Legal

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 1, 2025

Introduction

South African Talks ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website southafricantalks.com (the "Website").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Website. By accessing or using our Website, you signify your consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

Personal Data

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

  • Register for an account
  • Sign up for our newsletter
  • Contact us through our contact form
  • Participate in surveys or contests
  • Post comments on our blog

The personal information we collect may include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Pages you visit
  • Time and date of your visit
  • Time spent on pages
  • Referring website addresses

We use this information to enhance your experience on our Website, analyze Website usage, and improve our content and offerings.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. They are sent to your browser from a website and stored 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 portions of our Website.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our Website
  • Process transactions and send related information
  • Send administrative information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages
  • Respond to comments, questions, and requests
  • Send promotional communications, such as newsletters, special offers, or other information we think you may find interesting
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Website
  • Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
  • Personalize and improve your experience on our Website

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right to access the personal information we hold about you
  • Right to request correction of inaccurate information
  • Right to request deletion of your personal information
  • Right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal information
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at the address below to request deletion.

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 and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

South African Talks
123 Adderley Street
Cape Town, 8001
South Africa

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +27 21 123 4567