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Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd takes
your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our
privacy policy.
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| What This Privacy Policy Covers |
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This policy covers how Business Data
Services (Pty) Ltd treats personal information that Business Data Services
(Pty) Ltd collects and receives, including information related to your past use
of Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd products and services. Personal information
is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name,
address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly
available.
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This policy does not apply to the
practices of companies that Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd does not own or
control or to people that Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd does not employ or
manage.
Information Collection and Use
General
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Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd
collects personal information when you register with Business Data Services
(Pty) Ltd and when you visit the Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd website.
Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd may combine information about you that we have
with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.
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When you register we ask for
information such as your name, email address, birth date, gender, zip code,
occupation and industry. Once you register with Business Data Services (Pty)
Ltd and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.
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Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd
collects information about your transactions with us and with some of our
business partners, including information about your use of financial products
and services that we offer.
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Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd
automatically receives and may record information on our server logs from your
browser, including your IP address, Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd cookie
information, and the page you request.
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Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd uses
information for the following general purposes: to customize the content you
see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services,
contact you, conduct research and provide anonymous reporting for internal and
external clients.
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| Information Sharing and Disclosure |
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Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd does
not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or
nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've
requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
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We provide the information to trusted
partners who work on behalf of or with Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd under
confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information
to help Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd communicate with you about new
products from Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd. However, these companies do not
have any independent right to share this information.
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We respond to subpoenas, court orders,
or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend
against legal claims;
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We believe it is necessary to share
information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal
activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the
physical safety of any person, violations of Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd's
terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
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We transfer information about you if
Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd is acquired by or merged with another company.
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| Cookies |
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Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd may
set and access Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd cookies on your computer.
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Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd may
use web beacons to access Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd cookies inside and
outside our network of web sites and in connection with Business Data Services
(Pty) Ltd products and services.
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| Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account
Information and Preferences |
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General
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You can edit your Business Data
Services (Pty) Ltd Account Information at any time.
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New categories of data may be added to
our database from time to time. Users who visit our
website can opt to receive updates on the new data items by registering
under My Email Alerts
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We reserve the right to send you
certain communications relating to the Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd
service, such as service announcements and administrative messages.
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| Confidentiality and Security |
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We limit access to personal information
about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with
that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their
jobs.
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We have physical, electronic, and
procedural safeguards in place to ensure the privacy of your personal
information.
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| Changes to this Privacy Policy |
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| Questions and Suggestions |
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If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us at:
Business Data Services (Pty) Ltd
Private Bag 173
Gaborone
Botswana
+267 3188886
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| Effective
Date: October 1, 2006 |