1. Who are we and Important Information
1.1. Purpose
This Privacy Policy applies to all users of https://www.ecoit.co.za/ it aims to give you information on how, why and when Omroze Holdings (Pty) Ltd T/A EcoIT uses or collects and processes your personal information through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you submit your details for assistance or purchase a product or service as to comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”).
This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal information about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.
1.2. Responsible Party
Omroze Holdings (Pty) Ltd is the Responsible Party and responsible for your personal information (collectively referred to as "EcoIT", "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy).
This privacy policy is issued on behalf of the Omroze Holdings (Pty) Ltd Group so when we mention EcoIT, "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy, we are referring to the relevant company in the Omroze Holdings group responsible for processing your data. We will let you know which entity will be the Responsible Party for your data when you purchase a product or service with us. EcoIT is the Responsible Party for purposes of this website.
1.3. Responsible Contact Details
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact our Information Officer in the following ways:
1. Full name of legal entity: Omroze Holdings (Pty) Ltd
2. Email address: admin@ecoit.co.za.
3. Registered address: 1 Caledon Cl, Portlands, Cape Town, 7785
4. Postal address: 55 Elmarie Cres, Morgenster, Cape Town, 7785
5. Telephone number: (021) 001 7999.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Regulator's office (IR), the Republic of South Africa's authority for data protection issues (http://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the IR, so please contact us in the first instance.
2. What personal data we collect and why we collect it
2.1. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
2.2. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
2.3. Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account, and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select Remember Me, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
2.4. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
2.5. Analytics
The website uses google analytics
3. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
4. What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
5. Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.