Introduction

  1. Our privacy policy describes the ways in which we collect, store, use, and protect your personal information and it is important for you to review this privacy policy.
    By “personal information” we mean information that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person.
  2. We do not consider anonymized information to constitute personal information as it cannot be used to identify a specific person. We collect personal information from you when you use best.com.kw or its related websites and services (“Site”) (including, without limitation, when you buy and sell items or participate in auctions or when you telephone or email our customer support team).
    By providing us with your personal information you expressly consent to us processing your personal information in accordance with the terms of our privacy policy.
  3. We may amend our privacy policy at any time by posting a revised version on the Site. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it and, following such posting, your continued use of the Site will constitute your express consent to us continuing to process your personal information in accordance with the terms of our revised privacy policy.

Our privacy policy covers the following topics:

  1. Our collection of your personal information
  2. Our use of your personal information
  3. Your use of your and other users’ personal information
  4. Accessing, reviewing your personal information
  5. Cookies
  6. No spam or spoof emails
  7. Protecting your personal information
  8. How you can contact us about privacy questions

Our collection of your personal information

  1. As part of your registration on the Site, you will be asked to provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, shipping address, email address and/or telephone number and other similar information as well as some additional information about you such as your date of birth or other identifying information.
    Additionally, in order for us to verify your identity, we may need to request from you valid proof of identification (e.g. in the form of a copy of your passport, resident’s visa or permit, national ID card and/or driver’s license).
  2. We will also need to collect selected financial information from you, such as your credit card and/or bank account details.
  3. You will need to input this financial information into the “My Account” section of the Site.We use this financial information for billing purposes and for the fulfillment of your orders.
    Following your registration on the Site, you should not post any personal information (including any financial information) anywhere on the Site other than on the My Account section of the Site.
    Restricting the posting of personal information to the My Account section of the Site protects you from the possibility of fraud or identity theft. The posting by you of any personal information anywhere on the Site other than on the My Account section of the Site may lead to the suspension of your use of the Site.
  4. We will collect transactional information based on your activities using the Site (such as buying and selling items and participating in auctions), This transactional information is used solely in relation to the transactions you undertake on the Site and for no other reasons.
  5. Please note that we may use your Internet protocol (or IP) address (which is a unique number assigned to your computer server or your Internet service provider (or ISP)) to analyses user trends and improve the administration of the Site.
  6. We may also collect information about your computer (for example, browser type) and navigation information (for example, the pages you visit on the Site) along with the times that you access the Site.

Finally, we may collect additional information from or about you in other ways not specifically described here.
For example, we may collect information related to your contact with our customer support team or store results when you respond to a survey.
We may also collect feedback ratings and other comments relating to your use of the Site.
Where we aggregate personal information for statistical purposes, such aggregated personal information shall be anonymized.
 

Our use of your personal information

  1. We only use your personal information to provide services and customer support to you; to measure and improve our services to you; to prevent illegal activities, troubleshoot problems; collect fees; provide you with promotional emails, and verify the information you give us with third parties. For example, we may share some of the personal information you give us with banks or credit card authorization, processing, and verification services or with third parties for fraud screening purposes.
  2. Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose your personal information to law enforcement agencies, government agencies, or other third parties where we are compelled so to do by court order or similar legal procedure; where we are required to disclose your personal information to comply with law; where we are cooperating with an ongoing law enforcement investigation or where we have a good faith belief that our disclosure of your personal information is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activity or to investigate a possible violation of our User Agreement.
  3. In the event of a sale of seikokw.com, any of its affiliates and subsidiaries, or any related business assets, your personal information may be disclosed to any potential purchaser for the purposes of the continued provision of the Site or otherwise in relation to any such sale.
    We may share your personal information with our other group companies so as to provide joint content and services to you, to help detect illegal acts and/or the violations of our policies.
    This contact information will be the personal information provided by you to us on registration and, as a result, should always be kept up-to-date.
  4. Additionally, information relating to items you are buying or selling will be displayed on the Site. This information can include details of your user ID, feedback ratings, and associated comments relating to your use of the Site. Otherwise, we will only disclose your personal information to a third party with your express permission.
  5. We do not sell or rent any of your personal information to third parties in the normal course of doing business and will only share yours.

Security

  1. We take all steps reasonably necessary to protect against unauthorized access, use, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of Personal Information. Any information that we collect and store that is personally identifiable is protected using appropriate means, and Time Square Est. is not responsible for any unauthorized access or use by third parties, unless such access is enabled because of our gross negligence or willful misconduct.
  2.  Protecting your Personal Information is very important to us. Therefore, we take the following precautions, among others, to better protect the Personal Information;

    – We take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your Personal Information including the use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software. Our website is certified by VeriSign and transactions managed through our partnership with KNET and Al Ahli United Bank.

    – We store all the Personal Information you provide to us on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers. All electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted using SSL technology.

    – We display only the last four digits of your credit/debit card numbers, whilst in case of the use of Visa or MasterCard the CVV number will be requested, and when using KNet cards you will be required to enter your Knet pin when confirming an order. However, the entire card number will need to be given to the appropriate Card Company (Knet or MiGS) during order processing.

    It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your Account and password and to your computer. You must ensure that you log out/ sign-off from your Account when you are exiting www.seikokw.com