Privacy policy
We collect certain data through the use of cookies.
Data Collection and Protection: We collect and process personal information through cookies, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, and payment information, for the following purposes:
- Ensuring the proper functioning of our website and protecting against fraud.
- Understanding user interactions and improving website performance.
- Personalising your browsing experience and storing your preferences.
- Providing targeted advertising and marketing communications.
Understanding Cookies:
How Cookies Work: Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (such as a computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. These files contain information about your browsing activities on that particular site.
When you visit a website, cookies are sent from the website's server to your browser and stored on your device. The next time you visit the same website, your browser sends the cookies back to the server, allowing the website to recognise you and remember your preferences or actions from previous visits.
Types of Cookies
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Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your browser. They are used to maintain your session on the website and remember information you've entered, such as items in your shopping cart.
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Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device even after you close your browser. They are used to remember your preferences and settings for future visits, such as language preferences or login credentials.
Purpose of Cookies
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Functionality: Cookies can enhance the functionality of a website by remembering your preferences and providing personalised content.
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Performance: Cookies help website owners understand how visitors interact with their site by collecting information about page views, navigation paths, and load times. This data helps optimise website performance and improve user experience.
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Advertising: Cookies are often used for advertising purposes to deliver targeted ads based on your interests and browsing behaviour. This helps advertisers reach relevant audiences and measure the effectiveness of their campaigns.
Managing Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control how cookies are stored and managed on your device. You can typically adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies, although this may affect your browsing experience and functionality on certain websites.
Privacy and Security: Cookies contain information such as pages visited on a website, items in the shopping cart, login details, search history and language preferences. They can also collect personally identifiable information such as name, email address, phone number and other personal data that users enter through website forms. They may store unique identifiers that are associated with your device or browser. It's important to be aware of the types of cookies used by websites you visit and to review their privacy policies to understand how your data is being collected and used.
Types of Cookies We Use at PPEPro.Store:
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Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the functioning of our website and enable us to provide you with core features such as secure login, account management, and fraud prevention.
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Performance Cookies (Optional): We use performance cookies to analyse how visitors interact with our website, including which pages are visited most frequently and how users navigate through the site. This information helps us improve the performance and usability of our website.
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Preference Cookies (Optional): Preference cookies allow us to remember your preferences, such as your preferred language or region, to enhance your browsing experience and personalise your visits to our website.
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Marketing Cookies (Optional): We may use marketing cookies to deliver personalised advertisements and marketing communications based on your interests and browsing behaviour. These cookies may also be used to track the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
How do you give consent? You consent to the collection and processing of your personal information as described in this policy by:
- accepting all cookies, or accepting only selected cookies, on the cookies banner that is displayed when first entering our store and,
- By continuing to use our website after such.
Compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPI Act): Our data collection practices are fully aligned with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA). We prioritise the protection and security of your personal information and adhere to all relevant legal requirements.
Policy Updates: We reserve the right to update this cookie policy to reflect changes in our data collection practices or legal requirements. Any updates will be prominently displayed on our website.
Contact Us: If you have any questions or concerns about our cookie policy or data protection practices, please contact us at info@ppeprostore.co.za.