This Privacy Policy outlines Shop Smart’s practices regarding information collected online at www.shopsmart242.com ; when you call, email or otherwise communicate with Shop Smart; and at Shop Smart’s retail stores in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy Shop Smart includes Shop Smart and their retail stores and websites in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
By visiting www.shopsmart242.com or a Shop Smart Retail Store, participating in our rewards program or otherwise interacting with Shop Smart, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We suggest you review this Privacy Policy periodically, as it may be updated from time to time.
Shop Smart may collect any information (such as first and last name, credit card number, address, e-mail address and telephone number) that you provide when you interact with Shop Smart. Some examples are when you:
- Make an online or in-store purchase;
- Fill out a survey or questionnaire;
- Sign up for our rewards program or other program or club;
- Engage with Shop Smart content through third-party social networking sites;
- Purchase a product as a result of visiting www.shopsmart242.com;
- or Contact a Shop Smart customer service representative.
We operate cameras in our Retail Stores for security and operational purposes. Except for security and loss-prevention purposes, we do not use these cameras to identify you personally.
Information you provide at our Retail Stores may be combined with information that you provide online at www.shopsmart242.com, as well as with information about your product interests and purchases we collect automatically. The information you provide to Shop Smart may also be combined with demographic and other information that is available from other sources in order to allow Shop Smart to better communicate with you and enhance our customer service and your shopping experience.
Your personal information is used by Shop Smart to enhance your customer relationship, respond to your requests, improve our customer service, tailor offerings and advertisements to you, communicate with you about products, services, special offerings and events or programs offered by Shop Smart or our marketing partners that may be of interest to you. We participate in interest-based advertising and we or others may use information about you to deliver to you or allow you to see certain advertising based on your interests, searches you perform, information you provide, or your activity on www.shopsmart242.com.
Shop Smart may also use this information to analyze and manage its businesses. Aggregate or combined data is collected from online and offline facilities and may be used to enhance the ability of Shop Smart to communicate with you and to support business functions such as fulfillment, internal business processes, marketing, authentication, customer service, fraud prevention, and public safety and legal functions.
Sharing Your Personal Information
With Third Parties: Shop Smart may share your personal information with third parties, including as set forth below.
With Other Parts of our Business and our Business Partners: Personal information collected by any part or department of Shop Smart’s business will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy and may be shared with other parts or departments of Shop Smart’s business and with our business partners, including third parties, for use in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
With our Service Providers: Shop Smart may share your personal information with service providers. Some examples of things service providers may do that may involve your personal information are:
- Authorization of credit card and check transactions, order fulfillment, sweepstakes and contests, our rewards program, and cobranded or joint product and service promotions;
- Developing, hosting or maintaining of www.shopsmart242.com on behalf of Shop Smart;
- Order fulfillment and shipping services on behalf of Shop Smart or on your behalf and at your request.
- Aggregating customer information and/or improving customer service. We may then share such aggregated information with prospective marketing partners and advertisers.
These service providers are granted access to some or all of your personal information as necessary and may use cookies (as defined above and below) or other automatic collection technology on our behalf. The service providers are contractually restricted in the ways they may use your personal information.
In Connection with Business Transfers: In the event that a store, division or part or all of Shop Smart is bought, sold or otherwise transferred, or is in the process of a potential transaction, customer information will likely be shared for evaluation purposes and included among the transferred business assets.
To Comply with Laws: Shop Smart may also disclose specific information when such disclosure appears necessary to comply with the law, a subpoena or other litigation process or to protect the interests or safety of its visitors and customers, Shop Smart employees or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
On Registries and Wish Lists: Registries and Wish Lists are made available for viewing by others. If you create your Registry or Wish List and elect to make it available online, your information will be accessible at www.shopsmart242.com and may be available at other sites as well. If you create your Registry or Wish List at www.shopsmart242.com, your Registry information may also be accessible at the Retail Stores.
“Phishing” is a scam designed to steal your personal information. If you receive an email that looks like it might be from Shop Smart asking for your personal information, do not respond. Shop Smart would not request your password, user name, credit card information, or other personal information through email.
You may receive communications, special promotions, and see advertising on www.shopsmart242.com. You may also see advertising for Shop Smart on other advertising on other websites based on your particular interests and online activity on www.shopsmart242.com or other websites. You have the choice to tell us not to collect and use this information.
You may update or change your personal information by contacting us at customerservice@shopsmart242.com or by calling 1-242-698-1051 and asking for a customer service representative, who will instruct you on how to update or change your personal information. To change your shipping or billing information for www.shopsmart242.com orders, log on, select “My Account” and make the appropriate changes.
