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Terms of service

Zafira House Terms of Service

Effective Date: November 20, 2025

Welcome to Zafira House! By accessing or using our website and purchasing our products, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). Please read them carefully before placing an order.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By using Zafira House, you confirm that you understand and accept these Terms, along with our Refund & Return Policy and Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our website or purchase products.

2. Products and Orders

All Zafira House products are hand-picked artisan items, often unique and culturally significant. Slight variations in color, texture, or design may occur and are a natural part of handcrafted products.
Orders are confirmed once payment is received. Zafira House reserves the right to refuse or cancel any order at our discretion.
No returns or refunds are accepted, except for defective or damaged items, as outlined in our Refund & Return Policy.

3. Pricing and Payment

All prices are listed in USD and exclude taxes as specified.
All payments for Zafira House orders are processed securely via Shopify Payments, which accepts major credit/debit cards and other supported payment methods as listed during checkout.
Prices may change at any time, but confirmed orders are charged at the price at the time of purchase.

4. User Accounts (if applicable)

If you create an account, you are responsible for providing accurate information and maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
You agree to notify Zafira House immediately of any unauthorized use of your account.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts for violations of these Terms.

5. Intellectual Property

All content on Zafira House, including images, text, logos, and designs, is the property of Zafira House and protected by intellectual property laws.
You may not reproduce, distribute, or use any content from our website without express written permission.

6. Limitation of Liability

Zafira House is not liable for minor delays, technical issues, or natural variations in handmade products.
Our liability is limited to the replacement of defective or damaged items in accordance with our Refund & Return Policy.

7. Privacy and Data

Your personal data is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
By using our website, you consent to the collection, storage, and use of your data as described in the Privacy Policy.

8. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Algeria. Any disputes arising from these Terms or your use of Zafira House will be resolved under the jurisdiction of Algerian courts.

9. Modifications

Zafira House reserves the right to update these Terms at any time.
Changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date. Continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

10. Contact

For any questions or concerns regarding these Terms, please contact us at:
Email: k.madani@zafirahouse.com

Return and refund policy

What is the return policy?

We take great care in creating and shipping each of our handmade ceramic pieces. Due to the artisanal, fragile, and high-value nature of our products, the following return conditions apply.

1. Return Eligibility (Change of Mind)If you wish to return an item due to a change of mind, you must notify us within 14 days of delivery.To be eligible for a return:

The item must be unused, undamaged, and in its original condition
The item must be returned in its original packaging
Proof of purchase is required

Return requests submitted after the 14-day period cannot be accepted.2. Restocking FeeFor change-of-mind returns, a 20% restocking fee will be deducted from the refund. This fee covers inspection, handling, and the risk associated with reselling a handmade and fragile item.3. Return Shipping

Return shipping costs are the responsibility of the customer
We strongly recommend using a tracked and insured shipping service
We are not responsible for items lost or damaged during return shipping

4. RefundsOnce the returned item is received and inspected:

Approved refunds are processed within 5 business days
Refunds are issued to the original payment method
Original shipping fees (if applicable) are non-refundable

5. Damaged or Defective ItemsIf your item arrives damaged or with a defect:

Please contact us within 48 hours of delivery
Include clear photos of the item and packaging

In such cases, we will offer a full refund or replacement, and return shipping costs will be covered by us if a return is required.6. Non-Returnable ItemsThe following items are not eligible for return:

Items reported outside the stated return window
Items returned in damaged or altered condition
Custom-made or commissioned pieces (if applicable)

7. ContactFor all return requests or questions, please contact us at:k.madani@zafirahouse.com (edited)

Privacy policy

Zafira House Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 20, 2025

Zafira House operates this store and website, including all related information, content, features, tools, products and services, in order to provide you, the customer, with a curated shopping experience (the "Services"). Zafira House is powered by Shopify, which enables us to provide the Services to you. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit, use, or make a purchase or other transaction using the Services or otherwise communicate with us. If there is a conflict between our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy controls with respect to the collection, processing, and disclosure of your personal information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using and accessing any of the Services, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information We Collect or Process

When we use the term "personal information," we are referring to information that identifies or can reasonably be linked to you or another person. Personal information does not include information that is collected anonymously or that has been de-identified, so that it cannot identify or be reasonably linked to you. We may collect or process the following categories of personal information, including inferences drawn from this personal information, depending on how you interact with the Services, where you live, and as permitted or required by applicable law:

Contact details including your name, address, billing address, shipping address, phone number, and email address.
Financial information including credit card, debit card, and financial account numbers, payment card information, financial account information, transaction details, form of payment, payment confirmation and other payment details.
Account information including your username, password, security questions, preferences and settings.
Transaction information including the items you view, put in your cart, add to your wishlist, or purchase, return, exchange or cancel and your past transactions.
Communications with us including the information you include in communications with us, for example, when sending a customer support inquiry.
Device information including information about your device, browser, or network connection, your IP address, and other unique identifiers.
Usage information including information regarding your interaction with the Services, including how and when you interact with or navigate the Services.

