Introduction

Welcome to www.seating.co.za (the “Website”). The website is owned by Seating (Pty) Ltd. This Privacy Policy is designed to tell you how this Site collects, uses, and discloses the information you provide via this Website.

Seating (Pty) Ltd is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy

• This Privacy Policy, together with our Website terms and conditions, sets out the basis on which any personal information we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be used, stored and processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your Personal Information (as defined below) and how we will treat it.
• In adopting this Privacy Policy, we wish to ensure that the use of your Personal Information is lawful, reasonable, and relevant to our activities, with the ultimate goal of improving the services we offer and to your experience with us. We will take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised access to, or disclosure of your Personal Information.
• By continuing to use the Website, you agree to the terms and conditions set out in this Privacy Policy. You agree that we may Collect Personal Information for the purposes of providing you with access to our Website and for any of the purposes listed below, and you affirm that you are either 18 years of age, or possess legal parent or guardian consent.
• You consent to the Collection of your Personal Information on the terms and conditions set out in this Privacy Policy if you continue to use the Website.

Website terms of use

These terms of use (“Terms”) govern your use of our website located at www.seating.co.za (“the Website”). By accessing and using this website, you agree to be bound by the Terms set out in this legal notice. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms, you may not access, display, use, download, or otherwise copy Content obtained at the Site.

Information we collect about you and how we use it

Seating takes your privacy very seriously and is only concerned with seeing how users interact with the website in order to make it a useful and helpful resource. This policy applies solely to information we collect on this Website and in e-mail, text and other electronic messages between you and this Website. It does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means.

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information: (a) by which you may be personally identified and that you will provide on a voluntary basis, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number or any other information that can be used to identify, describe, locate or contact you online or offline should you wish so (“personal information”) to provide you information on our products and services; (b) that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as the contents of your comments and postings on the Website; and/or (c) about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and usage details to improve your access and visit of our Website.

We collect this information: (a) directly from you when you provide it to us; and/or (b) automatically as you navigate through the site, including usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies. This tracking data is used to improve security, performance, and to better understand how users navigate the site. If the user would prefer not to make known this information, or like to delete any cookies that are already on the users’ computer, please refer to the Advanced settings in the browser to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.

Information you provide us

The information you provide directly to us on or through our Website may include: (a) information provided at the time of registering to use our Website or when requesting further services; (b) records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses), if you contact us; (c) your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes; (d) your search queries on the Website; and/or (e) details of transactions you carry out through our Website and their fulfilment.

Information we collect through automatic data collection technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including: (a) details of your visits to our Website and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website; and (b) information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type. Other parties such as analytics providers may collect and use such data to serve tailored ads to your device or provide us reports about how visitors interact with the Website so we can improve it.

How we use your information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information for the following purposes: (a) to present our Website and its contents to you; (b) to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us; (c) to analyse and improve our products and services; and (d) to market Seating’s products and services.

Who we share your data with

Seating uses any information gained for the company’s own research only and commits to never sell customer information to any unconnected third parties. Occasionally Seating may need to share information with service providers, such as marketing and advertising agencies. We’ll limit the information given to them, and the external companies will only have access to the customer’s information for the purposes of performing such functions.

How long we retain your data

Our policy is to keep a user’s cookie data for one month only. For users that register for our newsletter, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users may change their preferences or unsubscribe from these mails at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Accessing and correcting your information

You may also send us an e-mail to: inspired@seating.co.za to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

How we protect your data

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorised access, use, alteration and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

For any privacy related queries, please send a mail to: inspired@seating.co.za