1.
Collection: We collect certain information:
when you contact us on our website;
from your web browser;
from cookies we may send to your computer and from web beacons on
our website to track how you use our website and to try and give you a
personalised experience; and
optional information, that you provide when you upload or download
content from our website.
2. Use: We may use your information:
to send you send administrative messages and email updates to you regarding the website;
for marketing purposes;
targeted content in certain, specified instances.
3. Disclosure: We might disclose your information in the specific circumstances mentioned in this policy.
4. Security: Our hosting company will host your website in a secure server environment.
5. Your choices: You can turn off cookies in your browser; or
You can opt-out of marketing communications with us.
6. Contact us: You can contact us with privacy related questions at d-a@mweb.co.za.
7. Audience: This policy applies to all visitors to our website (`you` and `your`).
8. Purpose of this policy: We respect your privacy and take the protection of personal information
very seriously. The purpose of this policy is to describe the way we
collect, store, use, and protect information that can be associated with
a specific natural or juristic person and can be used to identify that
person (`personal information`).
Personal information:
8.1 includes
certain information collected when you contact us (see below); and
optional information that you voluntarily provide to us (see below).
8.2 excludes
information that has been made anonymous so that it does not
identify a specific person;
permanently de-identified information that does not relate or cannot
be traced back to you specifically; and
non-personal statistical information collected and compiled by us
and information that you have provided voluntarily in an open, public
environment or forum including (without limitation) any blog, chat room,
community, classifieds or discussion board. Because the information has
been disclosed in a public forum, it is no longer confidential and does
not constitute Personal Information subject to protection under this
policy.
9. Acceptance of terms: By using this website you are deemed to have read, understood, accepted, and agreed to be bound by these terms.
10. Collection:
10.1 On registration. Once you contact us on our website, you will
no longer be anonymous to us as you will provide us with personal
information.
10.2 Collection from browser. We automatically receive and record
internet usage information on server logs from your browser (`usage
information`).
10.3 Cookies. When you access our website we may send one or more
cookies (small text files containing a string of alphanumeric
characters) to your computer to collect certain usage information. We
use information gathered by cookies to improve the website. Please note
that some of our business partners (e.g. advertisers) use their own
cookies or widgets on our website. We have no access to or control over
them. Information collected by any such cookie or widget is governed by
the privacy policy of the company that created it, and not by us.
We use Remarketing with Google Analytics to advertise online.
Third-party vendors, including Google, show your ads on sites across
the Internet.
Lead Find and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party
cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies
(such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve
ads based on someone's past visits to this website.
Visitors can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and
customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings.
10.4 Web beacons. Our website may contain electronic image requests
(called a `single-pixel gif` or `web beacon` request) that allow us to
count page views and to access cookies. Any electronic image viewed as
part of a web page (including an ad banner) can act as a web beacon. Our
web beacons do not collect, gather, monitor or share any of your
personal information. We merely use them to compile anonymous
information about our website.
10.5 Optional details. You may provide information on a voluntary
basis (`optional information`). This includes content or product that
you decide to upload or download from our website or otherwise use any
optional features and functionality of the website.
10.6 Purpose for collection. We may use any optional information
provided by you for such purposes as indicated to you at the time you
agree to provide such optional information.
11. Consent to collection: We will obtain your consent to collect personal information:
in accordance with applicable law; and
at the time you provide us with any optional information.
12. Use: We may send administrative messages and email updates to you regarding
the website. In some cases, we may also send you primarily promotional
messages. You can choose to opt-out of promotional messages.
13. Disclosure:
13.1 Sharing. We may share your personal information with:
other divisions or companies within the group of companies to which we belong; and
an affiliate, in which case we will seek to require the affiliates to honour this privacy policy.
13.2 Regulators. If you contact us regarding your experience with
using any of our products, we may disclose your personal information as
required by law or governmental audit.
13.3 Law enforcement. We may disclose personal information if required:
by a subpoena or court order; or
to comply with any law.
13.4 Marketing purposes. We may disclose aggregate statistics
(information about the customer population in general terms) about the
personal information to advertisers or business partners.
13.5 Employees. We may need to disclose personal information to our
employees that require the personal information to do their jobs.
13.6 Change of ownership. If we undergo a change in ownership, or a
merger with, acquisition by, or sale of assets to, another entity, we
may assign our rights to the personal information we process to a
successor, purchaser, or separate entity. We will disclose the transfer
on the website. If you are concerned about your personal information
migrating to a new owner, you may request us to delete your personal
information.
14. Security of personal information: Our hosting company will host our website in a secure server environment
that uses a firewall and other advanced security measures to prevent
interference or access from outside intruders. We authorize access to
personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfil
their job responsibilities.
15. Retention of personal information:
We will only retain your personal information for as long as it is
necessary to fulfil the purposes explicitly set out in this policy,
unless:
retention of the record is required or authorised by law; or
you have consented to the retention of the record.
During the period of retention, we will continue to abide by our non
disclosure obligations and will not share or sell your personal
information.
16. Limitation: We are not responsible for, give no warranties, nor make any
representations in respect of the privacy policies or practices of
linked or any third party websites.
17. Enquiries: If you have any questions or concerns arising from this privacy policy
or the way in which we handle personal information, please contact us.