Privacy Policy
Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes how www.WeLiveinCapeTown.com or We Live in Cape Town (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit our blog, services or subscribe to our mailing list.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
DEFINITIONS
- a. Customer: a person or entity that has signed up on We Live in Cape Town to use the Services.
- b. Distribution List: a list of Subscribers and all data related to those Subscribers.
- c. Personal Data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
- d. Subscriber: any person or entity on your Distribution List.
- e. You: a GotThePassport Customer or other person or entity who visits our Services.
- Information We Collect
We collect the following personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us:
- Full Name
- Location
- Email address
Under the EU’s GDPR, the UK GDPR, and the Swiss FADP, www.WeLiveinCapeTown.com generally acts as a processor on behalf of our Customers. When processing Personal Data as a data controller, we do so on the following legal bases:
a. To perform our contract with you for the use of the Services;
b. In reliance on our legitimate interests in administering, operating, and supporting the Services;
c. In reliance on our legitimate interests in providing certain features;
d. In reliance on our legitimate interests in enforcing our Terms of Service Agreement and applicable law;
e. In reliance on our legitimate interests in preventing fraud and abuse;
f. In reliance on our legitimate interests in meeting legal requirements;
g. In reliance on our legitimate interests in improving the Services;
h. In reliance on our legitimate interests in supporting our marketing activities;
i. In reliance on our legitimate interests in providing network and information security; and
- How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information solely for the purpose of sending you newsletters and updates about our blog content. We do not sell your personal information to any third parties.
- Data Storage and Security
We take appropriate measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Your data is stored securely and is only accessible to authorized personnel who need it to perform their duties.
- Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: You can ask us to correct or update your personal information.
- Right to erasure: You can request that we delete your personal information.
- Right to restrict processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your personal information.
- Right to data portability: You can request a copy of your personal information in a machine-readable format.
- Right to object: You can object to our processing of your personal information.
- Right to withdraw consent: You can withdraw your consent for us to use your personal information at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section below.
- California Residents
If you are a California resident, you have the right to:
- Know what personal information we collect about you and how we use and disclose that information
- Delete your personal information
- Opt-out of the sale of your personal information (although we do not sell personal information)
- Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our blog may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at: welovetravel [at] gotthepassports [dot] com. E-Mail Title: Privacy Policy.
This privacy policy is designed to provide a general framework and should be tailored to your specific circumstances. You may want to consult with a legal professional to ensure full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
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.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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.
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.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.