Privacy Policy
Your privacy is critically important to SERAG.
It is SERAG's policy to respect its users' privacy regarding any information that may be collected while operating its website, and SERAG is committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide SERAG through its website. This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") explains what information may be collected on SERAG's website, how SERAG use this information, and under what circumstances SERAG may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through the website and does not apply to the collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Website Terms and Conditions posted on SERAG's website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of SERAG's website. Depending on your activities when visiting SERAG's website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
SERAG offers services through its website that may require certain visitors to interact with SERAG in ways that require the gathering of personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that SERAG gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, SERAG ask visitors who submit the contact form on its website to provide a name and email address.
SERAG will never sell, rent, transfer to a third party, make available to a third party or in any way misuse any and all personally identifiable data/information collected. Any such information collected is used mainly (but not limited to) for the operation of SERAG's services, facilitating events and account management.
Information collected may include your personal details such as your name, surname, email address and contact number; geographical location; IP address assigned by your ISP, billing address, hardware and software details. SERAG does not collect credit card details via its website, and credit card details are never stored on its servers.
Website Visitors
SERAG collects non-personally-identifying information that web browsers and servers typically make available for statistical purposes, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Such information is collected and processed by software such as server software, locally hosted statistical software, Google Analytics and other such services. SERAG collects such non-personally identifying information to better understand how visitors use its website. From time to time, SERAG may release aggregated statistics about the behaviour of visitors to its website. SERAG may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, SERAG does not disclose your personally-identifying information.
SERAG also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for users. We only disclose IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and disclose personally-identifying information as described in this policy.
External Links & Third Party Services
SERAG's website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. By clicking on any third-party links, you will be directed to that third party's website. SERAG strongly advise you to review the Privacy Statements, Disclaimers and Terms & Conditions of every site you visit. SERAG has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites, products or services.
Storage & Data Retention
SERAG's website service providers host its website on local web servers. However, any or all information may be stored in encrypted format on S3-compatible backup servers outside of South Africa. By using this website, you acknowledge and consent.
SERAG retains and archives data collected through its website and connected sources for the maximum allowable period to satisfy its legal obligations and for statistical purposes.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to SERAG, however, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While SERAG strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, SERAG cannot guarantee its absolute security.
SERAG's e-mail and the contents therein are confidential and privileged information intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). SERAG does not guarantee e-mail to be secure, error-free, tamper-free, uncorrupted, created or originated from unauthorized persons/sources or virus-free. It is important to remember that no system is 100% secure and that information could be intercepted, amended, corrupted, destroyed, lost, incomplete or arrive late.
Please note due to internet fraud and hacking:
Should you have any queries regarding our banking details, please contact SERAG before making any payments. Should you make a payment based on a fraudulent e-mail, SERAG cannot be held responsible for any losses incurred and will you still remain liable to pay the amount due to SERAG.
Spam
SERAG maintain a strict anti-spam policy. If e-mail was received as result of spamming or phishing, please direct complaints to info@serag.org.za.
SERAG may use your e-mail address to send you updates and information from time to time as required to fulfil its service obligations to you. SERAG offers an opt-in mailing list from which users can unsubscribe at any time.
Cookies
To provide its users with the best online experience, SERAG's website uses "Cookies" and/or similar technologies and/or services provided by third parties to display personalized content and store your preferences on your computer as a text string of information. This information is retrieved and provided by your browser each time you return.
These "cookies" are used by SERAG's website to help it identify and track visitors and their usage of the website. If you do not wish to have cookies placed on your computer, please set your browser to refuse cookies before using SERAG's website. However, in doing so please note that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of "cookies".
By continuing to use SERAG's website without changing your browser's "cookie" settings, you hereby acknowledge and consent to the use of "cookies".
Children Online Privacy Protection
SERAG does not specifically market to children under the age of 18 years old.