16 February 2022
GENERAL INFORMATION
This policy is specific to Elmarie Ferreira Art
The following information describes what happens with personal information provided to Elmarie Ferreira Art, either while visiting our website, or during normal business operations. Personal information is data which could be used to identify you as a person, as described in the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013.
The Protection of Personal Information Act can be accessed at:
https://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/docs/InfoRegSA-POPIA-act2013-004.pdf
INFORMATION PRIVACY
We take the protection of your personal information very seriously. We respect the confidentiality of this information and act according to the relevant privacy regulations, information security standards and this privacy policy.
If you use this website, various personal information may be collected. Information transmission via the internet (e.g., email communication) can be subject to security vulnerabilities, and it is not possible to completely protect the information against access by third parties. Nonetheless, we adhere to recognised information security practices to secure this information.
Note that the website, and all information provided on the website is hosted in South Africa.
REFERENCE TO THE RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY
The responsible authority for Personal Information management at Elmarie Ferreira Art is:
Elmarie Ferreira
art@elmarieferreira.co.za
The responsible authority is the natural person or legal entity which alone, or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal information (e.g., name, email address, etc.).
POLICY STATEMENTS
We commit to the following behaviours when collecting, processing, sharing, archiving, or deleting your information.
We will only collect and process personal information in accordance with the prescripts of law.
We will only collect and process information that is justified for defined business purposes, or for the conclusion or performance of a contract.
Only The Responsible Party staff that are authorised to view or process your information in the course of their duties will be granted access to do so.
Where possible, we will obtain explicit, or implicit consent for the collection of information.
The voluntary provision of information to Elmarie Ferreira during business operations is deemed to constitute implicit consent for the processing of this information.
You may, at any time, request information regarding the use of your personal information.
You may, at any time, object to the usage of the information, or revoke consent given regarding the processing of your information. The request must be made via the processes described in the PAIA Manual, as specified above.
The legality of the information already processed before the withdrawal is not affected by the withdrawal.
The Responsible Party will only retain your information for as long as it is required to effect a business purpose, or to satisfy legislative or regulatory requirements. Information will then be deleted in accordance with recognised practice.
In case of violations of information protection provisions, you may appeal to the Information Regulator at inforeg@justice.gov.za.
You have the right to request to have any information we process automatically based on your consent, or in the performance of a contract, handed over to you or a third party in a common machine-readable format.
INFORMATION COLLECTION ON OUR WEBSITE
We may use cookies to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files which are placed on your computer and saved by your browser. Cookies do not cause any harm to your computer and do not contain any viruses.
Some of the cookies we may use are so-called “Session-Cookies”. They will be deleted automatically after your visit. Other cookies remain saved on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser at your next visit.
Our cookies do not facilitate the collection or processing of personal information without your consent.
You can set your browser to inform you whenever a cookie is placed and only allow the reception on a case-by-case basis, only for certain cases or generally prohibit cookies. You can also set your browser to automatically delete cookies when quitting your browser. If you deactivate the use of cookies in general, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
If you use our contact forms to send an enquiry, the enquiry, and the contact information you supplied in that enquiry will be saved to process your enquiry and for any follow-up questions. We will not share this information with third parties without your consent.
The information entered in the contact form will remain in our systems until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent for saving it or until the purpose of saving the information is rendered obsolete (e.g., after your enquiry is completed). Mandatory legal provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.
HYPERLINKS
Our website has hyperlinks to Facebook and Instagram. When using these links, note that we do not have control over the privacy, security, and confidentiality management of these sites. It is advisable to review their respective privacy policies prior to proceeding.
The privacy policy for Facebook and Instagram can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
