Privacy Policy
At Barakat Optical, we are committed to protect the privacy of our valuable visitors. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) document help you understand that what kind of data is amassed, recorded by Barakat Optical and how we utilize it.
It is Barakat Optical’s strategy to venerate your privacy regarding any data we may amass while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applicable to www.barakatoptical.com.sa (hereinafter, "we", "us", and "www.barakatoptical.com.sa"). We reverence your privacy and are staunch to protecting personally recognizable data you may provide us through "www.barakatoptical.com.sa". We have adopted this "Privacy Policy" to demystify what data may be amassed on our Website, how we utilize it, and under what situations we may reveal it to third parties.
This “Privacy Policy”, together with the “Terms and Conditions” placed on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your utilization of "www.barakatoptical.com.sa". Depending on your actions when visiting "www.barakatoptical.com.sa", you may be asked to concur to further terms and conditions.
I. CONSENT
By accessing our Service, you accede to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions shown publicly on our website. Each time you visit our website, or utilize our Online Services, and any time you willingly provide us with information, you concur that you are consenting to our accumulation, use and disclosure of the information that you provide, and you are consenting to receive emails, as defined in this Privacy Policy. Whether or not you register or engender any kind of account with us, this Privacy Policy applies to all users of the website and the Service.
II. WHAT INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE/SHARE IT
INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
Personal Information:
Barakat Optical may amass “Personal Information” of the site visitors. “Personal Information” includes information that can be used to personally recognize the user, such as user’s name, address, email address, Credit/Debit Card information and IP addresses for logged in users and for users leaving reviews or comments on barakatoptical
Non-Personal Information:
Barakat Optical may amass “Non-Personal Information” of the site visitors. “Non-Personal Information” includes information that cannot be used to personally recognize the user, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences that the user submit.
Image Capture (For Virtual Try-on):
We will request you to upload or take a photo, if you opt to ‘Virtual Try-on’ the products online.
Prescriptions (Rx) Entries:
We will ask you to enter the prescriptions or to upload the scanned image of the prescription of yours, if you wish to buy Eyeglasses or Contact Lenses from our online store.
HOW WE MAY USE OR SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT?
Mundanely, we do not exercise in sharing amassed information with third parties. We may share or disclose Information with third-parties who are performing services for Barakat Optical to the extent essential to permit them to accomplish the services they offer for Barakat Optical. For example, when you provide us with information to complete an online transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery, or return a purchase, you consent to our information accumulating and utilizing such information for that categorical purport, including by transmitting such information to our vendors (and their service providers) performing these services for the Company.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateway processors, have their own privacy policies in reverence of the information that we are required to provide to them to use their services. For these third-party service providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand the way your Personal Information will be handled by such providers.
The photo that you uploaded or the one that we captured during the ‘Virtual Try-on’ process will be utilized only for the ‘Virtual Try-on’ process and the data is neither saved in our servers nor shared with third parties.
The prescription data that you entered or uploaded will be saved on our server and it will be utilized to custom made your eyeglasses. Withal, we do not apportion such data to third parties.
In addition, we may reveal your Information if required to do so by law or if you violate our Terms of Use.
III. LIKS TO EXTERNAL SITES
Barakat Optical’s website may contain links to external sites that are not managed by us. If you click on a link and visits such sites, then we advise you to punctiliously review the Privacy Practices, terms and conditions of that site.
IV. COOKIES
To enrich and perfect your online experience, Barakat Optical uses "Cookies", similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Barakat Optical uses cookies to help Barakat Optical identify and track visitors, their usage of http://www.barakatoptical.com.sa, and their website access preferences. Barakat Optical visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Barakat Optical’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Barakat Optical’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Barakat Optical's use of cookies. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
V. E-COMMERCE
Those who involve in online transactions with Barakat Optical – by purchasing Barakat Optical's services or products, are asked to provide supplementary data, including as essential the private and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Barakat Optical amasses such information only insofar as is obligatory to fulfil the purport of the visitor’s interaction with Barakat Optical. Barakat Optical does not reveal personally-identifying information other than as described in this privacy policy. And visitors can always deny supplying personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may avert them from engaging in certain website- cognate activities.
VI. AGE OF CONSENT
By using the Service, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age.
VII. PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
Barakat Optical may make alterations to its Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect our practices or for other operational, lawful or governing reasons. Barakat Optical inspirit its visitors to often check this page for any alterations to its Privacy Policy. Your sustained utilization of this site after any alteration in this Privacy Policy will establish your acceptance of such alterations.
VIII. DATA RETENTION
Once you place an online order through the ‘Barakat Optical’s site, we will preserve your order data for our records unless and until you request us to wipe out this data.
IX. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS & OPTING OUT
We will send you Service-related announcements on occasions when it is indispensable to do so. For instance, if our Service is suspended for maintenance, or a new enhancement is relinquished, which will affect the way you utilize our Service, we might send you an electronic mail. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. Based upon the Personal Information that you provide us, we may communicate with you in replication to your inquiries to provide the services you request and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes. We may additionally utilize your Personal Information to send you updates and other promotional communications. If you no longer wish to receive those email updates, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each update or communication.
X. CONTACT US & WITHDRAWING CONSENT
If you come up with any queries regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site or wish to pull out your consent, you may contact us by sending an electronic mail to ask@barakatoptical.com.sa.