Privacy Policy
Understanding our care
For Your Personal information
Our Company
At BM Technologies, our affiliated entities and staff appreciate and understand the importance of the privacy of your “Personal Information” that is shared with us at every “interface” or “engagement” you as a customer may have with us through our online store or shopping outles and/or any other related company distribution channels linked including our Social Media Platforms.
The “Privacy Policy” herein describes how your “Personal Information” is “Collected”, “Used” and “Shared” within our eco-systems when you “Browse” or make a “Purchase” or submit an “Inquiry” on our website (online store).
- When you visit our website. We automatically collect certain information about your “Device”, including information about your “Web Browser”, “IP Address”, “Time Zone” and other “Cookies” that may be installed on your device.
- Additionally, as you browse the website, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to our website, and information about how you interact with the website. The automatically collected information is referred to as “Device Information”.
- Cookies: Are text based “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 them you cab visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- Log Files: Track actions occurring on the website, and collect data including your “IP Address”, “Browser Type”, “ISP: Internet Service Provider”, “Referring/Exit Pages”, and “Date/Time Stamps”.
- Web Beacons: Is an electronic file used to record information about customer behaviour when they browse the website. It is a technique used to track who is visiting a web page and can also be used to see if an email was read or forwarded or if a web page was copied to another website.
- Tags: A tag is a term used in the “web technology” and “analytics industry” to describe a small snippet of code that is placed on a website for the purpose of tracking important visitor activity.
- Pixels: Pixels are JavaScript code snippets that run on the online store and collect behavioural data, referred to as customer events, for marketing campaign optimization and analytics. They are simply used to track and record customer behavior information about how he/she browses the website..
- Additionally we also collect information when you make an “online purchase” or attempt to make one through the website. We collect certain information from you, including “your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number”. This information is referred to as “Order Information”.
- When we referring to “Personal Information” in this “Privacy Policy, we are referring to both Device Information and Order Information.
- Order Information: we use it to fulfil orders placed through the website including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and order confirmations. Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
- To communicate with you;
- Screening 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.
- Device Information: is used to help us screen for potential risk and fraud in particular, your (IP Address), and more generally to improve and optimize our website, examples include generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the website, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns.
- We may share your “Personal Information” with “Third Parties: to help us use it as described in the instances above. Another example is that we use “Woo Commerce” to power our online store”. You can read more about how “Woo Commerce” uses your “Personal Information” here: https://automattic.com/privacy.
- We also use “Google Analytics” to help us understand how our customers use the website. 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 of the Republic to respond to a subpoena, search warrant and/or any other lawful requests for information we may receive from authorities or to otherwise protect our rights.
- As described above, we use your “Personal Information” to provide you with “Targeted Advertisements” or “Marketing Communications” our team believes 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 using the links below:
- 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/.
- 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.
- Your Rights: As a protected by law, you have the right to access the “Personal Information” we hold about you and to ask that your “Personal Information” be corrected or 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 fulfil contracts we might have with you, for example if you make an order through the website, 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.
- 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.
- Minors: The website is not intended for individuals under the age of 18 (years).
- 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 to privacy@bmtechworld.co.za or for all order related queries at onlineorders@bmtechworld.co.za | or by mail using the details provided below:
_______________________________
BM Technologies (Pty) Ltd
[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer]
Postal Address:
2021 Zone 8
Zwelitsha
5608
Eastern Cape
South Africa
