Privacy Policy | How We Protect Your Data

Last updated: March 10, 2026

This privacy policy is for www.citydotconnect.com and served by CITYDOTCONNECT governs the privacy

of its users who choose to use it.

The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations &

requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore, the way this website

processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

The Website

This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps

are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website comply's

to all India's national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable

this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or

disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation

requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files

such as cookies on a user's computer / device.

Cookies are small files saved to the user's computers hard drive that track, save and store information

about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to

provide the users with a tailored experience within this website. Users are advised that if they wish to

deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take

necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its

external serving vendors.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This

software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will

save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of

the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy

here for further information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html

Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses

referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking

and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored,

saved or collected.

Email Newsletter

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised

adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.

(External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites.)

The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website

despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and

this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any

external links mentioned.

External Links

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised

adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.

(External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites.)

The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website

despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and

this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any

external links mentioned.

Adverts and Sponsored Links

This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our

advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they

serve.

Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which

may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use

of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users should therefore note they

click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable

for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this

website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy

policies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due

care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will

ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users

wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by

telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to

the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that

they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your

request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Shortened Links in Social Media

This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to

relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses]

Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on

social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine

urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this

website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any

shortened links.

In this Privacy and Cookie Policy, "personal data" means information that (either in isolation or in

combination with other information held by us) enables you to be identified as an individual or

recognized directly or indirectly.

Overview: To ensure that you feel safe and happy visiting and using our Website, the following

information gives you a comprehensive guide as to what we do with your personal data and more

specifically how we collect, use and pass on your personal data when you use this Website.

This Privacy and Cookie Policy also describes our use of cookies, how your personal data are secured and

how you can contact us about our privacy practices, including:

1. Data collection: What Information We Collect? 2. For which purposes do we use your information and

on which legal bases? 3. How We Share Your Information 4. How long do we retain your personal data?

5. What are your rights? 6. Who can you contact in case you have questions or requests? 7. Links to

Third-Party Sites 8. Do-Not-Track Signals and Similar Mechanisms 9. Cookies and similar technologies 9.1

What are cookies and similar tracking technologies? 9.2 Strictly Necessary Cookies 9.3 Performance

Cookies 9.4 Targeting Cookies 10. Location Data 11. Security 12. Children’s Privacy 13. Changes to this

Privacy and Cookie Policy

Please read this Privacy and Cookie Policy before using or submitting any personal data on this Website.

By accessing and using this Website, you confirm that you have read and that you understand the way

we collect, process, use and disclose your personal data as described herein.

Please note that before using or submitting personal data on certain sections of this Website, you may

be asked to confirm electronically your understanding and acceptance of this Privacy and Cookie Policy

by ticking (a) specific box(es). Your affirmative action in ticking that box and/or clicking on that button

and your use of this Website signify that you understand and agree to the collection, processing, use and

transfer of your personal data as described in this Privacy and Cookie Policy.

1. DATA COLLECTION: WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT? Depending on the purpose of the processing,

we need to process the following categories of personal data about you: - your personal details (first

name, last name, where you are from) and your contact details (your e-mail address) which you are

asked to provide when you share your idea with us; - information relating to your idea, in writing or in

video depending on what you choose to submit on the Website; - information about the location of your

device, including GPS location, when you click on “Activate your geolocation” as described in Section 10;

- connection and/or browsing data that we collect by using cookies and similar tracking technologies as

described under Section 9. ABI will not collect sensitive personal data from you in the context of the

Website. Remember that, when we ask you to fill in your personal data to allow you to share your ideas

with us, we will mark certain fields as compulsory, since this information is necessary to be able to

identify you and to contact you in case your idea is selected by us. Please take into account that, if you

decide not to make such data available to us, you may be unable to submit your idea on the Website.

2. FOR WHICH PURPOSES DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION AND ON WHICH LEGAL BASES? The Website

main purpose is to offer information about our projects and allow you to share your ideas (all services

available on the Website are referred to as “the Services”). Depending on the Services that you wish to

use on the Website, we will process your personal data for the following purposes, as justified on the

following legal bases: To provide the Services, i.e. to collect your ideas and to contact you to follow-up

on the idea you submitted. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of our legitimate

interests consisting in collecting your suggestion on how ABI can help and identify you and to contact

you in case your idea is selected by us. For analytic and statistic purposes, i.e., to understand the

manner in which you interact with our Website and thus be capable of introducing improvements in the

