PRIVACY POLICY
At “Sakafat.com.pk” (the SITE), the Sakafat Forever (SF) recognize that the privacy of the visitors of the site and the customers does matter a lot. For the said purpose following strategies have been adopted by SF to assure the visitors of the site and the customers safe and sound browsing. You are advised to frequently visit this policy in order to remain updated with it as it may change from time to time according to the needs of the time.
SF is responsible for protecting you while you are surfing through the site. Your personal information shall be collected and stored only for special reasons and for certain time only. The purpose of using your personal information is only that we can understand your needs in better way hence providing you the best available options and experiences on the site. Your online personal information shared with us shall only be shared with any third party as and when required by the laws of the land, or if required by the nature of the business for example such as delivery purposes.
Your acceptance to our privacy policy and terms and conditions does not require any separate approval pop-up window, it is applicable as soon as you provide any of your personal information or even when you access the site.
DETAILS OF PARTICULARS COLLECTED
Your personal particulars like your name, address, contact number and email address is collected at the site at the time you indulge in the process of purchasing and selling from the site. Your Computer internet protocol (IP) is also collected automatically if you visit the site so the information about your browser and operating system may also be worked on. We take responsibility for all the personal data (such as but not limited to, your name, address, email address, phone number, and date of birth etc) that you provide us with and/or that we obtain when you subscribe to our newsletter/blog or when you create an account or personal profile. We may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates and you may opt not to receive the emails.
Information provided by you is used for working on your sale/purchase orders and for correspondence with you in order to keep you updated about information of different offers we make and any other information related to such offers and/or products and/or the site. A record of your activity on the site is maintained by us as it helps in answering your queries efficiently and in remaining relevant while providing information to you about your queries.
Further, we may use the information you provide to administer your account, if any, with us; verify and carry out financial transactions in relation to payments you make; audit the downloading of data from the site; improve the layout and/or content of the pages of our website and customize them for users; identify visitors on our website; carry out research on our users’ demographics; send you information we think you may find useful or which you have requested from us, including information about our products and services, provided you have indicated that you have not objected to being contacted for these purposes. Subject to obtaining your consent we may contact you by email with details of other products and services. If you prefer not to receive any marketing communications from us, you can opt out at any time. We will only keep your data for as long as necessary or for as long as we are required by the laws of the land. After the requirement your personal data may be deleted.
Your personal information will only be shared with the parties (such as courier service or financial institution) and only at the time of making delivery arrangements or completing financial transactions. In no case your information shall be sold to any third party unless required by a court and/or a government authority as per the laws of the land.
You can demand from us or request to remove your personal data collected and saved by us on your behalf and we shall accede to your request if there is no legal obligation on the SF not to remove your personal information.
CONSENT REGARDING PROVISION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Providing of information about your credit card, or for placing an order or for completing financial transaction implies your consent for collecting it and using the same for specific purpose only.
If we need your personal information for marketing or any other purpose of the same nature it shall be used after your explanatory consent only and the same consent can be revoked any time by you.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by any law to do so or if you violate our Terms and Conditions.
VULNERABILITY OF DATA OVER THE INTERNET
As internet is not a perfectly safe mode of communication so a threat to online data exists every time and any loss to your personal information due to such threat shall not be the responsibility of the SF.
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
The third parties shall only use your information provided by SF to them to the extent and level as it is necessary to perform their duty for completing the assigned transaction. However, these certain third parties have their own privacy policies of processing data provided to them so it is advised in your best interest to read the privacy policies of such third parties to become aware about how they will use your provided data.
If such third party situates outside the jurisdiction of SF or yours then information provided by you may be subject to the jurisdiction of the third party in which it situates.
Once you select any hyperlink on the site, which takes you to any third party’s website, you no longer falls under this privacy policy and you are encouraged to read the privacy policy of that third party.
We may exchange information with third parties for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. We may transfer our databases containing your personal information if we sell our business or part of it. Other than as set out in this Privacy Policy, we shall not sell or disclose your personal data to third parties without obtaining your prior consent unless this is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy or unless we are required to do so by law. The Site may contain information of third parties and links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third parties or other sites, nor for any third party to whom we transfer your data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
SECURITY
SF use best available resources and latest industry trends to make secure your personal information from any inappropriate use, loss, access, disclosure alteration or destruction. Your credit card details and all other information provided by you are not stored automatically by us rather than the third parties hired by us for performing the specific task and they can only be accessed by any third party after SF approval for the purposes of performing some specific task.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online in non-protected environments – for example through email, or in chat areas – that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return and SF will not responsible for the misuse of your personal information in such cases. Also remember to close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet café. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
UPDATING THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.
COOKIES
Cookies are used by us in order to make your access to the site more convenient and keep you relevant while you are browsing the site and not for any other purposes whatsoever they may.