Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

This Privacy Policy sets out how the Taangu Group collects, shares, and handles your Personal Information. The Taangu Group is comprised of Taangu Group Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries, including the companies that operate taangu.com

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. Our privacy policy outlines our approach to privacy and how we collect, use, and protect your personal information. It also sets out your rights in relation to accessing the personal information we collect and hold about you. We are bound by the privacy legislation in Ghana.

Personal information means information about an identifiable individual and refers to any information which may be able to reasonably identify you, like your name, date of birth, phone numbers, images or audio recordings of you, your IP address, email or other contact addresses.

Our websites may contain links to third party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of any third party websites. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of each website you visit.

Collection of Personal Information and other Information

We collect personal information for the primary purpose of conducting our business as an online retailer, trader and service provider (including as a marketplace for third party sellers to list and sell goods) including to:

sell, deliver, administer, improve the products and services on our platform;

personalise your experience on our platform and with our services;

process payments;

deal with feedback or complaints about the goods and service sold or available on our platform and provide remedies where required;

undertake data analytics to enable us to better understand our customers’ requirements and preferences, conduct product and market research, personalise and improve our platform, services, websites and apps (our platform), and to provide offers that are of greater interest or benefit to customers;

communicate with you and to operate the customer service centre;

undertake and administer promotions, competitions, marketing activities, direct marketing, database compilation and analytics, analysis of trends and demographics and other marketing or promotional activities;

manage our stores, supply arrangements and inventory and administer our platform;

recruit and assess future employees; and

maintain and update our records.

The personal information we collect from you will include information you give us when you:

complete a transaction with us; and

In addition, we may collect personal information you disclose to third parties who are affiliated with us or otherwise provide services to us. This includes our Related Companies, third parties who provide services to us such as essentials products or services, or other third party services. These third parties will collect and store your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies and procedures, which they will make known to you. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the individual is made aware of the matters above.

The personal information that we collect may include, but is not limited to:

your name; your contact details including your email, home/delivery address and billing address;

your payment details

member for loyalty schemes or other related membership/subscription programs and member discount card number; and

other information that we collect in the course of transactions or interactions on our platform or with our Related Companies.

We only collect sensitive information in circumstances where you consent to the collection of this information, or it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to the purpose outlined above.

We may collect personal information from individuals who are not customers of our business but whose personal information is given to us by those individuals via our website (including our customer service centre) or in the course of a transaction.

Where reasonably practicable, we attempt to collect personal information directly from the individuals themselves, or from our Related Companies.

When we collect information, we will generally explain to the individual why we are collecting it, who we give it to and how we will use or disclose it or, alternatively, those matters will be obvious from the circumstances.

We will collect personal information from you by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.

When you visit our platform, we, and/or third parties, may place cookies, tags and pixels on your browser to enhance and manage our platform and improve our business and the services we provide to you.

We and/or Google may use this information to optimise and place advertisements, including advertisements of third party vendors and remarketing advertisements based on past visits to this platform, on our own and third party websites. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

We and our Related Companies may combine this information with similar information from Related Company websites to undertake data analytics and matching, to personalise websites and (where you have consented to receiving offers or direct marketing) to offer products or provide services to you or send direct marketing to you.

In addition to personal information, we may collect other information about you or the device you use to access our platforms. By using our platform and agreeing to this policy, you grant us permission to place and store pixels, tags and cookies on your browser which may be used by us to collect information about how you use our platforms and websites you visit, including the following information:

your device’s operating system;

your browser type and capabilities;

your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address and geolocation;

your browsing behaviour on our platforms including but not limited to:

products you have viewed, added to cart and/or purchased;

your searches and search history;

pages you have visited, including how you were referred to each page; and

page usage statistics, including the time spent on each page;

In addition, third parties may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons or similar technologies to collect information, including, where applicable, for the Google Trusted Stores program or other third party affiliate marketing or aggregation services.

Cookies can be managed by accessing the individual settings in your browser.

Using and Disclosing Your Personal Information

We will generally use or disclose your personal information for the primary purpose for which it was collected, or for a related secondary purpose where you would reasonably expect us to use or disclose the personal information for that secondary purpose. We may otherwise use and disclose your personal information if you have given us consent in accordance with this Privacy Policy for the use or disclosure or it is required or authorised by law.

Generally, we use and disclose your personal information for the purpose of providing you with the goods or services that you have requested, or otherwise to enable us to carry out our business as an online store of goods and services, trader and service provider (including as a marketplace for third party sellers to list and sell goods).

As marketplace platform, we will, where necessary share your information with third party Sellers who transact using our platform. These Sellers may in turn share your information with parties who provide services to them (such as courier or delivery services providers) in order to provide goods and services to you.

We may generally disclose your information to third parties in order for them to provide or market services to you, such as our commercial partners for Taangu Essentials or loyalty and reward program partners. We will not sell your personal information to third parties, and (unless connected with clauses 3.9 and 3.10 below) any third party we disclose information to will be for a purpose connected with your experience or the products or services provided on our platform or our business as an online store of goods and services, trader and service provider (including as a marketplace for third party sellers to list and sell goods).

If those purposes for which we have collected the information involve providing personal information about an individual to any third party, we will take appropriate and reasonable steps to ensure any personal information is protected.

