Privacy Policy

The South African Zionist Federation (“SAZF”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. We process personal information responsibly, lawfully and transparently in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) and other applicable laws.

1. Who we are

This website is operated by the South African Zionist Federation.

Website: https://www.sazf.org

SAZF is the responsible party for personal information processed through this website and in connection with our activities and services.

2. What is personal information?

Personal information is information that identifies you or could reasonably be linked to you. It may include your name, contact details, identification information, online identifiers, location information, opinions, correspondence, account details and other information relating to your identity or activities.

3. Personal information we may collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

• Your name, email address, telephone number and other contact details.
• Information you submit through contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, event registrations, surveys or applications.
• Information associated with a donation or transaction. Payment details may be processed directly by an authorised payment provider.
• Account and profile information, if website registration is available.
• Information submitted when leaving a comment, including your IP address and browser information for security and spam-detection purposes.
• Technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited and website usage data.
• Any other information you voluntarily provide to us.

4. How we use personal information

We may use your personal information to:

• Respond to enquiries and requests.
• Provide information, services or assistance you have requested.
• Administer events, subscriptions, donations, accounts or other SAZF activities.
• Verify your identity or authority where reasonably necessary.
• Maintain our relationship and communicate with you.
• Send newsletters or other communications where you have subscribed or where the law otherwise permits us to do so.
• Operate, secure and improve our website.
• Prevent fraud, misuse and spam.
• Conduct analytics and understand how visitors use our website.
• Maintain appropriate administrative, financial and legal records.
• Comply with legal obligations, regulatory requirements, legal proceedings or court orders.

We only process personal information where we have a lawful reason to do so. This may include your consent, fulfilling a request or agreement, complying with the law, or protecting a legitimate interest of SAZF or another person.

You may withdraw your consent at any time where our processing is based on consent. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before the withdrawal.

5. Our POPIA commitments

In accordance with POPIA, we undertake to:

• Accept responsibility for the personal information under our control.
• Collect only the information reasonably necessary for a specified purpose.
• Use personal information only for the purpose for which it was collected, unless further processing is permitted by law.
• Take reasonable steps to keep personal information accurate and up to date.
• Be open about why and how personal information is processed.
• Protect personal information against loss, damage, unauthorised access or unlawful processing.
• Respect your rights to access and, where appropriate, correct or delete your personal information.
• Retain personal information for no longer than reasonably necessary or legally required.

6. Sharing personal information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share personal information with:

• Service providers that assist with website hosting, email delivery, event administration, payment processing, analytics, security or spam detection.
• Professional advisers, auditors or other parties assisting SAZF with legitimate organisational requirements.
• Government authorities, regulators, law-enforcement agencies or courts where disclosure is required or permitted by law.
• Other parties where you have instructed us or consented to the disclosure.

Service providers may process personal information only for the agreed purpose and must apply appropriate security safeguards.

Some providers may process information outside South Africa. Where this occurs, we take reasonable steps to ensure that the information receives an appropriate level of protection as required by POPIA.

7. Cookies and analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies. Cookies help the website function correctly, remember preferences, maintain login sessions, improve security and provide information about how visitors use the site.

Where required, non-essential cookies will only be used with your consent. You can manage cookies through our cookie notice or your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how the website functions.

More information is available in our Cookie Policy.

8. Comments and uploaded content

If comments are enabled, we may collect the information entered in the comments form together with your IP address and browser information to assist with spam detection.

An anonymised value created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use that service. The Gravatar privacy policy explains how it processes information. Once a comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside the comment.

If you are permitted to upload images, you should avoid uploading images containing embedded location information, such as EXIF GPS data. Visitors may be able to download images and extract this information.

9. Embedded content and third-party websites

Pages on this website may contain embedded content such as videos, images, maps or articles from other websites. Embedded content generally behaves as though you visited the third-party website directly.

Those websites may collect information, use cookies and monitor your interaction with their content. Their processing is governed by their own privacy policies, and SAZF is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.

10. How long we retain information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, maintain appropriate records, resolve disputes or comply with legal obligations.

If comments are enabled, comments and their associated metadata may be retained to recognise and approve follow-up comments. Account information may be retained while an account remains active or for as long as reasonably required thereafter.

When information is no longer required, we will delete, destroy or anonymise it where reasonably practicable and permitted by law.

11. Information security and data breaches

We use reasonable technical and organisational safeguards to protect personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration or disclosure.

No internet-based system is completely secure. If a security compromise affects your personal information, we will investigate it and notify the Information Regulator and affected individuals where required by law.

12. Your rights

Subject to POPIA and other applicable laws, you may:

• Ask whether we hold personal information about you.
• Request access to your personal information.
• Request that inaccurate or incomplete information be corrected.
• Request the deletion or destruction of information that we are no longer authorised to retain.
• Object to certain processing of your personal information.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Unsubscribe from direct marketing communications.
• Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.

We may need to verify your identity before processing a request. Access requests may also be subject to a legally prescribed fee where applicable. Certain information may need to be retained for administrative, legal, security or record-keeping purposes.

13. Contacting SAZF

For questions about this policy or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact SAZF through our Contact Us page.

14. Information Regulator

If you believe your personal information has been processed unlawfully, you may lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa:

• Website: https://inforegulator.org.za
• General enquiries: [email protected]
• POPIA complaints: [email protected]
• Telephone: 010 023 5200
• Toll-free: 0800 017 160

15. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, practices or legal obligations. The latest version will be published on this page with its effective date.