At Laffies Gear, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have when interacting with our website: https://laffies.co.za.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://laffies.co.za.
We operate as a sports gear and apparel retailer, serving individuals, schools, and clubs across South Africa.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information shown in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent. This helps us prevent spam and keep the site safe.
If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string (hash) created from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our site, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images if it’s present.
Cookies
- Comments: If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter details when posting another comment. These cookies last one year.
- Login: When you log in, we set cookies to store your login details and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, display option cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
- Session: If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie is set to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and disappears once you close your browser.
- Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser with the ID of the post you edited. This expires after one day.
Embedded Content
Articles or pages on this website may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles) from other websites. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, track interactions, and monitor your engagement—especially if you are logged into their platform.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.
Data Retention
- Comments: We keep comments and their metadata indefinitely so we can automatically approve follow-up comments without holding them in a moderation queue.
- User Accounts: For registered users, we store the personal information provided in your profile. You can view, edit, or delete your personal data at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Your Rights
If you have an account on our site, or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase your personal data.
Please note: we may be required to keep certain data for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Where Your Data Goes
Visitor comments may be checked using an automated spam detection service to protect our site and community.
✅ In summary: At Laffies Gear, your trust is important to us. We handle your information responsibly, use it only for necessary purposes, and provide transparency around how it’s managed.