WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

1. The data we collect about you

  1. We collect your data to provide and continually improve our products and services.
  2. We may collect, use, store and transfer the following different kinds of personal data about you:
  • Information you provide to us: We receive and store the information you provide to us including your identity data, contact data, delivery address, and financial data.
  • Information on your use of our website and/or mobile applications: We automatically collect and store certain types of information regarding your use of the marketplace including information about your searches, views, downloads, and purchases.
  • Information from third parties and publicly available sources: We may receive information about you from third parties including our carriers; payment service providers; merchants/brands; and advertising service providers.

2. Cookies and how we use them

  1. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer if you agree.
  2. Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website and mobile applications, which helps us to provide you with an enhanced browsing experience. For example, we use cookies for the following purposes:
  • Recognizing and counting the number of visitors and seeing how visitors move around the site when they are using it (this helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for).
  • Identifying your preferences and subscriptions e.g. language settings, saved items, items stored in your basket and Prime membership; and
  • Sending you newsletters and commercial/advertising messages tailored to your interests.
  1. Our approved third parties may also set cookies when you use our marketplace. Third parties include search engines, providers of measurement and analytics services, social media networks, and advertising companies.

3.How we use your data

  1. We use your data to operate, provide, develop and improve the products and services that we offer, including the following:
  • Registering you as a new customer.
  • Processing and delivering your orders.
  • Managing your relationship with us.
  • Enabling you to participate in promotions, competitions, and surveys.
  • Improving our website, applications, products, and services
  • Recommending/advertising products or services that may be of interest to you.
  • Complying with our legal obligations, including verifying your identity where necessary.
  • Detecting fraud.

4. How we share your personal data

  1. We may need to share your personal data with third parties for the following purposes:
  • Sale of products and services: To deliver your products and services purchased on our marketplace from third parties, we may be required to provide your personal data to such third parties.
  • Working with third-party service providers: We engage third parties to perform certain functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders for products or services, delivering packages, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing payments, transmitting content, assessing and managing credit risk, and providing customer service.
  • Business transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy other businesses or services. In such transactions, customer information may be transferred together with other business assets.
  • Detecting fraud and abuse: We release accounts and other personal data to other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction, and to comply with the law.
  1. When we share your personal data with third parties, we:
  • require them to agree to use your data under the terms of this Privacy and Cookie Notice, our Privacy Policy, and under the law; and
  • only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and under our instructions. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their purposes.

5. HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

6. WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

7. WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.