Privacy Policy

By accessing or using www.aatoys.co.za,  (the site, site, website, our site) you acknowledge and confirm that you have read all of the terms of this Policy and the Terms and Conditions of use, and that you understand, accept and agree to be bound by all the provisions contained in this Policy and the Terms and Conditions as contained on the site.

By continuing to use the site after reading the Privacy Policy & Terms & Conditions you explicitly agree to the Privacy Policy & Terms & Conditions of this website.

This Privacy Policy details what information we collect on the site, how we use and/or share such information, and how such information is maintained.

This Policy only applies to the information collected on the site and not to any information collected or obtained through methods or sources other than our website.

We ensure that any information which you provide us remains private, secure and confidential. We will never collect sensitive information about you without your prior consent. WE DONOT COLLECT OR STORE CREDIT CARD INFORMATION.

The Business

www.aatoys.co.za is wholly owned and operated by All About Toys & Hobbies cc (a Close Corporation, registered as such in terms of the relevant laws of the Republic of South Africa with Registration Number 2000/044954/23) - referred to as aatoys, All About Toys, All About Toys & Hobbies, the business, “us”, “we”, “ours”

Registered Address:

Shop 5/6 

Signet Terrace

Corner Gemsbok & Robin Avenue

Lenasia

1827

The Details

We will only use the information that we collect from you and that which you furnish us with, lawfully and in accordance with the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act No. 25 of 2002, the National Credit Act No. 34 of 2005, the Consumer Protection Act No. 68 of 2008, and all other applicable data protection legislation enacted in South Africa from time to time.

We collect personally identifiable information from you, that is volunteered when you register on our website (www.aatoys.co.za), place an order, fill out an online form and/or in response to specific information requests unambiguously and explicitly presented to you.

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your first and last name, your e-mail address, your postal address, your date of birth, your contact details, and details of a payment mechanism, such as your credit/debit card information (NB All payment details are processed by a third party payment gateway viz; Payfast (www.payfast.co.za). All About Toys neither stores nor is privy to your payment details.

We may also collect your Internet Protocol ("IP") address. This is to assist us in diagnosing problems with our website, and to administer our site so that we can provide an uninterrupted and stables service. When you use the internet, an IP address is a unique no that is assigned to your computer by your service provider. 

The Reason We Collect Data:

Personalised Experiences. Your information helps us to respond better to your individual needs and communicate with you effectively;

  • Improved Browsing. We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you;
  • Customer service: your information helps us to respond more effectively to your customer service requests and support needs;
  • To process transactions;send periodic emails to you; control and manage your account and to analyse your use of our service;
  • To conduct research for marketing purposes;
  • To enforce and apply our terms and conditions.

Electronic Communications

The email address which you provide for order processing and/or registration, may be used for one or more of the following purposes:

  • To send you information and updates pertaining to your order, account details and/or status;
  • To send you occasional news, updates, related to our Website;
  • To send you promotional emails;

Should you at any time wish to unsubscribe from receiving correspondence from us, we will gladly remove you from our mailing lists.

Please pop us an email at admin@aatoys.co.za with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject field.

Your Personal Information & Security

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

www.aatoys.co.za is hosted on a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment Gateway (PAYFAST) who is PCI-DSS Level 1 Compliant

Please visit https://www.payfast.co.za/security-fraud/ for more information.

Data transmission over the internet can never be warranted to be entirely secure. Whilst we may take all reasonable steps and precautionary measures to safeguard your personal information, we may be unable to prevent unauthorised access to such information by third parties or inadvertent disclosure of such information during transit and we are not responsible for any actions taken by such third parties. You acknowledge and accept taking this risk when communicating with and transacting on our Website.

Disclosure

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, distributed, provided to or given to any other company or individual or any other outside party for any reason whatsoever, without your prior written consent, other than third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential, or for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested or if requested by a department having legal authority to which the Law requires such disclosure.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or other rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly. 

In the course of displaying advertisements to this Website (if any), third-party advertisers or ad servers may place or recognise a unique cookie on your browser. The use of cookies by such third-party advertisers or ad servers is not subject to this Policy, but is subject to their own respective privacy policies.

The Other Stuff

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore take no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

This policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected manually by any other means.

We may use certain non-personal or depersonalised information that may be collected from time to time through your use of the Website or from other sources, to develop targeted advertising on our Website and on websites of third parties. This information may also be shared with third parties, including advisors, advertisers, suppliers and investors, for the purposes of improving and analysing the business.

Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at admin@aatoys.co.za or on (011) 852 4308 or by sending your concerns via the Contact Us page on our website.

The Final Bit 

This Policy forms part of the Terms & Conditions for use of this Website and forms part of the Agreement between you and us.

This Policy may be amended at our sole discretion, in whole or part, to ensure that it reflects how we use your information. By continuing to use our Website following any amendments that may have been implemented, it shall be deemed that you have agreed to such amendments. Accordingly, we recommend that you review this page frequently so that you are aware of any amendments.

Should we decide to amend our privacy policy, we will post those amendments on this page.


Thank You

All About Toys & Hobbies