Data Controller
The Data Controller is PricklyData, with its registered office at 16C Strawberry Street
Potchefstroom, North West, 2531
South Africa
Taxpayer registration number: 2024/704903/07, info@pricklydata.com, acting as the Data Controller. This privacy notice is not valid for other websites that may be accessible through links present on this website. The Data Controller cannot be held responsible for third-party websites.

TYPES OF DATA PROCESSED:
Personal Data
“Personal data” refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. According to regulations, an identifiable natural person is someone who can be identified, directly or indirectly, particularly with reference to an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, or an online identifier.

Navigation Data
The computer systems and software procedures used to operate this website acquire certain personal data during their normal course of operation, the transmission of which is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified individuals, but, by its very nature, could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow users to be identified. This category of data includes IP addresses or domain names of computers used by users connecting to the site, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the requested resources, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response given by the server (success, error, etc.), and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and computer environment.

Specific Notices
Specific notices will be provided on the Website pages in relation to particular services or data processing activities.

Cookies
For more information on the cookies used by this website, please refer to the cookies policy available via the link on the homepage.

PURPOSES, LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING, DATA RETENTION TIMES:

1. Website Navigation at www.pricklydata.com.
   Legal Basis: The processing is necessary for the pursuit of the legitimate interest of the data controller for activities essential for the functioning of the website and navigation service, provided that the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail.
   Nature of Provision: Required for website navigation.
   Data Retention Period: Until the end of the browsing session.
   For further information, refer to the Cookies Policy page.

2. Sending Emails via the Website.
   Legal Basis: The processing is necessary for the execution of pre-contractual measures requested by the data subject. A specific notice is available in the dedicated area.
   Nature of Provision: Optional.
   Data Retention Period: 1 year.

3. Marketing/Newsletter.
   Legal Basis: The data subject has given consent for the processing of their data. Separate and specific notices are available in the relevant section.
   Nature of Provision: Providing data for these purposes is optional. Failure to provide it does not affect the use of other services.
   Data Retention Period: Until the right to object (opt-out) is exercised and for a maximum of two years.

DATA RECIPIENTS
The personal data provided will be processed by individuals appointed as external data processors and/or as natural persons acting under the authority of the Data Controller and the Data Processor for the purposes listed above.
The list of Data Processors is updated and available by writing to info@pricklydata.com.
Personal data may be provided to the Judicial Authority if requested.

DATA SUBJECTS’ RIGHTS
At any time, you may exercise the right to obtain confirmation of the existence of your data, to know its content, origin, verify its accuracy, request its integration or updating, or correction, as well as the deletion or blocking of the data.

Notice updated on 22.10.2024