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Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 2026
1. Data Controller
The data controller is Avalia, operating in Pakistan. Contact: privacy@getavalia.com
2. Data we collect
- Account data: name, email, encrypted password, role and linked restaurant.
- Restaurant data: trade name, tax ID, address, phone.
- Restaurant customer data: name, phone, email, order history (processed on behalf of the restaurant).
- Reservation data: name, phone, email, confirmation code.
- Working hours data: staff clock-in/out records.
- Usage data: platform actions, access logs, IP address.
3. Purpose and legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Restaurant management service delivery | Performance of our contract with you |
| Transactional communications (reservations, invoices) | Performance of our contract with you |
| Legal working-hours and payroll records | Compliance with legal obligations |
| Tax and e-invoicing compliance | Compliance with legal obligations |
| Service improvement and usage analytics | Our legitimate business interests |
| Marketing communications | Your consent / our legitimate interests |
4. Retention periods
- Account data: for the duration of the contract, plus the period required by law.
- Working-hours and payroll records: for the period required by applicable law.
- Invoices and tax data: for the period required by applicable tax law.
5. Recipients and international transfers
Your data is processed on secure cloud servers. We do not share it with third parties except where required by law, or where necessary to provide the service through hosting and infrastructure providers acting on our instructions.
6. Your rights
You may exercise the following rights by emailing privacy@getavalia.com:
- Access — know what data we hold about you.
- Rectification — correct inaccurate data.
- Erasure — request deletion of your data.
- Portability — receive your data in a structured format.
- Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Restriction — request processing be restricted.
If you believe your data is not being handled lawfully, please contact us first so we can put it right. You may also raise the matter with the competent data protection authority in Pakistan.
7. Security
We apply HTTPS/TLS encryption, hashed passwords, role-based access control, change auditing and periodic backups.
8. Contact
Privacy enquiries: privacy@getavalia.com