Privacy Policy for the Ntataise APP

Effective Date: April 2024

Welcome to Ntataise APP! Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our app. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal identification information in various ways, including, but not limited to, when you register on the app, participate in a competition, upload images, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Your name and contact information
  • Images you upload
  • Any other information you choose to provide

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect about you in the following ways:

  • To operate, maintain, and improve our app
  • To manage your account and provide you with customer support
  • To perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our or others’ products, services, or content
  • To communicate with you by email, telephone, and/or mobile devices about products or services/championships/competition that may be of interest to you
  • For competitions or championships, including administering these events and sharing results

3. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent users’ personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the above purposes.

4. Your Rights

You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information. You can typically remove and reject cookies from our app with your device settings. All personal information can be managed from the app profile section.

5. Security of Your Information

We are committed to protecting your information. While no electronic transaction is completely secure, we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information.

In the unfortunate event of a data breach, we are committed to complying with all applicable laws regarding the notification and reporting of such incidents. Should any breach occur that may compromise the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your personal information, we will take prompt action to identify the cause of such breach and take the necessary steps to rectify it. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data breach where we are legally required to do so within the time frame stipulated by law.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the top of this page. We encourage you to check this page frequently for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.

7. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this app, or your dealings with this app, please contact us at info@ntataise.org.

By using the Ntataise APP, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our app.

8. Legal disclosure

  • Site owner: The trustees of Ntataise
  • Legal status: Ntataise is a trust, founded and duly registered in terms of the applicable laws of South Africa 
  • Trustees: Simon Mokalodise, David McCall, The Queen Mother Dr Semane B Molotlegi, Maggie Nkwe, Jane Evans, Johannes Machatola, David Evans.
  • Description of the main purpose of Ntataise: To ensure that growing numbers of children living in disadvantaged communities of South Africa gain access to quality early childhood development opportunities that support their physical, emotional and cognitive growth. To achieve this, Ntataise focuses on supporting the development of leaders, specifically women within the sector, both at grassroots level in community-based programmes and in the training organisations which support these women working directly with young children.
  • Email address: info@ntataise.org
  • Physical address: Stand 1617, Rammulotsi, Viljoenskroon, Free State
  • Postal address: PO Box 41, Viljoenskroon, 9520, South Africa