Privacy policy

1. Who we are

This website, foundation.clubreadership.co.za, is operated by CR Foundation NPC, a South African non-profit company, registration number 2019/196125/08, enterprise number K2019196125. For any privacy question or request, contact us at sibusiso@clubreadership.co.za.

This policy applies only to this Foundation website. The Club Readership publishing house website at clubreadership.co.za is a separate site with its own privacy policy.

2. What we collect

This website does not use a contact form, a donation form, or an account system. If you write to us, you choose what to put in your email. Typical enquiries include your name, email address, phone number if you give one, the name of a school or organisation, and your message.

Our web host may also record limited technical information that is created automatically when you visit the site, such as your IP address, browser type, the pages requested, and the date and time of the request. We use that information to keep the site secure and working. We do not use it to build a marketing profile of you.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

This website does not set analytics, advertising or marketing cookies, and it does not use a cookie banner, because it does not set non-essential cookies. The site may rely on ordinary technical storage that your browser uses to display pages, which is not used to identify you.

We also do not embed third-party advertising, social media pixels, or analytics scripts on these pages.

4. Why we use personal information

We use the information you send us to reply to your enquiry, to follow up if you have offered to volunteer, donate or partner with us, and to keep a record of that correspondence for as long as we need it for those purposes or as the law requires. We also process limited technical logs to operate and secure the website, and we process information where we have a legal obligation to do so.

We only process personal information for these purposes, with your consent (which you give when you choose to email us) or where we have another lawful basis under POPIA.

5. Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it for advertising. We only share it with service providers who help us run this website and our email (such as our web host and email provider), who must keep it secure, or when the law requires us to.

6. How long we keep it

We keep enquiry emails and our replies only for as long as we need them for the purposes above, or as required by law. You may ask us to delete your correspondence at any time, unless we are required to keep it.

7. Security

This website is served over a secure HTTPS connection. We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of information sent by email.

8. Your rights

Under POPIA you may ask what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, object to its processing, and withdraw your consent. Email sibusiso@clubreadership.co.za. You may also lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa) at inforegulator.org.za.

9. Children

Our programmes concern children and learners, but this website is aimed at adults — parents, teachers, volunteers and partners. Please do not send us a child’s personal information unless you are a parent or guardian (or a school acting with the proper authority) and the information is needed for an enquiry. We will not knowingly use a child’s information for marketing.

10. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last changed. The current version will always be published at https://foundation.clubreadership.co.za/privacy/.