We will always protect your personal privacy and this privacy statement is here to help you understand what we may do with any information you tell us about. You can access our website home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data, but if you do give us your personal details, you are accepting these terms. If you do not agree with this privacy policy, do not give us your details. This privacy policy is part of our Terms and Conditions. If you do give us your details and then decide you do not want us to use your details anymore, please contact us. If you want to buy products from us, you will need to register on our site. Registration involves you giving us the following personal information: (i) Your title, name and address (including option to save different delivery addresses); (ii) Contact phone number and valid e-mail addresses; Registration enables you to speed up the ordering process, however, you do not have to register with us until you choose to order.

We will not disclose any of your information to any 3rd party. How will we use your details? Our offers: Once you have purchased with us, we would like to send you product updates, our latest information and special offers. If you would like to receive notification of specials and such like please add your name to our newsletter option on the home page of our site. Alternatively you can always e-mail us with your details and mailing preferences. We may also use your information to manage your purchases such as sending a confirmatory email, and your card payments for goods you buy from us and also to deliver the goods to you, or we might give your details to our carrier if they deliver on our behalf. You can check any information that we are holding about you, or ask any questions about this privacy policy by emailing us.

How will we protect your details? Autotools.co.za commits to protecting your confidential information such as email and shipping and purchasing history and storing them in a responsible and secure manner and not disclose this sensitive information to any 3rd parties. Your email addresses are not passed onto market companies in any shape or form. Fool-proof security is not a possibility and in the event we have a security breach, theft or hack attempt we will notify you if we feel your information has been compromised. Autotools.co.za does not keep or have access to any details of your credit cards as all these payments go through a secure payment processor.

Cookies

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.