Electronic Silo Certificates
(ESC)
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ESC is sensitive to the private nature of information you
provide to us on the website. When you register with us, are registered through
being a client of our Silo Operators, or fill out our registration forms and/or
request information from us you may be providing ESC with your personally
identifiable information. The
personally identifiable information you provide ranges from limited personal
data such as name, address and e-mail address to information about your
business. We do not knowingly
collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen. In addition, our web servers
automatically collect web site usage information from you when you visit our web
site. Web site usage information
may extend to informing us about how our web site participants and subscribers
use and navigate our web site, including the number and frequency of users of
each web page, their IP address, and the length of their stays.
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In addition, we may
disclose the personally identifiable information to other third parties, as we,
in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, and as is limited in
connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements,
or any other activity that is illegal or may expose ESC to legal liability. We may also disclose and/or transfer
such information pursuant to any merger or consolidation of ESC or the sale by
ESC of any of its assets. We
reserve the right to contact you at any time regarding any problems or questions
as well as to notify you of changes to our Privacy Policy, or to other policies
or terms that affect you and your use of the website, and to share your
information in order to enforce our policies and terms governing the
website.
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The personally identifiable
information we collect about you is stored in limited access servers. We
maintain safeguards to protect the security, integrity, and privacy of these
servers and of your personally identifiable information.
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We may combine the
personally identifiable information you provide ESC on our webpages with other
information about you that is available to us, including website usage
information and information from other sources. We may use this information to inter
alia enable us to improve your experience on the website; to improve and develop
new products, features and services; to provide marketing with aggregate
information about our userbase and usage patterns; and to allow us to
personalise the advertising users see based on their personal characteristics or
preferences and for other purposes.
We may share such information with third parties for the sole purpose to
help us improve our content and for the purposes as aforesaid.
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You may review and update
the personally identifiable information you provide to us as part of the
registration process by accessing your registration information from within the
system application where applicable or sending an email to
support@silocerts.co.za.
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When
you view our website we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of
a "cookie" or similar file. Cookies
are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Cookies do not spy on you or otherwise
invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal
information. Rather, they help you
navigate a website as easily as possible.
We use cookies for authentication, for remembering user names, to
identify users and their preferences, tracking click streams and for load
balancing. Because of our use of
cookies, we can deliver faster service, consistent, updated results and a more
personalised site experience. You
have the option of setting your browser to reject cookies. However, doing this will hinder
performance and negatively impact your experience on the web site. This website
contains links to other websites.
ESC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such
websites. If you want to know the
privacy policies of such other websites, please refer to the organisation
sponsoring such website.
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You
may opt-out of receiving communications from ESC, or raise any questions,
comments or concerns about our Privacy Policy,
by sending an e-mail to support@silocerts.co.za.
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