Date of issue: 01 March 2022
Revision: 3
Welcome to RAS Digital Marketing’s Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions include the Product and Service Terms of Use, replaces all previous Terms and Conditions and are effective from the date of issue as reflected above. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before using our website, products, and services.
RAS Digital Marketing registered office is located at 2 Ncondo Place, Ridgeside Drive, Umhlanga Ridge, Durban, 4320, South Africa. We are a company registered in South Africa under company registration number 2019/191867/07, with a satellite branch in the United Arab Emirates.
Depending on the product or service purchased, these Terms and Conditions must be read with the Product Terms of Use, and /or the Service Terms of Use and accepting this Terms and Conditions also indicates your acceptance of the Product Terms of Use and/or the Services Terms of Use, whichever is applicable.
By using our products or services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, and the Product and or Service Terms of Use.
If you disagree with any part of these Terms and Conditions, Product and or Service Terms of Use, then you may not use our products or services.
If you request to purchase a product from us, then the Product Terms of Use applies to you.
Before you purchase any product, click this link Product Terms of Use and read it, and if you have questions about the Product Terms of Use contact us by using our contact details below.
If you request to purchase a service from us, then the Service Terms of Use applies to you.
Before you purchase any service, click this link Service Terms of Use and read it if you have questions about the Service Terms of Use contact us by using our contact details below.
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact RAS Digital Marketing by sending an email to info@rasdigitalmarketing.com or using the Contact Us page. Our address is https://rasdigitalmarketing.com or 2 Ncondo Place, Ridgeside, Umhlanga Ridge, Durban, 4329, South Africa.
Date of issue: 1 June 2022
Revision: 6
Welcome to the RAS Digital Marketing Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy replaces all previous Privacy Policies and is effective from the date of issue as reflected above.
THIS PRIVACY POLICY MUST BE READ WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND BY ACCEPTING THE PRIVACY POLICY, INDICATES THE CLIENT’S AGREEMENT ALSO OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
RAS Digital Marketing (Pty) Ltd (‘RAS Digital Marketing’ or ‘we’ or ‘us’ or ‘our’) is a small business committed to providing online digital marketing opportunities in helping businesses to start or grow their businesses.
We understand the importance of your right to privacy and in turn the protection of your personal data/information. This Privacy Policy describes the practices we follow in collecting, using and protecting personal data/information obtained through our Website and third parties.
RAS Digital Marketing registered office is located at 2 Ncondo Place, Ridgeside Drive, Umhlanga Ridge, Durban, 4320, South Africa. We are a company registered in South Africa under company registration number 2019/191867/07.
This Privacy Policy has been prepared by RAS Digital Marketing. RAS Digital Marketing owns and operates the website located at www.rasdigitalmarketing.com hereafter (“Website”).
RAS Digital Marketing collects and processes your personal information following this Privacy Policy, supported by our POPI/PAIA Policy Manual with the relevant data protection regulations and laws. This Privacy Policy provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights and our obligations and explains how, why and when we process your personal data.
This Privacy Policy complies with section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA Act, of 2000) and addresses the requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act No. 4 of 2013).
Our Website www.rasdigitalmarketing.com collects non-personal data/information on Website visits by users including, without limitation, which pages the website is most frequently visited, how often, and for how long.
We use non-personal data/information to better understand our users, we utilise third parties to measure Website and Mobile traffic. A tracking code is used to collect the following information on the usage of the Website:
This aggregated, non-personal data/information is collated and provided to us to assist in analysing the usage of the Website. This data is also accessible by media organisations and research companies, to conduct industry comparisons with other Internet websites.
Our web servers gather your IP address to assist with the diagnosis of problems or support issues with our services, and to monitor the use of our website, including the monitoring of the location of our users.
You may choose to provide us with your personal data/information when you click on links on our website which require some personal data/information from you for further processing.
The personal data/information provided on these links by you may consist of your first name, last name, email address and possibly telephone number. We do not collect any unnecessary personal data/information from you and do not use your information in any way, other than as specified in this Privacy Policy.
