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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2025-12-25

Vahluri Youth Development (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your data when you use our website or interact with our organisation.

Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

1. Information you provide

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Message details on contact forms

  • Information submitted through sign-up forms (MailerLite)

2. Automatically collected information

  • Device type

  • Browser type

  • IP address

  • Pages visited

  • Time spent on pages

Collected through:

  • Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

  • Microsoft Clarity (if enabled)

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Respond to enquiries

  • Send updates, newsletters, and announcements

  • Track website performance

  • Improve user experience

  • Understand engagement with our programmes

  • Maintain internal records

MailerLite tracks email engagement and manages subscriber lists on our behalf.

Legal Basis for Processing (South Africa POPIA)

We process your information based on:

  • Your consent when you submit forms

  • Our legitimate interest in improving our services

  • Compliance with legal obligations

How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect your data from loss, misuse, or unauthorised access.

Third-party services like GA4, Microsoft Clarity, and MailerLite follow their own security standards.

Data Sharing

We do not sell your information.
We only share it with trusted service providers for operational purposes:

  • MailerLite – email marketing

  • Google – analytics

  • Microsoft – user behaviour insights (if enabled)

Your Rights (POPIA)

You may:

  • Request access to your personal information

  • Ask us to correct or delete your data

  • Withdraw consent for email communication

  • Opt out of analytics tracking (via browser settings)

Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary for operational or legal reasons.

Contact

For privacy-related enquiries, contact us at:
info@vahluriyd.co.za