1. Personal Information Collected
When you visit the Site, certain information about your device is automatically collected, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, information is collected about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site.
Information you provide voluntarily: If you contact the agency via a contact form or email, we may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Project details and business information
2. How Information is Used
The information collected is used in the following ways:
- Communication: To respond to inquiries, provide quotes, and manage project development.
- Optimization: To screen for potential risk or fraud and to improve and optimize the Site (for example, by generating analytics about how visitors browse and interact with the Site).
- Service Delivery: To provide freelance web design and development services as requested.
3. Sharing Personal Information
Your Personal Information is not sold to third parties. It is shared with third parties only to help use your Personal Information as described above. For example:
- Google Analytics: To help understand how visitors use the Site.
- Compliance: Personal Information may be shared to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
4. Data Retention
When you submit an inquiry through the Site, your information will be maintained for our records unless and until you ask for this information to be deleted.
5. Your Rights
If you are a resident of certain jurisdictions (such as the EU under GDPR or South Africa under POPIA), you have the right to access the personal information held about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
6. Changes
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
7. Contact
For more information about these privacy practices, or if you have questions or would like to make a complaint, please contact:
Rhetorical Designs Email: duane@rhetoricaldesigns.co.za Website: https://rhetoricaldesigns.website/
