VDTechnologies Privacy Policy

VDTechnologies or the term “us”, “we”, or “our” refers to the owner of this website (https://vdtechnologies.co.za). The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of this website.  This page describes our policies about the use, collection, and disclosure of personally identifiable information.

While using our website, the website automatically collects your IP Address/location, other information from your internet browser as it provides, and information that is entered by the user into forms or fields on our website. Except as otherwise specified, we will only use your personally identifiable information for providing and improving the website and providing service within our company or over the phone. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

 

Data protection and data privacy

Section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa provides that everyone has the right to privacy. The right to privacy includes a right to protection against the unlawful collection, retention dissemination and use of your personal information. On 1 July 2021, the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“POPI Act“) will be of full force and effect. We respect your privacy and we take data privacy seriously. We will only process your Personal Information in accordance with the POPI Act and this Privacy Notice.

 

Information Collection and Use

While using our website or visiting our offices, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you regarding questions, comments, services requested, product offers, service updates, send confirmations, invoices, updates, and support and administrative messages. Personally, identifiable information refers to information that is connected to your name and may include things such as your e-mail address, mailing address, or telephone number.

 

Log Data

We may collect information that your browser sends us when you visit our website (“Log Data”). This Log Data can include information including but not limited to: your computer’s internet protocol address, browser type, browser version, and screen resolution, the pages of our website that you visit, the order in which you visited them, and any interactions you had with our website while visiting. We may also collect time and date stamps of your visit and other data regarding your usage of our site. We also collect information relating to any search queries you used to find our site, the location of the page that you came from, and any location information that you provide us. This data is primarily used to allow us to better our marketing and services in the future, but is not necessarily limited to that usage.

 

Cookies

“Cookies” is a term to describe information, which may include an anonymous unique identifier that VDTechnologies website places on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies remember information about your behavior on the website. Most internet browsers will allow you to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to view some pages or aspects of our website. VDTechnologies participates in behavior-based advertising.  This means that a third party may use technology (e.g., a cookie) to collect information about your use of our website so that they can provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interest.  That advertising may appear either on our website, or on other websites.

 

Sharing

VDTechnologies may share your personally identifiable information with companies that are affiliated (that is, that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with VDTechnologies.

There may be instances when VDTechnologies may disclose personally identifiable information without providing you with a choice in order to protect the legal rights of VDTechnologies, other affiliated companies or their employees, agents, and contractors; to protect the safety and security of visitors; to protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; or to comply with the law or legal process.  In addition, if VDTechnologies sells all or part of its business or makes a sale or transfer of assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, VDTechnologies may transfer your personally identifiable information to a third party as part of that transaction.

 

Security

No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we will do our best as is reasonably possible to protect your Personal Information, we cannot absolutely guarantee its security.

 

Changes to This Privacy Policy

VDTechnologies reserves the right to make changes to this policy at any time. The last modified date of this policy is provided in the last paragraph of this policy. We will modify this date if we change this policy.

 

Access and Choice

VDTechnologies has implemented the following procedure that you may use to access, correct, or delete your personally identifiable information, or choose how your information is used.  If you would like to know the types of information that VDTechnologies collects from visitors to its website, please email us at the address listed below under “Contact Us”.

 

Acceptance of this policy

You acknowledge that you have read this Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions. By accessing and using the Website and Services you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Policy, you are not authorised to access or use the Website and Services.

 

Contact Us

 

This policy was last modified on August 3rd, 2021. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at VDTechnologies, info@vdtechnologies.co.za