Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY FOR ALL WEBSITES OWNED BY DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD

This is our privacy policy. We are DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD, this is our plan of action when it comes to protecting your privacy. We respect your privacy and take the protection of personal data seriously.

DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD recognizes the importance of protecting your privacy in respect of your personal data as defined by the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”), processed by us when you use our website and our services.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform visitors to our website and our customers of the personal information that we will collect, the reasons for the collection and how the information will be processed We are committed to comply with the data privacy legislation and laws applicable to our products, services and business practices and therefore will take all reasonable measure to ensure that your personal information is processed lawfully, is kept confidential and secure and that we only keep the data for as long as we are obliged by law or have a legitimate business interest to do so.

Disclaimer

The pages, documents and information on the Dezign Direct Website or Websites controlled and owned by DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD , which includes dezigndirect.co.za and dezigndirect.com, Website is subject to copyright and or Subject to what is said mentioned below. You are granted the right to use the pages, documents and information appearing on this Website by downloading, storing and making copies for private use only and the re-publication or re-use thereof (or part thereof), without the prior written permission from DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD, is prohibited.

Whilst every effort has been made by DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD and its suppliers of information, to ensure the proper performance of this Website, the accuracy of the information/images contained therein and the reliability of the data on this Website, DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD and its affiliates, suppliers or any of their employees, subcontractors and or independent agent/s do not guarantee the availability of services, content and information offered on this Website or that this Website is free from errors or omissions.

This Website is supplied on an “as is” basis and the user agrees that the Website is used at their own risk. This Website has not been compiled or supplied to meet the user’s individual requirements. It is the sole responsibility of the user to satisfy himself or herself that the goods or services available from and through this Website will meet the user’s individual requirements and will be compatible with the user’s hardware and/or software.

DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD makes no representations or warranties, whether express or implied, and assumes no liability or responsibility for the proper performance of this Website and/or the services and/or the information and/or images contained on this Website, and all services are thus used at your own risk. In particular, DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD makes no warranty that the services will meet your requirements, be uninterrupted, complete, timely, secure or error-free.

This Website may contain hyperlinks to third-party Websites. DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD is not responsible for the content of, or the services offered by those Websites. The hyperlinks are provided solely for your convenience and should not be construed as an express or implied endorsement by DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD of the Website(s) or the products or services provided therein. You access those Websites and use their products and services solely at your own risk.

It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, entity or Website to represent any page on this Website, including the home page, in any way whatsoever, such as framing, on their Website so that it appears to be their own information.

Information, ideas, and opinions expressed on this Website should not be regarded as advice or the official opinion of DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD unless the contrary is expressly indicated.

DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD has used every effort to ensure that the information appearing on this Website is correct and accurate and takes no responsibility for any loss or damage howsoever occasioned due to any mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays or whatever reason suffered by any person as a result of the use or reliance upon the information appearing herein.

By accessing any pages of the Website of DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD you, (“the User”) agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions of use:-

Acceptance & Permission

Acceptance Required

You must accept all the terms of this policy when your pre purchase or request our services. If you do not agree with anything in this policy, then you may not request our services.

You may not request our services if you do not accept this policy.

By accepting this policy, you are deemed to have read, understood, accepted, and agreed to be bound by all of its terms.

You may only send us your own personal information or the information of another data subject where you have their permission to do so.

Usage

Your use of this Website is subject to the terms and conditions as set out below, including, but not limited to the documents that are referred to in some of the clauses.

You should carefully read the terms and conditions before you access any pages of the Website or subscribe to any mailing list, transaction or another online forum of DEZIGN DIRECT.

Your use is restricted to personal and non-commercial use and no adaption, modification or re-use of the text or graphics from this Website is allowed except with prior written consent from DEZIGN DIRECT.

You may not access our website or request our services if you are younger than 18 years old or do not have legal capacity to conclude legally binding contracts.

