privacy policy

By accessing or using www.thebookwewrote.com or any of its related blogs, websites or platforms (collectively, "the Website"), owned by Stratos Capital(Pty) Ltd (reg: 2012/196096/07) ("thebookwewrote"), you agree that you have read, understood and agree to be bound to the terms and conditions contained herein (the "Privacy Policy"), as well as thebookwewrote's general Terms. All rights in and to the content of the Website remain at all times expressly reserved by thebookwewrote.

Please pay specific attention to the BOLD paragraphs of the thebookwewrote Terms. These paragraphs limit the risk or liability of thebookwewrote, constitutes an assumption of risk or liability by you, impose an obligation by you to indemnify thebookwewrote or is an acknowledgement of any fact by you.

Please read these terms carefully before accessing or using the Website. thebookwewrote will assume you have read and understood these terms should you continue to access or make use of the Website.

Please be advised that this Privacy Policy and our operations are all interpreted, applied and/or are in accordance with, the privacy and data protection laws of the Republic of South Africa, as we are a South African company focused on providing services to the South African market. Should you be a citizen of a territory other than the Republic of South Africa with the result that additional privacy laws apply to the processing of your personal information, please contact us so that we may gladly assist you in manifesting those rights, and ensuring that you are fully protected as required. You can contact us at info@thebookwewrote.jobs for any such assistance.

It is important to note the following:

