Privacy & Cookie Policy
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and recognize that your personal information is confidential. We also understand that it is important for you to know exactly how we manage your personal information. Our Privacy and Cookie Policy explains how we collect, store and use personal data about you when you visit our website, shop with us or otherwise provide your personal data to us. By accessing, visiting, browsing or otherwise using our website you confirm that you have read and understood our privacy policy and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out. You also expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy, if you do not agree to the terms of our policy; you should not use or access our Website.
Our Privacy and Cookie Policy is applied regardless of how you access our website, including any technologies or devices by which we make our website available to you. Accessing, browsing, using, registering with, sign in, login or placing an order on our website you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to our Terms of Use, Terms and Conditions of Sale, Terms of Rewards Program, Terms of Gift Cards, Terms of Discount Codes, Privacy and Cookie Policy and other Terms, Guidelines and Statements made to you at relevant page or processes hereafter collectively referred as “Legal Notices” in their entirety. We may also collect some or all of your personal data when you access any third party linked site (as described below), we may also collect some or all of our personal data from third parties who have your consent to pass your details to us.
How we collect personal data
When you access our website you may choose to provide personal information and we may collect personal data about you. Here are some of the types of information you may submit and which we may collect;
- Your name, age, date of birth and gender
- Your billing address, telephone number, email address
- Your payment card information.
- your user name and password
- your communication and shopping preferences;
- your browsing and shopping behavior
When you use our Website, we collect and store your personal information which is provided by you. Here are some of the methods we use to collect your personal data;
- when you place an order on the website,
- subscribe to our newsletters
- when you register and operate an account
- when you respond to a surveys
- take advantage of promotions
- when you make comments to blogs, post messages on our message boards, chat rooms or other message areas or leave feedbacks, on our website
- If you communicate with us through the “Contact Us” link on our site
- Information Collected by Automated Means when you visit our website
How we store and use your information
We and (third parties acting on our behalf) may collect, store and process your personal data in order to provide the services you request. We use your personal data to;
- provide you a safe, consistent quality customized
- to respond to and process your transaction requests and updates
- collect payments
- Inform you of promotional offers ,send newsletters administer a contest or survey and offer services which we think may interest you
- to resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems
- measure consumer interest in our products and services
- for any related purposes, or where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (including for crime and fraud prevention and related purposes).
We may also use your information to process your purchase, confirm your order and deliver the items to you. We may disclose your personal data to third party credit reference agencies to perform credit checks against you. When you place an order with us, you may be able to store payment information and details of your past purchases. In addition, you be able to save your payment information on your account and if then save you having to re-enter these details on a future occasion. However, if we do and if you prefer that we do not maintain these details, you can delete any such information that we hold about you. In addition, we may collect anonymized details by automated means when you visit our website, for the purposes of aggregate statistics or reporting purposes. However, no single individual will be identifiable from the anonymized details that we collect for these purposes.
How we protect your information
We do not sell, trade or otherwise disclose personal information about our customers to any third party, except as detailed in our Privacy and Cookie Policy. However, we may share your personal information with our service providers who perform services on our behalf based on our instructions. In the event that a third party acquires all or part of our business and/or assets or should we merge with a third party business entity we may disclose your personal information to that third party in connection with the acquisition/merger. Should such a transaction occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy and Cookie Policy. We may also disclose your personal information where necessary to comply with applicable law, orders of court, an order of a law enforcement body or other legal processes or when we in good faith believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our “Legal Notices” or protect the rights, property or personal safety of our users or the general public.
Links to Other Sites
Our website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. These sites may be operated by third parties not affiliated with us. Our Privacy and Cookie Policy applies only to the personal data that we collect through our Website. Linked sites may have their own policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked sites. We are not responsible for the content of any linked websites, any use of those sites, or the privacy practices of those sites.
Cookies
We use data collection devices such as ‘cookies’ in the management of our website. If you continue to use our website we assume that you are happy with it. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other mobile or handheld device as you browse our website. Cookies help us to analyse our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety processes, remember and understand your preferences when you visit our website. We also use cookies to measure activity on the site and determine which areas and features of the site are the most popular to continually provide a better and smoother website experience for you. The cookies are essential to the effective operation of our website and to enable you to shop with us online and take full advantage of all our site features.
Information collected
When you access our website cookies are stored on your computer or other device and we use these cookies to collect information about browsing and purchasing behavior of visitors. These include information about pages viewed, products purchased and the visitor’s browsing around website. We do not, however, use cookies to collect or record information on users’ name, address or other contact details. We are able to use cookies to monitor individual customer browsing and purchasing behavior but third parties are not able to identify customers using cookies. Cookies or other similar devices may also be set by third parties who participate with us in affiliate marketing programs.
How to disable cookies
You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits. If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. What happens if you disable cookies depends on which cookies you disable, if you turn off cookies in general the website may not operate properly and you will not be able to make purchases on the website. If you only disable third (3rd) party cookies you will not be prevented from making purchases on our website.
Security
We maintain appropriate administrative, technical and organizational safeguards to protect the personal information you provide on our website against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use and other unlawful forms of processing. However, although we take appropriate administrative, technical and organizational measures to safeguard the personal data that you provide to us, no transmission over the Internet can ever be guaranteed as totally secure. Consequently, please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any personal data that you transfer over the Internet to us. If you are using a computer or terminal in a public location, we recommend that you always log out and close the website browser when you complete an online session for your security.
Choice/Opt-Out
At any time you can access, update or amend your personal details. If you no longer wish to receive any communications from us you may opt out by informing us using the following email address support@emars.lk
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of eighteen and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of eighteen on the site. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of eighteen we will delete the information from our records.
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