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Privacy Policy

Maha Lozi Designs Ltd ("we", "our", "us" or "Maha Lozi") is committed to protecting the privacy of all users of our website mahalozi.com ("Site"). Please read the following privacy policy that explains how we use and protect your information. We'll be the "data controller" of the information you provide to us.

CONTACT DETAILS

If you have any queries or requests concerning this privacy policy or how we handle your data more generally, please get in touch with us via info@mahalozi.com.

 

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

We collect your personal information when you interact with us or use our services, such as when you use our Site to place an order. We also look at how visitors use our Site, to help us improve our services and optimise customer experience.

We collect information:

  • when you place an order with us and during the order process (including for payment and order delivery); and
  • when you contact us directly via email, phone, post, message or via our chat function.

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT FROM YOU

As part of our commitment to the privacy of our customers and visitors to our Site more generally, we want to be clear about the sorts of information we will collect from you.

When you visit the Site or make an order through the Site, you are asked to provide information about yourself including your name, contact details, delivery address, order details and payment information such as credit or debit card information.

USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We will only process the data we collect about you if there is a reason for doing so, and if that reason is permitted under data protection law. We will have a lawful basis for processing your information: if we need to process your information in order to provide you with the service you have requested or to enter into a contract; we have your consent; we have a justifiable reason for processing your data; or we are under a legal obligation to do so. 

Where we need to in order to provide you with the service you have requested or to enter into a contract, we use your information:

  1. to supply the services you have requested;
  2. to enable us to collect payment from you; and
  3. to contact you where necessary concerning our services, such as to resolve issues you may have with your order.

We also process your data where we have a justifiable reason for doing so— for example personalisation of our service, including processing data to make it easier and faster for you to place orders. We have listed these reasons below:

  1. to improve the effectiveness and quality of service that our customers can expect from us in the future;
  2. to enable our customer support team to help you with any enquiries or complaints in the most efficient way possible;
  3. to contact you for your views and feedback on our services and to notify you if there are any important changes or developments to the Site or our services.

Where we are under a legal obligation to do so we may use your information to:

  1. create a record of your order(s);
  2. comply with any legal obligation or regulatory requirement to which we are subject.

COOKIES

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Site may become inaccessible or not function properly.

DIRECT MARKETING

Where you have given your consent or where we have a justifiable reason for doing so (and are permitted to do so by law) we will use your information to let you know about our other products and services that may be of interest to you and we may contact you to do so by email. You can control your email marketing preferences by:

  • clicking ‘Unsubscribe’ at the bottom of our email;
  • requesting it directly by email to info@mahalozi.com.

AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING

Our online shopping platform conducts fraud checks on all customers. Where they believe they may detect fraudulent activity they may block you from placing an order and using our Site.

RETENTION OF YOUR INFORMATION

We will not retain your information for any longer than we think is necessary.

Information that we collect will be retained for as long as needed to fulfil the purposes outlined in the ‘Use of my information’ section above, in line with our legitimate interest or for a period specifically required by applicable regulations or laws, such as retaining the information for regulatory reporting purposes.

When determining the relevant retention periods, we will take into account factors including:

  • our contractual obligations and rights in relation to the information involved;
  • legal obligation(s) under applicable law to retain data for a certain period of time;
  • statute of limitations under applicable law(s);
  • (potential) disputes; and
  • guidelines issued by relevant data protection authorities.

SECURITY

We adopt robust technologies and policies to ensure the personal information we hold about you is suitably protected.

We take steps to protect your information from unauthorised access and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will take steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

YOUR RIGHTS

Under data protection law, you may have a number of rights concerning the data we hold about you. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the email address above.

The right to be informed. You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your information and your rights. This is why we’re providing you with the information in this policy.

The right of access. You have the right to obtain access to your information (if we’re processing it). This will enable you, for example, to check that we’re using your information in accordance with data protection law. If you wish to access the information we hold about you in this way, please get in touch.

The right to rectification. You are entitled to have your information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete. You can request that we rectify any errors in information that we hold by contacting us.

The right to erasure. This is also known as ‘the right to be forgotten’ and, in simple terms, enables you to request the deletion or removal of certain of the information that we hold about you by contacting us.

The right to restrict processing. You have rights to 'block' or 'suppress' further use of your information. When processing is restricted, we can still store your information, but will not use it further.

The right to data portability. You have the right to obtain your personal information in an accessible and transferrable format so that you can re-use it for your own purposes across different service providers. This is not a general right however and there are exceptions. To learn more please get in touch.

The right to lodge a complaint. You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle or process your information with the national data protection authority.

The right to withdraw consent. If you have given your consent to anything we do with your information (i.e. we rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information), you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. You can do this by contacting us. Withdrawing consent will not however make unlawful our use of your information while consent had been apparent.

The right to object to processing. You have the right to object to certain types of processing, including processing for direct marketing and profiling.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted to the Site and, where appropriate, we will notify you of the changes for example by email.

This privacy policy was last updated: 23/05/2018

COMPLAINTS

If you’re not satisfied with our response to any complaint or believe our processing of your information does not comply with data protection law, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) via www.ico.org.uk.