Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last revised on and is effective as of xx/xx/2020. This Privacy Policy forms part of your legal agreement with Topwin Hardware Trading Sdn Bhd, its subsidiaries, and affiliates (collectively, “VRDIY” or “we” or “us”) under Topwin/vrdiy’s Terms of Use. By downloading, installing, accessing, or using any of the Online Services (as defined below) or by submitting information to us in a manner governed by this Privacy Policy, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time.

Information You Provide Us. Much of the personally identifiable information we receive comes directly from customers who are interested in obtaining various products and services by shopping at the Site. Typically, this information includes your name, postal address, email address and telephone number. If you purchase products or services through the Site we will note, for example, credit card information, the type of services or products ordered or purchased, and any other information collected by us where you are identified or identifiable. If you, at any time, have any queries about this Privacy Policy or any other queries in relation to how we may manage, protect and/or process your Personal Data, please email us. This Privacy Policy is subject to Malaysian laws.

Information We Collect Automatically Through Technologies

Cookies and Other Technologies

Like many online services, we collect and store certain information automatically whenever you interact with our Online Services. For example, we collect your IP address, browser and device information, including operating system, application software, and reference site domain name, every time you access or use the Online Services. We also collect information regarding customer traffic patterns and usage and mobile application usage data. We may use this information in combination with other information we have about you, including personal information.

VR DIY uses cookies, which are small data files created by a Web server and stored by your browser. We also use pixel tags, which are tiny graphic images, also known as web beacons, action tags, or transparent GIF files. Cookies and pixel tags permit the Online Services to function properly. For example, they help us to identify account holders and VR DIY Rewards members and to optimize the log-in, account management, and shopping experience. They also allow us to hold selections in a shopping cart when a user leaves without checking out. In addition, we may use cookies and other technologies to store your preferences and provide a personalized experience on the Online Services.

Most browsers accept cookies by default but allow you to block or delete them. If you restrict cookies, you may not be able to use some features of the Online Services. To learn more about cookies and how to disable them, please consult the “Help” feature of your browser or your device’s user guide.

VR DIY also use cookies and other technologies to implement analytics tools, including Google Analytics, that help us understand how the Online Services are performing, how you engage with the Online Services, and how you interact with our advertisements and communications. The information we collect using Google Analytics, which may be shared with Google, doesn’t include names or contact information, but may include VR DIY Rewards membership ID numbers, IP addresses, and activity on the Online Services. For more information on your privacy choices in connection with Google Analytics, including the Google Analytics Browser Opt-Out Add On, please visit the Google website at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

We and our advertising vendors use online technologies, including cookies and pixel tags, to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites and platforms. These technologies enable us or our vendors, including Google, to recognize a unique cookie or pixel tag placed by us or our vendors when you accessed the Online Services or by an entity when you visited a non-affiliated website or platform. This information is used to manage advertising effectiveness and provide you with online advertisements, including advertisements on unaffiliated websites and platforms, more likely to be of interest to you. These technologies also allow us to learn which advertisements bring users to our Online Services and to manage affiliate advertising.

For more information about interest-based advertising (often referred to as online behavioral advertising or targeted advertising) and how to manage your preferences for interest-based ads, please visit the following third- party websites:

To opt out of receiving interest-based advertisements from members of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), please visit the DAA website at: www.aboutads.info/choices

To opt out of receiving interest-based advertisements from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), please visit the NAI website at: www.networkadvertising.org/choices

Please note that these opt-out mechanisms are browser and device specific. If you wish to opt-out of interest-based advertising across all browsers and devices, you need visit the above websites from each browser and device you use. Please consult your device’s user guide or visit the Google Play Support Center or the Apple Support Center for more information on managing interest-based advertisements in a mobile environment. Please be aware that if you opt out of receiving interest-based advertising, you will still be served with advertisements, but they will no longer be targeted to your interests.

Although your browser may deliver a Do Not Track signal to the Online Services, at present VR DIY does not respond to such signals.

We may collect information about your location when you access or use our Online Services.
We use your IP address to derive information regarding your location (such as longitude and latitude) including Google MAPS. For more information about Google’s privacy policies, please visit http://www.google.com/policies/privacy. If you access or use our Online Services from a mobile device, we may collect geolocation information from your mobile device, but only with your authorization. Location information is used to assign you to a local VR DIY Hardware store and to customize certain features of the Online Services, such as the store locator feature, local advertising, and product selection, availability and pricing. We may also use this information to send push notifications customized to your location if you have authorized us to send them to your mobile device. Push notifications, which appear on the screen of your mobile device in the form of a badge, alert, or banner, allow mobile applications to send information to your mobile device even when the application is not in use. You may choose to receive push notifications without consenting to the collection of geolocation information, but the messages you receive will not be customized for your location. Your mobile device’s operating system may store your authorization to provide us with information regarding your location. While your authorization is active, if you access or request location-based services from our Online Services, your mobile device will provide us with your location without additional authorization from you. If you would like to disable location services in connection with our mobile website, please consult your mobile device’s user guide for instructions on clearing cookies. If you would like to disable location services and/or push notifications in connection with our mobile app, adjust your mobile device settings according to the instructions in your mobile device’s user guide.

