ULUNTU PRIVACY POLICY:

At Uluntu, LLC (“Uluntu,” “us,” “our,” or “we”), we are committed to providing you with a great online experience celebrating South Africa, South African culture, and everything that makes South Africa unique on the global stage.

In providing this experience, we recognize that privacy is important to you and us. We have prepared this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to inform you of the privacy principles that govern our website, which includes SaffaMade.com, app.SaffaMade.com, Uluntu.com, app.Uluntu.com, and our other affiliated websites (collectively, the “Website”), the Uluntu App (the “App”), and the services offered by Uluntu and SaffaMade to you through our Websites and Apps (collectively, the “Services”).  Uluntu is committed to providing excellent service to all of our customers and visitors to our Website and is committed to the security and privacy of your information. This includes a commitment to the fair and transparent processing of our customers’ and Website visitors’ personal information (“Personal Information”).

Our Privacy Policy is designed to advise you about how we collect, use, protect, and disclose the information that we collect and receive about you.  It also explains your privacy rights, and how you can manage the privacy of your Personal Information. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not govern the practices of third parties, including our partners, third-party service providers, and advertisers, even when those services are branded as, or provided on behalf of, Uluntu and SaffaMade. Information collected from you by others, such as third-party websites that you access through links on the Website, is governed by those entities’ privacy policies.

We want to welcome you to Uluntu! We're excited to help you connect with fellow South Africans and people who love South Africa from around the globe. By using Uluntu, you're agreeing to these terms, so please take a moment to read them.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT:

We may collect certain information from you when you use our Website, App, and other Services.  That information includes:

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Website/App:  We may collect certain Personal Information from you when you visit, use, and interact with our Website or App – for instance, when you choose to contact us, submit an article to Uluntu or SaffaMade, use or post information or content to the App, or sign up for our electronic newsletter.  This may include your name, company name, email address, telephone number, location information (such as your ZIP code or real-time location when using the App), and other information you choose to provide to us. It may also include other information such as your IP address, browsing history, interactions with the Website, preferences, and interests.

At times, we may require you to provide certain Personal Information when you use certain parts of our App or to fulfill your request with us – for instance, we may require you to provide or use your email address or other contact information when you contact us with a question or comment so that we can respond to you.

2. GENERIC INFORMATION:
   
   Generic Information is information that does not directly reveal the identity of a customer or a visitor to the Website or the App.  Uluntu/ SaffaMade may automatically gather some Generic Information from our customers and Website visitors. This information may include aggregate usage metrics such as the total number of Website visitors, pages viewed, usage patterns within the Website, etc.  This may also include information about your device. At times, the combination of various types of data, including Generic Information, may enable you to be identified, and may therefore qualify as Personal Information.
   
   

3. INFORMATION YOU GIVE US:

We collect certain information that you share with us. As noted above, sometimes this is information that we require for you to use our Website, App, or certain Services.  For instance, when you apply for a job through the Website or App, you must provide information relevant to your qualifications and work experience as outlined above. In addition, we collect information that you voluntarily provide through your use of the Website, App, or other Services, such as when you post photos, videos, messages, or other content to the App, or contact us via email or direct message with questions, feedback, or comments about our Website, App, or other Services.

4. INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WHEN YOU USE OUR SERVICE:

We also collect certain Personal Information and Generic Information from you through your use of our Services.  As noted above, we may collect certain information related to your use of, and access to, our App and other Services.

Device Information:  As noted above, we may collect certain information related to the device that you use to log into, access and use the Website, App, or other Services.

Camera, Photos, and Media Files:  As part of your experience, you can upload photos and images from your device to the App.  To do so, the App may need to access your camera, photo gallery, or other parts of your device containing media files.

Location Information:  We will ask you to provide your location information when you use our App via your mobile device, to provide certain App features and Services.  You may turn off your device’s location-sharing features to use the App; however, certain functions of the App will not work properly if you do not share your location.

Aggregate Information:  We may use other aggregate information concerning how you use our Website, App, or Services.

We may also collect information through cookies or pixel tags, as described below.

Browsing Data: The Website may collect certain information when you browse the Website and request pages from our servers.  When you request a page from our Website, our servers log the information provided in the HTTP request header including the IP address, the time of the request, the URL of your request, and other information provided in the HTTP header.  We collect the HTTP request header information to make our website function correctly and provide you with the functionality that you see on the Website. We also use this and other information to personalize content presented to you on the Website and the App, better understand how visitors use our Website and App, and how we can better tune their content and functionality to meet your needs.  Although this information may at times include your IP address, this information, by itself, will typically not identify you. However, if you access the Website from a link in an email we sent you, we may identify you based on the information you previously supplied.

