1. Introduction

Regtech Africa is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of all its users. Regtech Africa gathers information from users in two main ways: 

Personal information: generally gathered from surveys, registration on the site, or other services we provide. Non-personal information: generally gathered through technology such as cookies and is collected by Regtech Africa and other third parties. 

Personal Information  

Information that we ask that identifies the user, either from our surveys or sign up forms is solely used to ensure that we optimize our operations and continue providing you with relevant reliable news. We will not share such information with a third party without prior approval from you. 

Registration 

Registration for Regtech Africa services may require you to provide personal information such as email address, and demographic information to register. You may link your profile to Facebook and Google accounts. This gives such services permission to send us certain information from your social media accounts and you authorize us to collect, store and use what they send us in accordance with the Privacy Policies stipulated here. You may unlink your social media accounts or control what they share from their privacy controls. 

Comments 

We offer you opportunities to engage in the public and broader audience through comments on Regtech Africa articles. Regtech Africa may use information that you disclose to the public online and offline for promotional or commercial uses. You should be aware that information on these platforms can be collected by other third party users. Therefore, when commenting on articles we encourage you not to share any personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers. Should you voluntarily choose to share this information in public platforms, Regtech Africa will not take any responsibility from the use of such information by a third party. 

Surveys 

Regtech Africa may collect personal information from you in connection with voluntary surveys conducted through Regtech Africa services. Information may be collected through Regtech Africa services, on the phone, through the mail and directly on the site. The information gathered may be shared in aggregate with advertisers and partners unless we notify you otherwise. 

Non Personal Information 

Regtech Africa uses IP addresses to analyze and administer this site. The IP addresses track individual computers and do not contain personal information and data. In order to describe our services better to prospective advertisers, partners, and other stakeholders, we may disclose aggregated user information. Regtech Africa will ensure that it only shares information that does not identify the individuals. 

Cookies 

Cookies are a kind of short-term memory for the web. They are stored in your browser and enable a site to ‘remember’ little bits of information between pages or visits. Cookies enable a server to recognize you each time you visit Regtech Africa site. 

They are essential to provide personalized services, like showing news that is relevant to the user either based on location or previously read articles. Cookies do not contain any personal information, nor does Regtech Africa use cookies to collect personal information. In addition to recognizing users, our cookies may sometimes be used to track which parts of our site you have used to better serve you when you return. 

We share this information with our various partners who might combine it with the information they have collected about you. Such third-party partners include advertisers and their respective partners, who may use cookies to determine or control how many times you see their ads or to customize the ads you are presented, this customization is based on your prior visits to Regtech Africa or other websites. You can deactivate cookies at any time. 

Device Information 

Regtech Africa may collect non-personal information about the device you use to access our site. This information includes IP addresses, geolocation, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language and other transactional information. 

Changes to This Policy 

This Privacy Policy can be changed at any time. All changes and amendments will be reflected here. All significant changes in the way we use your personal information will be posted on this page forty-five (45) days prior to taking effect and registered users will be notified via email.