Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy describes how www.co2nutraceutics.co.za (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.

Before accessing, browsing or using this website please be sure to review this privacy policy carefully. 

On this page, you'll find all the information about what data we collect about our visitors and customers and how that data is used. We've described everything as clearly and concisely as possible and avoid legalese as much as possible, so that you can make sense of all this without needing a law degree. 

We regularly review and, where necessary, update our privacy information. If we plan to use personal data for a new purpose, we update our privacy information and communicate the changes to individuals before starting any new processing.   

Personal Information will be understood in accordance with the definition provided in the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“the Act”). In agreeing to this privacy policy you are giving consent as contemplated in section 69 of the Act.
 
If there is anything in this policy that you do not agree with, please do not continue to access, browse or use this website. 

Who We are

 

What Data We Collect

Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site, your IP address.

 CO2 Nutraceutics supports and respects  a person’s right to privacy and to the careful management of any personal information that CO2 Nutraceutics is required to collect in order to provide products and services.

 We will do all that is reasonable to ensure your personal information is kept secure and up to date. However we are unable to guarantee that your personal information will be 100% secure.

 Wherever possible we will only request personal information that is required for us to complete the related task. Your information will not be stored for longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as required by applicable legislation.

 

How we use your data

 By agreeing to the terms contained in this Privacy Policy, you consent to the use of your Personal Information in relation to:

• performing and providing the services of CO2 Nutraceutics
• informing you of changes made to our Web site
• sending you a quote, electronic tools and downloads requested by you
• providing you with support and requested information
• improving our service to you by analysing it for trends
• sending you marketing material (including electronic communications) relating to other solutions you might be interested in. You can unsubscribe from our communications at any time and thereafter we will not market to you
• For security, administrative and legal purposes

 

What Are Cookies?

 A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

 Here you can find out more about "What cookies we use in our products" .

 

 Cookie Use for Retargeting

 We may use Google Analytics and the Google advertising network as well as other advertising networks to display ads across the Internet, based on your visit to our website.

 Third-party vendors, including Google, may show our ads on sites across the Internet. Our site and third-party vendors, use first-party cookies and third-party cookies together to inform, optimize and serve ads based on past visits and pages visited on this website.

 Our site as well as third-party vendors may use third-party audience data to further optimize advertisements displayed. You can opt-out of this kind of advertising anytime, here and here.

 

 IP Addresses

 IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic data” so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.

 

 Data we Collect in More Detail

 We've broken this down into sections to make it easy to understand what data we collect:-

 1. As a visitor

1. Signing up to our newsletter
2. Purchasing a product
3. As a Visitor

 You're a "visitor" if you browse the our website but don't submit any personal information about yourself.

For example, if you visit this website and take a look through our blog content, our sales pages and knowledge base without signing up for anything, then you're a visitor. As a visitor, the website uses several third party services that act in order to provide you with a better experience and allow us to optimize our content.  

 The following third parties have limited access to some of your data:

 Google Analytics (privacy policy)

• We use Google analytics to gain an overview of how our site is being used, how to improve user experience, what content to create and similar decisions all focused on improving the experience for our visitors.
• We may integrate Google Analytics with Google Adwords so that we can measure the performance of our paid advertisements.

Facebook

• We may use Facebook conversion tracking to understand how our Facebook ads are performing.

Social sharing tools

Some of the content on the site includes social sharing widgets to quickly allow you to share content with your network. Some of these services gather data about you, if you are logged in to these social networks while visiting our website. Please see the privacy policies of the social networks for further information.

 

1. Signing Up to Our Mailing List

On this site, we display various forms that allow you to sign up to our mailing list. When you sign up through one of our forms, we'll commonly ask you for the following data:

• Name
• Email address

We'll also collect the following:

• Which form you filled out
• Referrer URL (the URL that you led you to the page that you signed up through)
• Your IP address

We store this data on our site for the following reasons:

1. Compliance - to keep a record of where our leads came from
2. Testing - to optimize and improve the newsletter sign up forms that we display
3. Relevance - we try not to show a form that you've already signed up for

The data that you submit is also added to a third party service called None.  This is a tool that we use to send email communications to you.  

3. Purchasing a Product from Us

When purchasing a product from us, we may collect the following data:-

• First name
• Last name
• IP address
• Email address
• Billing address
• Shipping Address
• Country of residence
• Post code
• Bank details

Any payments made on our Website are processed by our partner payment gateways. Your credit card details are encrypted and stored with the payment gateway and so these details are not visible or available to CO2 Nutraceutics or the staff of CO2 Nutraceutics. If you have a query please contact the payment gateway directly.

