Privacy Policy for tareeqalshaab.com
1. Introduction
At tareeqalshaab.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”), we are fully committed to safeguarding your personal data and ensuring your privacy rights are protected. We recognize the importance of privacy and data protection, particularly in today’s digital age, and we process all personal information lawfully, fairly, and transparently. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, storage, disclosure, and protection of your information when you access or use our website, tareeqalshaab.com.
2. Scope of This Policy and Data Controller Responsibilities
This Privacy Policy applies to all users, visitors, customers, and end users (“you”, “your”) who access the website located at tareeqalshaab.com. We act as the “data controller”, as defined under applicable data protection regulations, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), when we process your personal data. This means we determine the purposes and means of processing your information.
3. Categories of Data We Process
Depending on your interaction with tareeqalshaab.com, we may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
a. Usage Data
Includes information about your device, browser type, IP address, referring URL, pages visited, session dates and times, and site navigation patterns. This data helps us monitor and improve the performance and usability of our services.
b. Account Data
Includes identifiable information provided by you when registering or updating an account such as full name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.
c. Profile Data
May include preferences, interests, purchase history, behavior patterns while using our website, wish lists, and product reviews.
d. Communication Data
Covers inquiries and requests submitted to customer support, including correspondence history, chat logs, feedback forms, or other interactions.
e. Technical Data
Encompasses details about your device such as operating system, browser configuration, screen resolution, language preferences, and software identifiers.
f. Transaction Data
Includes billing and payment information, delivery addresses, transaction history, and order confirmations. Payment processing is conducted securely through third-party processors compliant with applicable standards.
g. Preference Data
Comprises your marketing consents, messaging preferences, newsletter subscriptions, and expressed interests regarding our offerings.
4. Legal Bases for Processing
We rely on the following lawful bases to process your personal data:
– Consent: Where you have explicitly consented to the processing of your personal information for specified purposes, such as for marketing.
– Contractual Necessity: When processing is necessary to fulfill a contract with you or to take steps prior to entering into a contract.
– Legal Obligation: Where processing is required to comply with legal statutes, such as fulfilling tax obligations or responding to regulatory inquiries.
– Legitimate Interests: When necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that such interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms. For instance, improving user experience, detecting fraud, and securing our systems.
5. Your Rights
Under GDPR and CCPA, you have the following rights:
– Right of Access: Request access to your personal data and obtain information about how we process it.
– Right to Rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data related to you.
– Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal limitations.
– Right to Restriction: Restrict processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
– Right to Data Portability: Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format to transfer to another provider.
– Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
– Right to Non-Discrimination: We will never deny services, offer different pricing, or provide lower quality services based on your exercising of privacy rights under CCPA.
To exercise any of your rights, please contact us at [email protected].
6. Security Measures
We take the integrity and confidentiality of your personal data seriously and have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures, including but not limited to:
– Data encryption in transit and at rest using industry-standard protocols.
– Role-based access controls to restrict data access to authorized personnel only.
– Regular backups and secure disaster recovery procedures.
– Staff training on data protection and cybersecurity awareness.
– System monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and incident response protocols.
7. International Data Transfers
When personal data is transferred from the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries not offering an adequate level of data protection, we implement appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable laws, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission and compliance with relevant local regulations.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting obligations. Specific retention periods are as follows:
– Usage and Technical Data: Retained for up to 24 months.
– Account and Profile Data: Retained as long as the account remains active, and for up to 6 years after closure for archival and tax compliance purposes.
– Communication Data: Retained for up to 3 years after last interaction.
– Transaction Data: Retained for 7 years in accordance with financial and legal obligations.
– Preference Data: Retained until consent is withdrawn or data is updated.
9. Cookie Policy
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies for multiple purposes:
– Essential Cookies: Required for basic site functionality and security.
– Functional Cookies: Enable personalization such as remembering preferences.
– Analytics Cookies: Help us measure performance and understand user engagement.
– Performance Cookies: Monitor system health and optimize resource performance.
These cookies may be set by tareeqalshaab.com or by authorized third-party providers acting on our behalf.
10. Cookie Management and Compliance
Upon your first visit to tareeqalshaab.com, we present a consent management banner allowing you to accept or reject different categories of cookies apart from essential ones. You may update your preferences at any time via our cookie settings panel.
Under GDPR, we seek affirmative consent before deploying any non-essential cookies. CCPA mandates that California residents receive a clear explanation of cookie use and the ability to opt out of the sale of personal data. We honor browser-based signals such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) where applicable.
11. Children’s Privacy
tareeqalshaab.com is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13 years of age. If we become aware that we have inadvertently gathered such data, we will take steps to delete it promptly. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us at [email protected].
12. Policy Updates
We reserve the right to amend or update this Privacy Policy at any time in response to changes in legal, technological, or operational requirements. Any substantial modifications will be communicated via the website or by direct contact, where feasible.
13. Contact
If you have any questions, concerns, requests, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or our handling of your personal data, you may contact us by email at:
We are committed to complying fully with applicable data protection laws, including GDPR and CCPA, and ensuring your rights are protected at all times when using tareeqalshaab.com.