  • The terms "user", "you" and "your" are used interchangeably in these Terms and refer to all persons accessing the Website for any reason whatsoever. Accordingly, the terms "us", "our" or "we" refers to thebookwewrote or its possession.
  • All users of the Website, registered or not, are bound by these Terms.
  • Not all terms are necessarily defined in order.
  • These terms were last updated on 12 April 2020.
  1. PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION
    1.1 thebookwewrote respects your privacy and your personal information, and will take reasonable measures to protect it, as more fully detailed below.
    1.2 Should you decide to function as a user or register on the Website, thebookwewrote may collect, collate, process, and use the following types of information about you when you use the Website ("personal information"):
    1.2.1 Information provided by the user
    thebookwewrote collects personal information (that is information about the user that is personally identifiable including, but not limited to, the user's name, address, age, gender, e- mail address, phone number(s), passwords, product and service preferences and contact preferences that are not otherwise publicly available); and
    1.2.2 Information that is collected automatically
    thebookwewrote receives and stores information which is transmitted automatically from the user's computer when the user browses the internet. This information includes information from "cookies" (which are described in clause 1.14 below), the user's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, web beacons, geo-locationary information, embedded web links, and other commonly used information-gathering tools. These tools collect certain standard information that your browser sends to the Website such as your browser type and language, access times, and the address from which you arrived at the Website.
    1.3 Should your personal information change, please inform thebookwewrote and provide thebookwewrote with updates to your personal information as soon as reasonably possible to enable thebookwewrote to update it. thebookwewrote is however under no obligation to ensure that your personal information or other information supplied by you is correct.
    1.4 You warrant that the personal information disclosed to thebookwewrote or the Website is directly from you as the user on the Website or in connection to the Services, and all such personal information is lawfully yours to provide in your own private or representative capacity.
    1.5 You may choose to provide additional personal information to thebookwewrote, in which event you agree to provide accurate and current information, and, generally, not to impersonate or misrepresent any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with anyone or anything.
    1.6 Any processing of your personal information will be reservedly for thebookwewrote's legitimate business purposes and as a necessary function of your engagement with the Website and/or the Services, and you have consented to this, but thebookwewrote will not, without your express consent:
    1.6.1 use your personal information for any purpose other than as set out below:
    1.6.1.1 to contact you regarding current or new information, products or Services or any other Service offered by thebookwewrote or any of thebookwewrote's divisions and/or partners (unless you have opted out from receiving marketing material from thebookwewrote, possible through same contact);
    1.6.1.2 to inform you of new features, special offers and promotional competitions offered by thebookwewrote or any of thebookwewrote's divisions and/or partners (unless you have opted out from receiving marketing material from thebookwewrote, possible through same correspondence); and
    1.6.1.3 to improve thebookwewrote's Services selection and your experience on the Website by, for example, monitoring your browsing habits, or tracking your interaction on the Website; or
    1.6.2 disclose your personal information to any third party other than as set out below:
    1.6.2.1 to thebookwewrote's employees, third party service providers and/or Employers who assist thebookwewrote to interact with you via the Website, email or any other method, for the engagement of their services, and thus need to know your personal information in order to assist thebookwewrote to communicate with you properly and efficiently;
    1.6.2.2 to thebookwewrote's divisions and/or partners (including their employees and/or third party service providers) in order for them to interact directly with you via email or any other method for purposes of sending you marketing material regarding any current or new product or Services, new features, special offers or promotional items offered by them (unless you have opted out from receiving marketing material from thebookwewrote, possible through same correspondence);
    1.6.2.3 to law enforcement, government officials, fraud detection agencies or other third parties when thebookwewrote believes in good faith that the disclosure of personal information is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report or support the investigation into suspected illegal activity or the contravention of an applicable law, or to investigate violations of these Terms and/or the Website's other policies; and
    1.6.2.4 to thebookwewrote's service providers (under contract with thebookwewrote) who help with parts of thebookwewrote's business operations (marketing, technology services, etc.). However, thebookwewrote's contracts dictate that these service providers may only use your information in connection with the services they perform for thebookwewrote, not for their own benefit and under the same standards as how thebookwewrote operates.
    1.7 thebookwewrote is entitled to use or disclose your personal information if such use or disclosure is required in order to comply with any applicable law, subpoena, order of court or legal process served on thebookwewrote, or to protect and defend thebookwewrote's rights or property.
    1.8 thebookwewrote will ensure that all of its employees, third party service providers, divisions and partners (including their employees and third party service providers) having access to your personal information are bound by appropriate and legally binding confidentiality obligations and process your personal information at standards equal to or higher than thebookwewrote's in relation to your personal information.
    1.9 thebookwewrote will:
    1.9.1 treat your personal information as strictly confidential, save where thebookwewrote is entitled to share it as set out in this policy;
    1.9.2 take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that your personal information is kept secure and is protected against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage, alteration, disclosure or access;
    1.9.3 provide you with reasonable access to your personal information to view and/or update personal details;
    1.9.4 promptly notify you if thebookwewrote becomes aware of any unauthorised use, disclosure or processing of your personal information;
    1.9.5 provide you with reasonable evidence of thebookwewrote's compliance with its obligations under this policy on reasonable notice and request; and
    1.9.6 upon your request, promptly correct, return or destroy any and all of your personal information in thebookwewrote's possession or control, save for that which thebookwewrote is legally obliged or entitled to retain (acknowledging that some Website functionality might be lost if certain personal information is amended or destroyed).
    1.10 thebookwewrote will not retain your personal information longer than the period for which it was originally needed, unless thebookwewrote is required by law to do so, or you consent to thebookwewrote retaining such information for a longer period.
    1.11 thebookwewrote undertakes never to sell or make your personal information available to any third party other than as provided for in this policy.
    1.12 Whilst thebookwewrote will do all things reasonably necessary to protect your rights of privacy, thebookwewrote cannot guarantee or accept any liability whatsoever for unauthorised or unlawful disclosures of your personal information, whilst in thebookwewrote's possession, made by third parties who are not subject to thebookwewrote's control, unless such disclosure is as a result of thebookwewrote's gross negligence.
    1.13 If you disclose your personal information to a third party, such as an entity which operates a website linked to this Website or anyone other than thebookwewrote, thebookwewrote shall not be liable for any loss or damage, howsoever arising, suffered by you as a result of the disclosure of such information to the third party. This is because thebookwewrote does not regulate or control how that third party uses your personal information. You should always ensure that you read the privacy policy of any third party.
    1.14 This Website may make use of "cookies" to automatically collect information and data through the standard operation of the internet servers. "Cookies" are small text files a website can use (and which thebookwewrote may use) to recognise repeat users, facilitate the user's on-going access to and use of a website and allow a website to track usage behaviour and compile aggregate data that will allow the website operator to improve the functionality of the website and its content, and to display more focused advertising to a user by way of third party tools. The type of information collected by "cookies"is not used to personally identify you. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the "cookie" feature. Please note that "cookies" may be necessary to provide you with certain features available on the Website, and thus if you disable the "cookies" on your browser you may not be able to use those features, and your access to the Website will therefore be limited. If you do not disable "cookies", you are deemed to consent to thebookwewrote's use of any personal information collected using those "cookies", subject to the provisions of these Terms and the Website's other policies.
    1.15 The user is entitled to request access to any relevant personal data held by thebookwewrote and where such access is necessary for you to exercise and/or protect any of the user's rights. For any personal data held by any third-party, the user must approach that party for the realisation of the user's personal data rights with them, and not with thebookwewrote.
    1.16 Users acknowledge that any content provided on the Website, including via the messaging system, enters an open, public forum, and is not confidential.
    1.17 Users understand that there are risks involved in sharing personal information. By disclosing personal information such as the user's name and email address, users acknowledge and understand that this information may be collected and used by a third party to communicate with you.