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Privacy Policy

Date last edited - May 2018

Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd is an I.T. company delivering services to the public. At, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd, we always have and we always will endeavour to deliver the best possible service to our clients. In-house, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd, has also developed I.P. and properties such as, CHANO App (www.chanoapp.com) and/or SPAUTH (www.spauth.com) and we are/will developing others which, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd, currently has a 100% ownership of. In accordance to doing so we have untaken numerous protocols to protect your privacy and data and we will continue to always scrutinise our processes so that we continue to protect your privacy and data. We take our role as a tech company at the utmost importance when it comes to being responsible to handling/storing your personal information.

We have broken up this policy into 9 short sections explaining this further. Please read on below:

1. What information do we collect about you?
2. When we need your data
3. How long will we store your data?
4. Marketing
5. Access to your information and correction
6. Cookies
7. Other websites
8. Changes to our privacy policy
9. How to contact us


What information do we collect about you?
The only time we collect data on you is when you fill in our contact form, email us directly, subscribe to any of our mailing lists or register for an account with us. In the future we will also collect your data should you voluntarily comment on our blog posts, provide feedback and participate in competitions.

All information we collect from you is provided to us by you and voluntarily supplied to us by you. Due to, Google Analytics, other data of you might form part of our general stats however please know that this data is anomilised. 

When we need your data
All data we get from you are at points to fulfill your request e.g. if you fill out a ‘request for more information’ and to contact you back directly, create an account, process an order, manage your account and, and at times if you agree, to email you about other products, services, and information we think may be of interest to you. We will not use your contact information to advertise our service to you on third-party websites such as Facebook and Twitter but we maybe use your contact information to contact you if we have a new service we think you might be interested in. We may also contact you directly to follow up on the service and user experience we provide. We do use your information collected from the website and our other properties to personalise your repeat visits to our website and those properties. We will not pass on your personal information to third parties outside, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd or our properties so unless given the nature where there are 3rd parties within our other properties from which you will then be providing your general data to service providers on, should you register/sign up for their offering. If, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd, and/or any of our properties is ever sold to another company your contact information will be passed on to this new party.

How long will we store your data?
We at, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd, do not obtain your data in any other manner than the voluntarily data you provide us with and again all data we do collect from you is only for the sole purpose of fulfilling your requests. Your information we will keep until you request from us to delete all your data. 

Marketing
Here at, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd, we are always aiming to better our services/offerings to you and as part of the process we would like to send you updates and information about products and services found in, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd, which may be of interest to you. If you have consented to receive our marketing, you may opt out at a later date. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. We would like to take this opportunity to again state we do not give your information to other third parties however please be cognisant that given the nature where there are 3rd parties within our other properties from which you will then be providing your general data to service providers on, should you register/sign up for their offering. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes please send us an email to: info@siliconburg.com and instruct us to unsubscribe you from such emails. 

What are your rights?
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email us at the following address... Email: info@siliconburg.com During this process we also want to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. Hence it may also occur that you ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.

Cookies
It is best practice here on, Silicon Burg International (Pty) Ltd, to not use cookies on our website. All data we have you is voluntarily provided to us by yourself.

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. For further information visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Other websites
Our website and app may one day contain links to other websites that are not one of our properties. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

Changes to our privacy policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated May 2018.

How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you:  Email: info@siliconburg.com