Your privacy is important to us at Bright Sprout Consulting we believe in your right to privacy. Below is our Privacy Policy. It complies with all laws and rules regarding any personal information we collect about you. This includes information collected across our website, https://brightsproutconsulting.co.za.
Information we collect
The information we collect includes data you knowingly and actively give us. This happens when you use or engage in any of our services. Additionally, it includes any information automatically sent by your devices while accessing our services.
Log Data
When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, and your browser type and version. It logs the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, and the time spent on each page. It also captures other details about your visit and technical details that happen with any errors you may face.
Please be aware that this information may not be personally identifying by itself. However, it might be possible to combine it with other data. This combination might personally detect individual persons.
Personal Information
We may ask for personal information which may include one or more of the following: Name/ Email/ Contact Number
Legitimate Reasons for Processing your Personal Information
We only collect and use your personal information when we have a legitimate reason for doing so. In which instance, we only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to offer our services to you.
Collection and Use of Information
We may collect personal information from you when you do any of the next on our website:
- Sign up to get updates from us via email or social media channels
- Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content
- Contact us via email, social media, or on any similar technologies
- When you mention us on social media
We may collect, hold, use, and reveal information for the next purposes, and personal information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:
- to contact and communicate with you
- for analytics, market research, and business development, including to run and improve our website, associated applications, and associated social media platforms
- for advertising and marketing, including to send you promotional information about our services and information about third parties that we consider may be of interest to you
- for internal record keeping and administrative purposes
Please be aware that we may combine information we collect about you. We might include general information or research data from other trusted sources.
We will protect personal information within commercially acceptable means. This protection applies when we collect and process personal information. It also applies while we keep this information. Our goal is to prevent loss and theft. We also aim to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
Security of Your Personal Information
We will do our best to protect the personal information you give to us. Nonetheless, we suggest that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. No one can guarantee absolute data security. We will follow laws applicable to us in respect of any data breach.
How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, according to this privacy policy. If your personal information is no longer required, we will remove it. Alternatively, we will make it anonymous by removing all details that show you.
Nonetheless, if necessary, we may keep your personal information for our compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation. We may also keep it for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes.
Children’s Privacy
We do not aim any of our products or services directly at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information about children under 13.
International Transfers of Personal Information
The personal information we collect is stored and/or processed where we or our partners, affiliates, and third-party providers keep facilities. Please be aware that the locations where we store your personal information may not have the same data protection laws. The laws where they process or transfer your information may differ. These laws might differ from the country in which you initially provided the information. If we transfer your personal information to third parties in other countries:
(i) we will conduct those transfers after the requirements of applicable law; and
(ii) we will protect the transferred personal information according to this privacy policy.
Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information
You always keep the right to withhold personal information from us. Still, please understand that your experience of our website may be affected. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your personal information. If you do give us personal information, you understand that we will collect it. We will hold, use, and reveal it according to this privacy policy. You keep the right to ask for details of any personal information we hold about you.
If a third party provides us with your personal information, we will protect it. We will follow the guidelines set out in this privacy policy. If you are a third party giving personal information about somebody else, you must have their consent. You represent and guarantee that you have permission to supply the personal information to us.
If you have earlier agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you can change your decision. You may change your mind at any time. We will give you the ability to unsubscribe from our email-database or opt out of communications. Please be aware we may need to ask specific information from you to help us confirm your identity.
If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate or out of date, contact us. Use the details provided in this privacy policy. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.
If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law, please contact us. Use the details below. Give us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint. We will respond to you in writing. Our response will detail the outcome of our investigation. It will also outline the steps we will take to handle your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority about your complaint.
Use of Cookies
We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer. It accesses this data each time you visit. This allows us to understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on preferences you have specified.
Limits of Our Policy
Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites. We can’t accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
Changes to This Policy
We may change our privacy policy at our discretion. This is to show updates to our business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here. You can access them at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy policy.
If required by law, we will get your permission. Alternatively, we will give you the opportunity to opt in to any new uses of your personal information. You can also opt out, as applicable.
Contact Us
For any questions or concerns about your privacy you can contact us via email at natasha@brightsproutconsulting.co.za