Privacy Policy for Developer Factory website

1. Introduction Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information about the use of any personal information which you provide to us. Your privacy is very important to us. We are therefore committed to protecting that privacy whenever personal information is requested from you. Provided it is reasonably possible, we will try to use or disclose your personal information only in the manner stated in this Privacy Policy. We do, however, reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, in which case the amended Privacy Policy will supersede and replace any previous policies with effect from the date on which it is posted on this website. Wherever possible, we will give you notice of any changes prior to their implementation. Please visit this Privacy Policy regularly to familiarise yourself with the latest version and to understand what we can do with your personal information. This Privacy Policy forms part of the Terms and Conditions of use for this website. 2. Personal Information Personal information refers to all information about you as an identifiable individual, including (but not limited to) your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and identity number, but for the purposes hereof will exclude all information that you submit to a publicly accessible section of our web site such as a blog, chat room, bulletin board, discussion group. All information which you submit to a publicly accessible section of our web site may be collected, used and disclosed freely and will not be protected under this Privacy Policy. Your submission of information to such a publicly accessible section of our web site is thus at your own risk. 3. Your Consent 3.1 We may collect information regarding your use of our web site to enable us to improve our services and to assess your compliance with the terms applicable to such use. 3.2 All your personal information so collected will be stored, used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and you consent to such storage, use and disclosure when you use these services.

4. Personal Information Shared 4.1 We will not sell, rent or otherwise disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent, provided that by using our website and/or subscribing for any of our services, you provide your express and informed consent for us to disclose your personal information to third parties as follows: 4.1.1 to third party companies employed by us to provide services for us, including for example, website hosting, administration, maintenance and development. These companies require access to your personal information to perform their functions and not for any other purposes; 4.1.2 to transfer our customer database/s, including personal information contained therein, to any third party who acquires all or substantially all of the assets or shares in our company or our web site service whether by sale, merger, acquisition or otherwise; 4.1.3 to governmental agencies, exchanges and other regulatory or self-regulatory organisations if we are required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to: 4.1.3.1 comply with the law or with any legal process; 4.1.3.2 protect and defend our rights and property or that of our customers and companies in our group; 4.1.3.3 prevent fraud or abuse, misuse or unauthorised use of our website; and/or 4.1.3.4 protect the personal safety or property of our customers or the public (if you provide false or deceptive information about yourself or misrepresent yourself as being someone else, we will disclose such information to the appropriate regulatory bodies and commercial entities); and 4.1.4 if applicable, to personalise your experience on our web site, to help you log on in future and to continue to use the web site, to reply to queries you might have, to provide you with support and to help us select services or materials for inclusion on our web site which may be of interest to you. 4.2 We reserve the right to share non-personal, non-individual information in aggregate form with third parties for business purposes, for example with advertisers on our website or business associates and partners. You will not be identifiable from such data as such. We are not responsible and cannot be held liable for the privacy practices of such third parties.

5. Use of Your Personal Information 5.1. We and our commercial partners may use your personal data for the purposes of executing transactions concluded with you, for billing purposes or in order to serve relevant advertising to you. We may send you information, special offers and advertising by email or social networking sites. 5.2. We may also make available your personal information to our affiliates and business partners (who may be located outside South Africa) in order to enable them to offer goods and services that they think will interest you. By using our services and by submitting your personal details, you consent to this transfer. 5.3. We may receive information about you from reliable third parties and add it to our database. We shall ensure that such third parties operate a similar policy to us in relation to your privacy. When we receive such information, we shall use it to improve the personalisation of our service. 5.4. If you do not want to receive the information as set out in clause 5.2 above then please send an e-mail to us at info@developerfactory.co.za or contact our Customer Care Centre on +27 11 706 1040. 6. Feedback and Complaints If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, or if you have a complaint about how we are using your data, then please write to us or send an email to us at info@developerfactory.co.za. 7. Information Protection We may protect personal information by establishing appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard the personal information we collect from you. This helps prevent unauthorised access, maintains data accuracy and ensures that the personal information is used correctly. In order to carry out these security procedures, we may sometimes ask for proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.

8. Cookies A cookie is a piece of information that is deposited by our computer server when you visit our website which is stored on your computer's hard drive by your web browser. On revisiting the website, our computer server will recognise the cookies, giving us information about your last visit. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to prevent automatic acceptance. If you choose not to receive cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our website. 9. IP Addresses Every time you connect to our website we store web server logs which show your IP address (the unique number which your machine uses when it is connected to the Internet); what you looked at; whether the page request was successful or not, and which browser you used to view the pages. The use of this data is strictly for statistical purposes and personalisation purposes only. This helps us understand which areas of the site are of particular interest and also which pages are not being requested. It also tells us how many hits and page requests we get. 10. Links Our website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we are not responsible and cannot be held liable for the privacy practices of third party websites or the manner in which they use cookies and advise you to read the privacy statements of each website you visit which collects personal information.