Use of Targeted Content

While you are logged into the website, we may display targeted adverts and other relevant information based on your personal information. In a completely automated process, computers process the personal information and match it to adverts or related information. We never share personal information with any advertiser, unless you specifically provide us with your consent to do so.

Collection & Use of Information

Visitors to our website: When you visit our website, we may record your visit; collect IP addresses and information about your operating system and the type of browser you use for the purposes of network/system administration etc; This data however will not be used to identify individual users who will at all times remain anonymous. We collect this non-identifying data by using “cookie technology”. A cookie is a data file that sits on your computer hard disk. The cookie is placed there by a remote web server that you have visited using a browser like Google™ or Internet Explorer™. It is used to identify visitors during web interactions with a website and contains data parameters that allow the remote HTML server to keep a record of who you are, and what actions you take at the remote website. You have the option to disable the cookie function in your browser, but will be restricted from accessing many sites as a result.

Sign up to purchase or access services and products: Identifiable personal information will be collected when you purchase or access products or services from us, use our website for a transaction or sign-up. DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD is a provider of products and services. We undertake to obtain commitment/s from our direct and or indirect associate/s to keep your personal information confidential and to only use it for the purpose of providing the service or products. However, we do not accept liability if these direct and or indirect associate/s , breach these undertakings.

Correspondence: Any information collected from you through correspondence with us, whether via e-mail, telephonically or by written letter, will only be used to address the matters within that correspondence. If this requires referring to such correspondence within DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD or to a third party to ensure customer service, your personal information will only be disclosed to the point necessary to address your query or concerns and will otherwise be kept confidential.

Promotional activities: DEZIGN DIRECT (PTY) LTD may on occasion use your personal information to contact you about promotional offers; advise you of matters relevant to service provision and in some cases or solicit your feedback. You will be able to opt out of receiving any communications of this nature by contacting our customer services

Confidentiality & Security

We undertake to apply all reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of our customers and users. We undertake not to sell your personal information to third parties for commercial or marketing purposes.

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter into a transaction, submit, or access your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to or destruction of your personal information. We offer the use of a secure server.

We only retain and store your personal information for as long as we are required by law or to serve our legitimate business interests. When these reasons no longer apply, we will delete your personal information in a responsible and secure manner.

Indemnification

You hereby indemnify and hold DEZIGN DIRECT harmless against all and any loss of any nature whatsoever and howsoever may arise, liability, actions, suites, proceedings, costs, demands and damages of all and every kind, (including direct, indirect, special or consequential damages), and whether in an action based on contract, negligence or any other action, arising out of or in connection with the failure or delay in the performance of the services offered on this Website, or the use of the services, information and/or images available on this Website, whether due to our negligence or not.

Domicilium

DEZIGN DIRECT chooses as its domicilium citandi et executandi for all purposes under this agreement, whether in respect of court processes, notices or other documents or communication of whatsoever nature:

Physical Address as of 1st January 2022 is 11 Queens Road, Cape Town.

General

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed following the laws of South Africa and you shall submit to the jurisdiction of the South African Courts.

These terms and conditions are severable, in that if any provision is determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be deemed to have been deleted without affecting the remaining terms and conditions which shall not be affected by such unenforceability or invalidity and shall remain enforceable and applicable.

Limitation – We are not responsible for, give no warranties, nor make any representations in respect of the privacy policies or practices of linked or any third party websites.

It is expressly prohibited for any person, business or entity to gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any information on this Website, or to deliver or attempt to deliver any unauthorized, damaging or malicious code to this Website. Any person who delivers or attempts to deliver any unauthorized, damaging or malicious code to this Website or attempts to gain unauthorized access to any page on this Website shall be held criminally liable and in the event that DEZIGN DIRECT should suffer any damage or loss, civil damages will be claimed.

Any questions or concerns arising from this privacy policy or the way in which we handle personal information, please contact us at info@dezigndirect.co.za. You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the South African Information Regulator for data protection issues. This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and Conditions outlines the general rules and policies governing your use of our website.