Zinnology knows that you care how information about you is used and shared. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting Zinnology, you are automatically accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

What Personal Information About Customers Does Zinnology Gather?
The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your trading experience at Zinnology. Here are the types of information we gather:

Information that you give us:
We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way including but not limited to email. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future trading for you, improving our site, and communicating with you.

Automatic information:
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use cookies, and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses Zinnology. Scroll to the bottom of this page to see examples of the information we receive.

E-mail communications:
To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, Zinnology sends Newsletters and e-mails in HTML format. Newsletters are only received if you subscribe, if you do not want to receive newsletters from us any longer, please notify us via email. We will however still send you e-mail to confirm orders, request information about not completing orders, updates on pricing and stock, as well as a welcome message when you join us. Invoices are sent via e-mail and by using Zinnology you agree to receive invoices in electronic format via e-mail as per SARS requirements.

Does Zinnology ever share the information it receives?
NO! Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We will NEVER share your details with any third party whatsoever without your prior consent.

External agents
Zinnology employs other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include delivering packages, sending postal mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.

Protection of Zinnology and others:
We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Zinnology, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

What choices do I have?
You can always choose not to provide information to Zinnology, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of another Zinnology feature.

Children
Zinnology does not sell products for purchase by children. Although we might sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may use Zinnology only with involvement of a parent or guardian. In the event that a purchase is made without parental consent Zinnology will still treat is as a normal sale and payment will be expected.

Conditions of use, notices, and revisions
If you choose to visit Zinnology, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of South Africa. If you have any concern about privacy at Zinnology, please send us a thorough description to info@zinnology.com, and we will try to resolve it. Our business changes constantly. This Notice and the Conditions of Use will change also, and use of information that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Notice in effect at the time of use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes.

Automatic information
Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; purchase history; the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) click stream to, through, and from our Web site, including date and time; cookie number; and products you viewed or searched for.