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Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy is subject to Giftings Tours’s terms and conditions, and all definitions contained in such terms and conditions shall apply equally to this Privacy Policy.
Your privacy, as a visitor of our web site is important to us. By continuing to use this web site, you agree to the terms and conditions set out in this Privacy Policy. Please note that by submitting information via this web site, you consent to the collection, collation, processing, and storing of such information and the use and disclosure of such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you read this Privacy Policy together with our terms and conditions prior to submitting information to this web site.
Amendments to this Privacy Policy may be made from time to time and any such amendments will be made available on this web site.
2. Information Collected
We collect and store the following personal information of users of this web site: information necessary for our legitimate business interest and the categories of personal information identified in The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI). This may include (amongst other things) the user´s name, identity number, telephone number, age, disability and preferences; and information automatically provided (e.g. cookies and server logs) which may include, amongst other things, information pertaining to a user´s use and navigation of this Web Site, IP addresses and the duration and frequency of a user’s visits to this web site. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to a user´s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies are not harmful to your computer and do not carry viruses.
3. Use of Information
The personal information collected on this web site may be used to provide and improve services to you and to operate and improve browsing and interaction via this web site. In addition, we may use this information to provide marketing information to you.
Personal information which is collected from you will be stored and processed in the Republic of South Africa. Personal information will not be traded, sold or leased to third parties. While we will attempt not to disclose any of your personal information to third parties, except when we have your permission or for purposes of our legitimate business interests, we do not guarantee that your personal information will not be shared with third parties without your permission.
You agree that your personal information may be shared with (amongst others) the following parties:
government and law enforcement agencies; credit and other payment card providers; where the law requires that we disclose your personal information to a party; where we have reason to believe that a disclosure of personal information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against a party who may be in breach of the terms and conditions or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, other users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
4. Security
All reasonable steps will be taken to ensure the integrity, security and confidentiality of your personal information. However, while we exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information transmitted via the internet to or from this web site and you accordingly agree that you transmit such information at your own risk.
You must ensure that your username and passwords or personal identification numbers are not revealed to any other persons. Should you divulge such information, we accept no liability for any resulting losses.
Please note that if you are directed to or make use of any external links on this Web Site to another web site, such web sites are not subject to this Privacy Policy.
Publishing photographs on the internet policy
1. Introduction
The company may arrange shooting (still/video). The tour participants shall have no objection to the shot material being used as publicity material by the company as this may be part of our holiday packages. We may take photographs of a specific person or group that might be published on the internet for legitimate interest. This can include commercial interests, individual interests or boarder societal benefits and our tour guides may give warnings that photography will be atking place during the tour or maybe highlighted on the holiday package.
2. Are clients obliged to be taken photos?
An individual may raise concern or alert our tour guide or photographer that he/she wouldn't want to be taken any of the photos and will not pause for any photo for the duration of the tour. Clients are advised to provide a clear opt-out and to remove themselves from the photo areas, say no thank you. If a participants pauses to any of the photos takes during a tour - he/she accept that the company owns the right to the photos taken.
3. Who owns the right to photos taken?
Generally, we own full rights to all our photos taken by us and we shall protect them with our waterwark as a sign that they belong to the company. As a company we have exclusive rights and allowed to set conditions with regards to what interested parties may or may not do with our image. These images will be shared to whatsApp group to all clients who were part of the tour.
4. Photographs of crowds or groups
If crowd shots are taken during an event we have no need to find legal basis to take, display or publish the photo. This applies to any individual. clients and staff in crowd scenes or group photos.
5. Photographs of children
We may obtain consent from a parent or guardian. This may be verbal or written depending on the cirmcimstances.
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