We may collect and store information about you that we receive from other sources, such as the U.S Postal Service National Change of Address (NCOA) service and providers of consumer data, to enable us to update and correct the information contained in our database and to provide product recommendations and special offers that we think will interest you. In addition, if you interact with a social media platform (such as FVR DIYbook, Twitter, or Instagram) via the Online Services, the platform may share information with us such as product sharing. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of each social media platform you use for more information about their privacy practices. We may combine the information about you that we receive from these entities with other information we have about you. We may also collect information from you regarding another entity or person. For instance, if you want to use a “forward to a friend” or similar feature on our Online Services to send communications to a person, we will collect that person’s name and email address from you. We will use this information only to send your communication and will not use the information you provide to otherwise contact the person.

We may share non-identifying information that we have collected for a variety of purposes, including marketing. Non-identifying information includes information such as the number of users who accessed or used our Online Services during a specific time period or purchased a specific product through the Online Services, device information, and system and application software.
We may share your Personal Information as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy and as follows:

VR DIY may transfer personal information to its subsidiaries and corporate affiliates, including future subsidiaries and affiliates.

We may share personal information with VR DIY Hardware stores in order to facilitate shipping, delivery, and assembly services related to purchases made on the Online Services, to assist in the resolution of disputes or customer services issues, to facilitate your membership in the VR DIY Rewards program, and to enable VR DIY Hardware stores to conduct their own marketing activities. Please note that most VR DIY Hardware stores are independently owned and operated, although some stores are owned by VR DIY affiliates.

We engage service providers to perform services in connection with the operation of our business. Examples of these services include, but are not limited to, operation of our Online Services, management of customer accounts and VR DIY Rewards accounts, payment processing and authorization, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, order fulfillment and shipping, gift card processing and management, advertising, market research, marketing and promotional activities and communications, affiliate advertising, sweepstakes and contest administration and fulfillment, Online Services evaluation, data analysis and data cleansing.

We may use social media and advertising platforms, such as Facebook® Instagram and Google, to serve advertisements to you or to third parties that the platform determines are similar to you. In order to offer these ads, we may share your personal information, such as email addresses or phone numbers, in hashed or unhashed format, with the platform provider, which can match this information to a particular platform user.

We may make your personal information, together with information regarding your preferences, activity, purchases, and demographics, available to affiliates for purposes of conducting marketing activities on behalf of VR DIY, the affiliates, and/or or any other service providers.

We, or those with whom we have shared personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, may release personal information if we believe in good faith that: the law or legal process requires it or expressly permits it; we have received a court order or administrative request from a law enforcement agency; or such release is necessary or advisable to protect the rights, property or safety of VR DIY, our retailers, or any of our respective affiliates, business partners, customers, users of the Online Services or others. We may also disclose Personal Information to enforce this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, to troubleshoot problems, and to resolve disputes (including, without limitation, in connection with litigation or arbitration of any dispute between you and VR DIY or to assist us in the collection of amounts owed by you to us or to one of our business partners with whom you have authorized us to transact business on your behalf).

We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in connection with the sale or transfer of all or a portion of the business or assets of VR DIY to an entity in the event of a corporate transaction. In addition to the foregoing circumstances, we may share your personal information when you authorize us to do so.

What Steps Are Taken To Keep Personal Information Secure?

We may share non-identifying information that we have collected for a variety of purposes, including marketing. Non-identifying information includes information such as the number of users who accessed or used our Online Services during a specific time period or purchased a specific product through the Online Services, device information, and system and application software.
We may share your Personal Information as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy and as follows:

VR DIY may transfer personal information to its subsidiaries and corporate affiliates, including future subsidiaries and affiliates.

We may share personal information with VR DIY Hardware stores in order to facilitate shipping, delivery, and assembly services related to purchases made on the Online Services, to assist in the resolution of disputes or customer services issues, to facilitate your membership in the VR DIY Rewards program, and to enable VR DIY Hardware stores to conduct their own marketing activities. Please note that most VR DIY Hardware stores are independently owned and operated, although some stores are owned by VR DIY affiliates.

We engage service providers to perform services in connection with the operation of our business. Examples of these services include, but are not limited to, operation of our Online Services, management of customer accounts and VR DIY Rewards accounts, payment processing and authorization, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, order fulfillment and shipping, gift card processing and management, advertising, market research, marketing and promotional activities and communications, affiliate advertising, sweepstakes and contest administration and fulfillment, Online Services evaluation, data analysis and data cleansing.