Website. Your personal data will be processed: - based on your consent (following the selection of your

cookie preferences in our cookie banner – see Section 9 below); or - because the processing is necessary

for the purposes of our legitimate interests consisting in improving the user experience. To protect the

rights of the services ans others. We may use your information as necessary in connection with

corporate transactions or to protect, enforce or defend the legal rights, privacy, safety, or property of

the Services, our employees or agents, or other users ans to comply with applicable law. Your personal

data will be processed because the processing is necessary: - to comply with a legal obligation to which

we are subject (for example, to guarantee the security of the personal data we process or to respond to

authorities’ requests for disclosure of personal data, as required by applicable law); or - for the purposes

of our legitimate interests consisting in safeguarding our rights and our property and those of our

employees, agents or users or in performing corporate transactions. We will only process your personal

data for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and we will not process your personal data further in

a way that goes beyond or is incompatible with those purposes. Where required under applicable law,

we will also collect your express consent to any of the above-mentioned activities. You have the right to

withdraw any given consent at any time (see Section 5).

3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION For the purposes for which we collect your personal data and

subject to the appropriate legal basis described under Section 2 above, we may disclose your personal

data to the following categories of recipients: a) Authorised staff members of ABI who access your

personal data on a need-to-know basis; b) Affiliates and subsidiary companies of ABI, primarily for

business and operational purposes; c) Service providers: suppliers and service providers that perform

functions on our behalf and under our instructions in order to carry out the purposes identified in

Section 2 above. These include: website design services. We require such parties by contract to provide

reasonable security for personal data and to use and process such personal data on our behalf only. d)

External jury: an external jury may have access to your personal data in a pseudonymized form to

evaluate the idea you submitted. e) Other parties when required by law: ABI may share your personal

data with other third parties: - to comply with the law, regulatory requests, court orders, subpoena, or

legal processes; - to verify or enforce compliance with ABI’s policies and agreements; and - to protect

the rights, property or safety of ABI, its customers, visitors to this Website and/or the public. f) Other

parties in connection with corporate transactions such as a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, joint

venture, or any other transaction that results in a change in control or ownership of ABI, in whole or in

part. For service efficiency purposes, some of these recipients are located in territories outside the

country where your personal data has been collected, including countries which do not offer a level of

data protection comparable to that of the country where your data has been collected. In particular, the

Website is hosted on servers in the United States. In such cases, we inform you that, where required

under applicable data protection law, we will transfer your data with adequate safeguards and always

keeping your data safe: - - With our providers, we have agreed Standard Contractual Clauses, as

approved by the European Commission, the contents of which you may consult through the following

link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/

4. HOW LONG DO WE RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL DATA? For personal data that we collect and process for

the purposes outlined in Section 2, we will typically retain such personal data for as long as it is

necessary to fulfil each of these purposes. We generally keep your geolocation data for a period of ***.

5. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS? Where applicable and under the conditions set forth under applicable data

protection laws, you may have the following rights concerning the processing of your personal data: -

Confirmation and information. You have the right to receive confirmation of the existence of the

processing and to obtain information about the public or private entities with which ABI has shared your

personal data. - Access. Subject to certain exceptions, you have the right to request information on the

data we store concerning you as well as the purpose of storage and a copy of the personal data we are

processing about you, which we will provide to you in electronic form. At our discretion we may require

you to prove your identity before providing the requested information. If you require multiple copies of

your personal data, we may charge a reasonable administration fee. - Rectification. You have the right to

require that any incomplete or inaccurate personal data that we process about you is amended. -

Deletion. You have the right to request that we delete personal data that we process about you, unless

we are required to retain such data in order to comply with a legal obligation or to establish, exercise or

defend legal claims. You may also have to right to request the anonymisation, blocking or deletion of

unnecessary, excessive or non-conforming personal data. - Restriction. You have the right to request

that we restrict our processing of your personal data where: • you believe such data to be inaccurate; •

our processing is unlawful; or • we no longer need to process such data for a particular purpose, but

where we are not able to delete the data due to a legal or other obligation or because you do not want

us to delete it. - Portability. You have the right to request that we transmit the personal data we hold in

respect of you to another data controller, where this is: • personal information which you have provided

to us; and • we are processing that data on the basis of your consent or in order to perform our

obligations under contract to you (such as to provide legal services). - Objection. Where the legal

justification for our processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest, you have the right to

object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will abide by your request

unless we have compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests and

rights, or if we need to continue to process the data for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal

claim. - Withdrawing Consent. If you have consented to our processing of your personal data, you have

the right to withdraw your consent at any time, free of charge - Limitation. You may have the right to

limit the use or disclosing of your personal data. You can exercise these rights by sending a written

request to our data protection contact (see Section 6). If you are in the EEA, you also have the right to

lodge a complaint with the local data protection authority if you believe that we have not complied with

applicable data protection laws. Access a list of local data protection authorities in EEA countries. If you

require further information in relation to your privacy rights or would like to exercise any of these rights,

please also contact our data protection contact point (see Section 6).

