Privacy Policy

Acceptance of Our Terms and Conditions

By using this Website, you confirm that you understand and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, you are directed to discontinue accessing or otherwise using the Website or any materials obtained from it with immediate effect.

Links to Third-Party Sites

The www.kznwib.co.za website may provide links to third-party Websites for the convenience of our users, participants and/or members. If you access these links, you will leave the www.kznwib.co.za website. www.kznwib.co.za does not control these third-party Websites and cannot confirm that the policies and practices of these third-party sites will be consistent with this Privacy Policy. Other Websites may collect or use personal information about you in a manner different from that described in this document. Therefore, any link you follow from this Website, should be used with caution and at your own risk. You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with the privacy policy of any Website before submitting any personal information.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Non-Personal Information

Non-personal information, data about usage and service operation, not directly linked to a specific person may be collected to analyse how the Website is used by visitors to the Website.

Aggregate Information

Pages viewed, IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, referral data are all examples of aggregate information which your computer provides to us when using/accessing this Website.

Log Files

Every time you request or download a file from this Website, www.kznwib.co.za may store data about these events and your IP address in a log file. www.kznwib.co.za may use this information to analyse trends, administer the Website, track users' movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use or for other business purposes.

Cookies

We use “cookies'' as these enable us to improve user experience and interactivity with this Website. Should you wish to disable cookies, you may do so from your browser but please note that this will prevent access to web pages on this Website. You have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, please note as mentioned above, certain functions of our Website may not work properly, and you may be unable to use those services that require registration in order to participate.

Web Beacons

Web beacons may be used to collect non-personal information about your use of our Website and the Website of selected sponsors, participants, members and advertisers, your use of special promotions or newsletters, and other activities.

Personal Information

www.kznwib.co.za uses personal information such as your name, email address, business name, social media profiles, user IDs, passwords, billing information, address as well as your business particulars to better understand your needs and interests and to provide you with better service. The personal information is gathered necessarily so that you may be able to request and/or download information or materials, subscribe to mailing lists, participate in online discussions, collaborate on business interests, provide feedback, sign-up for events, apply for participation or membership, or join networking groups.

Photographs 

At our meetings, whether online or in person, we take photographs of our events and attendees. These photographs may be used on social media and our website in order to promote the events to our members and followers. Should you wish not to have images shared on these platforms, please speak to a committee member at the meeting or email [email protected] to advise. 

How will your information be used

Your information will be used to offer or provide services that support the activities of www.kznwib.co.za, to respond to your enquiries, send invoices, analyse trends, or to provide you with electronic newsletters, invitation to events, marketing material, announcements, surveys or other information. When accessing www.kznwib.co.za your personal user information may be tracked in order to support collaboration, ensure authorized access, and enable communication among participants or members. Information provided by you in connection with participation or membership is used to create a corresponding profile and may be shared with other members. Such information may be provided to other participants or members to encourage and facilitate collaboration and the free exchange of information. By providing us with your personal information, you expressly consent to our storing, processing, and distributing of such information for the above-mentioned purposes.

Information Sharing

Reasonable steps are taken to maintain the security of the information as listed above. However, we reserve the right to release personal information where compelled to do so by law, where we reasonably believe there to be illegal activity, and where we can be expected to try and protect our systems and/or business. As a participant or member of this Website, please note that your personal information may be visible to other participants/members, and to the public. Information that is disclosed in public areas of our Website such as message boards, news groups, discussion forums becomes accessible to the public and therefore can be collected, used, shared by the public and we cannot accept any liability for the misuse of such information. You are warned to exercise caution when sharing any information and should you not want your personal information collected and used by participants/members of this Website, please refrain from immediate use of this Website. Please note that our employees will have access to personal information under confidentiality.

Access to and Accuracy of Information

All information submitted to us can be verified and/or changed. In order to do this, please contact us on [email protected]. Please note that reasonable steps will be taken to verify your identity before effecting such change, verification or correction.

Security

Various means are used to protect the Information provided by users on this Website but we cannot guarantee that this information will not be intercepted, altered or misused. The responsibility rests with you to ensure that your computer is adequately secured and protected against malicious software and individuals. We will not assume liability for the interception, alteration, use or misuse of the information you provide. You alone are responsible for maintaining the secrecy and security of your personal information. Should you suspect that we or you have had a security breach, please advise us immediately by contacting us on [email protected] detailing the time and nature of the breach and steps you have taken to minimise the effect of such breach.

Opting Out

You will at all times be given the option to opt out from receiving newsletters, announcements, surveys and any other information in relation to the activities of this Website. This can be done by following the directions in the relevant correspondence or by contacting us on [email protected]

Destruction/Deletion of Personal Information

All Personal Information which has become obsolete, in the sole and absolute discretion of us, shall be deleted by us from our records and/ or destroyed.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy will be governed and construed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa and all visiting this Website submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the South African courts.

Privacy Policy updated on 3 June 2021