Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy | SmartPrice Comparison Shopping (Pty) Ltd | 27 March 2020

 

1. References

SmartPrice Comparison Shopping (Pty) Ltd (hereinafter referred to as "SmartPrice", "us", "we" or "our")

www.smartprice.co.za (the "Site")

Privacy Policy (“Policy”)

All persons using this website (“You”, “Yours”)

 

2. Introduction

At SmartPrice we want to give you the best possible experience to ensure that you enjoy the services we offer. We’d like to assure you that your privacy and the security of your personal data is of utmost important to us. So, we want to transparently explain how and why we gather, store, share and use your personal data.

That is our objective and this policy will explain exactly what we mean.

 

3. 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.”

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.
- “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.

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Browsing/Navigation Information.

 

4. How do we use your personal info?

We use the Personal Information that we collect generally to 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).

 

5. Sharing your personal information

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above.

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.

 

6. Behavioural Advertising

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 visiting the following popular links:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
Twitter - https://twitter.com/settings/account/personalization
Google - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
Bing - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

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/

 

7. 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.

 

8. Minors

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.

 

9. Changes

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

 

10. 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 info@smartprice.co.za or by mail using the details provided below:

SmartPrice Comparison Shopping (Pty) Ltd, P.O. Box 787260, Sandton, 2146