Please note that this data is captured when you submit an order on our checkout page regardless of whether you complete the purchase of the product through our payment processor.

This data is required for the following reasons:-

1. Compliance - we have a duty to understand what country you are resident of so that we can charge the correct VAT amount.  We must also keep a record of this data for tax audit purposes.
2. Integration with our payment processor - we collect address personal data such as your name, email and address to integrate with our payment processor (the service we use to collect payments)
3. Product delivery - In order to give you access to the products that you purchase and to our support team, we need to create an account using your name and email address. 

We also send your name, email address and product tag to our email service provider called None.  This allows us to send you emails about product updates (such as new features that have been released), training courses and any other information related to the product that you've purchased. These emails are designed to improve your product experience but you can opt out at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email you receive.


Product or Services Review

When you provide a rating or review of a Product or service, you consent to us using that rating or review as we deem fit, including without limitation on our Web site, in newsletters or other marketing material. Your first name that will appear next to that rating or review. If you do not agree to this, please do not put any ratings or reviews on the Website. We will not display your Last Name, nor any of your contact details, with a rating or review.

 

Who has access to your data

Your personal information will be kept as secure as reasonably possible and not sold, rented or shared with any 3rd party other than in the execution of providing you with goods and services in line with this privacy policy.

Your personal information will be available only to those CO2 Nutraceutics employees, consultants or representatives that are required to provide the goods or services that you have requested. These individuals are trained in the requirements of the act and there are signed agreements or policies in place.
  

Your Right to Modify Your Data

You have the right to modify personal data that we hold about you.  You can modify your data by logging into the our site and navigating to the "Account" page or contact us via our contact page and request any changes.

If you're having difficulties updating your data, let our support team know and we'll make the change for you.


Your Right to View Your Data

You have the right to see the data that we store about you.  To request a file containing all your data, let us know by contacting via our contact page. We will reply to your request within 24 hours and will provide you with a file to your email address as soon as we've gathered the data. The data will be provided to you in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format for portability.  


Your Right to Have your Data Deleted

You have the right to request that we delete data that we store about you.

If you would like to stop receiving our email newsletter then you can click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any of our emails.  This will unsubscribe you from any future communications.  If, for some reason, this doesn't work then let us know and we'll remove you manually.

We can also delete all of your data from all systems that we own and operate.  This includes all of the above.  Please note that If you've purchased a product or membership from us we are obliged to keep a record of the purchase. This will mean keeping a record of your billing address, contact details and purchase details.  We do this to fulfill our obligations to the tax authorities and remain compliant.  


Privacy Policy: Summary

• We don't sell your data to any company for further processing, marketing, profiling or any other reason
• We integrate with certain third party services for the purpose of improving the overall user experience and to optimize certain business processes.  
• Any data we hold about you, we do so for necessary and legitimate business reasons
• You can request to view, modify and delete any data that we hold about you.

Policy Changes

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with or without notice. However, please be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior consent.

We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.

If you have any concerns or questions about anything in this policy, then let us know and we'll get back to you shortly.

 

Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.

Device information

• Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
• Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
• Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels
• Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify 

Order information

• Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers email address, and phone number.
• Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
• Source of collection: collected from you.
• Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify 

Customer support information

• Examples of Personal Information collected: Names, email addresses
• Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.
• Source of collection: collected from you.

 

Sharing Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above. For example:

• We use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.
• We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioural Advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

• We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
• We share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases through the use of cookies or other similar technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location).

For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

• FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
• GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
• BING - https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads]

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

 

Using Personal Information

We use your personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfillment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

 

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

Name	Function
_ab	Used in connection with access to admin.
_secure_session_id	Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.
cart	Used in connection with shopping cart.
cart_sig	Used in connection with checkout.
cart_ts	Used in connection with checkout.
checkout_token	Used in connection with checkout.
secret	Used in connection with checkout.
secure_customer_sig	Used in connection with customer login.
storefront_digest	Used in connection with customer login.
_shopify_u	Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

Reporting and Analytics

Name	Function
_tracking_consent	Tracking preferences.
_landing_page	Track landing pages
_orig_referrer	Track landing pages
_s	Shopify analytics.
_shopify_fs	Shopify analytics.
_shopify_s	Shopify analytics.
_shopify_sa_p	Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_sa_t	Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.
_shopify_y	Shopify analytics.
_y	Shopify analytics.

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as www.allaboutcookies.org.

Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

 

Do Not Track

Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

 

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

 

Contact

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at [email address] or by mail using the details provided below:

Co2Nutraceutics, 20 Marlborough Ave, Craighall Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2196, South Africa