications, alerts and other messages;
• monitor usage and perform analytics;
• protect the rights, property or safety of SastiMarket, our users or others;
• comply with legal obligations.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information:

• with other users of the Site (e.g., your public name, ad content, city) when you post an ad;
• with service providers who perform functions on our behalf (hosting, payment processing, analytics);
• to comply with legal obligations, court orders or regulations;
• in connection with a business transaction (merger, acquisition, sale of assets) where SastiMarket is involved.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. You can choose to disable cookies via your browser settings, but this may affect functionality.

5. Data Security

We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Your Rights and Choices

You can:

• access and update your account information in the “My Account” section;
• delete your account (subject to any ongoing obligations) by contacting us;
• opt-out of promotional communications (we may still send you non-optional transactional emails).

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We also retain and use information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from users under 18. If we realize we have received such information, we will delete it.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post the updated date at the top of this page and notify registered users when required.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
Email: support@sastimarket.com
Address: Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.