Privacy Policy

1. Introduction to our Privacy Notice

Welcome to the website of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited ("HCCBPL", "we", "us", or "our"). This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, process, protect, and retain your Personal Data when you interact with our website, apply for a job, or engage with us as a  vendor, or distributor or in any other capacity .

We process your Personal Data securely, transparently, and strictly based on your Consent or for Certain Legitimate Uses as defined under the law.

2. Whose Data Do We Collect?

As a bottling and manufacturing company, our direct interactions are primarily business-to-business (B2B) and corporate in nature. We typically collect Personal Data from the following categories of Data Principals:

1. Website Visitors: Individuals browsing the HCCBPL corporate website.

2. Customers & Third-Parties: Individual representatives of our distributors, retailers, suppliers, vendors, and contractors.

3. Job Applicants: Individuals applying for employment or internships at HCCBPL through our careers portal.

3. Personal Data We Collect

We only collect the Personal Data that is absolutely necessary for our specified purposes.

1. Contact & Identity Information: Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Business Address, and Job Title

2. Technical & Usage Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, and browsing behavior on our website (collected via strictly necessary and performance cookies).

3. Recruitment Data: Resumes, Name, Date of Birth, Name & your relationship with any existing employee of HCCB. 

4. Purpose of Processing Your Personal Data

We process your Personal Data strictly for the following purposes:

1. Talent Acquisition: To evaluate your job application, schedule interviews, and communicate with you regarding your candidature.

2. Publishing Newsletters:- To share latest newsletters published by HCCBPL highlighting all the latest updates. 

3. Corresponding with you: To address your inquiries including but not limited to retail inquiry, distributor inquiry, supply inquiry, new business opportunity, job inquiry, feedback, or any other requests.

5. Data Sharing and Processors

We are committed to keeping your personal data secure and taking all reasonable precautions to do so. We contractually require that trusted third parties who handle your personal data for us do the same. We always do our best to protect your personal data and once we have received your personal data, we use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. 

We may share your personal data with trusted third parties (Data Processors). These Data Processors may include:

1. Third Party Vendors: This section accounts for all third-party vendors partnered with us to facilitate our multi-stage operations.

1. IT & Hosting Providers: Companies that host our website and provide secure cloud storage.

6. Data Retention

We adhere to strict data minimization and retention standards. We keep your personal data for only as long as it is needed to complete the processing purpose for which it was collected or as required by law. However, we may need to keep your personal data for longer than our specified retention periods to honor your requests, including to continue keeping you opted out of marketing emails, or to comply with legal or other obligations.

We may retain some personal data to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, as well as to allow us to manage our rights (for example to assert our claims in Courts) or for statistical or historical purposes.
When we no longer need to use your personal data, it is removed from our systems and records or anonymised so that you can no longer be identified from it. 

7. Personal Data Security and Confidentiality 

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. To prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or improper use of your information, and to maintain data accuracy, we have established physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect the Personal Data we collect.

8. Processing of Children's Data

HCCBPL’s website and business operations are intended for adults (18 years and above). We do not intentionally track, collect, or process the Personal Data of children, nor do we engage in targeted advertising aimed at children. If we discover that a child's data has been inadvertently collected, we will erase it immediately.

9. Links to Third Party Sites 

Our websites and Apps may from time to time contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we are not responsible or liable for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

We may also offer you the opportunity to use your social media login. If you do so, please be aware that you share your profile information with us depending on your social media platform settings. Please visit the relevant social media platform and review its privacy policy to understand how your personal data is shared and used in this context.

10. Social Media and User Generated Content

Our website or some of our contests/ social media pages allow users to submit their own content. Please remember that any content submitted to one of our social media platforms can be viewed by the public, so you should be cautious about providing personal data. We are not responsible for any actions taken by other individuals if you post personal data on one of our social media platforms and we recommend that you do not share such information.

11. Your Rights as a Data Principal

Under the DPDPA 2023, you are empowered with the following rights regarding your Personal Data:

1. Right to Access & Information: You can ask us for a summary of your Personal Data being processed, the identities of Data Processors we have shared it with, and the purpose of the processing (subject to certain restrictions). Requests unfounded, excessive or repetitive may not be answered to.  

2. Right to Correction & Erasure: You can request that we update, correct, or complete any inaccurate data, or permanently erase your data when it is no longer needed. Note this is not an absolute right, as we may have legal or legitimate grounds for retaining your personal data.  

3. Right of Grievance Redressal: You have the right to readily available means of resolving grievances regarding your data.

4. Right to Nominate: You may nominate another individual to exercise your rights on your behalf in the event of your death or incapacity.

You can send a Rights request to through the following URL - https://collector.consent.in/select-profile?ci=LE004.1443d9a4af5741059fdee0568396cebf 

12. Data Breaches and Security Incidents 

If HCCBPL becomes aware of a systems security breach by an unauthorized party or that any user data was used for an unauthorized purpose, we will comply with relevant data breach laws. We will notify users of any breach resulting in unauthorized release of data electronically, at minimum, and without unreasonable delay so that you can take appropriate steps. The notification will include: date of the breach, the types of information that were subject to the breach, general description of what occurred and steps HCCBPL is taking to address the breach.

13. Grievance Redressal & Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, wish to exercise your rights, or want to raise a grievance, please contact our designated Grievance Officer  

1. Name: Veena J

2. Email Address: grievance_dpo@coca-cola.in 

3. Mailing Address: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Brigade Magnum, B Wing, 7th to 9th Floors, Bellary Road, Kodigehalli Gate, Bangalore- 560092