Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SITE OR SUBMITTING ANY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE, SUBMIT ANY OF YOUR CONTENT TO THE SITE OR PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION OR OTHER ACTIVATIONS VIA THIS SITE.

PLEASE ALSO REFER TO OUR WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. ALL TERMS DEFINED THEREIN SHALL BEAR THE SAME MEANING IN THIS DOCUMENT.

Version 2
Date: 1 October 2009

  • 1. INTRODUCTION

    SAT has developed the Site to promote South Africa as a tourist destination.

  • 2. SCOPE

    This policy is applicable to all Users who make use of the Site, and replaces in their entirety, all previous privacy policies governing Your use and enjoyment of this Site.

  • 3. OBJECTIVES

    The objective of this policy is to assure You that SAT will protect any personal information provided by You to Us through the Site, in accordance with the Electronic Communications and Transaction Act 25 of 2002 and/or any subsequent equivalent or related legislation that may be in force from time to time.

  • 4. COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

    • 4.1 When You register on the Site or make use of any of the Website Services, You will be required to provide certain personal information, which information shall be stored on Our servers in South Africa.

    • 4.2 The personal information collected on the Site shall be used for the purpose for which it is requested as well as to ensure efficient provision of the Website Services.

  • 5. INFORMATION SHARING OR DISCLOSURE

    • 5.1 You hereby expressly agree that SAT may provide Your personal information to third parties, from time to time, where some or all of the information, goods or services that You have requested in making use of the Website Services belongs to or are provided by any such third party; or where SAT offers competitions that are sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. However SAT shall not be responsible for the use of Your personal information by such third parties.

    • 5.2 SAT may disclose any of Your information held by Us when required to do so in terms of law, for example, in response to a court order or subpoena.

    • 5.3 It is possible that SAT could merge with another agency or party, and in this case, We may share Your information with such agency or party.

    • 5.4 SAT will maintain the following information for as long as such information is being used and for a period of at least 1 (one) year thereafter:

      • 5.4.1 Your personal information submitted to the Site;

      • 5.4.2 The specific purpose for which such information was collected;

      • 5.4.3 Records of any third party to whom the information was disclosed; and

      • 5.4.4 The date on which and the purpose for which such information was disclosed to the third party.

    • 5.5 SAT shall delete all personal information which, in its sole opinion, has become obsolete.

    • 5.6 SAT may use Your personal information to compile profiles for statistical purposes and may freely trade with such profiles and statistical data so long as the profiles or statistical data cannot be linked to You by a third party.

    • 5.7 Please note that the Site contains many Linked Sites where data privacy practices may be different to those of SAT. We advise You to consult the Linked Sites’ privacy policies as We shall not be responsible for, and have no control over, information that is submitted to or collected by these Linked Sites.

    • 5.8 SAT may use a reputable third party to present or serve the advertisements on the Site and this Privacy Policy does not cover the use of Your information that a third party advertisement server may collect from You.

    • 5.9 Other than as provided for in this clause 5, information provided by You to SAT through the Site will not be transferred to unrelated third parties, unless We have obtained Your permission to do so.

    • 5.10 For questions or concerns about the information collected or used at this Site, please contact info@southafrica.net.

  • 6. COOKIES

    • 6.1 A cookie is a small piece of data which is sent from a web server to a web browser and is stored on Your computer hard drive. We may use cookies in order to identify which areas of the Site You have visited or customised, which will allow Us to understand Your website usage and ensure quick access to the Site.

    • 6.2 When You visit a site by clicking on a banner advertisement on the Site, a temporary or "session" cookie may be set on Your browser. This cookie will contain either an identification number for the advertisement that was clicked on, or will contain an identification number for the site that was visited when You clicked on the banner advertisement. This will enable SAT to determine which advertisements appeal to the various target markets.

    • 6.3 The procedure described in clause 6.2 will not be used to target future advertisements to You or to send You emails about future goods and services, unless indicated by You on the product request page. As this is a session cookie, it will disappear from Your cookie folder once the browser has been closed. If You return to the site via one of the SAT advertisements, You will appear as a new visitor until You provide further personal information.

    • 6.4 You can set Your browser options so that You will not receive cookies and can also delete existing cookies from Your browser. However, some of the cookies sent to Your browser will help SAT to save You time, for example by remembering contact details when You enter them for a second time on the Site. This means that You will not have to complete the contact details section again unless they have changed. In addition You may find that some parts of the Site will not function properly if You refuse cookies.

  • 7. OPT-OUT FUNCTION

    • 7.1 The Site may contain "opt-out" boxes on the relevant pages where You provide personal information.

    • 7.2 If You do not want SAT to provide Your personal information to trusted third parties as may be described on the pages of the Site or herein, then You should tick the relevant box/es on such pages of the Site and We will not transfer any of Your personal information to third parties. Similarly if You do not want SAT to send You information as described where relevant, You should tick the “opt-out” boxes and We will refrain from sending You such materials.

    • 7.3 Should You wish to review or amend Your personal information or to opt-out of any email newsletters to which You have subscribed, contact info@southafrica.net.

  • 8. CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY

    SAT has implemented reasonable security measures in order to protect both personal and non-personal information from loss, misuse and unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. SAT employees are made aware of and are accountable for compliance with Our Privacy Policy.

  • 9. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

    SAT may amend this policy from time to time and it is Your responsibility to check the Privacy Policy and to familiarise yourself with any changes made. By continuing to use the Site and/or Website Services after any changes have been made, You expressly agree to be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.