PRIVACY POLICY
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Who We Are
Welcome to TraceFind Search People South Africa! Our website, accessible at https://tracefindsearchpeoplesouthafrica.co.za, is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to enhance our spam detection measures.
Additionally, for user convenience, an anonymized string generated from your email address (also known as a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to identify if you are using it. Please refer to the Gravatar service privacy policy available at https://automattic.com/privacy/ for further details. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you choose to upload images to our website, we advise against including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to our site can download and extract any location data from images displayed on the website.
Cookies
When you leave a comment on our site, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies are designed to eliminate the need to re-enter your details when leaving subsequent comments and will remain valid for one year.
Furthermore, when accessing our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine your browser’s acceptance of cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded upon closing your browser.
Upon logging in, we will establish several cookies to retain your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies remain valid for two days, while screen options cookies are active for one year. Opting for “Remember Me” will extend your login session to two weeks. Logout actions will result in the removal of login cookies.
Additionally, editing or publishing an article will trigger the storage of an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited, expiring after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may feature embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) sourced from other websites. Such embedded content functions similarly to direct visits to those external sites.
These external websites may gather data about you, utilize cookies, integrate supplementary third-party tracking tools, and track your interaction with the embedded content, particularly if you have an account and are logged in to their platform.
Sharing Your Data
Should you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.
Data Retention
Comments and associated metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate the automatic recognition and approval of subsequent comments, thus bypassing moderation queues.
For registered users on our website, personal information provided in their user profile is stored. Users maintain the autonomy to view, modify, or delete their personal information at any time, excluding their username. Website administrators possess the authority to access and modify this information.
Your Data Rights
If you possess an account on our site or have left comments, you reserve the right to request an exported file containing the personal data we possess about you, including any information you have provided to us. Moreover, you can request the deletion of any personal data we retain. However, this exclusion does not apply to data we are required to uphold for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Transmission
Visitor comments may undergo scrutiny via an automated spam detection service.