Cookies: We may use “cookies” and similar technologies to collect information about your activities. This is so that we can customize certain aspects of your specific experience, and improve the overall function and efficiency of our Sites and Services.  Cookies are small data text files stored locally on your computer that uniquely identify your browser. We may use cookies – for example, Google Analytics, Google Adsense, Facebook Connect, and others – to perform various tasks such as: monitoring aggregate usage metrics, storing and remembering your login information (if you choose this option), storing your account preferences, and personalizing the Services we make available to you.

Session and First Party Cookies: The types of cookies we use are called “session” cookies and “first party” cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you close your Internet browser.  First-party cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them or until they are otherwise removed upon expiration.

Third-Party Cookies: Uluntu/ SaffaMade permits third-party service providers, advertisers, and other companies to use cookies or similar technologies on our Website.  These companies may collect your information, track your behavior on our Website, and gather information about your use of our Websites or Services and other online services over time and across different services.  Additionally, some companies may use information collected to deliver targeted ads on behalf of us or other companies, including on other websites or online services. We are not responsible for the functioning of cookies and other technologies used and placed by third parties on your device.

We may gather information about you automatically through your use of the Website or App, e.g., your IP address, your current location when you use the App, and how you navigate the Website. We may collect information by automated means, including technologies such as pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs, and web beacons.  We use this information to better understand, customize, and improve user experience with our Website, App, Services, and offerings and manage our advertising.

Pixel Tags: Pixel tags and web beacons are tiny graphic images placed on website pages or in our emails that allow us to determine whether you have performed a specific action.  When you access these pages or open or click an email, the pixel tags and web beacons generate a notice of that action. These tools allow us to measure responses to our communications and improve our web pages.

Other technologies: We collect many different types of information from other technologies to improve the quality of our Website and the services we provide.  For example, we may collect information about the device you use to access our Website or App, your operating system and mobile device type, browser type, domain, and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone where your device is located.  We may record the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. An IP address is a unique identifier that devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet.

In many cases, the information we collect using cookies and other tools is only used in a non-identifiable way, without any reference to your Personal Information.  For example, we use the information we collect about all website users to optimize our Website and to understand website traffic patterns. We may aggregate the data about visitors to our Website or App and use it to improve the quality of our Website, App, and Services.  If we associate the information we collect using cookies and other technology with your Personal Information, it will become “Personal Information” and will be protected as described above.

Your Cookie Choices: You may set your browser to block or otherwise control what cookies your browser or mobile device accepts via your browser or mobile device settings.  Additionally, you can modify your settings and delete those cookies that are otherwise stored on your device. Please consult the instructions provided by your browser or your mobile device’s manufacturer to determine how you can limit the placement of and remove cookies or other technologies. Please note, however, that limiting or disabling cookies and other technologies may impact or adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality, and access certain content on our Website or App.

5. INFORMATION WE OBTAIN FROM THIRD PARTIES:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade obtains information about you from third parties including information from third-party service accounts you create, and third-party providers we use to provide Services to you.

Third-party accounts you create: We may allow you to access our Website and our App using accounts you created with third-party services, like Facebook (“Third Party Service Accounts”).  If you choose to access our Website or App through Third Party Service Accounts, these services may share certain information about you with Uluntu/ SaffaMade. This may include your name, email address, and Third Party Service Account profile data, among other details.  This information is shared with Uluntu/ SaffaMade according to the Third Party Service Account provider’s privacy policies.

6. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade uses your information to provide access to and facilitate your use of our Website, App, and other Services. 

We also use the information you provide or information we collect and aggregate to understand and analyze users trends, interests, and preferences of our users, and to improve the way the Website looks and works.  We may also use this information to create helpful new features and functionality.

We may also use your information and “cookies” information to:

1. personalize our services, such as remembering your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Website;

2. provide customized third-party advertisements, content, information, and email messages;

3.  monitor and analyze the effectiveness of our marketing activities (including related third-party marketing activities); and

4. monitor aggregate usage metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.

We may also process your Personal Information for a specific purpose that we communicate to you.  For instance, if you provide your email address to us, we may use your email address or other Personal Information to send you emails related to the Website, App, special offers and promotions, and other content or materials we think you may be interested in. However, you will have the ability to “opt-out” of receiving such communications from us in the future through links provided in the messages, by sending an email to privacy@SaffaMade.com, or by following the prompts on the text alert and requesting to opt-out of receiving further communications.

7. HOW WE DISCLOSE OR SHARE YOUR INFORMATION:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade may disclose or share your Personal Information in the following ways:

App Users/Visitors:  As noted above, we allow you to share content via our App’s social media functions, and interact with other App users, and will disclose information you provide to us for such purposes.  For instance, you can post messages, pictures, videos, and other content to the App’s publicly-facing Message Feed. This information may include your name, profile information, and other information you choose to include.  You may also share your location information with other website users and App users, as well as other information you have permitted through your settings. We may also share any additional information you have consented for us to share.