Personal Information Sources

We may collect personal information from the following sources:

Directly from you including when you create an account, visit or use the Services, communicate with us, or otherwise provide us with your personal information;
Automatically through the Services including from your device when you use our products or services or visit our websites, and through the use of cookies and similar technologies;
From our service providers including when we engage them to enable certain technology and when they collect or process your personal information on our behalf;
From our partners or other third parties.

How We Use Your Personal Information

Depending on how you interact with us or which of the Services you use, we may use personal information for the following purposes:

Provide, Tailor, and Improve the Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services, including to perform our contract with you, to process your payments, to fulfill your orders, to remember your preferences and items you are interested in, to send notifications to you related to your account, to process purchases, returns, exchanges or other transactions, to create, maintain and otherwise manage your account, to arrange for shipping, to facilitate any returns and exchanges, to enable you to post reviews, and to create a customized shopping experience for you, such as recommending products related to your purchases. This may include using your personal information to better tailor and improve the Services.
Marketing and Advertising. We use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising and promotional communications by email, text message or postal mail, and to show you online advertisements for products or services on the Services or other websites, including based on items you previously have purchased or added to your cart and other activity on the Services.
Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your personal information to authenticate your account, to provide a secure payment and shopping experience, detect, investigate or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, unsafe, or malicious activity, protect public safety, and to secure our services. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe. We highly recommend that you do not share your username, password or other access details with anyone else.
Communicating with You. We use your personal information to provide you with customer support, to be responsive to you, to provide effective services to you and to maintain our business relationship with you.
Legal Reasons. We use your personal information to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including requests from law enforcement or government agencies, to investigate or participate in civil discovery, potential or actual litigation, or other adversarial legal proceedings, and to enforce or investigate potential violations of our terms or policies.

How We Disclose Personal Information

In certain circumstances, we may disclose your personal information to third parties for legitimate purposes subject to this Privacy Policy. Such circumstances may include:

With Shopify, vendors and other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g. IT management, payment processing, data analytics, customer support, cloud storage, fulfillment and shipping).
With business and marketing partners to provide marketing services and advertise to you. For example, we use Shopify to support personalized advertising with third-party services based on your online activity with different merchants and websites. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy notices. Depending on where you reside, you may have a right to direct us not to share information about you to show you targeted advertisements and marketing based on your online activity with different merchants and websites. You can exercise your rights to opt-out of those uses here .
When you direct, request us or otherwise consent to our disclosure of certain information to third parties, such as to ship you products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations.
With our affiliates or otherwise within our corporate group.
In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy, to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including to respond to subpoenas, search warrants and similar requests), to enforce any applicable terms of service or policies, and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.

Relationship with Shopify

The Services are hosted by Shopify, which collects and processes personal information about your access to and use of the Services in order to provide and improve the Services for you. Information you submit to the Services will be transmitted to and shared with Shopify as well as third parties that may be located in countries other than where you reside, in order to provide and improve the Services for you. In addition, to help protect, grow, and improve our business, we use certain Shopify enhanced features that incorporate data and information obtained from your interactions with our Store, along with other merchants and with Shopify. To provide these enhanced features, Shopify may make use of personal information collected about your interactions with our store, along with other merchants, and with Shopify. In these circumstances, Shopify is responsible for the processing of your personal information, including for responding to your requests to exercise your rights over use of your personal information for these purposes. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information and any rights you may have, you can visit the Shopify Consumer Privacy Policy . Depending on where you live, you may exercise certain rights with respect to your personal information here Shopify Privacy Portal Link.

Third Party Websites and Links

The Services may provide links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to sites not affiliated or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee and are not responsible for the privacy or security of such sites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of information found on these sites. Information you provide on public or semi-public venues, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms may also be viewable by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms without limitation as to its use by us or by a third party. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on the Services.

Children's Data

The Services are not intended to be used by children, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information about children under the age of majority in your jurisdiction. If you are the parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact details set out below to request that it be deleted.As of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy, we do not have actual knowledge that we "share" or "sell" (as those terms are defined in applicable law) personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

Security and Retention of Your Information

Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." In addition, any information you send to us may not be secure while in transit. We recommend that you do not use unsecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information to us.

