Privacy Policy

Welcome to the pakistanhandicraftsshop.com website (the "Site"). We respect your privacy and want to protect your personal information. To learn more, please read this Privacy Policy.

Our Privacy Policy was last updated on 20^th September 2022.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and (under certain conditions) disclose your personal information. This Privacy Policy also explains the steps we have taken to secure your personal information. Finally, this Privacy Policy explains your options regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information. By visiting the Site directly or through another site, you accept the practices described in this Policy.

Data protection is a matter of trust and your privacy is important to us. We shall therefore only use your name and other information which relates to you in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. We will only collect information where it is necessary for us to do so and we will only collect information if it is relevant to our dealings with you.

We will only keep your information for as long as we are either required to by law or as is relevant for the purposes for which it was collected.

We will cease to retain your personal data, or remove the means by which the data can be associated with you, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that such retention no longer serves the purposes for which the personal data was collected, and is no longer necessary for any legal or business purpose.

You can visit the Site and browse without having to provide personal details. During your visit to the Site you remain anonymous and at no time can we identify you unless you have an account on the Site and log on with your username and password.

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use the service and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

1.    Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email Address

First Name and Last Name

Phone Number

Address, Province, ZIP/Postal Code, City

2.    Cookies

We use Cookies to track the activity on our service and store certain information to improve and analyze our service. The technologies we use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our service may use Cookies.

3.    Use of Your Personal Data

The Pakistan Handicrafts Shop may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our service.

To manage your Account: to manage your registration as a user of the service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the service that are available to you as a registered user.

To contact You: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

To manage Your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.

4.    Retention of Your Personal Data

The Pakistan Handicrafts Shop will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

5.    Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Pakistan Handicrafts Shop's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Pakistan Handicrafts Shop will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

6.    Disclosure of Your Personal Data

a.     LAW ENFORCEMENT

Under certain circumstances, the Pakistan Handicrafts Shop may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

b.     OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

The Pakistan Handicrafts Shop may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

     i.   Comply with a legal obligation

   ii.   Protect and defend the rights or property of the Pakistan Handicrafts Shop

  iii.   Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service

  iv.   Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public

    v.   Protect against legal liability

7.    Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

a.     SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

     i.   Directly from you. For example, from the forms you complete on our service, preferences you express or provide through our service, or from your purchases on our service.

   ii.   Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your activity on our service.

  iii.   Automatically from you. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on your Device as you navigate through our service.

8.    Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9.    Links to other Websites

Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

10.         Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective, and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11.         Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

By visiting this page on our website: pakistanhandicraftsshop.psic.gov.pk

By sending us an email: info@pakistanhandicraftsshop.psic.gov.pk