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Summary Privacy Policy

We know that you care about your personal data and how it is used, and it’s important to us that you trust that HELTASA uses your personal data carefully. Our privacy policy will help you understand what personal data we collect, why we collect it and what we do with it.

By using our website, you are agreeing to the terms of this privacy policy.

What is personal information?

Personal information is information which identifies you as an individual, including but not limited to, your name and contact details. HELTASA does not collect personal information about you, except when you provide it to us.

How do we collect information about you?

We may collect personal data from a variety of sources. This includes:

Personal data you give us directly,

Personal data we collect automatically, and

Personal data we collect from other sources.

This definition includes personal data collected through telephone calls, and online through our website and newsletter.

In these instances, we do our best to make sure that you are aware of the information collected which relates to you, as well as the purpose for which that information is collected.

What we do with your information

The information you provide to HELTASA will be processed purely for the purposes explained at the point of collection.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we accept this as consent for HELTASA to use your personal information for marketing communication purposes. Each time we share news or marketing information by e-mail, you will have the option to unsubscribe from receiving further information from us.

We will not sell your name, email address, or any other personal information to any third party.

We will not disclose information about our stakeholders to third parties except when necessary to fulfil HELTASA's mandate to provide a service to you – e.g. if it is vital to work carried out by a trusted freelancer in design or website development services.

We may disclose any information, including personal information, we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

How we protect the information we process

We have implemented privacy policies and security controls to protect the personal information we collect and to provide for the use of that information within HELTASA.

We take every effort to protect your personal data from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure.

Our measures include implementing appropriate access controls, investing in the latest technology and software to protect the IT environments we use, and ensuring we encrypt personal data wherever possible.

How long will we keep your data

We will keep your personal data for as long as we need it for the purpose it is being processed for.

While we do our best to make sure that the personal information we hold about you is accurate, and will assume that in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the information you provide us with is accurate. We will provide you with access to your personal information so that you may view, update, or correct your information (please see below under heading “Access rights”). To protect your privacy, we will also take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your personal information.

You may also update or correct your personal information held by HELTASA by writing to us at info@heltasa.org.za.

Links

Our website contains links to other websites that belong to third parties. We do not control the privacy practices of these other sites.

Changes to the policy

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify, add or remove sections of this privacy policy at any time and any changes will be communicated to you using the details you provided to us. If you continue to use this website, we take that as your acceptance of these terms.

Access rights

You have a right to access the personal data we hold about you. If you wish to see this information, please contact us at info@heltasa.org.za.

Privacy queries

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, or you wish to update your details or remove your personal data from our records, please contact us at info@heltasa.org.za.

Which laws apply

This privacy policy will be governed by the POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013) and laws of South Africa. You consent to the jurisdiction of the South African courts for any dispute which may arise out of this privacy policy.

Necessary

Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
PHPSESSID	session	This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed.
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Functional

Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.

Cookie	Duration	Description
lang	session	This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website.

Performance

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_gat	1 minute	This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the colllection of data on high traffic sites.

Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
_gid	1 day	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form.
CONSENT	16 years 4 months 22 days 14 hours	These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.

Cookie	Duration	Description
IDE	1 year 24 days	Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
test_cookie	15 minutes	This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months 27 days	This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.
YSC	session	This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
yt-remote-connected-devices	never	These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.
yt-remote-device-id	never	These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.
yt.innertube::nextId	never	These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.
yt.innertube::requests	never	These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.

Others

Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.

Cookie	Duration	Description
asgarosforum_unique_id	16 years 5 months 9 days 17 hours	No description available.
asgarosforum_unread_cleared	16 years 5 months 9 days 17 hours	No description available.

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