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PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated July 02, 2024

 

 

 

This privacy notice for Gradeware Solutions (PTY) LTD ('we', 'us', or 'our'), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ('process') your information when you use our services ('Services'), such as when you:

 

§   Visit our web application at https://mpatise.com/, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice

 

§   Download and use our mobile application (Mpatise APP on Google Store), and visit our Facebook

page (https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081440543154), or any other application of ours that links to this privacy notice

 

§   Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

 

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us

at gradewaresolutions@gmail.com.

 

 

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

 

This summary provides key points from our privacy notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.

 

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose to us.

 

Do we process any sensitive personal information? We may process sensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. Learn more about sensitive information we process.


Do we receive any information from third parties? We do not receive any information from third parties.

 

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with applicable laws. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your information.

 

In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties especially where we are required by courts of law. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.

 

How do we keep your information safe? We have organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or

other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. We however confirm that our data protection systems are in line with global standards and will be reviewed from time to time. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.

 

What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights.

 

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by submitting a Review the privacy notice in full below.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.  WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

2.  HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

3.  WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

4.  DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

5.  HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

6.  HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

7.  DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

8.  WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

9.  CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES


10.  DO OTHER REGIONS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

11.  DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

12.  HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

13.   HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

 

 

 

 

1.  WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

 

Personal information you disclose to us

 

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

 

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the platforms, or otherwise when you contact us.

 

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

 

§   names

 

§   phone numbers

 

§   email addresses

 

§   usernames

 

§   passwords

 

§   billing addresses

 

§   debit/credit card numbers

 

§   mailing addresses

 

Sensitive Information. When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories of sensitive information:

 

§   financial data


§   genetic data

 

§   social security numbers or other government identifiers

 

§   contact details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases online. The information collected may include your card details, billing and delivery addresses. All payment data is stored by Weblogic Botswana. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://mpatise.com/.

 

Application Data. If you use our application(s), we also may collect the following information if you choose to provide us with access or permission:

 

§   Geolocation Information. We may request access or permission to track location- based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using our mobile application(s), to provide certain location-based services such as place of delivering goods/services. In the event that third parties are engaged in the transportation and logistics to deliver goods/services, such arrangement are out of the scope of this policy. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.

 

§   Push Notifications. We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or certain features of the application(s). If you wish to opt out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device's settings.

 

This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our application(s), for troubleshooting, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

 

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information on a timely basis.

 

Information automatically collected

 

In Short: Some information such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or broser and device characteristics — is collected automatically hen you visit our Services.

 

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact


information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

 

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar and emerging technologies.

 

The information we collect includes:

 

§   Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.

 

Information collected when you use our Facebook application(s). We by default access your Facebook basic account information, including your name, email, gender, birthday, current city, and profile picture URL, as well as other information that you choose to make public. We may also request access to other permissions related to your account, such as friends, check-ins, and likes, and you may choose to grant or deny us access to each individual permission. For more information regarding Facebook permissions, refer to

the Facebook Permissions Reference page.

 

2.  HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

 

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate ith you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply ith applicable las. We may also process your information for other purposes ith your consent.

 

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

 

§   To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.

 

§   To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.


§   To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.

 

§   To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, information on goods/services provided by other users of our application, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.

 

§   To fulfil and manage your orders. We may process your information to fulfil and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.

 

§   To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another users or customers on our application.

 

§   To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.

 

§   To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. For more information, see 'WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?' below.

 

§   To deliver targeted advertising to you. We may process your information to develop and display personalised content and advertising tailored to your interests, location, and more.

 

§   To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns,

and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.

 

§   To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.

 

§   To comply with our legal obligations. We may process your information to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.

 

 

3.  WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

 

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or ith the folloing third parties.


We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

 

§   Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

 

§   Other Users. When you share personal information (for example, by posting comments, contributions, or other content to the Services) or otherwise interact with public areas of the Services, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside the Services in perpetuity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our Services, and view your profile.

 

 

4.  DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

 

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

 

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

 

5.  HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

 

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherise required by la.

 

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than twelve (12) months past the termination of the user's account.

 

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

 

6.  HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

 

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.


We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process.

However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or

other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. We however confirm that our data protection procedures are in adherence to global standards and will be reviewed from time to time. We will do our very best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services. We however urge to only access the Services within a secure environment.

 

7.  DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

 

In Short: We do not knoingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age or children under 13..

 

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at gradewaresolutions@gmail.com.

 

8.  WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

 

In Short: You may revie, change, or terminate your account at any time.

 

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below.

 

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

 

Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, Contact the company mobile number or send email , or by contacting us using the details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.


Account Information

 

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

 

§   Log in to your account settings and update your user account.

 

§   Contact us using the contact information provided.

 

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

 

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services.

 

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at gradewaresolutions@gmail.com.

 

9.  CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

 

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

 

 

 

 

10.   DO OTHER REGIONS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

 

 

In Short: You may have additional rights based on the country you reside in.

 

 

Republic of South Africa


At any time, you have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?'

 

 

If you are unsatisfied with the manner in which we address any complaint with regard to our processing of personal information, you can contact the office of the regulator, the details of which are:

 

 

The Information Regulator (South Africa)

General enquiries: enquiries@inforegulator.org.za Complaints (complete POPIA/PAIA form

5): PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za & POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za

 

11.   DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

 

In Short: Yes, e ill update this notice as necessary to stay compliant ith relevant las.

 

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated 'Revised' date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

 

12.   HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

 

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at gradewaresolutions@gmail.com or contact us by post at:

 

Gradeware Solutions (PTY) LTD Second Floor, Mosha Centre, BBS Mall Gaborone

Botswana

Email: gradewaresolutions@gmail.com

 

 

 

13.   HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

 

You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please fill out and submit a data subject access request.