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This is the Privacy Policy (“Policy”) of Cards For Occasions Pte Ltd.

 

In this Policy, when we use “we”, “us” or “our”, we refer to the company which is collecting your personal data, or which is operating the website which you are accessing or using.

 

This Policy applies to all personal data that you may provide to us and the personal data we hold about you. By providing us with your personal data or by accessing, using or viewing the applicable website or any of its services, functions or contents (including transmitting, caching or storing of any such personal data), you shall be deemed to have agreed to each and all the terms, conditions, and notices in this Policy. If you do not agree, please cease use of the relevant website(s) and/or service(s) and DO NOT provide any personal data to us.

 

What Personal Data is Collected

When you use our website, any service we provide or in your interaction with us, the personal data we may collect includes:-

 

Data collected directly from you. This may be done through this website, over the phone, by email, or in person when you meet our staff or representatives. The data collected may include, but is not limited to:

 

• your contact information, including your (first and last) name, (billing and/or delivery) address, birth date and email address and, optionally, your telephone number. We need your e-mail address and (optionally) telephone number so that we may contact you if we have questions or information for you regarding your order or the service that we are providing or will provide to you;

 

• other information required to be able to process your order or to provide you with the service, such as information concerning the products you have ordered or the service we are providing to you, the billing and/or delivery address, banking and/or credit card details;

 

• if you have created an online profile or account, the preferences and interests stored in such profile or account

 

• if you have contacted customer service, the details of this contact and the contact history.

 

Data collected by automated means. Various technologies may be used on our website and our mobile and web-based applications in order to make them more user-friendly, effective and secure. Such technologies may lead to data being collected automatically by us or by third parties on behalf of us. This data does not generally, but may, contain a user’s personal data. Examples of such technologies include:

 

• Click-stream data. A visit to one of our websites results in data that is transmitted from your browser to our server being automatically collected and stored by us or by third parties on behalf of us. This data can include, in particular, the following:

 

- the visitor’s IP address

- the date and time of the visit

- the referral URL (the site from which the visitor has come)

- the pages visited on our website

- information about the browser used (browser type and version, operating system, etc).

 

• Cookies. A number of places on our website and our mobile and web-based applications make use of cookies. These are essentially small text files that are stored on your computer’s hard drive or your user device by your web browser. We can use cookies to identify the owner of a user account and to store articles in a shopping basket during the purchasing process. In other words, cookies help to make our website or our (mobile and web-based) applications more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. The cookies usually used by us are so-called “session cookies”, which are automatically deleted at the end of the visit to the relevant website. By default, web browsers enable the use of cookies but this function can also be disabled. However, this will result in some services not being available. It is also possible to manually delete cookies after their use via the web browser. More information may be available from your web browser provider.

 

• Web analytics. Web analytics is the term given to a method for collecting and assessing the behaviour of visitors to websites and (mobile) applications. This includes the analysis of traffic patterns in order, for example, to determine the frequency of visits to certain parts of a website or (mobile) application, or to find out what information and services our visitors are most interested in. For these purposes, we primarily make use of click-stream data and the other techniques listed above. Web analytics are carried out by Google Analytics and/or other selected parties.

 

How is the Collected Personal Data Used

We use your personal data for the purposes of serving you. This includes, where applicable:-

 

• providing you with the products and services that you have requested e.g. notifying you regarding the status of your order or delivery, assessment of your creditworthiness (for which we may use third parties);

• ensuring that your transactions on our websites are safe and secure;

• providing you with a convenient shopping experience;

• contacting you for feedback after a sale of a product or service; and

• resolving any problems or disputes you may encounter in relation to our products and services.

 

We may also use your personal data for purposes connected or relevant to the business of Cards For Occasions Pte Ltd, such as:-

 

• complying with legal and regulatory obligations and requirements;

• enforcing obligations owed to Cards for Occasions Pte Ltd;

• researching and developing new products and services or improving existing products and services of Cards for Occasions Pte Ltd;

• accounting, risk management, compliance and record keeping purposes;

• carrying out research, planning and statistical analysis; and

• staff training.