Third-Party Service Providers: Uluntu/ SaffaMade may release or disclose your information to third-party service providers or agents who facilitate providing our Services to you.  For instance, we may share your information with service providers or contractors who perform functions on our behalf, such as operating the Website or App, communicating news and delivering promotional and other materials via e-mail, and assisting us with sending communications and performing other marketing and support functions.  Also, we may use third-party social media platforms, including third-party social media websites, to communicate with you.

Other Uluntu/ SaffaMade entities: We may share your information with other Uluntu/ SaffaMade entities.  In addition, if we sell all or part of our business make a sale or transfer of assets, or are otherwise involved in a merger or other business transaction, we may transfer or sell your Personal Information to a third party as part of that transaction.  If such a transaction materially affects how your Personal Information is processed, we will notify you of such change before its implementation. We may share aggregate, or summary, information regarding our customers with partners or other third parties.

Co-Sponsors & Partners: Occasionally, we may partner with other organizations or companies to provide co-sponsored or co-branded promotions, services, or events and may share your Personal Information with our co-sponsor(s) and partners.

Website/App Development:  We may also work with third-party service providers to provide website and application development, hosting, maintenance, and other services for us.  To the extent these service providers must complete their contractual obligations to us, these third parties may access or process your Personal Information.

Uluntu/ SaffaMade may be required to disclose your Personal information in response to a lawful and enforceable request by law enforcement, judicial, or other public authority, or connection with a legal obligation.  In such instances, we will disclose your Personal Information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena, or other lawful and enforceable process, or where otherwise required by law.

We may also disclose your information when there is a good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to Uluntu/ SaffaMade, our visitors, associates, property (including the Website or App), or others. We may also share your information with our third-party service providers as described in this Privacy Policy. Still, they may use this information only to provide Uluntu/ SaffaMade with a specific service and not for any other purpose.

8. INTERNATIONAL VISITORS & TRANSFERS OF YOUR INFORMATION:

The Website and App are hosted within the United States. Laws governing data collection and use in other regions of the world may differ from U.S. law. If you are visiting this Website from a country other than the United States, the various communications you send and receive will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international boundaries to the United States.  This includes transmissions containing your Personal Information.

If you are located in the European Union and choose to provide us information about you, you should be aware that information you provide or which is otherwise collected on the Website, App, or through any services rendered may be transferred to countries (including the United States) which do not have data protection laws deemed as adequate as those in the European Union.

9. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION:

We keep your Personal Information to enable your continued use of our Services, for as long as it is required to fulfill the relevant purposes described in this Privacy Policy, as may be required by applicable law, as necessary to protect our rights and interests, or as otherwise communicated to you.

YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade will ensure you can exercise various rights relating to your Personal Information, including rights as provided by multiple data protection laws.  Uluntu/ SaffaMade therefore informs you that, where applicable under relevant law, you are entitled:

• • to have access to your Personal Information upon simple request – that is, you may receive a copy of such data upon request unless, for example, such data is made directly available to you within your account;

  • to have access upon simple request, and free of charge, to the categories and names of addresses of third parties that have received Personal Information for direct marketing purposes;

  • to obtain a list of the categories of Personal Information collected about you, sold to third parties, or disclosed to third parties for business purposes, and a list of categories of third parties to whom your personal information was sold or disclosed for business purposes;

  • to correct your Personal Information if you find it is inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete;

  • to obtain the deletion of your Personal Information in the situations set forth by applicable data protection law (the “right to be forgotten”).

  • to withdraw your consent to the data processing without affecting the lawfulness of processing, where your Personal Information has been collected and processed based on your consent;

  • to object to the processing of your Personal Information under certain circumstances, in which case we may ask you to justify your request by explaining to us your particular situation;

  • to request limits to the processing of your data, when allowed by and in circumstances set forth under applicable law;

  • to non-discrimination, as defined under relevant law, in the Services or quality of Services you receive from us for exercising your rights.

  • to have your Personal Information directly transferred by us to a third-party processor of your choice (where technically feasible and when processing is based on your consent); and

Under certain laws, you may also have the right to “opt out” of having your Personal Information sold to a third party. This right to “opt-out” does not include the case of a merger, sale, financing, acquisition, or other transaction involving all or part of Uluntu/ SaffaMade; in such instances, your information may still be involved in a transaction.

For deletion, or ”right to be forgotten” requests, we will undertake a good faith effort to accommodate requests for access to or deleting personal information.  However, these requests may be subject to the evaluation of additional factors, including disproportionate burden or expense, or the risk to the rights, including the privacy rights, of others.

We will strive and work to resolve any inquiry you may have regarding our privacy practices.  If you have any questions about these rights, would like to exercise any of these rights, or if you need any assistance with privacy-related matters, please contact us as described in the “Contact Us” section below. We will take the necessary steps to respond to you as soon as possible.

