Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.

The Information We Collect:

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the techies.co.za website. On some pages, you can register to participate and opt-in to receive our newsletter. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:

Email address
Location
Occupation
Interests

Information collected is optional, except for your e-mail address, which is not publicly displayed.

The Way We Use Information:

We use your email address to communicate the following to you:

1. Private messages received
2. Responses to topics you are watching
3. Critical board announcements
4. Optional: the Techie Talk newsletter

Email addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.

Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Our Commitment To Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Our Commitment To Children's Privacy:

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.

How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information

You can access and edit all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by editing your Profile, or by contacting us. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information.

How To Contact Us

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email at info@techies.co.za.