Privacy Policy | Amirecs Africa

1. Introduction

Amirecs Africa (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your personal information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you use our website and register for the Military Production Brigade programme.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following personal information:

Registration Data: Full name, email address, phone number, and selected sovereignty area.
Account Data: Email address and encrypted password for your member portal account.
Payment Data: Payment status and transaction references processed via Payfast. We do not store your banking or card details — these are handled securely by Payfast.
Contact Form Data: Name, email, phone number, topic, and message content.
Usage Data: Website usage analytics collected via Google Analytics (anonymised IP addresses, pages visited, session duration).

3. Purpose of Collection

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

Processing your programme registration and payment.
Communicating with you regarding your application, enrolment, and programme updates.
Providing access to the Learning Management System (LMS) and member portal.
Responding to enquiries submitted through the contact form.
Improving our website and services through anonymised analytics.
Complying with legal obligations.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information based on: (a) your consent provided during registration; (b) the necessity to perform our contractual obligations to you as a programme participant; and (c) compliance with legal obligations under South African law.

5. Data Sharing

We may share your personal information with:

Programme Partners: SANDF, SANSI, CSIR, TVETs, and SETAs as required for training, accreditation, and certification purposes.
Payment Processors: Payfast, for processing your registration payment securely.
Service Providers: Hosting and technology providers who assist in operating our website and services, bound by confidentiality agreements.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, or destruction. These measures include encrypted passwords, secure database storage, rate-limited APIs, and HTTPS encryption across our entire website.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Registration data is retained for the duration of the programme and a reasonable period thereafter for record-keeping and accreditation purposes.

8. Your Rights Under POPIA

As a data subject, you have the right to:

Request access to your personal information held by us.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal retention requirements.
Object to the processing of your personal information.
Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator if you believe your rights have been infringed.

9. Cookies & Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymised usage data. This helps us understand how visitors interact with our site so we can improve the user experience. No personally identifiable information is collected through analytics. You may disable cookies in your browser settings at any time.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

For any privacy-related enquiries or to exercise your rights under POPIA, please contact us at [email protected] or visit our Contact page.