Updated June 15, 2022
We highly value your privacy. Before using the designtalks.co.za Website (“Website”) operated by Designtalks Inc., a Corporation based in Johannesburg, South Africa (“us,” “we,” “our”), carefully read this Privacy Policy. It contains crucial information about your privacy and the use of the information we collect.
Accessing and using the Website is contingent upon your acceptance and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This policy applies to everyone, including visitors, users, and others intending to access or use the Website. You can also read our Terms of Use page to understand more about these policy.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We collect any and all information you enter on this Website. We collect the following information about you:
- Email Marketing Vendors: To market to you via email; To manage our interactions with you.
- Data Analytics Providers: For web traffic analysis using an analytics package.
We share your personal information with these third parties for the following reasons:
- To market to you via email.
- To manage our interactions with you.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your computer by your web browser. The Website collects cookies and may use cookies for reasons including, but not limited to:
- Analyzing web traffic using an analytics package.
- Identifying if you are signed in to the Website.
- Testing content on the Website.
- Storing information about your preferences.
- Recognizing when you return to the Website.
Children’s Privacy
This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. If a child under 13 sends personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform him or her that they cannot use this Website.
Analytics Programs
This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about you and your behaviors. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
Information Retention
We retain all of the information that we collect until we no longer need the information to contact you or after you unsubscribe from emails.
Direct Marketing
We use the information that we collect about you for direct marketing purposes. You may, at any time, request that we cease to use your information for direct marketing purposes by emailing us at talk@designtalks.co.za.
Your Rights
All visitors or users of this website have the following rights with regard to their personal information:
- The right to access your information.
- The right to say no to the sale of your personal information.
- The right to request that we delete all or some of the personal information that we have collected on you.
- The right to ask us to transmit your personal information that we have collected on you to another provider (where technically feasible).
- Rectification of information: the right to request that we amend any of the information that we have collected about you.
- The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data.
- The right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.
- The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing, and processing of data with competent authorities in the proper jurisdiction.
- The right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, sharing, and processing of data with the Information Commissioner’s Office or any other competent authority.
- The right to stop receiving unwarranted direct marketing.
Exercising Your Rights
You may exercise the rights specified above by submitting a consumer request to:
We will need to verify your identity prior to effectuating your request. To verify your identity, you will need to provide us with the following information with your request:
- Email address.
Please note that we may be unable to process your request if you do not provide us with the above information.
We will respond to most consumer requests within 30 days of receipt. However, some requests may take longer. We will notify you in writing if we need more time to respond. We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request, we will provide you with the reasons for such denial.
Accountability
The following person is accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures:
- Shelby Morgan
- +27767623665
- shelby101sa@gmail.com
You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting the person accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures at the contact information above. You may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by filling out this form or calling +27767623665.
Location of Data Processing
All data processing activities undertaken by us take place in New York.
Third-party websites
This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.
Do Not Track
Do Not Track is a preference you can set on your browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). You can either enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your browser.
Transferring Data
We plan to transfer data to South Africa. This means that your information may be processed in a country outside of South Africa and it
may be accessible to law enforcement authorities and national security authorities of that country and jurisdiction.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the updated Privacy Policy to this Website.
What is Personal Data at Designtalks?
At Designtalks, we respect your ability to know, access, correct, transfer, restrict the processing of, and delete your personal data. We have provided these rights to our global customer base, and if you choose to exercise these privacy rights, you have the right not to be treated in a discriminatory way nor to receive a lesser degree of service from Designtalks. Designtalks does not sell your data.
To help protect the security of your personal data, you must sign in to your account and your identity will be verified. If the Data and Privacy page is not available in your region, you can make privacy rights requests at talk@designtalks.co.za.
Privacy Questions
If you have questions about Designtalks Privacy Policy or privacy practices, including where a third-party service provider is acting on our behalf, would like to contact our Data Protection Officer, or would like to submit a complaint, you can contact us at talk@designtalks.co.za or call +27767623665 for your country or region. You can also ask us questions about how to submit a privacy complaint, and we will endeavor to help.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at talk@designtalks.co.za.
