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General This is the privacy policy of Net-Xactics Communication SA (Pty) Ltd ("NetXactics"). We, at NetXactics, want to safeguard the privacy of visitors to our website ("the Site"). Please read the following policy to understand how we use your personal data. Our privacy policy may change from time to time, so please check it whenever you give us personal data. Whenever you give us personal data, you are consenting to its collection and use in accordance with our privacy policy. We will not share your personal information for marketing or any other purposes without your consent unless required by law. What personal data does NetXactics collect? In general you can visit NetXactics on the internet without telling us who you are or giving any personal information about yourself. However, when you start using our products and services, when you enquire about, order or evaluate our products or services, when you register for virus information alerts, when you register for one of our training programs or when you enter a competition you may be required to provide some personal data such as your name, company position, address, telephone number, mobile number, fax number, email address, credit card/debit card details and age. If you forward information to us electronically or as a hard copy, we will collect that information and use it for the purposes for which you have provided it. We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent. If you give us personal information about somebody else, such as a work colleague, we will assume that you have their permission. Every time you connect to the Site, we store a log of your visit that shows the unique number your machine uses when it is connected to the internet - its IP address. This tells us what your machine has looked at, whether the page request was successful or not and which browser your machine used to view the pages. The use of this data is primarily for statistical purposes. This helps us to understand which areas of the Site are of particular interest and also which pages are not being requested. It also tells how many people are visiting the Site in total. We would also attempt to contact you through these details if necessary including without limitation where you are using the wrong paths to access the Site or are breaching any restrictions on the use of the Site. We may use this information to block IP addresses where there is a breach of the Terms and Conditions for use of the Site. Cookies A cookie is a piece of text that gets entered into the memory of your browser by a website. It allows a website to store information on a user's machine and later retrieve it. NetXactics may use cookies from time to time. Some NetXactics pages use cookies so that we can better serve you when you return to our site. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some pages on NetXactics website may not work properly. We do not use cookies to collect personal data about you. How does NetXactics use my personal data? We use your personal data to provide goods and services to you, provide you with virus information alerts and to let you know about other goods and services in which you may be interested including alerting you to product upgrades, updates and renewal information. Your personal information may be used to improve the content of our website, provide goods and services, for marketing purposes, as part of our customer satisfaction surveys or for market research purposes or for other ancillary purposes. If you are making a job application or inquiry, you may provide us with a copy of your CV or other relevant information. We may use this information throughout NetXactics for the purpose of consideration of your application or inquiry. Except where you tell us not to, we may keep this information on file for future reference. We may also use your personal data to carry out research about our users' demographics, interests and behaviour. We do this to better understand our users and potential users. This research is compiled and analysed on an aggregated basis. At no point is our users' personal identification information used in this research. Partners of NetXactics may visit a specially allocated website. We may use information provided on that site to administer and develop our business relationship including the sharing of certain information (where permitted to do so) with associate companies other business partners, customers or prospects. As a global company, we have users all over Africa. When you give us personal data, that data may be sent electronically to servers anywhere in the world and may be used, stored and processed anywhere in the world, including countries outside South Africa. Whenever and wherever we collect, process or use personal data, we take steps to ensure that it is treated securely and in accordance with our privacy policy. With whom might we share your personal data? If you have registered your interest with NetXactics or any of our associated companies, and thereby given your consent, you may be contacted with relevant promotions, offers or information that you have expressed an interest in or that might be of interest to you. There may also be other companies involved in the fulfilment of any request you make of NetXactics. With NetXactics you are always in control of your personal information, if at any time you wish us to stop contacting you then simply email us at mailto:info@netxactics.co.za providing us with your name and the information you wish to unsubscribe. We may pass your personal data to our group or associated companies or to our authorised resellers, partners and resellers some of whom may be located outside South Africa, to provide you with goods and services which you have requested and to provide you with information about our group and associated companies' other products and services. We may also provide your personal data to companies (which are not companies in our group, associated companies, our partners or authorised resellers) which may be located outside South Africa in order to provide you with information about other products or services. However, you may opt out of your personal data being used in this way when we ask for your data. Except as set out above, we will not disclose your personal information except where we are obliged to do so or allowed to do so, by law, or where we need to do so in order to run our business (for instance where we outsource services or other people process data for us). If you do not wish us to pass your information to any other carefully selected companies, please let us know by sending an email to us at info@netxactics.co.za Links The Site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site, and to read the privacy policy of other sites that collect personal data. This privacy policy applies to personal data collected by NetXactics and our associated companies. NetXactics is not responsible for the content on any other site outside the Site and the Associated Sites. Security We endeavour to hold all personal information securely in accordance with our internal security procedures and South African law. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet or any other network can be guaranteed as 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure and do not warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you transmit it at your own risk. Contact This is the website of Net-Xactics Communication SA (Pty) Ltd a company registered in South Africa under registration number 98/012201/07. If you want to request any information about your personal data or believe that we are holding incorrect personal data on you, please contact: info@netxactics.co.za. It is possible to obtain a copy of the information that we hold on you. A nominal charge of R10.00 is made to cover administrative costs involved. This privacy policy was last updated on 23 July 2003. We reserve the right to amend or vary this policy at any time and the revised policy will apply from the date posted on the Site. You accept that by doing this, NetXactics has provided you with sufficient notice of the amendment or variation. |
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