Privacy Policy as at 01 December 2009
We recommend that you print and keep a copy of this page for future reference.
The privacy of our users is important to us and we take care to safeguard it. This policy explains how we use your personal information. Our privacy policy is regularly reviewed to make sure we continue to serve the privacy interests of our customers. We reserve the right to change and update the privacy policy and these changes will be posted on our web site. We encourage you to visit this page from time to time to ensure you are aware of our any changes we may have made. If you have any queries concerning your personal information or any questions on our use of the information, please contact feedback@avusa.co.za
WHO WE ARE
In this Privacy Policy references to "we" and "us" are to Avusa Media Limited, a company incorporated in South Africa (registered number 1952/003139/06) and having our registered office at 4 Bierman Avenue, Rosebank, 2196, Gauteng, South Africa
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW
The information we collect via this website may include:
(1) Any personal details you type in and submit, such as name, address, email address, etc.
(2) Your IP address (this is your computer’s individual identification number that is assigned to your computer when connected to the Internet) which is automatically logged by our web server. This information is collected by our web host (presently Amorphous). This information may be used by our web host to perform technical diagnosis of our web site’s performance on a statistical basis and may be used by us to analyse interest in our website.
WHAT WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION
Any personal information we collect from this website will be used in accordance with Section 51 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 2002 (“ECT Act”) and other applicable laws. The details we collect will be used to process your order for a subscription to an Avusa Media product (we may pass your details to another organisation to supply/deliver the product you have subscribed to).
Data Protection legislation states that we must ensure that personal data held by us is accurate and up-to-date. Please help us to fulfil this obligation by informing us of any changes in your personal details by contacting us at the email or postal address below.
We may use third parties to carry out certain activities, such as processing and sorting data, monitoring how customers use our site and issuing our e-mails for us. Rest assured that third parties will not be allowed to use your personal information for their own purposes.
We reserve the right to cooperate with law enforcement officials in the investigation of alleged unlawful activities of our customers or relating to our customers. We will have no legal liability for such disclosures.
YOUR RIGHTS
(1) You can ask us to update or remove your personal information by emailing feedback@avusa.co.za or by writing to us at our customer services address in (2) below. However, please note that we may need to keep some personal data in order to process subscriptions.
(2) You also have the right to request a copy of any personal information we hold about you. To do this, simply write to us at the following address, enclosing a cheque for R150.00 payable to Avusa Media Limited to cover our administration costs:-
Avusa Media, Circulation Division, 61 Commando Road, Industria West, 2093, Gauteng, South Africa
OTHER WEBSITES
This privacy policy only covers personal data collected via this website. While we carefully select the Web sites to which we link, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these Web sites.