Information Collection and Use
The www.wilddivine.co.za web site collects information from our
users at several different points on our web site. When you use the
web site, some basic, general information is collected. This general
information is used internally in connection with our business to
improve the web site, including our marketing and advertising
efforts, and to make your use of the web site as enjoyable and
efficient as possible.
When you set up an account on our web site or purchase an item
from our web site, we collect personal information provided by you
that may include your: (i) first and last name; (ii) billing
address; (iii) shipping address; (iv) other shipping addresses; (v)
email address; (vi) phone number; (vii) credit card account number;
(viii) items purchased from us; and (ix) browsing, buying and
selling patterns. We use this personal information in order to
provide you with the goods and services that you purchase on our web
site. We use your email address to provide you with information
about your order and its status and we may occasionally send out
emails, including newsletters, to people who have placed an order
on-line, with information about other goods and services available
on our web site. We use your phone number only in the event that our
customer service representatives need to contact you about an order
you have placed.
Cape Town Medi-Spa
("we" or "us") distributes and operates the www.wilddivine.co.za web
site and we are the sole owner of this information collected on the
web site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to a
third party in any way other than as disclosed in this privacy
policy. We fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in
identifying those who use our services for illegal activities and
may, in our sole discretion, disclose personal information or other
information to satisfy any law, regulation, subpoena, or government
request. We reserve the right to release personal information or
other information about users who we believe are engaged in illegal
activities or are otherwise in violation of our Terms of Service,
even without a subpoena, warrant or court order, if we believe, in
our sole discretion, that such disclosure is necessary or
appropriate to operate our web site or to protect the rights or
property of www.wilddivine.co.za,
our affiliates, or our officers, directors, employees, agents,
third-party content providers, suppliers, sponsors, or licensors. We
also reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any
activities we reasonably believe in our sole discretion to be
unlawful. If we are legally compelled to disclose information about
you to a third party, we will attempt to notify you by sending an
email to the email address in our records unless doing so would
violate the law or unless you have not provided your email address
to us.
Registration
To use some features on the www.wilddivine.co.za web site, as well
as some of our products, a user must first complete a registration
form on the web site. During registration, a user is required to
give contact information, such as name and email address. This
information is used to contact users about the services on our web
site for which they have indicated interest. It is optional for
users to provide additional, demographic information, such as age
and gender, but we encourage our users to provide such information
so that we can provide a more personalized experience for our users
on our web site.
Orders
We request additional personal information from our users when
placing an order on our web site. In completing our order form, a
user must provide contact information, such as name and shipping
address, phone number, and financial information, such as credit
card account number and expiration date. This information is used
for billing purposes and to fulfill our customer orders. If we
experience difficulties processing an order, we will contact a user
through this information.
Cookies
A cookie is a text file stored on the user’s hard drive
containing information about the user. Web sites create cookies to
record information about a user’s preferences, such as the items you
add to your shopping cart, and for security purposes (see Security
below). Cookies are also used to help us determine the various
services you use and the support you may need, and to help us detect
and solve any problems you may have while using our web site. In
addition, the use of a cookie on our web site will enable users to
log on without having to reenter their password on each visit and to
fully participate in our Community discussions. Most cookies expire
after a certain time period. If you wish, you may set your browser
to reject all cookies and still view our web site. Because our
online ordering system requires cookies, you will not be able to
order online, but you can still place an order by phone, fax or
mail.
Log Files
Like most standard web sites, we use log files on our servers.†
These log files store information regarding IP (internet protocol)
addresses, browser type, ISP (internet service provider),
referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of
clicks. These log files are used to analyze trends, administer the
web site, track user’s movements in the aggregate, and gather broad
demographic information for our use. IP addresses, etc. are not
linked to personal information.
Sharing of General or Demographic Information
We may share aggregated, general or demographic information we
collect about our users and their use of our web site with our
partners (except where noted for specific co-branded relationships
below) and advertisers in a manner which does not identify any
individual user. We use an outside shipping company to ship orders
placed on our web site, and a credit card processing company to bill
users for goods and services purchased on our web site.† These
companies will not retain, share, store or use any of our user’s
personal information for any secondary purposes.† We partner with
other parties to provide specific services, which are available on
our web site.† When a user signs up for these services, we will
share the user’s name or other contact information that is necessary
for the third party to provide these services to the user.† These
parties are not allowed to use such personal information except for
the purpose of providing these services.
