Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how BazaarCheap collects, uses, stores, and shares personal information when you use our website, storefront tools, dashboard, catalogue features, cart and cart-sharing tools, support features, and related services.

This policy applies to information we collect from sellers, buyers, visitors, and other users of the platform. It does not govern how independent sellers use information they collect directly from customers outside BazaarCheap.

We may collect account and profile information such as your email address, name, phone number, and login or verification details when you sign up, log in, verify your email address, or update account settings.

If you create or manage a storefront, we may collect and display business information that you choose to publish, including your business name, description, location, email address, phone number, WhatsApp contact, logo, banner, product information, service information, prices, images, categories, and related catalogue content.

If you use the cart or shared-cart features, we may process selected product details, item quantities, store identifiers, and session-related identifiers needed to maintain or share your cart.

If you contact BazaarCheap for support, we may collect the information you provide in your message, such as your name, email address, subject, message content, and related store identifiers.

We may also collect limited usage and technical information needed to operate and improve the platform, such as product or store view events, device or browser interactions with share tools, and data stored locally in your browser.

We use personal information to create and manage user accounts, authenticate users, send verification codes, restore sessions, maintain storefronts and catalogues, process support requests, and provide product, cart, and sharing features.

We also use information to improve platform performance, troubleshoot issues, detect misuse, monitor basic storefront and product engagement, and protect the integrity and security of BazaarCheap.

Where sellers choose to publish business contact details or catalogue content, we use that information to make the storefront publicly available to visitors.

Information that a seller chooses to publish on a BazaarCheap storefront may be visible to the public. This may include business contact details, catalogue information, descriptions, prices, images, and other seller-supplied content.

Sellers are responsible for ensuring they have the right to publish the information and content they submit, including personal information, branding, product images, and contact details.

BazaarCheap uses browser storage features such as local storage and session storage to support core platform functions. This may include storing authentication state, refresh timing data, cart contents, cart session identifiers, cached storefront preferences, and pending verification email information.

If you clear browser storage or use private browsing modes, some platform features may reset or stop working until new session data is created.

If you use cart-sharing, product-sharing, WhatsApp links, phone links, clipboard actions, or device sharing tools, BazaarCheap may generate a shareable link or pass limited information needed to complete that action.

Communications and transactions that continue through WhatsApp, phone calls, or other third-party services take place outside BazaarCheap and are subject to the privacy practices and terms of those third parties.

We may share information with service providers, infrastructure providers, hosting providers, storage providers, analytics or security providers, and communication tools that help us operate BazaarCheap.

We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to enforce our Terms, respond to security incidents, investigate misuse, comply with legal obligations, or protect BazaarCheap, our users, or third parties.

We do not describe BazaarCheap as a payment processor or checkout platform in this policy. Payments and transaction arrangements generally occur directly between sellers and customers outside BazaarCheap unless we expressly state otherwise.

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the platform, maintain accounts and storefronts, support cart and sharing features, resolve disputes, enforce our policies, comply with legal obligations, and protect the security of the service.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data, the purpose for which it was collected, and technical or legal requirements.

A user may request deletion of the user's account and associated personal information. When such a request is processed, we may delete or de-identify personal information, subject to any information we reasonably need to retain for legal compliance, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, security, system integrity, or legitimate backup and recordkeeping purposes.

We take reasonable steps to protect information processed through BazaarCheap. However, no method of storage, transmission, or online service is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Users are responsible for keeping account access credentials confidential and for using caution when sharing information with sellers, buyers, or third-party services.

You may choose what business and catalogue information to publish on your storefront, and you may update certain account and storefront details through available account settings and dashboard tools.

You may also control certain browser-side data by clearing local storage or session storage, though doing so may affect authentication, cart state, or other platform functionality.

You may also request deletion of your account through the applicable platform flow, subject to any retention limits described in this Privacy Policy.

BazaarCheap is not intended for use by children where consent or capacity is legally required. If you believe personal information has been submitted to BazaarCheap inappropriately, please contact us through the support channel on the platform.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version becomes effective when posted unless a later date is stated.

Your continued use of BazaarCheap after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means you accept the revised policy.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how BazaarCheap handles information, please use the support or contact options made available on the platform.