Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. Effective Date: 1st July 2020.

DISTINCTIVE SPACES (PTY) LTD PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for the website, www.distinctivespaces.co.za. We at DISTINCTIVE SPACES PTY LTD take our users' privacy seriously and we will only collect and use your personal information as outlined below and in our terms and conditions. This privacy policy must be read together with the terms and conditions. We shall take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information.

A. DEFINITIONS

"The Company" as defined in the General Terms and Conditions.

"Consent" means any voluntary, specific and informed expression of will in terms of which a user agrees to the processing of personal information relating to him or her.

"Personal information" means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person and information as defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, including, but not limited to:

  • Information relating to 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
  • Information relating to education or medical, financial, criminal or employment history
  • Any identifying number, symbol, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number or other particular assignment
  • Personal opinions, views or preferences
  • Correspondence of a private or confidential nature
  • Views or opinions of another individual about the person
  • The name of the person if it appears with other personal information

"Processing" means the creation, generation, communication, use, storage, amendment and destruction of personal information as more fully defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013.

"User(s)" as defined in the General Terms and Conditions.

"Website" as defined in the General Terms and Conditions.

1. Personal Information Collected

The Company agrees to notify you of:

  • What personally identifiable information of yours or third party personal identification is collected from you via this site
  • The organization collecting the information
  • How the information is used
  • With whom the information may be shared
  • What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of the information
  • The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control
  • How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information

2. Collection of Personal Information

When you purchase an item from the website, the personal information we collect may include your:

  • Name and Surname
  • Delivery Address
  • Email Address
  • Telephone Number
  • Date of Birth
  • Gender
  • ID/Passport Number
  • Browsing Habits

3. Disclosure of Personal Information

We neither rent nor sell your Personal Information. We may share such Personal Information in personally identifiable form with third parties as described below:

Trusted Third Parties

We may employ other companies and people to perform tasks on our behalf and need to share your information with them to provide the Service to you. Unless we tell you differently, such third parties do not have any right to use the Personal Information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us.

Business Transfers

We may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred.

Protection of the Company and Others

We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information that we reasonably believe is necessary to comply with law or a court order; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our employees, our users, or others.

With Your Consent

Except as set forth above, you will be notified when your Personal Information may be shared with third parties, and will be able to prevent the sharing of this information.

4. How We May Use Your Personal Information

When you purchase an item from the Company using the website, we may use your personal information to send you marketing and/or promotional materials from time to time.

5. Security of Your Personal Information

The Company ensures that all information collected will be safely and securely stored. We will take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information by:

  • Restricting access to personal information
  • Maintaining technology products to prevent unauthorised computer access
  • Securely destroying your personal information when no longer needed
  • Using 256-bit SSL encryption technology when processing your details

6. Collection of Computer Data & Cookies

When you visit the website, our Company servers will automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. This data may include:

  • Your computer's IP address
  • Browser type
  • Webpage you were visiting before you came to our site
  • The pages you visit on our site
  • Time spent on those pages, items and information searched for on our site
  • Access times and dates, and other statistics

Note: We use cookies to enhance your experience on the site. These cookies are stored on your computer and may be deleted by you at any time. You may also elect to disable cookies, but this may result in a loss of functionality.

GENERAL

  • The Company will ensure that its employees are aware of their responsibilities regarding the protection of personal information.
  • The Company will process your personal information in a lawful and reasonable manner.
  • The Company will update your personal information when you inform us of any changes.
  • The Company will delete your personal information when you request us to do so; however this may result in the termination of services to you.

DISCLAIMER

The Company will implement the necessary and reasonable safety and security measures to protect and secure personal information provided to us and prevent access, damage, destruction and/or loss to your personal information from unauthorised third parties.

The Company expressly disclaims all liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever that may occur by the submission of personal information to us via the website as a result of unlawful access, alteration, interception, misuse and/or theft of personal information by any unauthorised third parties.

7. Amendments to the Privacy Policy

The Company reserves the right to modify and change the Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to this policy will be published on our site with the effective date.

8. Queries & Contact Information

The contact details for any purposes related to this privacy policy are: Gaynor Scrivener, bd@dspaces.co.za, 011 708 7878.