Introduction

We are the FunDza Literacy Trust (Registration number: Trust no: IT814/2011, nonprofit number: 095-260-NPO, and public benefit organisation number: 930039651), also known as FunDza, with offices located at Suite B2A Westlake Square, 1 Westlake Drive, Westlake, Cape Town.

We believe in transparency and have implemented this Privacy Policy to inform you about how we collect personal information from you, the type of information we collect, why we collect it and the circumstances under which we will share it with others, as well as the security measures we adopt to protect your personal information and the mechanisms we give you to control your information.

We are responsible for the processing of your personal information when you use our services as set out in this Privacy Policy. Our contact details are available on our corporate site: www.fundza.co.za.

This privacy policy applies to users of the fundza.mobi and fundza.co.za sites, as well as users of our WhatsApp Chatbot found at 0600 54 8676.

The ways we collect your information

We collect anonymous aggregate information on any user that visits our sites. This is not personally identifying information and cannot be linked to any particular individual.

However, when you register on our fundza.mobi site we do collect personal information from you.

We also collect personal information from you, when you interact with us on WhatsApp.

The personal information we process

When you register on the fundza.mobi site, we ask you for your name, contact number, email address and date of birth. If you are below the age of 18, we will ask for the name and contact number of your parent, guardian or competent adult so that we can get their permission for you to use our services.

When you contact our WhatsApp Chatbot, we will automatically know the cellphone number associated with your WhatsApp account. Through your interaction with us on WhatsApp, you may also provide us with other personal details such as your name, other contact numbers and email address.

This information will not be shared with a third party without your express permission.

You are responsible for ensuring that the information you provide to us is accurate and complete. You are able to update this information on your Profile.

We cannot be held liable for any inaccuracies or lack of information provided by you.

Additional information you may provide

In the use of our services, you may provide us voluntarily with additional information through surveys, quizzes, competitions, other feedback or writing submissions. This information allows us to provide services to you and forms a part of our educational service offering.

Providing consent

By using our services you are providing us with your consent to collect this personal information in accordance with applicable law.

When registering a profile, you will need to confirm that you provide this consent.

If you are under the age of 18 years, you must have the permission of your parent, guardian or responsible adult in order to continue to use our services. If you do not have this consent, you may not use our services. We get this consent by sending an SMS to your parent/guardian/competent adult and they are required to click on a link (which is datafree) as a record of their permission.

Reasons for collecting your information

We use your information to provide you with our services, to maintain a database of users, and for historical record-keeping to evaluate our service offering.

We may use this information in order to improve our services to you, and to inform you of our services and any activities that may be of interest to you.

We also use your information to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics about our users in general. This provides us with historical research data to demonstrate the impact of our services.

Rules for sharing your information

We will not share your personal information with a third party without your permission.

We may share anonymous statistics and insights about our users in general with third parties, such as our partners, affiliates, agents, funders or contractors for research purposes.

We make use of certain technical and professional service providers, such as IT developers, hosting providers and monitoring and evaluation specialists, in the course of providing you with our services. They may sometimes be in a position to access your information, but only in accordance with the terms of a written agreement. This requires them to implement appropriate security measures to maintain the confidentiality of your information. In addition, they may only use your information to provide services to us or to you.

We may share your information with the authorities, but only when compelled to do so by law.

We will not share your information with any third party on any terms other than those set out in this Policy.

Protecting your information

We have instituted security measures in order to protect your personal information, and we continually review these in order to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of your information in ways that are appropriate for our organisation.

These measures include technical means and internal policies to prevent unauthorised access, loss or use of personal information.

Only those employees, partners and service providers that require access to your information to undertake work relating to our services will be permitted access to your information, and only if they have agreements in place to implement appropriate security measures to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

We will inform the Information Regulator if someone unlawfully obtained access to any personal information we process.

Controlling your information

You are able to update the information contained on your Profile.

You are also able to delete your Profile that contains your information on our site. However, if you do so, we will no longer be able to provide you with personalised services, such as the ability to comment or like content on our site. You may also not be able to enter competitions or register for courses unless you are a logged in user.

You can also request us to confirm what information we hold about you and to which third parties we’ve supplied your information. You may send a request to info@fundza.co.za.

You may also request that we correct or delete information and you can object to the continued processing of your information.

If you exercise your right to object or if you withdraw your consent and if the circumstances make it reasonable for us to do so, we may suspend our services to you.

If you believe we process your information contrary to this Privacy Policy or in contravention of the law, you may lay a complaint object with the Information Regulator.

Changes to this Policy

This Policy may get updated from time to time. The latest version of this policy will always be accessible through our site.