General
We provide paid services only, so you and your data are not the product. We do not willingly supply your data to third parties but if you use our services and you are signed into a third party not affiliated with ourselves, that third party may still track you. To not share any data with third parties you can start a private Firefox tab or use Brave privacy tab and then sign into your service with us.
Generally visitors using our website are identified by IP number, whatever web browser name visitors supply and header data. We do this in order to provide or block service to various countries and regions.
Use of our services are subject to acceptance of our AUP, FUP and other use policies and data you supply is managed, supplied, stored and deleted as per our terms and conditions of service.
This website, service and email systems are regulated by the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act of 2008, as well as the Consumer Protection Act and other applicable legislation. The data protection officer, as propvided for in POPI (Data Protection), as well as PAIA (Public Access to Information Act) is available by following the data application process as prescibed by law via email to: popi@socpup.com
Cookies
If you visit our pages, 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.
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.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your data with anyone.
How long we retain your data
If you use our website, the data you supply and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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
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.
Where your data is sent
We only use your data to supply you our services and we do not send your data anywhere else.