Privacy policy
Easy Living Brands SA (Pty) LTD trading as KusudiCo
Date updated – 2nd June 2021.
KusudiCo is a trading brand of Easy Living Brands SA (Pty) LTD a company registered in South Africa, registration number 2020/566509/07 and address 605 Devon Place, 10 Main Avenue, Riviera 2193.
This Privacy Policy describes how Easy Living Brands SA, trading brand KusudiCo (“Easy Living” or “KusudiCo” or “we” or “us”) collects, shares, and otherwise treats the information that we collect through our website located www.kusudico.co.za (the “Site”) and how we use that information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information that we collect by other means.
This Privacy Policy applies to the services and products offered by Kusudico, as well as any other applications, content or features that we may from time-to-time offer on our website.
Please read this privacy policy carefully and review it often because it may change. By using our website, establishing an account, or accepting the terms of our website, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
Table of Contents
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- The types of information we collect
- Purposes for collecting the information
- Sharing your personal data
- Your choices
- Anonymous data
- Protecting your information
- Foreign visitors
- Under 16 years
- Retention
- Changes to our privacy policy
- Transfer of your information
- Other websites
- How to contact us
1. The types of information we collect
We collect two types of information from visitors to our website. They are personal data and non-personal data.
Personal data includes any information which, either alone or in combination with other information we require about you, to identify you as an individual, including, for example, your name, postal address, email address and telephone number.
If you purchase our products or services, we request certain personal data from you on our order format so that we can fulfill those purchases of products or services from our website. This includes information such as:
- your name
- email address
- phone number
- delivery address
- financial information, such as a credit card number and its expiration date etc.
We use the personal data that we collect for billing purposes and to fulfill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we also will use this information to contact you. If you choose to establish an account and join our tribe and become a registered user of our site, we may collect personal data about you including:
- your name
- email address
- phone number
- birth date
- gender
- delivery address
- billing addresses
In addition, if you contact us by email, we may keep a record of your contact information and correspondence. If at any time you would like to change your personal data, or if you no longer wish to receive materials from us or would like your personal information removed from our database, please contact us [email protected]. Alternatively, if you receive materials from us by email you can make use of the “unsubscribe” provision in our communications so that we know that you no longer wish to receive any materials from us.
2. Purposes for collecting the information
Like most websites, our website may incorporate “pixel tags”, “web beacons”, or similar tracking technologies and “cookies” that allow us to track the actions of visitors of our website. Pixel tags and cookies are used to collect non-personal data, such as the name of your internet service provider, the IP address of the computer you are using, the type of browser software and operating system that you use, the date and time you access our website, the website address, if any, from which you linked directly to our website, the website address, if any, to which you travel from our website, your home page customization preferences, a general geographic location (such as country and city) from which you accessed our website, and other similar traffic-related information. We may aggregate your information with similar data collected from other visitors to help us improve our website and the products, services, applications, content, and features that we provide through our website. This information may be combined with other information about you, including personal data.
We will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. We need certain personal data to provide you with access to our products and services. With your consent via the establishment of an account, we may use your email address and any other personal data that you provide to us (such as demographic and transaction information) to respond to you and to send you marketing materials for our own products and services. You maintain the right to withdraw such consent at any time.
3. Sharing your personal data
By establishing an account with us, you agree that you are providing your consent that allows us to share your personal data with our third-party service providers that assist us with our marketing efforts and providing various services to you, like payment, financial etc.
We also reserve the right to provide such information to our employees, contractors, agents, and designees to the extent necessary to enable them to perform certain services for us, including order fulfillment and website-related services such as web hosting, to improve website-related services and features, to perform maintenance services, and to distribute advertisements and other marketing materials on our behalf. We also reserve the right to disclose any personal data that we collect to any third party if we believe that we are required to do so for any or all of the following reasons: (i) to comply with the law; (ii) to comply with legal processes or governmental requests; (iii) to prevent, investigate, detect, or prosecute criminal offenses or attacks on the technical integrity of our website or our network; and/or (iv) to protect the rights, property, safety and security of KusudiCo and its employees, our website visitors, and/or the public.
4. Your choices
In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users.
Access or Update Your Information. If you have registered for an account with us, you may review and update certain personal information in your account profile by logging into the account.
Opt out of marketing communications. You may opt out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us at [email protected]. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.
Cookies & Browser Web Storage. We may allow service providers and other third parties to use cookies and similar technologies to track your browsing activity over time and across the Site and third-party websites (e.g., for analytics purposes). Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Sites may not work properly. Similarly, your browser settings may allow you to clear your browser web storage.
Choosing not to share your personal information. Where we are required by law to collect your personal information, or where we need your personal information to provide the Site to you, if you do not provide this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to provide you with our services. We will tell you what information you must provide to receive the Site by designating it as required at the time of collection or through other appropriate means.
5. Anonymous data
When we use the term “anonymous data,” we are referring to data and information that does not permit you to be identified or identifiable, either alone or when combined with any other information available to a third party.
We may create anonymous data from the personal data we receive about you and other individuals whose personal data we collect. Anonymous data might include analytics information and information collected by us using cookies. We make personal data into anonymous data by excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We use this anonymous data to analyses usage patterns to make improvements to our services.
6. Protecting your information
Our physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards meet or exceed current standards regarding the protection of customer information. We also require contractors and outside companies who work with us to adhere to strict privacy standards through their contracts with us. Unfortunately, no security system, or system of transmitting data over the Internet, can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, while we use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of our servers, how information is transmitted between your computer and our servers, or any information provided to us or to any third party through or in connection with the website. Any information that you provide to us is done so entirely at your own risk.
7. Foreign visitors
If you are visiting from other countries with laws governing data collection and use, please note that you are agreeing to the transfer of your personal information outside the country in which you reside, including, but not limited to the South Africa, where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world. Your personal data may be transferred for processing and storage by KusudiCo and our affiliates and third parties. By providing your personal data you consent to any transfer and processing in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
8. Under 16 years
As a rule, children are not allowed to use the website, and we do not collect personal information from them. We define “children” as anyone under 16 years old. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian as required by law, we will delete it.
9. Retention
We will only retain your personal data as long reasonably required for you to use our site and provide you with our services unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (for example for regulatory purposes).
10. Changes to our privacy policy
From time to time, we will review this Privacy Policy to ensure that it complies with applicable law. Consequently, we reserve the right to update and revise this Privacy Policy at any time. You will know if this Privacy Policy has been revised since your last visit to the website by referring to the “Effective Date of Current Policy” date at the top of this page. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the website. Your continued use of our website after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the terms of the Privacy Policy as amended or revised by us from time to time, and you should, therefore, review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of its terms.
11. Transfer of your information
If we sell all or any part of our business or sell or transfer all or a material part of our assets or are otherwise involved in a merger or other transfer or disposition of any part our business, we reserve the right to access, transfer or disclose any and all information that we collect from our website’s visitors, or that we otherwise collect in connection with the website, to the party or parties involved in the transaction as part of that transaction.
12. Other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites and other online services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or in mobile applications or online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third party websites, mobile applications, or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Further, we are not and cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of any websites that you access through our website and that this Privacy Policy applies solely to the information which we collect through our website. We encourage you to ensure that you read the privacy statements of all the destination websites that you visit.
13. HOW TO CONTACT US
Please direct any questions or comments about this Policy or privacy practices to [email protected].
You can also contact Mike McKay on 083 631 1599