Privacy policy

FAFFIES SWIMWEAR (PTY) LTD PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: 13 June 2024

Faffies Swimwear (Pty) Ltd (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. 

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website www.faffies.co.za ("Site"). We comply with South African and international privacy regulations, including the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

1. Protection of Your Privacy

We will take reasonable measures to protect your privacy as outlined here in.

2. Information We Collect

If you register as a Registered User and/or Guests (Guest Check Out) on our website, we may require you to provide us with personal information, including but not limited to:

- Name and Surname
- Date of Birth
- Gender
- Email Address
- Physical Address
- Cell Phone Number

3. Updating Your Information

Should your personal information change, you are required to inform us and provide us with your updated personal information as soon as reasonably possible to enable us to update your records accordingly.

4. Accuracy and Integrity of Information

You agree to provide accurate and current information and not to impersonate or misrepresent any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with anyone or anything. We will not use your personal information for any purpose (other than as stated above) without your express consent. We will not use or disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent unless the use or disclosure is required:

- To comply with applicable law, court order, or legal process served on Faffies Swimwear (Pty) Ltd; and/or
- To protect and defend the rights or property of Faffies Swimwear (Pty) Ltd.

5. Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to our employees and/or third-party service providers who assist us in interacting with you via our website or email, for the sale or delivery of products. These employees and/or third-party service providers need to know your personal information to communicate with you and are bound by appropriate and legally binding confidentiality and non-use obligations.

6. Security of Your Information

We will treat your personal information as strictly confidential and take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that your personal information is kept secure and protected.

7. Notification of Breach

We will promptly notify you if we become aware of any unauthorised use, disclosure, or processing of your personal information.

8. No Sale of Personal Information

Faffies undertakes never to sell or make your personal information available to any third party unless we are compelled to do so by law. In the event of a fraudulent online payment, Faffies Swimwear (Pty) Ltd reserves the right to disclose relevant personal information for criminal investigation purposes or in line with any other legal obligation for disclosure.

9. Use of Cookies

By using our website, you (the visitor) agree to allow third parties to process your IP address to determine your location for currency conversion purposes. You also agree to have that currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie which gets automatically removed when you close your browser). We do this to ensure that the selected currency remains consistent when browsing our website.

10. Your Rights

Under POPIA and other applicable laws, you have the right to:

- Access your information: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Correct your information: Request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Delete your information: Request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Object to processing: Object to the processing of your personal information for specific purposes.
- Withdraw consent: Withdraw your consent to receive marketing communications at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@faffies.co.za.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the effective date.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

FAFFIES SWIMWEAR (PTY) LTD
Email: support@faffies.co.za

By using our website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Thank you for trusting Faffies with your personal information.