Terms & Conditions

At digitalgrowthspring.com, we recognise that the privacy of your personal information is important.

Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit digitalgrowthspring.com, and how we safeguard your information.

We never sell your personal information to third parties.

Who Is Digital Growth Spring

We are Digital Growth Spring and our website address is https://digitalgrowthspring.com. We can be contacted at info@digitalgrowthspring.com.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.

The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. We do not collect your email address from the comments form for use in any email list, such as a newsletter or marketing email list.

We also never sell email addresses to third parties.

Media

In general, users are not able to upload images or other media files to this website. However, if you do upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms

When you fill out a contact form on digitalgrowthspring.com, we only collect the information you enter into the contact form. If the form asks for your name, email address, or any other personal information, then that information is sent to us via email.

We only retain that information—including your email address—for as long as necessary to address your purpose in contacting us. Email addresses provided in contact forms are never used by us for any purpose other than to reply to you regarding your reason for contacting us.

We never sell information from contact forms to any third party for any purpose.

Explicit Consent for Direct Marketing Communications

We do not use your personal information for direct marketing without your explicit consent. If you choose to receive marketing communications, we provide a clear opt-in mechanism, and you can withdraw consent at any time.

Cookie Usage and Consent

We use cookies and similar technologies to improve user experience. A cookie consent banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies in compliance with POPIA.

Data Subject Rights

Under POPIA, you have the right to:

• Access your personal information.
• Request correction or deletion of your data.
• Object to data processing.
• Withdraw consent at any time.

You can contact us at info@digitalgrowthspring.com to exercise these rights.

Information Officer Appointment

We have appointed an Information Officer responsible for ensuring compliance with POPIA. Any queries regarding your data protection rights should be directed to our Information Officer at info@digitalgrowthspring.com

Data Retention and Destruction

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. Once data is no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymise it.

Security Safeguards

We implement robust security measures such as:

• Encryption
• Firewalls
• Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology
• Access controls
• Regular staff training on data protection

Cross-Border Data Transfers

If we transfer your data outside of South Africa, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to comply with POPIA regulations.

Log Files

As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.The information in the log files includes your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site, the time you visited our site, and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Advertising

Cookies and Web Beacons

We use third-party advertisements on digitalgrowthspring.com to support our site.Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense programme) information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed.This is generally used for geo-targeting purposes (showing London real estate ads to someone in London, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programmes such as Norton Internet Security.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use automatic data collection technology (Google Analytics) to collect certain information about your device, browsing actions, and patterns.Among other things, we collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type.We collect this data for statistical purposes and do not collect personal information.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Our Contact Information

For questions regarding your data and how we use it, you can reach us at info@digitalgrowthspring.com.

Additional Information

How We Protect Your Data

Digital Growth Spring uses secure third-party software such as Thrive Cart for all financial transactions. No financial data is collected or stored by Digital Growth Spring. Their privacy policies can be accessed at the links above.