This Privacy Policy was updated on February 20, 2023. Local Small Business Directory (“we”, “us”, or “our”) manages https://salocal.co.za (the “site” or “website”). This page is to inform you of our policies regarding the use, collection, and disclosure of Personal Information received from site users.
We respect all personal data (including individually recognizable corporate email addresses) and also understand that occasionally, some individuals, sole traders, and partnerships may also use our products and services. Therefore the provisions, measures, and rights in this privacy notice are applied to all forms of data collected on our site and through our company.
Information That We Collect
Local Small Business Directory processes your personal information to meet our legal, statutory obligations and to provide you with our products and services. We will never collect any unnecessary personal data from you and do not process your information in any other way than already specified in this notice.
The personal data that we collect from and process you is:
– Name
– Email Address
– Country
We will collect information from you if you:
– provide your contact details to us when registering to use an online account
– contact us via email and provide any personal data
– place an order for products or services on our website
– complete the online contact form
– visit or browse our website in accordance with our cookie policy at the end of this notice
How We Use Your Personal Data (Legal Basis for Processing)
Local Small Business Directory takes your privacy very seriously and will never disclose, share or sell your data without your consent unless required to do so by law. We only retain your data for as long as is necessary and for the purposes specified in this notice. We do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age and our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.
When registering with Local Small Business Directory you are signing up for our marketing or mailing list which will contact you occasionally via email promoting our products and services. Processing for any purpose other than those specified in this policy is only done with your consent, which you are free to withdraw at any time.
The purposes and reasons for processing your personal data are detailed below:
– We collect your personal data to provide you with our products and services
– We use your personal information to answer your queries and provide industry-specific advice
– We collect and store your personal data as part of our legal obligation for business accounting and tax purposes
– We may also contact you for feedback on your use of our products, services, or our website and may need to use your information to send important notices, such as updated document content where there have been regulation/law revisions or changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
Your Rights
You have the right to access any personal information that Local Small Business Directory holds or processes about you and to request information about:
– What personal data do we hold
– The purposes of the processing
– The categories of personal data concerned
– The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed
– How long do we intend to store your personal data for
– If we did not collect the data directly from you, information about the source
– If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information and we will strive to update/correct it as quickly as possible unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.
You also have the right to request the erasure of your personal data or to restrict processing in accordance with the data protection law, as well as to object to any direct marketing from us and to be informed about any automated decision-making that we use.
If we receive a request for any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the relevant request; this is to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure. If you create an online account with us, you are able to modify and update your own personal information by logging into your user account.
Sharing and Disclosing Your Personal Information
We do not share or disclose any of your personal information without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in this notice, where there is a legal requirement or to enforce our terms and conditions. Local Small Business Directory does not transfer your data outside of the EEA and will always ask for consent if this becomes required.
We use Woocommerce to process the transactions on our website; providing us with a payment gateway service. Any sensitive payment information is processed directly by their servers, meaning that we do not store any sensitive card/payment details.
By completing the payment process for an order, you are agreeing to your information being processed by the above providers. All payment functions are carried out on the provider’s secure site, which is PCI-compliant and subject to their own terms and conditions.
Safeguarding Measures
Local Small Business Directory takes your privacy seriously and takes every reasonable measure and precaution to protect and secure your personal data. We work hard to protect you and your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction and have several layers of security measures in place, including secure hosting of our website, virus, and malware protections, using an SSL certificate and securing access to our site via a Website Application Firewall (WAF).
Consequences of Not Providing Your Data
You are not obligated to provide your personal information to Local Small Business Directory, however, as it is required so that we can process your order(s) and meet our business obligations, we cannot provide you with our products without it.
How Long Do We Keep Your Data
Local Small Business Directory only ever retains personal information for as long as you hold an active Account with our website. You can unsubscribe and close your Account at any time by using the Unsubscribe Link from our Emails or by simply Contacting Us
Use of Cookies on Our Website
A ‘cookie’ is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. When you visit a site that uses cookies for the first time, a cookie is downloaded onto your computer/mobile device so that the next time you visit that site, your device will remember useful information such as items added to the shopping cart, visited pages, or logging in options.
Under the GDPR, if any cookies act as online identifiers or are classed as personal data, you have the right to turn such cookies off when visiting a website. At Local Small Business Directory we only use cookies on our site that are essential for the normal functioning of the website and as such cannot be turned off. These include cookies for our online checkout, contact form, and website security. However, you can also control the settings of website cookies in your browser settings.
The purpose of using your Personal Information is only to provide and improve the Site. You agree, by using the Site, to the collection and use of information obeying this policy. Local Small Business Directory may review and update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will let you know of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this Site. We recommend you review occasionally this Privacy Policy and be aware of any changes.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please Contact Us
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