Privacy Notice
Our website address is: https://sapparks.org.
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have reviewed the terms of this Privacy Notice and consent to use of your Personal Information (the “Privacy Notice and Consent”) and agree that we may Process your Personal Information in accordance therewith. If you do not agree to these Privacy Notice and Consent, then you are not allowed to use this Website and should immediately terminate such usage.
Interpretation
The following terminology applies to this Privacy Notice and Consent: “we”, “us” or “our” refers to SAPParks and “you” or “your” refers to our customer, suppliers, subscribers, visitors and/or users of our website. Any use of the aforesaid terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.
Any reference to “website” shall be deemed to include all platforms and/or portal of SAPParks made available to you either as a customer, subscriber, supplier and/or user.
Any capital term used in this Privacy Notice and Consent shall unless specifically defined, be deemed be defined in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPI Act), which can be found at the following link: www.gov.za/documents/download.php?f=204368.
Introduction
We respect the privacy of everyone who visits our website. As a result we would like to inform you regarding the way we would use your Personal Information. We encourage you to read this Privacy Notice and Consent so that you understand how we Process your Personal Information. By submitting your Personal Information to us, you will be treated as having given your permission (where necessary and appropriate) for disclosures referred to in this Privacy Notice.
If you do not agree with this Privacy Notice and Consent, you may choose not to register on our website nor contact us however this may impact on our ability to interact with you, and where applicable, support you as a customer or supplier. This Privacy Notice and Consent forms part of our Terms and Conditions of Use and such shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa.
This Privacy Notice explains how we obtain, use and disclose your Personal Information, as is required by the POPI Act. At SAPParks we are committed to protecting your privacy impact and to ensure that your Personal Information is processed properly, lawfully and openly.
Collection of Personal Information
We collect and Process your Personal Information mainly to provide you with access to our services and products, to help us improve our offerings to you, to support our contractual relationship with you and for certain other purposes explained below. The type of information we collect will depend on the purpose for which it is collected and used. We will only collect information that we need for that purpose.
We collect Personal Information directly from you where you provide us with your personal details, for example when you purchase or supply a product or services to or from us or when you submit enquiries to us or contact us. Where possible, we will inform you what information you are required to provide to us and what information is optional.
Examples of information we collect from you are:
- name
- ID/Passport Number
- address
- email address
- telephone/cell number
- user-generated content, posts and other content you submit to our website
We also collect information about you from other sources as explained below.
We may also supplement the information that you provide to us with information we receive from other companies, platforms in our industry in order to offer you a more consistent and personalized experience in your interactions with SAPParks.
Collection of Non-Personal Information
We may automatically collect non-Personal Information about you such as the type of internet browsers you use or the website from which you linked to our website. We may also aggregate details which you have submitted to the site (for example, the products or services you are interested in). You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on this web site. We may from time to time supply third parties with this non-personal or aggregated data for uses in connection with this website.
Comments
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 anonymized 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.
Media
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.
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
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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.
What rights you have over your data
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
