Privacy Policy

Introduction

By accessing and using the Blitz website (the “Website”) the Blitz platform and any associated services, and signing up for Blitz, (the “Blitz Services”), you agree to our Privacy and Cookie Policy (“Policy”). If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy, please do not use any of the Blitz Services.

This Policy has been prepared in accordance with the strictest privacy and data protections laws, such as the Zimbabwean Cyber and Data Protection Act of 2021, the South African Protection of Personal Information Act 2020, and the Zimbabwean Protection of Personal Information Act. For the purposes of our data collection and processing activities, Blitz is deemed the controller of the personal data we collect and process.

The purpose of our Privacy Policy is to inform you that we collect personal data from you, and to inform you of how we use your personal data. This Policy may be changed, supplemented, or updated by the Blitz team (referred to as the “Blitz Team”) at its sole discretion without prior notice. You should check the Blitz website regularly to keep abreast of changes. Your continued use of the Blitz website and services confirms your acceptance of this Privacy Policy as modified, changed, supplemented, or updated by us. If you do not agree to any revisions of the Privacy Policy, you must stop using the Blitz Services, links and/or content contained on the website.

What is personal data?

Personal data is defined as information relating to a person/data subject, and includes:

(a) the person’s name, address or telephone number;
(b) the person’s race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religious or political beliefs or associations;
(c) the person’s age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or family status;
(d) an identifying number, symbol or other particulars assigned to that person;
(e) fingerprints, blood type or inheritable characteristics;
(f) information about a person’s health care history, including a physical or mental disability;
(g) information about educational, financial, criminal or employment history;
(h) opinions expressed about an identifiable person;
(i) the individual’s personal views or opinions, except if they are about someone else; and
(j) personal correspondence pertaining to home and family life

Where do we collect personal data?

We collect your personal data when you use our website to place a bid using your ZASH. We collect further personal data during any correspondence; for example, your personal data received through correspondence via e-mail, the “contact” section on our website, social media, during any support interaction between yourself and the Blitz team.

Why do we process and collect personal data?

We will need certain data in order for you to be able to access and use the Blitz Services. We are an online marketing platform where you place bids for goods using your ZASH.  If you place a bid on our website, you give us your consent to use your personal data and agree with this Policy. This consent legally allows us to process your data. If you do not agree to our use of your personal data in line with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Blitz Services.
Further, we may collect your personal data in order to arrange delivery of goods you have won in a bid; to this extent, you would have to agree to provide this information in order to receive your goods.

Changes to your personal data

Your personal data may occasionally change.  If it does, you commit to updating the Blitz records such that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and up to date. You would need to update your data with us via our different media accounts.

What (personal) data do we collect?

We may collect and process personal data, including but not limited to:your full name, e-mail address, cellphone number, contacts, ID card details, IP address, geo-location, biometrics, and passwords;

• any information that you may provide during any interaction, correspondence or feedback between you and the Blitz team. This may include any personal data contained in your responses to any surveys in which you may have participated, any market research, reporting of any problems, complaints that you have made, personal data provided during correspondence with our customer support or any other correspondence with the Blitz team;
• personal data we collect from the use of Blitz  Services, including your usage habits relating to the Blitz Services;
• any personal data you disclose while visiting and interacting with any of our social media and networking sites;
• any personal data you provide in any correspondence with us, including e-mails, telephone calls and web queries; 

Information automatically collected

When you make use of Blitz Services, your personal data is automatically collected.  The information that we automatically collect includes:

• . Server Log Information: This includes information such as your IP address, the date and time that you made use of the Blitz Services, the amount of time you spent on the Website, the pages viewed, the time you spent on each of the pages on the Website, websites you visited before and after you visited the website, and other comparable server log information;
• Device Information: This would include information about the device you used when accessing the Blitz Services, including hardware and software models and versions, the specific operating system, type of browser and other device information;
• Device Characteristics: Data such as storage space available on your device, upload and download speeds and other key statistics relating to your device;
• Device Identities: Information such as device identity numbers, any unique information such as from applications or accounts you may have used, etc;
• Information obtained from your device settings (if turned on/consented to) such as access to your GPS location, camera, and photos;
• Device Signals: Data about nearby connection signals such as Wi-Fi points, beacons, cellular phone masts and Bluetooth signals;
• Networks:Data such as your connection speed, and information of other nearby devices or devices in your network, your cellular operator, your internet service provider, your time zone, and your preferred language;
• ZASH login credentials: When you log in to your ZASH account using your profile, we may collect information about the account in accordance with their authorisation procedures and information sharing policies; and
• Information collected by cookies and other similar tracking technologies. We, and our service providers, may use various technologies to collect information when you interact with the various Blitz interfaces, including cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your device when you visit a website, enabling us to collect key data. Web beacons are graphic images placed on a website or email used to monitor the behaviour of website/e-mail users often used in conjunction with cookies.