6. WHO CAN YOU CONTACT IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS? ABI has in place a data

protection contact point available for you to submit your questions or requests relating to the

processing of your personal data. You can access this data protection contact point in our global

“contact us” website (https://contactus.ab-inbev.com). Please select the typology “Contact Data

Protection Officer” in the ContactUs Form. If you are in the EEA, you can also contact our appointed data

protection officer, FIRST PRIVACY GmbH, at: e-mail: [email protected] ; phone: +49 421

69663282. When you exercise these rights, you may have to provide ABI with the minimum information

set forth in applicable data protection law, such as your name, e-mail address and your request details.

Please be aware that ABI will require such information in order to process your request. Other details

are optional for you to share with us. Your personal details will be saved only so that we can respond to

your request, and will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the original purpose, unless

there are legal requirements stipulating the retention of these data. Please contact our data protection

contact point or our data protection officer indicated above if you wish to exercise your rights as data

subject in the terms described in Section 5.

7. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any information

collected by other websites, applications, or other services or by your mobile operating system operator,

wireless carrier, or other similar providers. You should exercise caution and review the privacy

statements applicable to the third-party websites, applications and services you use.

8. DO-NOT-TRACK SIGNALS AND SIMILAR MECHANISMS Some web browsers may transmit “do-not-

track” signals to websites with which the user communicates. Because of differences in how web

browsers incorporate and activate this feature, it is not always clear whether users intend for these

signals to be transmitted, or whether they even are aware of them. Because there currently is no

industry standard concerning what, if anything, websites should do when they receive such signals, the

Website and Services currently do not take action in response to these signals. If and when a final

standard is established and accepted, we will reassess how to respond to these signals. We will only use

cookies and similar tracking technologies as detailed in Section 9 below.

9. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES 9.1 WHAT ARE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TRACKING

TECHNOLOGIES? Cookies are small pieces of data being placed on the hard drive of a visitor’s device.

With the help of cookies you can store information for a certain period of time and identify the user’s

device. For a better user guidance and an individual representation of performance we use permanent

cookies. We also use so-called session cookies which are automatically deleted once you close your

browser. You can set your browser to inform you of the potential downloading of cookies, thus ensuring

that the usage of cookies is transparent. The Website has in place different types of cookies as explained

below. For “Strictly Necessary cookies” we are processing your personal data for our legitimate purposes

explained below. With regards to “Performance Cookies”, “Functional Cookies” and “Targeting cookies”,

we are processing your personal data based on your consent for the purposes explained below. Your

consent is collected and registered following the selection of your cookie preferences in our cookie

banner. In case you would like to change your cookies preferences, please go to “cookie settings” at the

end of this Section 9. 9.2 STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES These cookies are necessary for the Website to

function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions

made by you which amount to a request for Services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in

or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of

the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. Cookies

used • *** Categories • *** Cookies • *** 9.3 PERFORMANCE COOKIES These cookies allow us to count

visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to

know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. They may

be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. All information

these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will

not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance, and some or

all of the services from third party providers we have added to our pages may not function properly.

Cookies used • *** Categories • *** Cookies • *** 9.4 TARGETING COOKIES These cookies may be set

through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of

your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal

information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow

these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. Cookies used • *** Categories • ***

Cookies • ***

10. LOCATION DATA We may collect and use information about the location of the device you are using

to help us identify the country where you are located and redirect you to the relevant Website for your

country. Your personal data will be processed based on your consent when you click on “Activate your

geolocation”. You may be able to adjust the settings of your device so that information about your

physical location is no longer sent to us by (a) disabling location services within the device settings; or

(b) denying certain websites or mobile applications permission to access location information by

changing the relevant preferences and permissions in your mobile device or browser settings. Please

note that your location may be derived from your WiFi, Bluetooth, and other device settings. See your

device settings for more information.

11. SECURITY We ensure that appropriate technical and organisational security measures are taken

against unlawful or unauthorised access or use of your personal data, as well as against accidental loss

or damage to the integrity of your personal data.

12. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY Please note that our Website is only available for non-professional consumers.

Do only share the content of our Website with those who are of legal drinking age. Our Website and

Services are not intended for individuals under the legal drinking age. If we learn that an individual

under the legal drinking age has provided us with personal information, we will delete it.

13. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY Except to the extent limited by applicable law, ABI

may decide at any time − at its discretion − to change, modify, and/or add all or parts of this Privacy and

Cookie Policy in the future. Any change to this Privacy and Cookie Policy will be posted on this page and,

notified to you by e-mail (where appropriate or required by law and to the extent that we have your e-

mail address). We will indicate at the top of this Privacy and Cookie Policy the date on which the Policy

was last modified. Where required by law, we may also ask you to expressly confirm your consent to the

modified Privacy and Cookies.