 

Your personal data may also be anonymised for use by Cards for Occasions Pte Ltd for other purposes.

 

If you have consented, your personal data may be used by Cards for Occasions Pte Ltd for the purposes of marketing products and services offered on the website or other products or services offered by Cards for Occasions Pte Ltd or those of its strategic partners or business affiliates e.g. informing you of latest activities, special offers, promotions or sending you newsletters.

 

In order for us to market products and services which are of special interest and relevance to you, we may analyse and rely on your overall interaction with us (such as but not limited to your shopping behaviour in e-shops, your use of loyalty programmes, your ratings and reviews of products, your contact history with our customer service, your newsletter clicks/ opening results, your surfing behaviour (web tracking), the newsletter types you are subscribed to, your participation in promotions or events, your interactions with us and your use of (mobile) applications).

 

If you have contacted us with any complaints, feedback, comments, suggestions, we will use and disclose your personal data (including your contact history) to respond to you and provide you with the best service possible. If you are the complainant and you do not want us to disclose your identity to the party you are complaining about, you must let us know immediately. However, it may not always be possible to handle your complaint on the basis of anonymity.

 

When using your personal data to contact you for the above purposes, we may contact you via regular mail, fax, e-mail, SMS, telephone or any other electronic means.

 

If we need to use your personal data for any other purposes, we will notify you and obtain your consent beforehand. You will be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for the use of your personal data for these other purposes.

 

Disclosure of Information

We will not sell your personal data to third parties.

 

We will only disclose your personal data to third parties where you have provided us consent, and in the situations expressly set out in in this Policy. If you have consented to receiving marketing information from us, our strategic partners and business associates, we will be disclosing your personal data to them.

 

Your personal data may be disclosed and shared within Cards for Occasions Pte Ltd to allow us to provide the products and services which you have requested.

 

We may disclose or share your personal data with third parties who provide necessary services to us, such as:-

 

• service providers and data processors working on our behalf and providing services such as hosting and maintenance services, analysis services, e-mail messaging services, delivery services, handling of payment transactions, solvency check and address check, etc; and

• our consultants and professional advisers (such as accountants, lawyers, auditors).

 

We will also disclose your personal data to third parties in order to comply with legal obligations or industry requirements. This includes disclosures to legal, regulatory, governmental, tax and law enforcement authorities.

 

Our website may have the functionalities to allow you to share your personal data with other third parties such as other users of our website. You are responsible for your choice(s) and are deemed to have provided consent for any sharing of your personal data in the manner provided by the website.

 

Third Parties

This Policy only applies to our website and information that we collect from you. Our websites may contain links to other websites which are not owned or maintained by us. When visiting these third party websites or disclosing your personal data to third parties (including buyers or sellers on our website), you should read their privacy policies, or ask relevant questions before you disclose your personal data, We are not responsible for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal data by such third parties.

 

Social Networks

Our website and mobile or web-based applications may provide you with social plug-ins from various social networks (such as Facebook and Instagram). If you choose to interact with a social network, your activity on our website or via our mobile or web-based applications will also be made available to social networks such as Facebook and Instagram.

 

If you are logged in on one of the social networks during the visit of one of our websites or mobile or web-based applications, the social network might add this information to your profile. If you are interacting with one of the social plug-ins, this information will be transferred to the social network. In case you do not wish such a data transfer, please log off on your social network before you enter one of our websites or mobile or web-based applications.

 

We cannot influence this data collection and data transfer via the social plug-ins. Please read the privacy policies of those social networks for detailed information about the collection and transfer of personal data, what rights you have and how you can achieve satisfactory privacy settings.

 

Security

We endeavor to take precautions to ensure that the information you have provided is protected against unauthorised or unintended use, access or disclosure. However, we cannot be held responsible for unauthorised or unintended use, access or disclosure that is beyond our control.

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Changes To This Policy

We may amend this Policy from time to time. The amended Policy will be publicised on our website.

 

Governing Law

This Policy is governed by the laws of Singapore. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Singapore in any dispute relating to this Policy