Privacy Policy
AD DYNAMO INTERNATIONAL PROPRIETARY LIMITED
PRIVACY POLICY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND WHEN
4. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
5. WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH
6. SOCIAL MEDIA, BLOGS, REVIEWS, AND SIMILAR SERVICES
7. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
8. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF YOUR INFORMATION
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INTRODUCTION
1.1 Any reference to "we" or "us" in this Privacy Policy shall mean Ad Dynamo International Proprietary Limited and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries ("Bangers & Mash (PTY) Ltd," hereafter referred to as Bangers & Mash). Bangers & Mash is a proprietary company registered in the Republic of South Africa at Suite 211, 2nd Floor, Clock Tower, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape and company registration number 4710293483.
1.2 This Privacy Notice tells you about your privacy rights and sets out how we, as responsible party, collect, use, process and disclose your personal data relating to your interactions with the Brands and Services and these corresponding websites ("the Websites"), which are owned and/or operated by the Ad Dynamo and/or its Alleviates. This Privacy Notice should be read in conjunction with our Cookie Policy.
1.3 Our Privacy Policy is regularly reviewed to ensure that we continue to respect your privacy. We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing the updated version on the Websites. We therefore encourage you to review our Privacy Policy periodically for the most up to date information.
1.4 We take great care of any information that you give us, and in the following paragraphs we set out how any personal information you give us is treated. This Website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
1.5 If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us.
2. WHY DO WE HAVE THIS POLICY
2.1 Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal information from unauthorised use or disclosure. We will therefore use your personal information, and transfer it to others, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2.2 Our Privacy Policy applies whenever you visit the Websites, during the period you receive services from us, during the process of you ordering products from us and afterwards.
3. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND WHEN
3.1 Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). We only collect information that we will use for the purposes set out in this policy.
3.2 Specifically, we collect –
3.2.1 Information you submit to us and we collect from you such as social media handles and chatback user information. Further examples include contact information via any contact forms on our website.
3.2.2 Technical information about the devices you use to access the Websites. We collect each device's unique identifying code (MAC address), relevant IP address, operating system and version, web browser and version, and geographic location.
3.2.3 Your social media content (where this is in the public domain) and any messages you send us via social media. This information can include posts, comments, pictures and video.
3.2.4 We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
Why we use your personal data
4. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We will only use your personal data for the purposes and legal bases set out in the table below –
4.1 Why we use your personal data and what our legal basis is for doing so.
4.1.1 To provide you with the Website, which requires a certain amount of technical information to be collected in order to work properly. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to keep our records updated and to study how Website users use our products/services) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights.
4.1.2 To respond to any questions, suggestions, issues or complaints you have raised with us. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to keep our records updated and to review issues with our products/services) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights. The processing is necessary to perform a contract or enter into a contract with you.
4.1.3 To power security measures and related services relating to your access to the Website for example to enable us to recognise your username and password and reset these if you forget them. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to keep our records updated and to study how Website users use our products/services) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights.
4.1.4 To respond to any social media posts or other public comments you make where these are made to or about us, the Website, our products, services or other activities.The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to keep our records updated and to review issues with our products/services) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights.
4.1.5 To communicate with you about operational changes to the Website, our products, services, for example if we were to withdraw or change this privacy policy. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to keep our records updated and to review issues with our products/services) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights. The processing is necessary for us to comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
4.1.6 To gather statistics about how you and other people use the Website, and what you think of our adverts, offers, news, product information, competitions, sponsored events, social media and other digital content. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our Site updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights.
4.1.7 To monitor use of the Website to see if it is being abused or threatened for example by people posting inappropriate comments in review areas or by potential hackers looking to undermine their security. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to keep our records updated and to review issues with our products/services) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights. The processing is necessary for us to comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
4.1.8 To maintain administrative and legal records about our business. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to keep our records updated) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights. The processing is necessary for us to comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
4.1.9 To maintain administrative and legal records about our business. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to keep our records updated) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights. The processing is necessary for us to comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
4.1.10 In the process of anonymising your information so that you are no longer identifiable to us. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (to ensure data minimisation) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights.
