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What this privacy policy covers |
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This privacy policy covers the use of the web site located at http://www.ZuBazaar.com and all affiliate shopping mall websites operating within ZuBazaar and the services provided by ZuBazaar Limited. ("ZuBazaar"), including how ZuBazaar treats personal information that ZuBazaar collects and receives. Pursuant to ZuBazaar's Terms of Use, you must be 18 years and older to use this site, or have permission from a legal guardian. Therefore, this policy makes no provision for individuals under 18 years old. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that ZuBazaar does not own or control, or individuals that ZuBazaar does not employ or manage. |
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Effective date: 01/01/2011
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Information collection and how it is used |
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ZuBazaar will not sell or disclose your name or email address to third parties without your explicit consent, except as specified in this privacy policy. |
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ZuBazaar collects personal information when you register to use ZuBazaar services. At registration you are asked for your email address and certain other optional information. |
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ZuBazaar automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, and the pages you request. This data is only used in the aggregate. |
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ZuBazaar uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provisioning, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting. IP addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in ZuBazaar's user registration databases when you register with ZuBazaar. IP addresses may be used for various research purposes. |
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Service related announcements |
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ZuBazaar will send you a welcome/confirmation email when you sign up for ZuBazaar's services. Receipt of this email is required for using ZuBazaar's services. |
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ZuBazaar will send you service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. |
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You may not opt-out of service-related communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account by emailing customerservices@ZuBazaar.com from the email address you signed up with. |
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Administrative messages |
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ZuBazaar may periodically email you with administrative messages. ZuBazaar will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. Your information may be combined with information ZuBazaar collects from other companies and used to improve and personalise services, content and advertising. If you don't wish to receive administrative messages or participate in these programmes, simply opt-out by emailing customerservices@ZuBazaar.com. |
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Cookies |
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A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use ZuBazaar products or services that require you to "sign in," and you may not be able to take full advantage of the ZuBazaar service. ZuBazaar uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to: Access your information when you "sign in"; keep track of preferences you specify while you are using ZuBazaar's services; display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on ZuBazaar; estimate and report ZuBazaar's total audience size and traffic; conduct research to improve ZuBazaar's content and services. ZuBazaar cookies do not collect personal information, and ZuBazaar does not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your username or email address is. |
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Information sharing and disclosure |
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ZuBazaar will not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with non-affiliated parties except as specified in this Privacy Policy to provide products or services you have requested or when ZuBazaar has your permission. It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of ZuBazaar's Terms of Use, as specified in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise required by law. In some cases, ZuBazaar may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. ZuBazaar will transfer information about you if ZuBazaar is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, ZuBazaar will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the ZuBazaar web site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. |
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Without limiting the above, and in an effort to respect your privacy and ZuBazaar's ability to keep the community free from bad actors, ZuBazaar will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order, legal process, or substantially similar legal procedure, except when ZuBazaar believes in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to protect ZuBazaar's rights, prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss, or to report suspected illegal activity. |
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Third parties |
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Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information ZuBazaar collects from you. If you disclose your information to others, whether they are buyers or sellers on ZuBazaar or throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. ZuBazaar does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. ZuBazaar is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of other websites on the Internet, even those linked to or from the ZuBazaar site. ZuBazaar encourages you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others. |
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Editing and deleting account information |
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You can change your ZuBazaar Account Information at any time. ZuBazaar may send you certain communications relating to the ZuBazaar service, such as service-related announcements and administrative messages that are considered part of your ZuBazaar account. You can delete your ZuBazaar account by emailing customerservices@ZuBazaar.com. Please note that your identification, billing and contact information may remain in ZuBazaar's records for some period. |
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ZuBazaar limits access to personal information about you only to employees who ZuBazaar believes reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. Your ZuBazaar Account Information is password-protected. |
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If your personally identifiable information changes you may correct or update it by making the change within My Account section of the ZuBazaar website. You may delete or deactivate your account by emailing Customer Services at customerservices@ZuBazaar.com or by postal mail at the contact information listed below. ZuBazaar will respond to your request within 10-20 business days. |
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Security |
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The security of your personal information is important to us. Your ZuBazaar account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need to work to protect against unauthorised access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) for registration ZuBazaar encrypts that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). ZuBazaar follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once ZuBazaar receives it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while ZuBazaar strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, ZuBazaar cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on ZuBazaar's Web site, you can email ZuBazaar at customerservices@ZuBazaar.com. |
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Changes to this Privacy Policy |
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If the privacy policy is changed, ZuBazaar will post changes so that you are aware of those changes. ZuBazaar reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If ZuBazaar makes material changes to this policy you will be notified here, by email, or other places ZuBazaar deems appropriate. |
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Questions |
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If you have questions or suggestions you can contact ZuBazaar's Support Team via our website or write to: ZuBazaar Customer Care - Privacy Policy, Tone Lodge, Birtley, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 3JQ; telephone: 0844 248 0 247. |
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