We do not gather Special Personal data/information as specified by the POPI Act to conduct our business.
We only retain your data for as long as is necessary and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
We use your personal data/information as follows:
We use cookies to provide users with a better browsing experience. These cookies collect non-personal data/information such as preferences and click activity for measurement. We use cookies and scripts to assist us in improving Website performance, making business decisions, aiding in error reporting, aiding online payments and testing new functionality.
If you do not wish to have cookies active whilst you browse the website you can “opt-out” by modifying the privacy options in your browser. However, doing so will prevent access to some pages of the Website and limit your use of some of our products and service.
You have the right to access any personal data/information that we use about you and to request information about:
If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information by downloading the FORM-3, complete and send it directly to the informationofficer@rasdigitalmarketing.com and we will strive to do so as quickly as possible unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.
You also have the right to request the complete deletion of your personal data/information or to restrict processing (where applicable) by downloading FORM-3, completing and sending it back to the informationofficer@rasdigitalmarketing.com
You will always have the opportunity to electronically unsubscribe from any of our products, services or communication channels, whereafter we will discontinue the communication with you.
If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to supply us with basic data before acting on the request.
We will not share or disclose your personal information collected through our Website to any third party, without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or where there is a legal requirement.
We take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of our system and to protect your information from misuse, interference and loss as well as unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Any personal data/information which we hold for you is stored in secure data centres, in the UK, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Singapore and Australia, that are protected in controlled facilities.
Unless you become a User, we do not collect information that identifies you personally. In addition, you are able to at any time request that we delete any personal data/information held by us by downloading FORM-3 and sending it directly to the informationofficer@rasdigitalmarketing.com
We allow you to access your personal data/information on the RAS Platform at any time to keep it accurate and up to date by downloading FORM-3, completing it and sending it directly to the informationofficer@rasdigitalmarketing.com
In addition, our employees and the third parties who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality and privacy of any personal data/information held by us. Except in the case of breaches of our obligations under the POPI Act to protect your personal data/information, we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal data/information. In case of a data breach, we are committed to complying in all respects with the requirements of all South African Privacy Laws and where required, the provisions of the GDPR.
You can also play an important role in keeping your personal data/information secure, by maintaining the confidentiality of any password and accounts used on the Website. Please contact us immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account by any other Internet user or any other breach of security relating to your account.
We may also disclose your personal data/information to our third party service providers from time to time but only for the purpose of assisting us to deliver the products and services we offer to you.
Sometimes, we transfer or disclose information to third parties outside South Africa. These transfers are made in order to assist us to provide you with the products and services, and/or to improve the products and services we offer you.
Where we transfer information to persons outside South Africa we take reasonable steps to ensure that the recipients of such information do not breach the South African Privacy laws (and where appropriate the GDPR) in relation to such information.
We retain the information you provide to us and which we collect about you, including personal data/information, for so long as we continue to provide products and services to you and specifically until you request us to delete your personal data/information. You can delete your personal data/information on the RAS Platform at any time or by downloading FORM-3, completing it and sending it directly to the informationofficer@rasdigitalmarketing.com
Wed provide links to various blogs, forums, wikis and other social media platforms that allow you to share personal information. However, we will not be held responsible for any use, misuse or misappropriation of personal data/information that you share on any platform.
Our Website is not intended for children 18 years and younger, and we do not intentionally collect or maintain personal data/information about any person under this age.
We reserve the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy as required. When modifications or amendments are made to this Privacy Policy the updated version will be published on our Website. Periodically review the Privacy Policy to familiarise yourself with how we are protecting your personal data/information.
If you require more information concerning our POPI/PAIA Policy Manual, click on this link and download it.
We will only process your personal data/information in compliance with this Privacy Policy and our POPI Compliance Policy Manual and within the relevant data protection laws. Should you however have any questions or concerns regarding the collection, use and protection of your personal data/information, please direct them to the informationofficer@rasdigitalmarketing.com