The Port Elizabeth District of Alcoholics Anonymous respects the privacy and anonymity of everyone who visits this website or contacts us through it.
Our website is intended to provide information about Alcoholics Anonymous, local meetings, District activities and ways to contact us. We collect only the personal information necessary to respond to enquiries or provide the services you request. By using this website or providing us with your personal information, you acknowledge that your information may be processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).
Information We Collect
Depending on how you use this website, we may collect:
- your name;
- your email address;
- your telephone number;
- information you voluntarily provide when contacting us;
- technical information such as your browser type, IP address and basic website usage statistics.
We collect only the information necessary for the purpose for which it is provided.When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
How We Use Your Information
We use personal information only for the purpose for which it was provided. Depending on the nature of your enquiry, this may include:
- responding to enquiries submitted through this website
- providing information about Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, District activities or services that you have requested
- communicating with you where necessary to respond to your enquiry
- maintaining the security, integrity and proper operation of this website; and
- complying with legal obligations where applicable.
We do not use your personal information for marketing purposes, and we do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including services such as WhatsApp, Google Maps or other external resources.
These websites operate under their own privacy policies and we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.
Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information entrusted to us against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
No method of transmitting information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
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.
What rights you have over your data
In terms of POPIA, you have the right to:
- request access to the personal information we hold about you;
- request that inaccurate information be corrected;
- request that your personal information be deleted where legally permissible;
- object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Requests should be directed to the contact details provided below.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Information Regulator
If you believe your personal information has not been handled in accordance with POPIA, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa).
Information Regulator (South Africa)
JD House
27 Stiemens Street
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
Email: inforeg@justice.gov.za
Website: https://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/
Changes to this Policy
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or how we process your information, please contact:
Port Elizabeth District of Alcoholics Anonymous
Email: webmasterpe@aasouthafrica.org.za
PAIA Manual
The Port Elizabeth District supports the national Alcoholics Anonymous South Africa commitment to openness and compliance with the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA).
The official PAIA Manual can we downloaded here.