AfricArena (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://www.africarena.com website (the “Service”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://www.africarena.co.za/ Information Collection And Use We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you. Types of Data Collected Personal Data While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). 

       

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

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• Business Email address

• First name and last name

• Business Phone number

• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City, Country

• Job Title

• Company/Organisation

• Cookies and Usage Data

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Usage Data: We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. Tracking & Cookies Data We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we use:

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• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.

  • Preference Cookies.We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

  • Security Cookies.We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

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• Use of Data AfricArena uses the collected data for various purposes:To provide and maintain the Service

  • To notify you about changes to our Service.

  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so.

  • To provide customer care and support.

  • To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service.

  • To monitor the usage of the Service.

  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues.

 

 Transfer Of Data: Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on  computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. AfricArena will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

 

Use of information about you during AfricArena events by Amazon Web Services: Please note that your contact details and other information we collect via our ticketing are subject to the use of Amazon Web Services. You consent to the collection, use and disclosure of the information you enter when registering for the different events by AfricArena and its affiliates (in particular Amazon Web Services Activate services) or service providers in accordance with the Privacy Notice. Those entities will use your contact information to send details and announcements to you related to the events. If you opt-in using the checkbox on the registration page, they may also communicate with you about other offers, events or services, and provide information about you to the sponsors of this Event who may also contact you. Please note that if the checkbox is left blank, but you are already eligible to receive email marketing communications, you will still receive these.

 

Disclosure Of Data Legal Requirements: AfricArena may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

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• Comply with a legal obligation

• Protect and defend the rights or property of AfricArena

• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

• Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

• Protect against legal liability

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Security Of Data: The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Communication of your personal data If you do provide Personal Data through one of our forms, such data may be shared with logistics partners and providers, who are contractually permitted to use such data solely in connection with organising and conducting Viva Technology’s activities.

 

AfricArena does not attempt to identify or share User information with any parties outside of AfricArena, except:

(i) In the event of a merger or sale of the company’s assets;

(ii) As required by law or as required in the course of officially authorized law enforcement investigations, (iii) In order to protect our rights.

 

Electronic Mail: When you send us Personal Data via e‐mail (that is, in a message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a form that e‐mails us this information), we use it to respond to your requests. We may forward your e‐mail to other employees of AfricArena who are better able to answer your questions. Information collected via e‐mail will be retained at our discretion in a directly readable form as long as necessary to complete our response.

 

Transfer of your personal data: Your Personal Data may be transferred outside of the South African Area, in order to provide the services requested or if it is required by applicable regulations. We ensure, in accordance with applicable regulations, that all appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure adequate protection of your Personal Data, have been taken.

 

Service Providers: We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

 

Links To Other Sites: Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

   

Children’s Privacy: Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

 

Changes To This Privacy Policy: We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

Contact Us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy: 

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• By email: contact@africarena.com

• By visiting this page on our website: https://www.africarena.com