This privacy statement was last updated on 11/03/2022 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of South Africa.
In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://www.marketsnearme.co.za. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:
If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.
If you don’t provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with the information, products or assistance that you are seeking.
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We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorised access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.
This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.
We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.
If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:
Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person.
If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Regulator South Africa:
P.O Box 31533, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017
Complaints email: complaints.IR@justice.gov.za
Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.
Company name: Find It Near Me (Pty) Ltd T/A Markets Near Me
Company address: To be updated
Website: https://www.marketsnearme.co.za
Email: popi@finditnearme.co.za
Phone number: To be updated
We have appointed a contact person for the organisation’s policies and practices and to whom complaints or inquiries can be forwarded:
Information Officer at Smart Business Solutions
Cube Workspace, 1 Wedgewood Link, Bryanston, 2191, Gauteng, South Africa
In a South African context, we are referring to being compliant with the Protection of Personal Information Act but we also comply with GDPR requirements for any international visitors.
This policy is very likely to be updated in the future as laws and requirements alter. If there is an important change that affects you or your information, then we will notify you by email.
The current version of this document is highlighted at the top of this page. As new versions are published we will save older versions which can be made available to you upon request.
Please be aware that there may be links on our website which take you to another website. If you follow these links, then please be aware that you may need to read or accept the other website’s privacy policy as this is no longer our purview.
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of basket contents while you’re browsing our site.
Note: you may want to further detail your cookie policy, and link to that section from here.
When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.
We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for 5 years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.
We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.
We collect your data on our website when it is submitted to us and via technology partner platforms (like Zoom, Airmeet and ZOHO) when you join us there and willingly submit your info.
When people join our Facebook group they are given the option of submitting their email to receive updates from us. This is another place where your info could be collected with your permission.
When you subscribe to the member directory and list your market or market stall business in the directory for access by your local market community for purposes of connecting, doing business and building your market businesses. The member directory is visible to the public. Your market or market stall information is only accessible for updating to registered members of the Markets Near Me platform, where you will be able to add, manage and update your market listing. You can also control what information is visible to other Markets Near Me community members.
We may use data collected by 3rd party advertising partners (like Facebook) where you have given your consent to them. In these instances, we will not have direct access to your information but will have access to be able to show relevant ads to you via their anonymised info.
Should your personal information change, please inform us and provide us with updates to your personal information as soon as reasonably possible to enable us to update your personal information.
You may choose to provide additional personal information to us, in which event you agree to provide accurate and current information, and not to impersonate or misrepresent any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with anyone or anything.
We collect your data so that we can engage with you relating to services or information which you have requested information about or to provide you with the digital products and services that you have purchased from us. We will only do this with your expressed consent which is given when you provide your information through our website in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
In order to fulfil our digital products and services, we may disclose your information with Markets Near Me team members, each of which has agreed to this Privacy Policy and to our internal information breach policies as required within the laws of the POPI Act. In the event that you have selected to opt-in via one of our affiliate partners then the information may be shared with that specific affiliate.
If required to fulfil a service, we may pass your information over to third-party partners such as courier partners like The Courier Guy as they will need your delivery details for delivery or payment partners like PayFast or PayPal so that they can process the payments which you have agreed to.
The Markets Near Me website is built on the WordPress website development framework. The data that is collected is stored on secure servers that are hosted in Xneelo’s secure data centres. Click here to view more information about Xneelo’s security and reliability measures.
We are entitled to use or disclose your personal information if such use or disclosure is required in order to comply with any applicable law, subpoena, order of court or legal process served on us, or to protect and defend our rights or property. In the event of a fraudulent online payment, the Markets Near Me platform is entitled to disclose relevant personal information for criminal investigation purposes or in line with any other legal obligation for disclosure of the personal information which may be required of it.
The Markets Near Me platform undertakes never to sell or make your personal information available to any third party other than as provided for in this policy.
Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:
In this section you should list who you’re sharing data with, and for what purpose. This could include, but may not be limited to, analytics, marketing, payment gateways, shipping providers, and third party embeds.
We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you.
You may, from time to time, receive emails relating to content on:
Any and all marketing emails sent from the Markets Near Me platform or Smart Business Solutions or The Value Creator Ecosystem includes the option to unsubscribe at the bottom of the email in one click. So, if you would like to be unsubscribed from our emails then simply click that link and we will honour that request.
Occasionally we will send targeted campaigns and there may be an option to opt-out of that campaign plus the option to unsubscribe from all our marketing emails. Please check that you select the right option for what you would like to achieve.
If at any time you would like to be unsubscribed, then another option is to simply send an email support@finditnearme.co.za requesting this and it will be updated on our system.
When you provide a rating or review on any of our platforms, you consent to us using that rating or review as we deem fit, including without limitation on the website, in newsletters, or other marketing material. If you do not agree to this, please do not put any ratings or reviews on the website.
All the information that we process has a shelf life that is available upon request. This means that we “clean” our database on a regular basis by removing users who have not interacted with us over a certain period.
In this instance, the user will be unsubscribed however their info may still be stored securely on our system for historical purposes.
At any time,
All your rights are protected in line with the requirements of the POPI Act.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at info@marketsnearme.co.za
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For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
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