Privacy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

samos.co.za respects your privacy. This policy describes what limited information we collect, how it is used, and your rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).

1. Information we collect

• Contact form data. If you use the form on our Contact page, your message is composed in your own email client and sent directly from you to us. The form does not transmit data to our servers.
• Server logs. Our hosting provider may automatically record standard request metadata (IP address, user agent, referring URL, timestamp). These logs are used for security, abuse prevention, and aggregate traffic analysis only.
• Cookies. The site uses no first-party tracking cookies. If we add an analytics tool in future, we will update this policy and provide a consent mechanism.

2. How we use information

• To respond to your messages.
• To diagnose technical issues and protect the site from abuse.
• To measure aggregate traffic and improve content.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing.

3. Third-party services

• Web fonts. We load fonts from Google Fonts, which may receive your IP address when you load a page.
• Hosting. Our hosting provider processes traffic on our behalf, subject to its own privacy practices.

4. Your rights under POPIA

As a data subject in South Africa, you have the right to:

• Confirm whether we hold personal information about you;
• Request access to that information;
• Request correction or deletion of inaccurate information;
• Object to processing in certain circumstances;
• Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

5. Children

This site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

6. Changes to this policy

If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, post a notice on the site.