Your Choices on Collection and Use of Information:

As noted above, Uluntu/ SaffaMade provides emails or other communications regarding offers, products, and services that may interest you. Suppose you decide you do not want to receive such messages from us or our partners in the future, you always can “opt out” by following the “unsubscribe” directions attached to such emails, or by sending an email to privacy@SaffaMade.com and requesting to opt out of receiving such communications in the future.

Regarding the collection of Generic Information, as described above, you also can change your browser and device cookie settings to limit this collection.

Updating and Correcting Your Information:

As mentioned above, you may access, update, or delete your Personal Information stored by Uluntu/ SaffaMade.  To access, update, or delete information related to your account, please log in to your account with our Website or App.  For all other requests, please contact us at the address below. Note that we may limit certain requests to modify your Personal Information, including requests that impact other users’ privacy, that concern information that Uluntu/ SaffaMade does not possess or control, or requests that are repetitive, unlawful, or require technical means disproportionate to the request.

Protecting Your Information:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade takes reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect your information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, and destruction.  We employ certain physical, managerial, and technical measures designed to improve the integrity and security of the Website and the personal information you transmit to us and that we store on our systems.

While we strive to make your information as secure as possible, no transmission system or data network can be guaranteed 100% secure.  By using our Website, App, and Services, you acknowledge that there are data security and privacy limitations inherent to the use of the Internet and that the security, integrity, and privacy of any information exchanged between you and Uluntu/ SaffaMade, or between you and other Uluntu/ SaffaMade users and third-party partners, cannot be guaranteed.  We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or that we store, and you do so at your own risk.

Children:

Uluntu/ SaffaMade’s Services, including our Website, are intended for adult audiences.  We do not offer or provide products and services for, and none of our products or services are intended for or directed to anyone under 18.  If you are under 18, do not attempt to register for or use any of our Services, including our Website, and do not provide us with any Personal Information about yourself.

If we learn that any Personal Information of any person under the age of 18 has been collected on the Website, we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information. Suppose you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child under the age of 18 has violated the terms of this Privacy Policy by obtaining an account on the Website or otherwise providing us with his or her information, you may alert us at privacy@SaffaMade.com so that we may delete that child’s Personal Information and not further use or retain such information except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others, or as otherwise required by law.

Special Offers and Promotions:

As noted above, we may email you about offers and special promotions.  We intend only to send you email communications that will be useful to you and that you want to receive.  We may use third-party email service providers to send emails.

We allow you to define and modify your mailing preferences at any time, including unsubscribing from all marketing communications.  In addition, every time you receive an email, you will be provided the choice to opt out of future emails by following the instructions provided in the email.

We may also sell, lease, rent, or otherwise provide your email address to advertisers and third-party marketers to provide offers and special promotions that we think will interest you.

Do Not Track:

Your browser and other mechanisms may permit you to send do-not-track signals or similar signals to express your preferences regarding online tracking. However, because there is not yet a defined response to do-not-track requests, our Website does not respond to your browser’s do-not-track request. As noted above, third parties, such as our advertising partners, may collect data related to you. We cannot control third parties’ responses to do-not-track signals or other mechanisms. Third parties’ use of data relating to you and responsiveness to do-not-track signals is governed by their respective privacy policies.

Your California Privacy Rights:

If you are a California resident, you have the right to request information from us regarding how we share certain categories of personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, in addition to the rights set forth above. Under California law, you have the right to send us a request at the designated address listed below to receive the following information:

1. 1. the categories of information we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year;
      
      

   2. the names and addresses of the third parties that received the information; and
      
      

   3. if the nature of the third party’s business cannot be determined from their name, examples of the products or services marketed.

To make such a request, please provide sufficient information for us to determine if this applies to you, and attest to the fact that you are a California resident.  Please also provide a current California address for our response. Please make this request in writing to us at the below address. Any such request must include “California Privacy Rights Request” in the first line of the description, and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code.  Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made other than through the address provided for this purpose below.

Note that responsive information may be provided in a standardized format not specific to you. The designated email address for these information requests is privacy@SaffaMade.com.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy:

The most current version of our Privacy Policy is accessible on our Website at all times. In the future, we may need or decide to change this Privacy Policy, and we reserve the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy at any time and our sole discretion.  We will post any changes to our Privacy Policy on this page and note the effective date so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it. If we materially change our practices regarding the collection or use of your Personal Information, your Personal Information will continue to be governed by the Privacy Policy under which it was collected unless you have been provided notice, and have not objected to such change.

10. CONTACT US:

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, your Personal Information, or your consent choices, you can contact us at:

SaffaMade.com, LLC / Uluntu, LLC
123 ABC Street
Ste A
City, State, Postal

Or by email at: privacy@SaffaMade.com