Privacy Policy
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://atejna.co.za.Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience:- Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt into saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
- Login: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
- Content Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.Analytics and Tracking Technologies
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to track and report website traffic. Google Analytics collects data about website usage via cookies. This data helps us analyze visitor behavior and improve our site’s performance. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
- Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel): We use Meta Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns by understanding the actions people take on our website. Meta Pixel enables us to track conversions from Facebook ads, optimize ads, and build targeted audiences for future ads. Data collected via Meta Pixel is anonymized to protect individual identities. You can manage your Facebook ad preferences through Facebook’s Ad Preferences.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and automatically approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users who register on our website, we retain the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their usernames). Website administrators have access to edit and manage this information as well.What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.Where Your Data Is Sent
Comments from visitors may be analyzed by an automated spam detection service. Additionally, any data shared with third-party services like Google Analytics and Meta Pixel is processed according to their respective privacy policies.Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, such as in the European Union (under GDPR) or in California (under CCPA), you may have specific rights regarding your personal data. These rights might include:- Access: The ability to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: The ability to ask us to correct any incorrect or incomplete information.
- Deletion: The right to request that we delete your personal data, under certain conditions.