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we’re committed to protecting our #straålsociety’s [i.e. customer’s] privacy. Please take the time to review this notice on how we [herein after “straål” “we” us” or “the site”] treat your data.
Thank you for trusting us.
This Privacy Policy describes how www.straal.shop (the “Site”, “we”, “us) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.
Our website address is: https://straal.shop/.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with: we share your data with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you (described in more detail further down)
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service
SECTION 1: COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.
DEVICE INFORMATION
Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor WooCommerce/WordPress, our payment Gateway Payfast, Peach Payments, Payflex and our delivery integration UAfrica.
ORDER INFORMATION
Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, and information required to process EFT transactions), email address, and phone number.
Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
Source of collection: collected from you.
Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor WooCommerce/WordPress, our payment Gateway Payfast, Peach Payments, Payflex and our delivery integration UAfrica.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION
Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information, email address, and phone number.
Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.
Source of collection: collected from you.
Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor WooCommerce/WordPress, our payment Gateway Payfast, Peach Payments, Payflex and our delivery integration UAfrica if necessary to provide customer support.
SECTION 2: MINORS
Adult supervision/permission is advised for the use of this site for individuals under the age of 18. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address below to request deletion.
SECTION 3: SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above. For example:
We use WooCommerce to power our online store. You can read more about how WooCommerce uses your Personal Information here:
We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
We use Payfast, Peach Payments and Payflex to process payments. You can read more about how Payfast, Peach Payments and Payflex uses your Personal Information by clicking on the links: PAYFLEX, Peach Payments, PAYFAST,
We use uAfrica to serve as our order delivery partner. You can read more about how uAfrica uses your Personal Information here.
SECTION 4: USING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use your personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfillment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.
SECTION 5: RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. For more information on your right of erasure, please see the ‘Your rights’ section below.
SECTION 6: AUTOMATIC DECISION MAKING
Our processor WooCommerce uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that does not have a legal or otherwise significant effect on you.
Services that include elements of automated decision-making include:
Temporary denylist of IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions. This denylist persists for a small number of hours.
Temporary denylist of credit cards associated with denylisted IP addresses. This denylist persists for a small number of days.
SECTION 7: COOKIES
A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.
We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.
The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.
You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as www.allaboutcookies.org.
Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by third parties, please contact us or visit their pages to do so.
SECTION 8: DO NOT TRACK
Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
SECTION : CHANGES
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
SECTION 10: CONTACT
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected] or by mail using the details provided below:
P.O.Box 36038, Menlo Park, 0102, Pretoria, South Africa
Last updated: 8 December 2022
If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
straal.shop (Straal Beauty (Pty) Ltd) has an Information Officer according to the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 (POPIA), and hereby confirm that we are POPIA compliant.
Also called Glycerol. It is a skin-identical ingredient used as a humectant.
Frequency: This ingredient is used frequently in cosmetics.
STRAÅLTHROUGH INFORMED SHOPPING®
Why choose LEBON?
Built by straålcompare®. The selection is made up of toothpastes with similar characteristics, value propositions or price points. This is part of our straålthrough® transparency initiative–we encourage our straålfriends to pick the products they love ♡
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R2 per ML (size is 80ML)
Certified Organic Ingredients by Ecocert.
Vegan-friendly
Aluminium tube
Contains Calcium Carbonate as colourant.
LEBON is a fluoride-free oral care range (for those who prefer to shop fluoride-free).
LEBON is sulphate (SLS)-, triclosan-, plastic- and titanium dioxide free (for those who prefer to shop these characteristics).
Sold at straal.shop
R3.75 per ML (based on 60ML at R225)
No certified Organic ingredients
Vegan-friendly
Plastic tube
Contains colourants that are not Calcium/mineral based such as Reds and Yellows.
Contains Sodium Chloride (good for oral health)
Contains MICA (controversial unless sourcing disclosed) & Titanium Dioxide.
Has a texture from beads (noted as not plastic)
Both LEBON and Curaprox contain essential oils for aroma, including D-Limonene.
Curaprox contains 5 sweeteners; LEBON contains 1.
Both are free-from SLS, triclosan and plastic.
☑️ Good toothpaste albeit very sweet; more expensive than straål.
R2.2 per ML (based on 75ML for R165)
Not Certified Organic but both LEBON and Dr. Hauschka has similar ethos.
Not Vegan-friendly due to Propolis
Plastic or aluminium tube
Contains colour pigments from Titanium and Copper.
Contains Titanium Dioxide [disputed ingredient] although from illmenite.
Contains Alcohol (LEBON is alcohol-free).
Both LEBON and Dr. Hauschka contain essential oils, although the latter contains 4 EU allergens.
Both Dr. Hauschka and LEBON are fluoride-free. Plus other free-froms in LEBON and this are similar.
☑️ Great ingredients and similar price to LEBON albeit not appropriate for Vegans while containing Titanium Dioxide. We were unable to verify whether the tube is plastic or aluminium.
R5.16 per ML (based on 60ML for R310)
Not Certified Organic
Both Aēsop and LEBON focus on ingredients with proven safety, efficacy and sustainability.
Vegan-friendly.
Aluminium tube
Contains Calcium Carbonate as Colourant, like LEBON.
Contains Sodium Chloride (good for oral health)
Both LEBON and Aēsop contain essential oils, although Aēsop has 3 EU allergens.
Both LEBON and Aēsop specialize in exquisite ‘natural’ aromas in their toothpastes.
Both Aēsop and LEBON are fluoride-free, titanium dioxide-free, triclosan-free and SLS-free.
☑️ Great ingredients and aroma. If high-end toothpastes with sophisticated and unique scents are your thing, try LEBON for a more affordable option.
Please note that straålcompare® is meant to help our straålfriends compare attributes and prices based on factual information.
When a product is marked with certain attributes, it is for informational purposes so that purchasers can make choices according to their own criteria.
