LGPD Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 31, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the TermsFeed Privacy Policy Generator.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to iCandles SA, 262 Voortrekker Road, Krugersdorp.

  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

  • Country refers to: South Africa

  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the Website.

  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Website refers to iCandles SA, accessible from https://icandlessa.co.za

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • Phone number

  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

  • Usage Data

Access account information
Email format: example@mailserver.domain
Edit account information
Email format: example@mailserver.domain
Show all requests
Email format: example@mailserver.domain
Delete account information
Email format: example@mailserver.domain

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?" available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies on TermsFeed website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies

    Type: Session Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

  • Functionality Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By email: info@icandlessa.co.za

  • By visiting this page on our website: https://icandlessa.co.za

  • By phone number: 0640243539

Frequently Asked Questions

Glass vases are recommended, but it's possible to use other containers safely as long as they're big enough. The vessel should be at least 8 cm wide to prevent the wax from sticking to the sides. That way you won't have to clean the vessel afterward and your candle
will always look new and beautiful. Pour Candle Beads into a suitable container Insert the wick leaving out 6mm end Light the candle.

Currently, all our candle beads are unscented. However, you can add your own essential oils or candle fragrance oils to the beads to give them a scent. Please do so at your own risk and comfort level, keeping in mind oils are very flammable and should never be added to a burning candle.

Yes, you can add your own essential oils or candle fragrance oils to the beads to give them a scent.
Please do so at your own risk and comfort level, keeping in mind oils are very flammable and should never be added to a burning candle.

Here's a simple method to do it:

1) Light the wick and let it burn for about 5 minutes until a melt pool forms.

2) Blow out the wick and add a few drops of your favourite scent into the melt pool.

3) Relight the wick.

This way, the scent stays in the melt pool and won't affect the rest of the beads. Start with a few drops and
increase as needed. Candle Beads has a mild scent throw in a small room. It is the user’s responsibility for all modifications made to the candles such as colours and scents.

Candle beads come in various sizes, including 400g, 1kg, and 5kg options. For more detailed information and purchasing options, please visit the iCandles SA Candle Beads collection.

Each wick (5cm) lasts around 9 to 12 hours, and you get 20 wicks with every 400g candle, 100 wicks with every 2.5Kg tub, and 500 wicks with every Bulk Bag.

Yes, our beads are plant-based, clean-burning, and pet-friendly. We still recommend keeping them out of reach of pets and children, since they’re technically not edible and burn with real fire, but you'll be glad to know the beads are non-toxic and not expected to be
harmful if a small amount is ingested. You can also take comfort knowing that candle beads self-extinguish if accidentally spilled as the beads smother the flame.

Glass vases are recommended, but it's possible to use other containers safely as long as they're big enough. The key is to prevent the melt pool from reaching the container edge and to keep the container from heating up while burning. Generally, this means a minimum container width of 80mm (8cm) at the narrowest part. Test it carefully and ensure it's not heating up while burning. Also, make sure to have at least 50mm of beads around each wick (only one wick is needed in an 80mm wide container!) and at least 25mm between the wick and the container bottom.

You have options! You can use a flame snuffer, dip the wick with a wick dipper, or simply blow it out gently. Nope, the beads won't fly everywhere if you blow out the flame carefully.

It's a good idea to store the beads in a container that can seal tight to help protect them from moisture and other elements. A container with an airtight seal, such as a plastic container with a tight-fitting lid, can help keep the beads fresh and in good condition for longer.

It's also good to have in mind the environment you will store, it is recommended to keep them in a cool, dry place, away from direct sunlight or other sources of heat or light.

It's a good practice to check the beads periodically to make sure they are in good condition, if you find any signs of mould, discoloration, or other deterioration, it's best to discard those beads and not use them in future events.

Yes, if you are interested in selling iCandles SA Candle Beads in your store or if you would like to buy in bulk for decorations, do not hesitate to contact our warm team at info@icandlessa.co.za to let us know more about your business, your physical
address and the iCandles SA products of your preference.

It's REAL FIRE, so please read and abide by the safety precautions. Use at your own risk and with caution!
There are several safety measures to keep in mind when using any candle:

Keep candles away from flammable materials such as curtains, paper, and other decorations.

Don't leave burning candles unattended. Extinguish candles when you leave the room or go to sleep.

Keep candles out of the reach of children and pets.

Trim the wick to about 6mm before lighting the candle. This will help the candle burn more safely and evenly.

Use a candle holder that is sturdy, non-flammable, and large enough to contain any dripping wax.

Don't burn a candle all the way down. Extinguish the flame if it comes too close to the holder or container.

Don't use candles as a light source during a power outage. It is safer to use flashlights or battery-powered
lanterns.

Follow the manufacturer's instructions for proper use and handling of the candle.

By following these safety tips, you can enjoy using candles without risking accidents or injuries.

The total burn time varies greatly based on how the product is used. Do you relight the same wick or refresh it each time? Do you use one or more wicks at a time? How long do you let them burn before refreshing your beads? All these factors will affect how
long your candle beads will last. That said, the beads burn slower compared to traditional candles. Each wick (5cm) lasts around 9 to 12 hours, and you get 20 wicks with every 400g candle (up to 40 hours of burn time), 100 wicks with every 2.5Kg tub candle (up to 250 hours of burn time) and 500 wicks with every Bulk Bag (25Kg), (up to 2500 hours of burn time).

All of our candle beads come with wicks included. However, if you anticipate needing extra wicks, you can buy a supplementary pack containing Wicks - 10 Pack or Wicks - 50 Pack wicks. Each wick measures approximately 5cm in length and provides approximately a burning time of 9 -12 hours.

Yes, the candle beads can be reused after burning. Once the wax has cooled and hardened, the hardened wax can be removed. You can add a new wick and continue to use the remaining beads. This allows for minimal waste and extended use of your candle beads.

At the moment only white are available. But we are working on it.

Shipping within South Africa typically takes 3-5 business days. However, delivery times may vary based on your location and any potential delays with the courier service. For the most accurate shipping information, please refer to the shipping policy on the website.

Our beads are made from 100% plant-based wax, burning cleanly with minimal smoke or soot. They do not contain paraffin or any known allergens. You can also take comfort knowing that candle beads self-extinguish if accidentally spilled as the beads smother the flame. They also self-extinguish if accidentally left burning long-term, as the wick will eventually fall over and "drown" in the melt pool.