We may use social media and advertising platforms, such as Facebook® Instagram and Google, to serve advertisements to you or to third parties that the platform determines are similar to you. In order to offer these ads, we may share your personal information, such as email addresses or phone numbers, in hashed or unhashed format, with the platform provider, which can match this information to a particular platform user.

We may make your personal information, together with information regarding your preferences, activity, purchases, and demographics, available to affiliates for purposes of conducting marketing activities on behalf of VR DIY, the affiliates, and/or or any other service providers.

We, or those with whom we have shared personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, may release personal information if we believe in good faith that: the law or legal process requires it or expressly permits it; we have received a court order or administrative request from a law enforcement agency; or such release is necessary or advisable to protect the rights, property or safety of VR DIY, our retailers, or any of our respective affiliates, business partners, customers, users of the Online Services or others. We may also disclose Personal Information to enforce this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, to troubleshoot problems, and to resolve disputes (including, without limitation, in connection with litigation or arbitration of any dispute between you and VR DIY or to assist us in the collection of amounts owed by you to us or to one of our business partners with whom you have authorized us to transact business on your behalf).

We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in connection with the sale or transfer of all or a portion of the business or assets of VR DIY to an entity in the event of a corporate transaction. In addition to the foregoing circumstances, we may share your personal information when you authorize us to do so.

What Steps Are Taken To Keep Personal Information Secure?

We use various security measures to protect personal information that we collect. However, we cannot guarantee that your personal information will be secure from disclosure or misuse, either by accident or by unauthorized access or use.

In order to help protect your personal information, you should keep your account usernames and passwords secure and not provide them to others. If we request that you re-set your username and/or password, please do so promptly. If you wish to cancel a username or password, or if you become aware of any loss, theft or unauthorized use of a username or password, please contact our Customer Care Department by email at carecenter@VR DIY.com or by phone at 03-89645398.

If you are an account holder, you can access, correct, and update certain personal information by accessing your account through the Online Services, by clicking on the Sign In/Register button located on the VRDIY.com home page. You can also update certain personal information by contacting our Customer Care department by email at carecenter@VR DIY.com or by phone at 03-89645398. Please note that you may not be able to access or update all information we have about you.

There are several ways in which you can tell us whether or not you want to receive promotional communications from us. If you are an account holder, you can indicate email preferences by accessing your account through the Online Services. If you make an order through the on Online Services, you will have an opportunity to make or change your selections in this regard. You also will have an opportunity to indicate your preferences by clicking on an “unsubscribe” hyperlink contained in promotional emails we send you or following the “unsubscribe” instructions in a notification or other message type. Even if you unsubscribe from our emails, you may continue to receive promotional emails from VR DIY Hardware stores. To unsubscribe from promotional email communications from an VR DIY Hardware store, please follow the instructions for unsubscribing in the store’s email. If you no longer wish to receive push notifications on your mobile device, please consult your mobile device’s user guide for instructions on how to disable push notifications.

Other VR DIY websites, applications and digital services may be governed by different privacy policies. Please read the privacy policy posted on each VR DIY website, application or other digital service that you visit to understand the information collection, use and sharing practices that apply.

Our Online Services may contain links to other websites, applications or services operated by others. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy do not apply to information gathered through these other websites, applications or services, including websites, applications or services operated by VR DIY Hardware stores, which are independently owned and operated.

If you have accessed our Online Services through a link from certain of our advertising or marketing partners, our Online Services may include a frame of the applicable advertising or marketing partner. Nevertheless, the information you provide to us through these framed Web pages is collected by us, and our use of this information is governed by this Privacy Policy.

Our Online Services offer you the ability interact with social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, Please be advised that product reviews, user generated content, and other information you post or share with these platforms and networks, and any information gathered by the platforms and networks, will be governed by the privacy policy and terms of use of the applicable platform or network and not by this Privacy Policy. Please remember than any information you disclose in this manner will be publicly available. For example, any content you submit in connection with a product review may be posted on publicly-facing third-party websites.

We encourage you to read the privacy policy and terms of use posted on each and every website, application, platform, network, or service that you access or use.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time without prior notice. Revised versions of this Privacy Policy will be posted on this page, together with an updated effective date. You should check this page periodically to see if any recent changes to this Privacy Policy have occurred. In some cases, we may post a notice of the revision on the Online Services and/or send an email or other communication notifying users of the changes. By downloading, installing, accessing, or using any of our Online Services after we post any such changes, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy as modified.

As further described in the What Information About Me Is Collected And How Does VR DIY Use It? section above, we may collect the categories of personal information identified below from the following sources:

  • Directly from the individual
  • VR DIY stores
  • Business customers/clients
  • Social networks
  • Marketing Vendor
  • Product Vendor
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