BARSLAB.co.za 

BARS LAB. and Stomack Investments Inc. treats customer data with the utmost care, and takes the necessary steps to ensure that your data remains confidential. 

BARS LAB. and Stomack Investments Inc. will ensure that personal data is never shared unless otherwise consented to by you. Employees of BARS LAB. do not have access to user data unless strictly assigned to the project.

Fundamentally, the internet is not completely secure and BARS LAB. and Stomack Investments Inc. cannot guarantee the safe transmission of your personal information over the internet.

Your data will be retained by us to meet regulatory standards. This may involve, but is not limited to, compliance, dispute resolution, business operations, and/or in line with signed agreements. 

You may contact us regarding any changes to your personal data, and we will operate in compliance with applicable data protection laws to update, or delete your personal data as needed.​

BARS LAB. and Stomack Investments Inc. is not in the business of selling data. Your personal information will not, under any circumstances, be sold, rented, or licensed to any third parties for any reason. 

Your personal data may be shared with our partners in order to provide services to you. An example may be providing your address to a courier for delivery of your parts. Our partners must be in compliance with our standards, and so may not use your personal information for any other purpose not stated by BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc.

BARS LAB. and Stomack Investments Inc. is a South African enterprise, but may be required to work with partners based out of other countries. By using our services, you agree to our privacy policy stating that your personal information may be shared with foreign entities for the purposes outlined within this document.

We may use your personal data to send emails to you for communication purposes related to our service provided to you. These are a requirement for us to provide an accurate service to you and cannot be opted out of.

We may also use your personal data to send emails to you relating to our services, including, but not limited to, new service offerings, new price offerings, or new information related to BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc.​

Our accounts department may keep your financial information on hand for the purposes of completing transactions related to services you have requested, identifying and investigating possible cases of fraud, and general business administration. 

Should you have used one of our partner payment processor’s, then all financial information is shared with, collected and stored by them. We may, for the reasons listed above, request this information. 

In the cases identified above whereby BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. is required to keep your financial information, industry best practices will be made use of to ensure the protection of your financial information.

In the normal operations of BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc., situations may arise whereby assets are bought or sold. This includes, but is not limited to, BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. being acquired by a third party, or the full or partial sale of our assets. In such cases, user information is included in the transfer to a third party. You acknowledge having read this that such situations may arise, and that any third party may continue to use your personal information as stated in this document.​

BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. reserves the right to access, read, keep, and release any information we reasonably believe necessary. BARS. LAB and/or Stomack Investments Inc. may access, read, keep, and release any information as it pertains to the following reasons:

1. In compliance with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or reasonably lawful     governmental request.

2. To ensure compliance with any of our policies, including the investigation of potential     violations.

3. To investigate, prevent, or address issues related to fraud, security, or technical     requirements.

4. Reply to, and service, any and all requests by customers.

5. To ensure the protection of our rights, property, and safety, as well as the protection of     our customers and the general public.

6. To exchange information with our partner organisations for the purposes of fraud     protection, and network security.

BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. will not disclose any of your personal information for any reason inconsistent with our policies unless legally compelled. In such cases, BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments requires a valid and legal process to disclose our records and your personal information. This may include subpoenas, warrants, or court orders. 

All valid and legal requests must contain sufficient information in order to identify the correct personal information required and minimise the possibility of accidental disclosure of unrelated personal information.

Unless prohibited by law, BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. will provide notice to you should there be a request for your records. This notice may include a copy of any relevant legal process. You may also be provided with enough time to appear and object to any legal processes if appropriate. BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. reserves the right to delay notice to you in cases involving the threat of death, bodily harm, or the exploitation of children. 

If you are a representative of law enforcement, a government, or other third party, and object to our customers receiving notice in such a case, please provide legal justification when serving your request. Once the period of non-disclosure has expired, BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. will provide notice to our customer.

All requests for access to information can be submitted to help@barslab.co.za.​

When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically such as how many users visited our website, or what pages they visited. This information is collected to ensure BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. can control the quality of the content you access. This data is collected in a variety of manners, including but not limited to, cookies, Google Analytics, and IP addresses.

Cookies are lines of text saved to your computer that track how you use a particular website. Cookies track things like the number of times you visit a specific page on a website, or your preferences for that website. You may disable cookies using most browsers, however this may leave you with limited functionality on some websites.

BARS LAB. uses Google Analytics to analyse and improve how users use barslab.co.za. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. The information generated and analysed for Google Analytics is transmitted to and stored by Google, Inc. on servers in the United States of America. Google, Inc. uses this information to monitor your usage of our website, providing reports for us. 

Google, Inc. may transfer this information to third parties where required by law, or where such third parties process the information on behalf of Google, Inc. By using barslab.co.za, you consent to the processing of your personal information by Google for the reasons stated above.

IP addresses are unique identifiers that electronic devices use to identify and communicate with each other. When you visit barslab.co.za, your IP address of the device in use may be viewed to determine the general physical location of the device and locate the region of the world you come from. This information may be used to enhance our website.​

BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. may provide links on our website to other websites. Linked websites may have their own privacy policies which BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. recommends you read. 

You acknowledge that BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. takes no responsibility for the loss or theft of personal information on third party websites.​

If you object to our use of your personal information, please inform us and we will take reasonable steps to rectify your concerns. In cases where you have any questions or comments regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us at help@barslab.co.za​

BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy if necessary. Any revisions of the Privacy Policy will be made available on our website with a notification sent to our customers via email. BARS LAB. and/or Stomack Investments Inc. encourages all of our customers and partners to familiarise themselves with our Privacy Policy.

Except for reasons stated in our Privacy Policy, you will always be notified when your personal information may be shared with third parties, and will be able to prevent the sharing of this information.