How we use your data

In an effort to protect our clients' and site visitors privacy and rights, we have established a Privacy Policy which explains what information we gather on visitors and what we do with information that we gather.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which we collect, use, maintain and disclose information collected from users of this Web site (each, a "User").

Introduction

Unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, any capitalised term in this Privacy Policy shall bear the same meaning as defined in the Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd General Terms located at https://sive.host/terms-of-service.php which definitions shall be deemed to have been incorporated herein by reference.

Compliance with Applicable Law

Protecting Customer privacy is of utmost importance to Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd. Accordingly, Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd has developed this Privacy Policy in order to safeguard the Customer’s personal information and to protect the confidentiality thereof. In so doing, Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd has taken cognisance of the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, 108 of 1996, the Electronic Communications Act, 25 of 2002, the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 and the common law so as to ensure compliance with all relevant statutory requirements and best practice under South African law.

No Liability for Unauthorised Disclosure

While Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd will do all things reasonably necessary to protect the Customer’s rights of privacy whilst on the Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd websites, Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd cannot accept any liability whatsoever for unauthorised or unlawful disclosure of the Customer’s personal and confidential information made by third parties who are not subject to Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd’s control.

Personal Information

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal information means the Customer’s name, surname, address, e-mail address, telephone number, cell phone number, ID number, physical address, company name, contact ID number, credit card or banking details.”

Consent to Collection

By accepting the Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd Hosting Terms, the Customer consents to Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd’s collection of personal information on an ongoing basis for the continued duration of the Customer’s relationship with Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd, subject to the limitations set out in this Privacy Policy.

Types of Personal Information Collected

Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd collects personal information when a Customer submits an application form to make use of Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd’s Services, to become a Reseller of Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd or to respond to a Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd survey. If you choose to pay for the Services you order from Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd by way of debit order, Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd will request your banking details to include in the periodic debit order transactions. Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd also collects personal information for purposes of improving its Service offering and for purposes of increasing service efficiency.

Cookies

We use cookie technology which comprises tiny pieces of data or a small text file that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which contains information about you, so that the next time you visit the Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd website, the cookie reminds us of who you are, enabling us to achieve our goal of providing a valuable online experience to you. You are able to however, disable this cookie technology in your Internet browser.

Customer Data

The Customer Data collected by Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd is used solely in connection with granting you access to the website, to the Client Area and for purposes of monitoring the Reseller/Customer’s use of the website so as to limit or prevent breaches of security. Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd may also use information collected for research regarding the effectiveness of any Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd website and related marketing and advertising efforts. Electronic communications will be sent by Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd using the Customer’s personal contact information to inform him of new products, important industry news or about general services provided by Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd. Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd adheres strictly to permission-based email standards and as such all emails that are sent will have an option to unsubscribe. Unsubscribe requests are fulfilled within minutes and no further communication will be sent to the Customer.

Service Announcements

In order for Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd to fulfil its service obligations it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd will send an email to relevant Customers if Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd anticipates a service interruption as a result of system maintenance. Generally, Customers may not opt-out of these communications. These communications are not promotional in nature.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Subject to your right to withdraw your consent in certain instances, you agree that we may obtain your personal information and use it, for certain specified purposes, including for, Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd marketing and contract administration as well as to enable us to collect your debit order payment. We will also provide personal information to law enforcement authorities in response to subpoenas and other lawful requirements where we believe that the disclosure of such personal information is necessary to identify, contact or institute legal proceedings against third parties who jeopardise the provision and rendering of the Services by Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd. Information collected from Customers may be disclosed to independent contractors and business partners, including Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd’s payment processors and mail marketing service provider, provided that they (i) have agreed to hold this information in confidence, (ii) do not use it for any purpose other than carrying out the service they are providing for Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd, and (iii) observe Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd’s information handling procedures.

Retention of Personal Information

All personal information will only be retained for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes mentioned in clause of Disclosure of Personal Information above.

Accurate and Up To Date

Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd will use its best endeavours to keep the personal information it collects as accurate, complete and up to date as is necessary for the purposes mentioned in clause of Disclosure of Personal Information above, and Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd shall, from time to time, request the Customer to update its personal information on the website or via Client Area. You are able to review or update any personally identifiable information that we hold on you by accessing your account via Client Area or by e-mailing us or WhatsApp us. Please note that in order to better protect you and safeguard your personal information, we do take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your account or making any corrections to your personal information.

Security

Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd uses encryption, firewalls and other security technology and procedures to help protect the confidentiality of your personal information and prevent unauthorised access or improper use thereof. All personal information is securely stored in Sive Setfu ICT Solutions (Pty) Ltd’s Customer Database.

Privacy

Users' privacy is very important to us. We are committed to safeguarding the information Users entrust to us.

Data Collection

We collect personally identifiable information from Users through online forms for ordering products and services.

We may also collect information about how Users use our Web site, for example, by tracking the number of unique views received by the pages of the Web site or the domains from which Users originate. We use "cookies" to track how Users use our Web site.

Data Usage

We may use personally identifiable information collected through our Web site to contact Users regarding products and services offered by us and our trusted affiliates, independent contractors and business partners, and otherwise to enhance Users' experience with us and such affiliates, independent contractors and business partners.

At no time will our database of users ever be sold to any entity for the purpose of marketing or mailing lists. Personal information will not be sold or otherwise transferred to our business partners without your prior consent, except that we will disclose the information we collect to third parties when, in our good faith judgment, we are obligated to do so under applicable laws.

Collection of Information

We collect various information when you register with Company, during your usage of our products and services, when you visit pages of our partners. We may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from other partners or other companies in order to provide you a better experience or to improve the quality of our services. When you sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us. We automatically receive and record information from your computer and browser, including your IP address, our cookie information, software and hardware attributes, the page you request and other standard browser parameters.

When you use our services, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your device that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service, including for storing user preferences, tracking user trends, and providing you with a better experience. We may set one or more cookies in your browser when you use our services or one of our partner's services. When you send messages, publish content, post material, transmit information or email through our services, we may retain the same in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.

Our infrastructure consists of servers deployed at multiple datacenters that are owned and operated by us or our partners. All information collected within our services resides on this network of servers.

Use of Information

We only use and process personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. In addition to the above, such purposes include:

• Communicating with you
• Making the sites or services easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information
• Providing our services
• Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services
• Ensuring the technical functioning of our network
• Ensuring the technical functioning of our network
• Protecting our rights or property and that of our users
• Developing new services
• As described in the respective terms of service of each of our services and in the Redcheap Theme Customer Master Agreement

No-Spam Policy

We have a strict No-Spam Policy prohibiting the use of any data collected to send spam. We will not sell any contact information to third parties.

Choices for Personal Information

When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose defined herein and in the terms of the services offered then we will ask for your consent prior to such use. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some of our features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled. You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case we may not be able to provide those services to you.

Information Sharing

We only share personal information with other companies or individuals in the following limited circumstances:

• We have your consent
• Sharing the information with our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
• We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to: (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to rights, property or safety, of our users, us or the public as required or permitted by law.
• We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users by demographic. Such information does not identify you individually.
• As permitted and described in the respective terms of service of each of our services and in the Redcheap Theme Customer Master Agreement

Information Security

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.

We restrict access to personal information to our employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.

Accessing and Updating Personal Information

When you use our services, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and to correct this data if it is inaccurate.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time.