Thank you for visiting our website. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website easylocal.co.za including any related mobile applications, forums, blogs, and other online services (collectively referred to as the “Site”).
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Who We Are & What We do
We write and provide content for a diverse range of topics from local money-making methods, frugal living tips to investment strategies in crypto, stocks, and property, including local travel destinations, deals and products, as well as lifestyle topics.
For a detailed overview, please refer to our About Us page: https://easylocal.co.za/about-us/
Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Personal Information:
When you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter, participate in surveys, or interact with our Site in other ways, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, and any other information you provide.
Non-Personal Information:
We may collect non-personal information about your visit to our Site, including the pages you view, links you click, and other actions taken within our Site. This information is aggregated and used to improve our website and services.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies:
We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to enhance user experience and gather information about usage patterns on our Site.
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 visit our login page, 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.
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.
Use of Your Information
We use the information we collect in the following ways:
– To provide and operate our services, including personalized content and advertising.
– To improve and optimize our Site and user experience.
– To send you newsletters, marketing communications, and other information that may be of interest.
– To respond to your inquiries, comments, and feedback.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose your information to third parties in the following circumstances:
Service Providers: We may engage third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services (e.g., maintenance services, database management, web analytics). These third parties have limited access to your information and are obligated to protect it.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
Google AdSense
Our Site uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google Inc. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your visits to our Site and other websites on the Internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ad Settings.
For further information relating to Google’s use of user data, please refer to the following policy: How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps
Affiliate Marketing and Referral Codes or Links
We participate in affiliate marketing and may allow affiliate links, referral codes or referral links to be included on some of our pages. This means that we may earn a commission if/when you click on or make purchases via affiliate and referral links or codes. As a policy, we will only affiliate or promote products, services, and businesses that we believe will provide value to our customers and followers.
Date Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
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.
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.
Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information promptly.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices and services. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates. Your continued use of our Site after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@easylocal.co.za or by completing our Contact Us form: https://easylocal.co.za/contact-us/
By using our Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Site.
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