POPIA

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https//www.absoluteskin.co.za (the “Site”).

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PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
 

TECHNOLOGIES

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

COLLABORATORS

- MailerLite Keeps a list e-mail subscribers, e-mailing company for client newsletters and mailings. https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy

- Pointskit (Loyalty System).

Your privacy is important to us. It is PointsKit's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://www.pointskit.com/privacy.html and other sites we own and operate.

Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, We do not collect any payment information such as credit or debit Card Information etc. All our payments are collected by (Payfast South Africa) https:www.payfast.co.za and EFT payments are directly into our bank account.  email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

- Quickbooks online (Our accounting System) Financial Transaction details and accounts details. Cloud based technology is used to store our accounting data which includes client names, contact details, and transaction history of purchases, refunds made. No client Details are shared with any other company, person or entity. Link to Quicbooks online South Africa - privacy statement  https://quickbooks.intuit.com/za/privacy/

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
We use Google re-marketing as an advertising methods which is part of the Google Adwords  pay per click advertising methodology, including Google Shopping.


As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:
1 ) NEWSLETTER - Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of our newsletters. Our newsletter are processed and e-mailed to our clients that have opted-in, either by filling in you name and e-mail address on our website.
2) FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
3) GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
4) BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
5) Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
 
6) Should you wish to to have you data deleted then please e-mail us so we can forward your request to the relevant suppliers of the software tools, who in turn will contact you and us to have your data deleted.
 
We please click on this link "cookies" to see the relevant cookies and why we use them.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

EUROPEAN CLIENTS

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

DATA RETENTION

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of - ALL AGES

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at admin@absoluteskin.co.za or by mail using the details provided below:

6 Royal Fern - Fernwood Estate - Sir Lowry's Pass Village Road, Somerset West, Western Cape, 7130, South Africa