Gary Rom (the “Company”) is committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for its visitors. Our Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us while visiting our website.

Please note that the terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Company. “You” refers to the reader of the Privacy Policy, as a visitor of our website. By accepting our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (found here: https://garyromman.co.za/terms-and-conditions/ )you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT
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We collect “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information”. Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. Personal Information includes all information, such as full name and contact details, that you submit to us through the website.

Information collected via Technology:
In an effort to improve the quality of your website experience, we track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application including: the website you came from (“referring URL”); the type of browser you use; the device you are using; the time and date of access, and; other information that does not personally identify you. We track this information using cookies, or small text files which include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from our server/s and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personal information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilizing our services, both on an individual and aggregate basis.

HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION
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Personal Information:
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for the Company, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to user’s email address for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

In the event that we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sell all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support, and inform users about promotional offers.

Non-Personal Information:
In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve and customize the user’s website experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the website. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.

HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION

We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access.  Should you create an account on our website, it is protected by your password and we urge you to take steps to keep your personal information safe by not disclosing your login details, and by logging out of your account after each use. We further protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls and secure socket layer technology. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using our website, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When we send promotional communication to a user, the user can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the email. Please note that notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by unsubscribing, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

As part of our website, we may provide links to other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through this website. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by selecting a link via our website. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of other websites before proceeding to use them.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

The Company reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service at any time. These changes will be updated on our website and will go into effect immediately.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this website, please contact us by sending an email to gary@garyrom.co.za.

LAST UPDATED

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 12 March 2021.