4.1.11 To test new systems and processes as we roll them out to make sure they work and will meet the high expectations we set for ourselves. The processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests in managing our business (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) provided such interests are not overridden by your interests and rights.
4.2 You have the right, at any time, to object to us processing your personal information.
5. WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH
5.1 We cannot run our business or provide many of our services and benefits without involving other people and businesses and sometimes we pass your information to these other people and businesses as set out below. We only share your information where we can do so in accordance with our legal data protection and privacy obligations. We share the information we collect with -
5.1.1 Ad Dynamo and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries (Bangers & Mash), and other people and businesses who help us provide the Websites, and related services to you;
5.1.2 Third parties who in our reasonable opinion make a claim that any content posted or uploaded by you to the Website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy;
5.1.3 Business partners, suppliers and subcontractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you;
5.1.4 The prospective buyer of any part of our business or assets that we may sell;
5.1.5 Our professional advisers for example our lawyers, accountants and technology consultants when they need it to provide advice to us;
5.1.6 The police, local authorities, the courts and any other central or local government bodies where they request it and we may lawfully disclose it, for example for the prevention and detection of crime;
5.1.7 Other people who make a subject access request to us, where we are allowed to do so by law.
5.2 We may also share the information we collect where we are legally obliged to do so, for example, to comply with a court order.
6. SOCIAL MEDIA, BLOGS, REVIEWS, AND SIMILAR SERVICES
6.1 Any posts or comments you make to us on social media will be shared under the terms of the relevant social media platform (for example, Instagram or Twitter) on which they are made and could be made public by that platform. These platforms are controlled by other people, not us, so we are not responsible for this sharing. You should review the terms and conditions and privacy policies of the social media platforms you use to ensure you understand how they will use your information, what information relating to you they will place in the public domain and how you can stop them from doing should you wish to.
6.2 Any blog, review or other posts or comments you make about us, our products and services on any of our blog, review or user community services will be shared with all other members of that service and the public at large.
6.3 You should ensure that any comments you make on these services, and on social media in general, are fit to be read by the public, and in particular are not offensive or defamatory. You are responsible for ensuring that any comments you make comply with any relevant policy on acceptable use of those services.
7. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
7.1 Information provided through the Websites is stored on our secure servers or those of any third party we engage to provide our IT platform, and is encrypted using standard technology.
7.2 When it is necessary to make available your personal information to a third party or operator, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the privacy and integrity of such information.
8. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF YOUR INFORMATION
8.1 Although we are based in the Republic of South Africa, we occasionally need to use international suppliers to help ensure you receive the very best products and services from us as well as coordinate with our international Ad Dynamo Affiliates and Subsidiaries (Bangers & Mash).
8.2 To allow us to run our business on this basis, the information we collect may be transferred to, stored and used at premises in countries outside the Republic of South Africa. When it is necessary to transfer your personal data outside the Republic of South Africa, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the privacy and integrity of such personal data. Please contact us if you wish to obtain information concerning such safeguards.
9. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION FOR
In accordance with our legal data protection and privacy obligations, we will only retain your information for as long as we need it to achieve the purpose(s) for which we obtained it in the first place, as required by law, and for the exercise or defence of legal claims. We will then either securely delete it or anonymise it so that it cannot be linked back to you.
10. MANAGING YOUR INFORMATION
10.1 Please review and update the information you provide to us regularly.
10.2 If you have any questions or complaints about our use of your information, please contact us. We will do our very best to answer any question and resolve any complaint to your satisfaction.
11. THIRD PARTY LINKS
The Websites may contain links to the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any third party website, please note that these websites will have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability in respect of the same.
12. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Notice from time to time. If we make any changes, we will post those changes and if we make material changes to Privacy Notice we will notify you by means of a prominent notice on the Website prior to the change becoming effective. Please review the Privacy Notice whenever you access or use this Website.