Our website address is: https://gardeninginsouthafrica-onlineshop.co.za.

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.gardeninginsouthafrica-onlineshop.co.za (Site)

Gardening in South Africa (www.gardeninginsouthafrica-onlineshop.co.za) adheres to a strict privacy policy for the protection of our users, and we are committed to safeguarding your personal data.

We guarantee that no user data, personal or otherwise, will ever be passed to external agencies or third parties for any reason unless required by law.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the “Order Information” that we collect to fulfill any orders placed through the Site. We collect your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.

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.

We use the “Device Information” that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address). 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Registration is free and does not obligate you to purchase anything. Registration is restricted to individuals who may legally enter into binding and enforceable agreements. No person under the age of 18, or not legally permitted to enter into a binding and enforceable agreement, may register. Any person not permitted to register but who does so, shall be guilty of committing fraud and we may take whatever legal action it deems necessary to obtain the appropriate relief.

By registering you are required to provide us with, complete and accurate information about yourself and you warrant that the information provided is correct. Upon acceptance of your registration, an email confirmation of your registration will be transmitted to you.

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.

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.

Without a valid email address (your user identification) and user password, you will not be able to purchase Products displayed on the Website. You are solely responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of your password, which authenticates your identity. You acknowledge this responsibility and agree that any communication or transaction that may be made using your password shall be attributed to you. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Do not under any circumstances divulge your password and username to any third party. We will never ask you for your password and username in combination. You may be asked for your username should contact be initiated by you. We will assume no liability for any loss or damage as a result of you disclosing your password to any third party. You hereby indemnify us in respect of any loss or damage whatsoever which may arise out of any activity as may occur under your password, username or account designation.

If you suspect that the confidentiality of your password has been compromised you should immediately advise us by email to info@gardeninginsouthafrica-onlineshop.co.za and we shall upon receipt of the email suspend your registration pending your further instructions. You shall remain responsible for all or any transactions effected prior to the suspension of your registration and liable for any payments that may flow from these transactions.

Please note that this site advertises on third party sites through Google Ads, and Google may use cookies to serve ads based on your visit to this site. We use Google Analytics to help us monitor website activity and understand how our customers use the Site.  

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.

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.

By using our services, you consent to the processing of your data as described in this policy. You may withdraw consent at any time, but this may affect the availability and functionality of our services.

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be communicated on our platform, and your continued use signifies acceptance.

If you have questions, please contact us by e-mail at info@gardeninginsouthafrica-onlineshop.co.za