Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: http://www.wearelasers.co.za.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Contact forms and newsletter subscriptions

When you fill in a contact form or newsletter subscription, your personal and contact details are submitted to us. These details will only be used to make contact with you and provide you with information you have requested, or to deliver periodic newsletters to you.

Analytics

We share information about your behaviour on this site with Google for the purposes of understanding our visitors and sources of traffic. This information cannot be used to personally identify you. The use of Analytics means that cookies are used to collect data across visits to our website. Usage of this website means that consent to place these cookies will be assumed and cookies will be placed.

You can read more about how Google uses data when you use their partners’ sites or apps here.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Newsletter subscriptions are managed through a third-party (Mailchimp) who store and manage your subscriptions. Analytical website usage data is transmitted and stored by Google.

How long we retain your data

If you submit a contact form or sign up for a newsletter, we retain that information indefinitely.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Analytics data is retained by Google for a period of 36 months.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments or submitted your details via a contact form, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also 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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

For requests for access to your data, or to request erasure of this data, you can contact us at michelle@wearelasers.com.