The Africa : Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets out our practices with respect to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in connection with www.theafrica.co.za. This Privacy Policy may be updated by us at any time by posting on the site without any prior notice information. Also, this Privacy Policy Statement may be supplemented or modified by agreements entered into between us and an individual from time to time. In this Privacy Statement, personal information means any information about an identifiable individual, including contact and demographic details, not including collective information or information regarding a group in summarized form.

Collection of Personal Information:
The Site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (such as username and email address) and other information that is used by us to provide services. We use the customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information that he or she has requested regarding the Site or regarding services offered by us. This Site uses an ad form for customers to place online ads. One of the express purposes of the Site is to gather contact information provided voluntarily by customers to be published online, as the case may be, and in connection with items that are for sale by customers. We have no control over who views online ads. Contact information provided may be used to contact customers when necessary.

We may use customer information for additional purposes that may be identified at or before the time that the information is collected.

We use third-party advertising companies like google to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information, specifically for google, click here to read the ad serving policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose certain personal information as follows:
  • – by publishing ads, as the case may be, in connection with items that are for sale by customers
  • – to third party service providers and to affiliated entities in order to carry out work on our behalf,
  • – to law enforcement agencies for the purposes of investigating fraud or other offences, or
  • – to legal, financial, and other professional advisors or in connection with the sale or reorganization of all or part of its business or operations.
  • – By having your mobile number listed on theafrica.co.za, you agree to receive communication from third parties who may wish to contact you through the site.
Cookies and IP Addresses

We may use your IP address to identify about our users, diagnose problems with our server, and administer the Site. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Site. We also provide an option to log out should you be using an insecure or publicly shared computer.

Links

This Site contains links to other websites, such as websites providing national and international search capabilities and information resources designed to inform buyers and sellers about general aspects of property that is being sold. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. Please ensure you review the privacy policies of the websites that you visit.

Security

We protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal information with security measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the information. However, it is possible that any information transmitted via the Internet may be intercepted by unknown third parties.

Opt-Out

When appropriate, users of the Site are given the opportunity to (i) opt-out of receiving communications from us, (ii) remove their information from our database, or (iii) elect to no longer receive services from us. If you wish to opt-out of receiving further communications, please contact us.