Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Shooting Stuff uses and protects any information that you give Shooting Stuff when you use this storefront. Shooting Stuff is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this storefront, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Shooting Stuff may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Shooting Stuff shall take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information of users. For the purpose of this clause, "personal information" shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA). The PAIA may be downloaded from:

http://www.polity.org.za/attachment.php?aa_id=3569.

What we process

We may process the following information:

• name
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

For the exhaustive list of cookies we process see the List of cookies we process section.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the storefront according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we process online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our e-commerce store in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better e-commerce store, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the storefront.

Links

Our storefront may contain links of interest. Once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over the content being supplied to you. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the link in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the process or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• whenever you are asked to fill in a form on our e-commerce store, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes. If no such box is provided, your information will not be used for direct marketing purposes.
• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at [email protected]. You may also unsubscribe to any marketing related emails by clicking unsubscribe at the footer of those emails.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act). A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to [email protected]

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

POPIA Compliance Manual

You may request Shooting Stuff's POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) compliance manual by emailing us at [email protected]. This provides information on the rules and procedures Shooting Stuff uses in relation to the processing of your personal information.

Please note that we take your privacy and personal Information very seriously and as per our policy, your personal information will be processed in line with our terms and conditions and for the legitimate purpose for which it was provided. Should we intent using your information for any other purpose other than for which it was collected, we will first seek your consent. 

List of cookies we process

The table below lists the cookies we process and what information they contain.