We will generally only use personal information for marketing if you have given express or implied consent or it is impracticable to seek consent before this use.

When registering with us, you consent to us using your personal information (such as your email address or phone number, your purchase history with us, your browsing history on our platform, and information collected about you from Related Companies) for direct marketing purposes. This includes sending you deal emails or SMS notifications about our products and services, and personalising the appearance of the platform for you based on the personal information we collect about you. You may opt out of receiving these direct marketing communications at any time and you can manage your subscription preferences in your account.

When opting into ‘Notify Me’ emails, you consent to us sending you a notification email once a product on your Wishlist is back in stock. You may opt out of receiving these notification emails at any time and you can manage your notification preferences in the Wishlist section of your account.

We may disclose your information to (a) other members of the Taangu Group; and (b) our Related Companies, each of whom may use that information to undertake data analytics and matching to enable them to better understand your requirements and preferences, and (if you interact with that business) to personalise and improve their offer to you and to offer products or providing services to you or send direct marketing to you (where you have consented to receiving direct marketing).

In addition, Taangu and our Related Companies disclose personal information to, and collect personal information from, each other to understand how you interact with them and what products and services you like, which allows Taangu and Related Companies to better understand your preferences and requirements, conduct product and market research, personalise and improve services, websites and apps and to provide offers that are of greater interest or benefit to you.

We may also provide your information to third parties that provide services to us, including third parties that provide our payment gateway, marketing, loyalty and reward program, logistics, customer service and technology support services. This may include providing your information to third parties that are located outside of Ghana. Where your personal information is transferred outside Ghana, where we do so, we ensure that these parties treat your information with strict confidentiality and have appropriate data protection arrangements.

You agree and acknowledge that in the event we merge, sell or otherwise change control of our company, our business or the website to a third-party, you consent, without giving of prior notice, to our disclosure of your personal information and other data that we have collected from you to a third party or parties as part of such a transaction.

Security of Your Personal Information

We work hard to keep your personal information safe and secure. This includes building our systems with your privacy and security in mind and implementing a range of security measures including:

Maintaining an ongoing cyber security program and team.

Controlling access to personal information through access and identity management systems.

Implementing information security, privacy and confidentiality related policies and processes.

Regularly reviewing our security program and controls to protect your personal information appropriately.

Access to Your Personal Information and Complaints Procedure

Under the Ghana Privacy Act you have certain rights to access the personal information we collect and hold about you.

Information we hold about you can be accessed by logging into your account on the platform and checking the information in the My Account page. You should ensure the information, such as email, is up to date and accurate. You can find more information about the information held in your account here.

You may make a request to receive any additional information we may hold about you, and we will provide this information to you within a reasonable time. When requesting such access please identify the precise type/s of information requested. You may make a request by contacting our Help Centre.

You may make a request to close your account and/or delete the personal information we hold about you by contacting us at privacy@taangu.com. Taangu will take reasonable steps to close your account and/or delete the personal information, if your account and/or personal information is no longer needed for any of the purposes set out in this policy, or as otherwise required by law.

We take steps reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the personal information that we collect, use and disclose is accurate, up to date and complete. Where an individual requests to correct information, we will take reasonable steps to correct the information, having regard to the purpose for which it is held. You may lodge a request to correct personal information in the manner outlined in clause 6.3 above.

To make a complaint about a breach of the Ghana Privacy Principles, which includes how we handle your personal information, you may contact our Help Centre. We will endeavour to respond to your complaint within a reasonable time after it is received.

Please contact our team via email on privacy@taangu.com if you require any assistance.

Privacy Collection Statement

The personal information that we collect from you will include information you provide us when you

Use our platform;

complete a transaction with us; and

We may further collect personal information of individuals:

who are not customers of our business but whose personal information is given to us by those individuals via our website, including through customer service interactions, or in the course of a transaction.

All personal information will be collected by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.

We will use your personal information for the purpose of conducting our business as an online store, trader and service provider (including as a marketplace for third party sellers to list and sell goods) including personalising your experience on our platform and with our services, undertaking data analytics (including with our Related Companies) to enable us to better understand your requirements and preferences, and to provide offers that are of greater interest or benefit to you, undertake and administer promotions, competitions, marketing activities and direct marketing. For more information on why and how we collect your personal information, please view our Privacy Policy.

We also generally share your personal information:

with our sister sites and Related Companies;

as required or authorised by law;

with third parties that provide services to us, or products or services directly or indirectly to you, as part of the use and functionality of our platform, including marketplace sellers you transact with, and third parties that provide our payment gateway, marketing, logistics and technology support services; and

otherwise in accordance with our Terms and Conditions of Use and our Privacy Policy.

This may include providing your information to third parties that are located outside of Ghana, including the countries across the globe. Where we do so, we ensure that these parties treat your information with strict confidentiality and have appropriate data protection arrangements.

In cases where personal information has been disclosed to any third party, we will take appropriate steps to ensure your personal information is protected.

Taangu’s Privacy Policy provides you with information about how you may:

access your personal information held by Taangu and change that information, and

complain about a breach of the Ghana Privacy Act and how Taangu will deal with such a complaint.

Taangu’s Privacy Collection Statement and Privacy Policy may change from time to time. The latest versions will be available online at https://www.taangu.com/privacy

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Privacy Collection Statement last updated in June 2024