Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is for Hidden Treasure Stellenbosch and governs the privacy of its users.

This policy describes the way we handle your personal information. Here, we set out user privacy, the obligations & requirements of the users, as well as the website and its owners. Furthermore, we cover the protection of user data & information.

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies of the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decides to use our services and navigate the website. Personal information includes information we collect: on submission when you complete the booking form; and automatically when you visit this website.

If you choose to partake in our events or purchase our products, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. You may not partake in our events or purchase our merchandise if you do not accept this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the correct steps are taken to protect our users throughout your browsing experience. This website complies to all South African laws for user privacy.

Privacy policy – which you agree to by checking a checkbox when you submit your personal information through this website and apply when you visit this website. We may change any of these terms at any time by updating this web page. If you have any questions about our legal terms, please contact us.

Collected on submission: We collect your contact details when you place an order.

Collected automatically: We collect your Internet usage information when you visit this website.

The purpose for collection: We may use any of the personal information that you provide to us for the purposes that you indicated when you agreed to provide it to us.

Consent to collection: We will get your consent to collect your personal information in accordance with applicable law when you provide us with it.

Use: We may use your personal information to fulfill our obligations to you.

Sharing: We may share your personal information with third parties for the purposes of fulfilling our obligations to you.

Disclosure: We may disclose personal information to third parties if required for legal reasons.

Security: Our website is hosted on a secure server and uses security measures to prevent interference by intruders.

Retention: We will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary.

Transfer: We may transfer your personal information outside South Africa to a foreign country.

Updating or removing: You may choose to update or remove the personal information you have submitted to us by contacting us.

Use of Cookies and Analytics: Should this website use cookies to improve the users experience, the applicable legislation requirements will be put in place to obtain explicit consent from you.

Cookies are small files that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a more tailored experience. Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.

Google Analytics (GA) is the tracking software used to monitor visitors & better understand how they use the site. GA will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s Privacy Policy here for further information.

Information collection and communication: For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and email address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you. Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998.

Links to other sites: Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Security: We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes to this Privacy Policy: We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Contact us: If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.