Privacy Policy
How we look after your personal information.
This page explains how Shop224 protects your name, phone number and shipping address under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). To ask for access to our records, see our PAIA Manual.
Last updated 30 October 2026
Who we are
- Responsible party
- Shop224. In this page, “we” and “us” mean Shop224.
- Information Officer
- The owner of Shop224.
- [email protected]
- @shop224_za
- TikTok
- @shop224_za
What we collect
- Your name
- So we can make, label and deliver your order.
- Your phone number
- So the delivery partner can reach you.
- Your shipping address
- So we can deliver your order.
- Your email address
- To send order updates and answer your questions.
- Order details
- The piece, the metal, and the characters you want added to your piece.
- Messages and photos
- What you send us by email, Instagram or TikTok, and any photo or review you choose to share.
- Website data
- When you visit this website, your IP address and basic technical details are processed by our website host and by Google Fonts, which supplies the fonts.
We collect only what we need to make and deliver your order. We collect it from you directly.
Why we use it
- To make, personalise and deliver your order. This is needed to carry out our agreement with you.
- To contact you about your order, your delivery or a return.
- To keep the records the law requires, such as tax and consumer records.
- To answer your questions.
- To show your photo or review, only if you give us permission.
- To keep this website working and secure.
We do not sell your personal information. We send marketing messages only if you agree to receive them, and you can tell us to stop at any time.
How we protect it
We take reasonable steps to stop your information from being lost, damaged or seen by people who should not see it.
- We ask only for what we need.
- Only the people who need your details to fill your order can see them.
- Customer details are kept in password-protected accounts.
- This website is served over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection.
- We do not keep card numbers.
- We share your details with providers only when it is needed for delivery or payment.
If your personal information is ever accessed or lost without permission, we will tell the Information Regulator and the people affected as soon as reasonably possible, as POPIA requires.
How long we keep it
- Order and delivery records
- For five years, because tax law requires us to keep financial records.
- Questions and messages
- For as long as we need to deal with your question and anything that follows from it.
- Photos and reviews
- Until you ask us to remove them.
- Website data
- Kept by our website host according to its own policies.
When we no longer need your information, we delete it or make sure it can no longer be linked to you.
Your bag and your browser
When you add a piece to your bag, it is saved in your own browser on your own device, so it is still there when you come back. It is not sent to us. We do not add advertising or tracking cookies to this website. You can remove your saved bag at any time by clearing this site’s data in your browser.
Your rights
Under POPIA you have the right to:
- ask whether we hold your personal information, and ask for a copy;
- ask us to correct information that is wrong, out of date or incomplete;
- ask us to delete information we no longer need. We may have to keep some records, such as tax records, for the period the law sets;
- object to us using your information;
- withdraw your consent where we rely on it, for example for publishing your photo or review;
- complain to the Information Regulator.
To use any of these rights, email [email protected]. We may ask you to prove who you are, so that we do not give your information to the wrong person. For a formal request for a record, use the process in our PAIA Manual.
- Website
- inforegulator.org.za
- Helpline
- 010 023 5207
- Physical address
- JD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001
- Postal address
- P.O. Box 31533, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017
To make a complaint, use the Regulator’s POPIA complaint form (Form 5) and the contact details on its website. We would like the chance to put things right first, so please also write to us.
Children and changes
This website is for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18, unless a parent or guardian gives it to us.
We may update this policy when something changes. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.