Design O Print’s & Signs Privacy Policy

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Everything you need to know about using this site, like cookies used.

Who we are

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected and used  when you visit or make a purchase from http://designoprint.co.za (the “Site”).

Principles

Design O Print manifests its commitment to privacy and data protection by embracing the following principles.

  • Design O Print uses Personal Data lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner.
  • Design O Print collects no more Personal Data than necessary, and only for a legitimate purpose.
  • Design O Print retains no more data than necessary or for a longer period than needed.
  • Design O Print protects Personal Data with appropriate security measures.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

“Cookies” are 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 cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

We use the least amount of cookies as possible to make the online store functional and secure.

We only use cookies that are entirely necessary to make the store functional so that you can login and purchase items securely.

We’ll also use cookies to keep track of basket contents while you’re browsing our site.

Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Media

(At this stage you cannot upload any media to the site but for the future and interest): If you upload images to a website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

What data do we capture

The only data we capture would be the data you supply us with i.e. your name, telephone number, email address and physical address, all for the fulfilment of your order/purchase.

We don’t keep any of you bank/card details. This is all handled by the payment systems secure gateway (PayFast).

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How do we use your personal information?

We use the Order Information that we collect to fulfil any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).  Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

Communicate with you;

Screen our 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.

Where we send your data

Your name, telephone number, and physical address will be sent to the courier company so the delivery process can be completed. These details are required by the courier company.

Other than that we don’t share any of you information with anyone.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.