Your privacy is important to us
It is Kobie Swart Art’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to www.kobieswart-art.co.za/ (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “www.kobieswart-art.co.za/”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms of service posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms of service.
Contents
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- Website Visitors
- Personally-Identifying Information
- Security
- Cookies
- E-commerce
- Privacy Policy Changes
- Contact Information & Credit
- Who we share your data with
- How long we retain your data
- What rights you have over your data
1. Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Kobie Swart Art collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Kobie Swart Art’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Kobie Swart Art’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Kobie Swart Art may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Kobie Swart Art also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://www.kobieswart-art.co.za/ blog posts. Kobie Swart Art only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
2. Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Kobie Swart Art’s websites choose to interact with Kobie Swart Art in ways that require Kobie Swart Art to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Kobie Swart Art gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who leave a comment at https://www.kobieswart-art.co.za/ to provide a username and email address.
3. Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
4. Cookies
To enrich and perfect your online experience, Kobie Swart Art uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Kobie Swart Art uses cookies to help Kobie Swart Art identify and track visitors, their usage of https://www.kobieswart-art.co.za/, and their website access preferences. Kobie Swart Art visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Kobie Swart Art’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Kobie Swart Art’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
“Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Kobie Swart Art’s use of cookies.
5. E-commerce
Those who engage in transactions with Kobie Swart Art – by purchasing Kobie Swart Art’s services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Kobie Swart Art collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Kobie Swart Art. Kobie Swart Art does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
6. Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Kobie Swart Art may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Kobie Swart Art’s sole discretion. Kobie Swart Art encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
7. Contact Information & Credit
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us via email.
8. Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
9. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
10. What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.