Links
The web site may contain links to other web sites.† We want you
to be aware that when you click on such links, including banner
advertising, which take you to a third-party web site, you will be
subject to such third-party’s privacy policies.† Please be aware
that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
web sites and we expressly disclaim any and all liability for the
actions of third-parties, including, without limitation, actions
relating to the use and/or disclosure of personal information by
such third-parties.† We encourage our users to be aware of when they
leave our web site and enter a third-party web site and to read the
privacy statements of each and every web site that collects their
personal information.† This privacy policy applies solely to
information collected by our web site.
Newsletters
If a user wishes to subscribe to one of our e-newsletters, we
will ask for contact information, such as name and email address.
Send to a Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service to inform a friend
about a part of our web site, a form asks for the friend's name and
email address. The form will automatically send the information to
the friend via email. We do not store this information and the form
is only used to send this one-time referral email.
Public Forums: Message Boards, Chats and "write-in"
features
In order to post a message on our www.wilddivine.co.za message
boards, during a Chat or other feature you will be asked to sign in
with your member login information. We do not use this information
in any way other than to recognize you for postings nor do we
disclose this information to any third parties.
With regard to the message boards, your email address is not
visible on the boards however other users are able to send you email
via your nickname without your email address being displayed, if you
elect to use the Personal Message (PM) feature. Personal Messaging
does not collect this information and does not use it in any way
other to automatically create the account nor do we share this
information with any third parties unless required by authorized law
enforcement agencies when required.
With regard to any "write-in" feature within the site, your name
may be used if your question has been selected for use in a "Q &
A" section of the website. If you do not wish your name used, our
Editors can, at their discretion, omit this information from the
posted Q&A if you elect to remain anonymous and so request in
the body of your submitted question.
Do remember that whatever you post on the message boards, chat or
to features within www.wilddivine.co.za, it is considered public
knowledge and you should always use caution when posting. Avoid
posting your home address or phone number on a public board or chat.
Although one must be a registered user to post messages the message
boards are public and may be read by non-registered users.
Cape Town Medi-Spa. reserves the right to re-publish your
postings from message boards or chat rooms in any format.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time, our web site requests information from our
users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or
contests is completely voluntary and the user has a choice whether
or not to provide us with such information. Information requested
may include contact information, such as name and shipping address,
and demographic information, such as zip code, age level.† Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes.†
Survey information will be used to monitor or improve the use and
efficiency of this web site.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us.
When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number
and/or social security number) on our registration or order forms,
we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology
(SSL).
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the
personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and
once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or
method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore,
while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your
personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about the security of our web site, you
can send an email to Ian Macfarlane.
Communications from our Web Site
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify their
password and username.† Established members will occasionally
receive information on products, services, special deals, and the
e-bulletins.† Each user has the option to not receive these types of
communications (see Choice/Opt-Out below).
Occasionally, it is necessary to send out service-related
announcements.† For instance, if our service is temporarily
suspended for maintenance, we might send you an email informing you
of such service interruption.† Generally, users may not opt-out of
receiving these service-related communications.† In addition, we
communicate with our users on a regular basis to provide requested
services and regarding issues relating to their account via
email.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personal information changes or if a user no longer
desires our service, we will enable our users to correct, update or
remove from our web site the personal data they provided to us.†
Such changes can be made either through the member information page
on our web site or by emailing us at Ian Macfarlane.
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the opportunity when registering with our web
site to opt-out of having their information used for purposes not
directly related to the provision of goods or services through our
web site.† Our membership form has an opt-out mechanism so users
purchasing a membership from us may elect to not have their email
address added to our marketing and promotional address lists.
Users who no longer wish to receive our e-bulletins or other
marketing and promotional materials from our partners or us may
opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to any such
promotional email indicating your desire to no longer receive such
emails or by emailing our us at Ian Macfarlane.
Users of our web site will be notified if, in connection with the
use of a particular service on our web site, their information will
be collected by any outside third-party.† At such time, the user can
determine whether they wish to proceed with a service that will
involve an outside party having access to their information.
Notification of Changes in Use of Information
Our privacy policy is subject to change.† In the event of any
change, we will provide notice of such change on our web site.† If
we want to use your personal information in a manner different from
that stated to you at the time you provided such information to us,
we will notify you of such change via email in addition to posting
notification of such change on our web site.† At such time, you can
determine whether you wish to allow us to use your information in
this different manner.† If you have opted out of all communication
with our web site or have deleted or deactivated your account with
us, then you will not be contacted and your personal information
will not be used.†
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or believe
that the www.wilddivine.co.za web site is not abiding by our privacy
policy, please contact us by e-mail at Ian Macfarlane.
This privacy policy was last updated August 29,
2005.