Effective Date: 23 May 2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Ally.co.za (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit our website, https://ally.co.za (the “Service”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner.
By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://ally.co.za . This policy governs the privacy practices for our website.
2. Information We Collect
As a visitor to our website, we collect information in the following ways:
a) Information You Provide to Us We do not have user registration or a comments section. The primary way we collect personal information is if you voluntarily provide it to us, for example, by sending us an email or submitting a contact form. This may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide in your message. We use this information solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.
b) Analytics and Usage Data We use third-party services, specifically Google Analytics and Google Search Console, to monitor and analyze the use of our Service. These services collect anonymous data to help us understand how our website is being used and to improve the visitor experience.
This data may include:
- Your device’s IP address (often anonymized)
- Browser type and version
- The pages of our Service that you visit
- The time and date of your visit
- The time spent on those pages and other diagnostic data
This data is aggregated and does not personally identify you. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy .
c) Cookies Our website uses cookies to improve functionality and for analytics purposes. A cookie is a small file placed on your device.
- Functional Cookies: The WordPress platform may use essential cookies to ensure the proper functioning of the website. These cookies do not store personal data.
- Analytics Cookies: Google Analytics uses cookies to collect and track information about website traffic. You can opt-out of having your activity on the Service made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
d) Embedded Content from Other Websites Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube, images, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
3. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
Your data may be shared with our third-party service providers, such as Google, for the purpose of website analytics as described above. These providers are bound by their own privacy policies to protect your information.
4. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Contact Information: If you contact us via email or a contact form, we will retain your correspondence for as long as necessary to address your inquiry and for our administrative records.
- Analytics Data: Anonymous analytics data is retained by Google according to its own data retention policies.
5. Your Rights Over Your Data
While we do not have user accounts, you still have rights over any personal data you have provided to us (e.g., through a contact form).
You can 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.
6. Where Your Data Is Sent
Your information, including usage data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, or country where the data protection laws may differ. Specifically, data processed by Google Analytics may be sent to Google’s servers in the United States or other countries.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Website: Ally.co.za
Email: ally@ally.co.za