How long we retain your personal information depends on different factors, such as whether we need the information to maintain your account, to provide you with Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.

Right to Access / Know. You may have a right to request access to personal information that we hold about you.
Right to Delete. You may have a right to request that we delete personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Correct. You may have a right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
Right of Portability. You may have a right to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request that we transfer it to a third party, in certain circumstances and with certain exceptions.
Right to Opt out of Sale or Sharing for Targeted Advertising. Depending on where you reside, you may have a right to opt out of the "sale" or "share" of your personal information or to opt out of the processing of your personal information for purposes considered to be "targeted advertising", as defined in applicable privacy laws. You can exercise your rights to opt-out of those uses here. Please note that if you visit our website with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on where you are, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt-out for the device and browser that you use to visit the website. If we are able to associate the device sending the signal to a Shopify account, we will apply the opt out request to the account as well. To learn more about Global Privacy Control, you can visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/. Other than the Global Privacy Control, we do not recognize other "Do Not Track" signals that may be sent from your web browser or device.
Managing Communication Preferences. We may send you promotional emails, and you may opt out of receiving these at any time by using the unsubscribe option displayed in our emails to you. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or orders that you have made.

If you reside in the UK or European Economic Area, and subject to exceptions and limitations provided by local law, you may exercise the following rights in addition to the rights outlined above:

Objection to Processing and Restriction of Processing: You may have the right to ask us to stop or restrict our processing of personal information for certain purposes.
Withdrawal of Consent: Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw this consent. If you withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.

You may exercise any of these rights where indicated on the Services or by contacting us using the contact details provided below. To learn more about how Shopify uses your personal information and any rights you may have, including rights related to data processed by Shopify, you can visit https://privacy.shopify.com/en.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. We may need to verify your identity before we can process your requests, as permitted or required under applicable law. In accordance with applicable laws, you may designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require that the agent provide proof you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us. We will respond to your request in a timely manner as required under applicable law.

Complaints

If you have complaints about how we process your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided below. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to appeal our decision by contacting us using the contact details set out below, or lodge your complaint with your local data protection authority. For the EEA, you can find a list of the responsible data protection supervisory authorities here.

International Transfers

Please note that we may transfer, store and process your personal information outside the country you live in.

If we transfer your personal information out of the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we will rely on recognized transfer mechanisms like the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or any equivalent contracts issued by the relevant competent authority of the UK, as relevant, unless the data transfer is to a country that has been determined to provide an adequate level of protection.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on this website, update the "Last updated" date and provide notice as required by applicable law.

Contact

Should you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights available to you, please call or email us at k.madani@zafirahouse.com or contact us at 1209 MOUNTAIN ROAD PL NE STE N ALBUQUERQ, PL NE STE N ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110, ALBUQUERQ, NM, 87110, US For the purpose of applicable data protection laws, we are the data controller of your personal information.

Shipping policy

Zafira House Shipping Policy

1. Order Processing

Orders are processed within 2 business days after payment is confirmed.
Because our products are hand-picked and often unique, processing may take slightly longer for certain artisan items.

2. Shipping Methods & Delivery Times

Zafira House ships worldwide using reliable courier services.
Estimated delivery times:

International: 7 business days
Delivery times are estimates only. Zafira House is not responsible for delays caused by the carrier, customs, or other unforeseen circumstances.

3. Shipping Costs

Shipping costs are calculated at checkout and vary by destination, weight, and delivery method.
Customers are responsible for any customs duties, taxes, or import fees for international orders.

4. Order Tracking

Once your order is shipped, you will receive a tracking number via email.
You are responsible for ensuring that the delivery address is correct. Zafira House is not liable for lost or delayed packages due to incorrect addresses.

5. Damaged or Defective Items

If your order arrives damaged or defective, please notify Zafira House within 24 hours of receipt (see our Refund & Return Policy).
We will work with you to replace the item and cover shipping for the replacement.

6. Contact

For any shipping inquiries, please contact us at: k.madani@zafirahouse.com

Contact information

For any questions, concerns, or inquiries regarding your order, our products, or these policies, you can reach Zafira House through the following channels:

Email: k.madani@zafirahouse.com

This is the fastest way to reach us. We aim to respond within 24–48 hours.

Registered Agent Address (U.S. Contact):
Zafira House LLC
1209 Mountain Road PL NE, STE N
Albuquerque, NM 87110
United States

This address can be used for formal correspondence related to the company, legal matters, or official notices.

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