POPI & PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 2024.11.13
Collect A Store CC operates the Site (https://collectastore.co.za). This page informs you of our Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Policy regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information received from users of the Site. It also informs you of our Privacy Policy.
POPI Policy
While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you.
1. What kind of Personal Information do we collect?
From time to time, we may collect the information which includes, but is not limited to:
1.1. information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person;
1.2 any identifying number, symbol, email address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person;
1.3 the biometric information of the person;
1.4 the personal opinions, views or preferences of the person;
1.5 correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence;
1.6 the views or opinions of another individual about the person; and
1.7 the name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person;
1.8 information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person.
2. Why do we collect Personal Information?
We use your Personal Information only for providing services and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2.1 As a company that provides you with a service, we need to gather certain information to deliver that service to you. If you would like to make use of our services, we need your permission to process, store and share that information in terms of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act.
2.2 The information we collect will depend on the reasons for which it is collected and used. This might differ in our various interactions: we will only collect information that we need for that particular purpose and no more than necessary. We will also tell you what information is required to deliver our services and what information is optional to improve your experience of the Site.
3. How do we collect Personal Information?
3.1 We will usually obtain information from you directly via a number of different means – for example, a website form or a phone call. We may from time to time also obtain publicly available information.
4. How do we store and process Personal Information?
4.1 Your information may be processed by third parties like regulators, our software providers or other suppliers to ensure you get great service. Where necessary, it may be transferred across borders. For instance, we may use cloud services to store data or one of our own service providers may be situated overseas.
4.2 The security of your information is important to us, but remember that 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 Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. What are your Rights regarding your Personal Information?
- You have a right not to share required Personal Information with us. However, in that instance, we cannot offer you our services.
- You may contact us to enquire what information of yours we may hold.
- You also have the right to correct your information or to request us to delete the information unless the law states that we must hold the information.
- You have a right to revoke consent to store and process the information.
- You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Regulator
lf you would like to contact us in relation to your information, please see our contact details on our website.
Privacy Policy
1. Log Data
Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyse this Log Data to provide services, market the Site, and improve the Site.
2. Communications
We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information related to our services and your experiences of the Site.
3. Cookies
Cookies are files with small amounts of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Like many sites, we use “cookies” to collect information. 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 Site.
We reserve the right to update or change our POPI Policy and Privacy Policy at any time, and you should check the Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgement of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Policy. If we make any material changes to this Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or by placing a prominent notice on our website.
lf you would like to contact us in relation to our Privacy Policy, please see our contact us page.
