Effective Date: February 13th, 2024
Rizonetech (Pty) Ltd. (“Rizone”, “we”, “us”, “our”) operates Rizonetech.com, Rizonesoft.com, and Rizonepress.com. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). This Privacy Policy explains our data collection, use, sharing, and protection practices.
Understanding This Policy
- Scope: This policy applies to your use of our websites and services.
- Changes: We may update this policy periodically. Significant changes will be communicated to you.
- Your Rights: This policy outlines your rights in controlling your personal information.
Information We Collect
- Comments: If you leave a comment, we collect your name, email address (optional), website URL (optional), IP address, and browser information for spam prevention. Your Gravatar profile picture may be visible if you use the service.
- Contact Forms: We collect your IP address, browser information, name, email address, website URL, and message content, which is processed by Akismet’s spam filtering service.
- Cookies: Small files stored by your browser to personalize your experience, track usage patterns, and enhance our services.
- Analytics: We use Google Analytics and Jetpack Stats to understand website traffic, user behavior, and other usage data (e.g., pages visited, time on site, general location, and device information).
- Advertising: Information may be used to tailor relevant advertisements (See Advertising section below).
How We Use Your Information
- Website Operation: To provide, maintain, personalize, and optimize our websites and services.
- Communications: To respond to your queries, support requests, and communicate with you.
- Security: To prevent fraudulent activity, secure our systems, and protect user data.
- Analytics: To analyze user behavior and website performance for improvement purposes.
- Legal Obligations: To comply with legal requirements, respond to requests from authorities, and defend our rights.
How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
- Service Providers: With trusted third parties who assist us with website analytics, spam prevention, and other essential services. They process your data only for purposes instructed by us under appropriate confidentiality measures.
- Legal Compliance: Where required by law, as necessary in response to court orders, subpoenas, or other legal processes.
- Business Changes: In connection with mergers, acquisitions, or other business transfers, with your consent and according to legal requirements.
- Analytics Providers: Google Analytics and Jetpack Stats may access necessary data to provide their analytical services.
- Advertising Partners: Advertisers (such as Google AdSense) may receive information to personalize ads, subject to Google’s privacy policy and ad settings controls.
Advertising
We may display personalized advertisements using services like Google AdSense. These may use cookies and other technologies to tailor ads based on your past website visits and interests.
- Google’s Policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
- Opt-Outs:
- Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/
- Network Advertising Initiative: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
Your Rights & Choices
- Access, Correction, Deletion: You have rights to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal information where applicable.
- California Residents (CCPA): You have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose. We do not sell your personal information.
- GDPR Rights: Specific rights include being informed of processing, restricting processing, objecting to certain processing, data portability, and lodging complaints with supervisory authorities.
- POPIA Rights: Similar to the above, and the right to complain to the South African Information Regulator.
- Data Retention: We retain data as necessary for the purposes stated in this policy or according to legal requirements.
- Do Not Track (DNT): We honor DNT settings.
Contact Us
- Rizonetech (Pty) Ltd.
- Address: 5 Mooisig, 50 Wellington Street, George, Western Cape, South Africa
- Email: legal@rizonetech.com