Privacy Policy for www.scotbrad.co.za: A Guide to Your Data
Effective Date: 15 July 2025
This Privacy Policy outlines how www.scotbrad.co.za (“the Website,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects the personal information of its users (“you”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner, in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) of South Africa.
By using this Website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information to provide and improve our services to you. The types of personal information we may collect include:
- Information you provide to us directly: This includes personal information you voluntarily provide when you fill out forms on our website, such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide in the message content.
- Information collected automatically: When you visit our Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and your usage of our site. This is done through cookies and other tracking technologies. The information collected includes:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages you visited on our Website
- Date and time of your visit
- Time spent on pages
2. How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used for the following purposes:
- To respond to your inquiries: We use the information you provide in our contact forms to respond to your questions and requests.
- For website analytics and improvement: We use Google Analytics to understand how our visitors interact with our Website. This helps us to analyze traffic, identify popular content, and improve the user experience. The data collected by Google Analytics is aggregated and anonymized wherever possible.
- For internal record-keeping: We may store the information you submit through our forms for our internal records and for future communication with you, should it be necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
- To ensure the security of our Website: We may use your information to protect our Website and our users from fraudulent or malicious activity.
3. Use of Google Analytics
This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
You can prevent the storage of data relating to your use of the website and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
For more information on Google’s privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.
4. Storage and Security of Your Information
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure.
Information submitted through our forms is stored securely on our internal systems. We will not retain your personal information for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless we are required to do so by law.
5. Your Rights Under POPIA
As a user of our Website, you have the following rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act:
- The right to be notified that your personal information is being collected.
- The right to access the personal information we hold about you.
- The right to request the correction, destruction, or deletion of your personal information.
- The right to object to the processing of your personal information.
- The right to object to direct marketing.
- The right not to be subject to automated decision-making in certain circumstances.
- The right to complain to the Information Regulator.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
6. Sharing Your Information
We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
We may disclose your personal information to our service providers who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business, such as our website hosting provider. These service providers are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
7. Cookies
Our Website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
8. Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
9. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email at info@scotbrad.co.za or by post to 5 Adamson Ave, Alrode South, Alberton, 1451.
Information Officer:
Jackie Cooke