This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how Shared Value Africa Initiative, a company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of South Africa (hereinafter referred to as “us”, “we”, or “our”) processes information about you and what measures we take to protect your privacy when you interact with us, either online or offline. This Policy follows the principles outlined in the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and applies to information we collect through any means, including but not limited to, our website, mobile applications, and other online or offline offerings.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us such as name, address, contact information, passwords and security data, payment information, and social media login data. We may also collect information automatically like IP addresses, device information, browser type, and other usage data.
During our events, we may take photographs for promotional and documentation purposes. If you have registered to attend any of our events, we may include photographs of you in our materials, both online and offline, including on social media platforms and our website.
We use your personal information for legitimate business purposes such as providing our services, communicating with you, processing transactions, improving our services, for marketing and promotional purposes, and compliance with legal obligations. This may include the use of your image from photographs taken at our events for promotional purposes.
We may share your personal information with our subsidiaries, affiliates, third-party service providers, and partners who perform services on our behalf. This can include sharing photographs from our events where you might be present. We may also disclose information if required by law, to enforce our terms and conditions, or to protect our rights, property or safety, or that of others.
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage.
In accordance with South African privacy laws, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict the processing of your personal information, object to processing, and, where applicable, the right to data portability. This includes the right to object to the use of your photographs or request their removal. You can exercise your rights by contacting us.
We may update this Policy from time to time, and we encourage you to review it frequently. Changes will take effect from the date they are posted on our website.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at .
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 17 July 2023.