Website Privacy Policy (South African Law and GDPR Compliant)
A Privacy Policy is a statement or a legal document that states how a company or website collects, handles and processes data of its customers and visitors. It describes how you collect information from you visitors, and how you treat it. For example, it explains if information is kept confidential, or is shared with or sold to third parties. The privacy policy is required by law in South Africa with the you most certainly will have to post a Privacy Policy on your website (or give in-app access to the full Privacy Policy agreement
As such, this website Privacy Policy is designed to comply with the South African Protection of Personal Information Act and other South African legislation as well as the European GDPR.
POPI
With the introduction of POPI all South African websites that collect data from their visitors are required by law to have a privacy policy. This privacy policy ensures that you and your website fully compliant to POPI.
To learn more about POPI, visit our blog.
POPI / PAIA MANUAL
We have a full POPI and PAIA manual available which comes with an 30 minute consult with one of our attorneys here
What choices do you have to mold the Privacy Policy:
Our unique questionnaire will allow you to mold at least the following aspects, and alot more, to suit your website’s needs:
- Who you and your business are, as well as such contact details required by the ECT Act;
- Specify what personal information you collect;
- Specify what you do with such personal information;
- Record your cookie policy (if known);
- Specify whether you collect payments on your website, and if such payment details are retained; and
- Specify whether you allow others to advertise on your website.
Mobile App / Software Application Privacy Policy
This is our website privacy policy, for our Mobile App / Software Application Privacy Policy, please click here
POPI only privacy policy.
If you do not expect any visitors from the EU on your website, our POPI-only privacy policy will suffice in your needs as well. You can find it here.
Package
This document is part of our Webshop Starter Package
How does it work?
When you start the questionnaire, you will be guided through the questions with the helping hand of explanations and additional information. Based on your answers, the eCommerce Website Terms of Service will be tailor-made by our system. If you log in or create an account, you can also save the progress of the questionnaire and come back later.
Returns
We want you to be happy with your purchase. If you are not completely satisfied, we will provide a full refund.
Tryout
Want to test the process of our contract engine first? Go through the process and create an example document, click here
Further Reading
Read more about The Essentials to Start and Run an E-Commerce Website, click here
Learn more about the Key Aspects to Consider before Combining your Website Terms and Conditions, click here