Privacy policy
Beds Corporation CC T/A The Bed Corp
PRIVACY POLICY
In this policy the following words and expressions shall, in addition to their respective ordinary
meanings, bear the following meanings assigned to each of them respectively:
“Act” means the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013;
“Company” means Beds Corporation CC T/A The Bed Corp, registration number
2006/052919/23;
“Device” means any computer used to access the Service, including without limitation
a desktop, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, or other consumer electronic device;
“Products” means beds (base & mattress), pillows, linen, occasional furniture;
“Service” means www.bedcorp.co.za.
This Privacy Policy provides the Company’s policies and procedures of for collecting, using,
processing and disclosing your information. Users can access the Service through the
Company’s website. This Privacy Policy governs the access of the Service, regardless of how it
is accessed, and by using the Services you consent to the collection, transfer, processing,
storage, disclosure and other uses described in this Privacy Policy on these terms and
conditions. All of the different forms of data, content, and information described below are
collectively referred to as “Information”.
1. The Information We Collect and Store
We may collect and store the following information when running the Service:
Information Provided by You
When you register to use the Service (inter alia for the purposes of registration and/or
purchasing the Products), you are required to provide us with certain personal
information, such as your name, phone number, credit card or other billing information,
email address and business postal addresses.
Log Data
When you use the Service, we automatically record information from your Device, its
software, and your activity using the Services. This may include the Device’s Internet
Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, the web page visited before you came to our
website, information you search for on our website, locale preferences, identification
numbers associated with your Devices, your mobile carrier, date and time stamps
associated with transactions, system configuration information, metadata concerning
your Files, and other interactions with the Service.
Cookies
We may also use “cookies” to collect information and improve our Services. A cookie is
a small data file that we transfer to your Device. We may use “persistent cookies” to save
your registration ID and login password for future logins to the Service. We may use
“session ID cookies” to enable certain features of the Service, to better understand how
you interact with the Service and to monitor aggregate usage and web traffic routing on
the Service. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting
cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If you do
not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all aspects of the Service.
2. How We Use Personal Information
Personal Information
In the course of using the Service, we may collect personal information that can be used
to contact or identify you (“Personal Information”). Personal Information is or may be
used: (i) to provide and improve our Service and/or Products, (ii) to administer your use
of the Service, (iii) to better understand your needs and interests, (iv) to personalize and
improve your experience, and (v) to provide or offer software updates and Product
announcements. If you no longer wish to receive communications from us, please follow
the “unsubscribe” instructions provided in any of those communications, or update your
Profile information.
Analytics
We also collect some information (ourselves or using third party services) using logging
and cookies, such as IP address, which can sometimes be correlated with Personal
Information. We use this information for the above purposes and to monitor and analyze
use of the Service, for the Service’s technical administration, to increase our Service’s
functionality and user-friendliness, and to verify users have the authorization needed for
the Service to process their requests.
3. Information Sharing and Disclosure
Your Use
We do not display your information to other users of the Service. You can review and
revise your information at any time. We do not sell your Information to any third party.
Service Providers, Business Partners and Others
We may use certain trusted third-party companies and individuals to help us provide,
analyze, and improve the Service (including but not limited to data storage, maintenance
services, database management, web analytics, payment processing, and improvement
of the Service’s features). These third parties may have access to your information only
for purposes of performing these tasks on our behalf and under obligations similar to
those in this Privacy Policy.
Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement Requests; Protection of the
Company’s Rights
We may disclose to third parties’ files stored in your account and information about you
that we collect when we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary
in order to:
in order to comply with a law, including the Act;
in order protect the safety of any person from death or serious bodily injury;
prevent fraud or abuse; or
to protect the Company’s property rights.
Non-private or Non-Personal Information
We may disclose your non-private, aggregated, or otherwise non-personal information,
such as usage statistics of our Service.
4. Changing or Deleting Your Information
If you are a registered user, you may review, update, correct or delete the Personal
Information provided in your registration or account profile by changing your “account
settings.” If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire
our service, you may update or delete it by making the change on your account settings.
In some cases, we may retain copies of your information if required by law. For questions
about your Personal Information on our Service, please contact
5. Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to
provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use
your information to provide you services, you may delete your account. We may retain
and use your information in order to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes,
and enforce our agreements. Consistent with these requirements, we will try to delete
your information quickly upon request. Please note, however, that there might be latency
in deleting information from our servers and backed-up versions might exist after
deletion.
6. Security
The security of your information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information
(such as a credit card number) on our order forms, we encrypt the transmission of that
information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
We follow generally accepted standards to protect the information submitted to us, both
during transmission and once we receive it. No method of electronic transmission or
storage is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If you have any questions about security on our website, contact us
7. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: 011 474 1001
8. Compliance with the Act
The whole of this Privacy Policy is subject to - and shall be interpreted in compliance with
- the Act.
9. Scope
This Privacy Policy regulates the use of Information. The sale of Products using the
Service is regulated by a separate legal agreement.
10. Changes to our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. If we make a change to this privacy
policy that we believe materially reduces your rights, we will provide you with notice (for
example, by email). And we may provide notice of changes in other circumstances as
well. By continuing to use the Service after those changes become effective, you agree
to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.