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Privacy Policy
We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. This
Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal information is
processed and used. We promise that we will take steps to use your
personal information only in ways that are compatible with this
Privacy Policy. The following policies are only in effect for the
Web pages, newsletters and opt-in announcement lists owned and
operated by AFRICA INX. The following discloses our Privacy Policy.
africainx.net does track which content you access, however individual
information on accessed content is deemed private and is therefore
not made public. This information is only used internally as it
relates to AFRICAINX business processes, customer care and in the
overall processes of improving our business and service offering.
WE VALUE YOUR
PARTICIPATION AND TRUST AND ARE COMMITTED TO A NO SPAM POLICY.
What information is collected and how it is
collected?
Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and
a set of numbers, which serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol"
IP address. When a visitor requests a page from africainx.net our Web
servers automatically recognize that visitor's domain name and IP
address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal
about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our
site. We use this information to examine website interactivity. Our
Web servers do not record e-mail addresses of the visitors.
How we use single-pixel gifs or tracking
scripts?
africainx.net may use single-pixel gif images or tracking scripts,
sometimes referred to as web bugs or web beacons, to evaluate
website interactivity and gather some general statistical
information. AFRICAINX may use single-pixel gifs or tracking
scripts that can track personal information from cookies that may
have been previously placed on a user's computer.
What other information do we request?
We may also request your personal details including but not limited
to e-mail address, mailing address for the purposes of registering
as a site user, conducting a survey or to provide additional
services (for example, subscriptions to e-mail newsletters,
announcement lists or information about seminars).
Whenever we request the identity of a visitor, we will clearly
indicate the purpose of the inquiry before the information is
requested. We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy. We will also not
sell or rent your e-mail address to a third-party.
When you enter a contest or other promotion, we may ask for your
name, address and e-mail address so that we can administer the
contest and notify winners.
Will we disclose the information we collect
to outside, third parties?
AFRICAINX will disclose personal information when required by law
or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process
served on africainx.net, Protect and defend the rights or property of
AFRICAINX or visitors to africainx.net, Identify persons who may be
violating the law, the legal notice, or the rights of third parties,
Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities.
What else should I know about my privacy when online?
The africainx.net Website may contain links to other Web sites.
Please check with those sites to determine their privacy policy.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal
information online - for example through e-mail, discussion lists,
or elsewhere - that information can be collected and used by others.
In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible
to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other
parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy
of your personal information. Please be careful and responsible
whenever you're online.
This is how we will handle
information we learn about you from your visit to our Web site. The
information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our
site.
Automatic Information
This information enables us to run site usage tools and create
statistics about our site. These statistics help us to better
understand how our site is being used and what we can do to make it
more useful to visitors.
Information You Provide Us
We use the information that you provide us (both on-line and
off-line) for responding to your requests, customising the material
presented to you based on your past visits to our web site, to
communicate with you, to improve the content of our web site and to
improve our service offering. The primary goal in collecting
personal information is to provide you customised services, features
and content and to give you an efficient personalised experience
that best meets your needs.
If you choose to identify yourself by sending us an email or
completing an online form, AFRICAINX employees will have access to
such information in order to contact you for direct marketing
purposes. We also aggregate information on what pages you access.
Information submitted by you, such as survey information and/or
comments or feedback, may be stored in a personally identifiable
format and will only be used for internal purposes and will not be
shared with people or organisations outside of AFRICAINX.
Use of "Cookies"
"Cookies" are small files that are placed on your hard drive that
assist us in providing customized and personalised services. No
personal information is stored in this cookie.
From time to time, AFRICAINX may send a "cookie" to your computer.
A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from
a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie
can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by
other sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to
identify unique website users and which areas of the AFRICAINX
website you have visited. This information may be used to
personalise our services to you.
WE DO NOT RECORD ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN HOW YOU INTERACT WITH
THE AFRICAINX WEBSITE.
You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of
your browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or
allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you
choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our site and
other Web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as
intended.
Email Communication
AFRICAINX from time to time distributes an online newsletter as
well as announcements relating to AFRICAINX which we believe our
stakeholders will be interested in. AFRICAINX recognises that
users may not wish to be contacted about new or related services;
therefore you may opt out of any e-mail marketing or newsletters
that may result from use of the site. When you receive an email, you
will be given instructions on how to remove yourself from that list.
All our email communications are tracked to evaluate interaction
success and to better understand how stakeholders are responding to
communications. Typically, AFRICAINX uses email tagging to
identify which links in the email you click on and how you interact
with the AFRICAINX website. This information may be linked to the
unique cookie stored on your hard drive.
Your Consent To This Agreement
The above policies are effective as of October 01, 2009. AFRICAINX
reserves the right to change this policy from time to time without
prior notice.
By using the AFRICAINX website, you consent to the collection and
use of information by us as specified above. If we decide to change
our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that
you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it,
and under what circumstances we disclose it.
Copyright AFRICAINX
2009. All Rights Reserved
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