Privacy Policy
Customer Privacy Notice
This Notice explains how we obtain, use and disclose your personal information, in accordance with the requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act (“POPIA”).
At Action Breaks Silence NPC (and including this website) we are committed to protecting your privacy and to ensure that your personal information is collected and used properly, lawfully and transparently. Because our website will continue to implement new technologies and improve the services and features we provide, this policy is subject to change without prior notice. For that reason, we encourage you to review the privacy policy periodically. By using our website, you agree to the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time.
About the Company:
Action Breaks Silence NPC is an educational charity established to create a world in which women and girls can live free from male violence and the threat of such violence.
Our Privacy Principals:
- We do not sell client information
- We do not allow those who are doing business on our behalf to use our client information for their own marketing purposes.
The information we gather:
The type of information we gather online is summarized into general categories. The following explains why we collect this information and how we use it.
- General Tracking Information
- We keep track of the pages visited by each user. Our Web server automatically collects some information about you when you request pages from our server, including your IP address. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers connected to the Internet to identify your computer so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.
- We aggregate this data with data on the pages visited by other users to track overall visitor traffic patterns. We use this information to improve our site by making it more responsive to the needs and preferences of our users. This information does not identify you personally.
- On occasion we may provide this aggregate information to vendors, investors, potential advertisers, or news agencies to demonstrate the amount of interest in the site and to help us plan for technical infrastructure requirements.
- Website usage information may be collected using “cookies” which allows us to collect standard internet visitor usage information.
- Contact Information
- We keep record of all contact made through our website on our database. We use this to respond to your enquiry and may use your contact information for future marketing. None of this information will be sold to outside organizations.
Disclosure of information
We may disclose your information:
- Where we have a duty or a right to disclose in terms of law or industry codes;
- Where we believe it is necessary to protect our rights.
Information Security
We are legally obliged to provide adequate protection for the personal information we hold and to stop unauthorized access and use of personal information. We will, on an on-going basis, continue to review our security controls and related processes to ensure that your personal information remains secure.
Your Rights: Access to information
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. To do this, simply contact us at the numbers/addresses as provided on our website and specify what information you require. We will need a copy of your ID document to confirm your identity before providing details of your personal information.
Please note that any such access request may be subject to a payment of a legally allowable fee.
Correction of your information
You have the right to ask us to update, correct or delete your personal information. We will require a copy of your ID document to confirm your identity before making changes to personal information we may hold about you. We would appreciate it if you would keep your personal information accurate.
How to contact us
If you have any queries about this notice; you need further information about our privacy practices; wish to withdraw consent; exercise preferences or access or correct your personal information, please contact us at the numbers/addresses listed on our website.