Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes what Personal Information Massmart Wholesale collects from you, both about you and anyone else whose Personal Information you supply Massmart Wholesale with (Massmart Wholesale refer to this as “collecting” Personal Information) as well as what Massmart Wholesale may or may not do with that Personal Information (Massmart Wholesale refer to this as “processing” Personal Information). Massmart Wholesale require you to read, understand and agree to this privacy policy before you submit any Personal Information to Massmart Wholesale by accessing the Website. If you access the Website you will, by doing so, signify your agreement with this Privacy Policy and Massmart Wholesale’s collection and processing of Personal Information Massmart Wholesale obtains from you as a result.

This Privacy Policy must be read with and forms part of Massmart Wholesale’s Terms and Conditions. In particular, this Privacy Policy makes use of a series of terms and phrases which have specific meanings in this Privacy Policy. These terms and phrases are listed in Massmart Wholesale’s Terms and Conditions, together with general interpretive principles which are used to interpret both this Privacy Policy and Massmart Wholesale’s Terms and Conditions. Capitalised terms that are not defined in this policy are defined in Massmart Wholesale’s Terms and Conditions.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information Massmart Wholesale collects by other means (including offline) or from other sources.

Personal Information Massmart Wholesale collect

In broad terms, these are the categories of Personal Information Massmart Wholesale collects about you and, potentially, about third parties.

Personal Information you give Massmart Wholesale: You provide Massmart Wholesale with information about yourself, such as your name, e-mail address, mobile phone number and other contact details, if you access the Website. When accessing the Website, you may also provide certain other personal information and content, such as address details, company information (where applicable), locations (yours and/or third parties’ locations), personal preferences and activities, which will be publicly displayed to other Users and on third party Web sites and services associated with the Website.
Cookies: When you access the Website, Massmart Wholesale may send one or more cookies (a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters) to your computer that uniquely identifies your Web browser and lets the Website help you log in faster and enhance your experience of the Website. A cookie may also convey anonymous information about how you access the Website to Massmart Wholesale. A cookie does not collect personal information about you. Massmart Wholesale may use session cookies and/or persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your Web browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed using your Web browser’s privacy settings. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your Web browser. You can set your Web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some aspects of the Website may not function properly if you disable your Web browser’s ability to accept cookies.
Log File: Log file information is automatically reported by your Web browser each time you access a Web page. When you access the Website, Massmart Wholesale’s servers automatically record certain information that your Web browser sends whenever you visit any Website. These server logs may include information such as your Web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, Web browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.

What Massmart Wholesale Does With Personal Information

Massmart Wholesale uses the personal information you submit in order to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Website.

Massmart Wholesale is not responsible for the personally identifiable, profile, or location information that you choose to disclose submit to Massmart Wholesale using the Website. If you remove information that you posted through or to the Website, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Website, or if other Users have copied or saved that information.

By providing Massmart Wholesale with your email address you consent to Massmart Wholesale using the email address to send you Website-related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by post or in person. Massmart Wholesale may also use your email address or mobile phone number to send you other messages, such as newsletters, changes to features of the Website, or special offers. If you do not want to receive such messages, you may opt out or change your preferences in your profile. Opting out may prevent you from receiving messages regarding updates, improvements, or offers. If you correspond with Massmart Wholesale by email, Massmart Wholesale may retain the content of your email messages and Massmart Wholesale’s responses.

Massmart Wholesale may use certain information about you and/or your content without identifying you as an individual to third parties. Massmart Wholesale does this for purposes such as analysing how the Website is used, diagnosing service or technical problems, maintaining security, and personalising content.

Massmart Wholesale collects, stores and uses the Personal Information described in order to (but not limited to the following) –

Enable you to make use of the Website;
Give you meaningful Website access;
Communicate requested information to you, for example through User alerts;
Compile and maintain a Website and User database;
Register and/or authenticate Users of and/or visitors to the Website;
Identify and take reasonable measures to prevent fraudulent uses of or access to the Website;
Compile non-personal statistical information about browsing habits, click patterns and access to the Website;
Attract advertisers by showing anonymised information about the database, for example demographics;
Track database size and growth; and
Track compliance of registrants and third parties with these terms and conditions.
Personal Information protection, disclosure and termination
The Personal Information is collected either electronically (for example, through the use of cookies) or is provided voluntarily by Users of and/or visitors who access the Website.

Personal information collected from you may be deleted from the Website and User databases Massmart Wholesale compiles when your account on the Website is terminated for any reason.

Massmart Wholesale may collect, maintain, save, compile, share, disclose and sell the information subject to the following:

Massmart Wholesale shall not disclose Personal Information unless the person from whom the Personal Information is collected, consents thereto;
Massmart Wholesale shall disclose the information without your consent only where Massmart Wholesale is compelled to do so by law; and
Massmart Wholesale may compile, use and share any of the information that does not relate to a specific individual.

In the event that your Personal Information is inaccurately or incompletely reflected on the Website, you agree that it is your responsibility to notify Massmart Wholesale of this fact and to supply Massmart Wholesale with the accurate or complete information to enable Massmart Wholesale to address your concerns. Please refer to Massmart Wholesale’s Promotion of Access to Information Act Manual regarding your Personal Information which Massmart Wholesale may have collected and/or processed.

All Personal Information which you provide to the Company will be used and/or retained only for the purposes for which it is collected, where after it will be permanently destroyed. This is only retained if it is required by law or where you have given consent for us to retain such information for an extended period. Where your personal information is stored outside the borders of South Africa, such is done only in countries that have similar privacy laws to those applicable in South Africa or where such facilities are bound contractually to no lesser legal requirements than those imposed by POPI. Whenever the Company commissions third parties to provide support services to it, it will bind them to its privacy policies as far as they may be required to have access to its customers’ personal information to perform such services.

If you have any questions concerning your personal information or to exercise these rights, please Contact Us at info.officer@Massmart.co.za

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator. You can email the Information Regulator with your complaint/query at inforeg@justice.gov.za or call them on
012 406 4818. Visit their website for more details: http://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/contact.html.

The Company reserves the right to amend this privacy and security statement at any time. All amendments to this privacy and security statement will be posted on the website.

As a loyal shopper, you should know that the Company is committed to protecting your privacy.