Eastern Cape Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) website privacy policy
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online.
PII can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person or to identify an individual in context.
Please read our privacy policy carefully to understand how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information per our website.
What personal information do we collect from the people who visit our blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience.
When do we collect information?
When you subscribe to a newsletter or enter information on our site, we collect information from you.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
- To improve our website to better serve you.
- To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
- To send periodic emails regarding products and services.
How do we protect your information?
We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.
We only provide articles and information. We never ask for credit card numbers.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
We do not use an SSL certificate
- We only provide articles and information. We never ask for personal or private information like names, email addresses, or credit card numbers.
Do we use “cookies”?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enable the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information.
For instance, we use cookies to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services.
We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction to offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
- Understand and save users’ preferences for future visits.
You can have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since the browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn how to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. It won’t affect the user’s experience, which makes your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.
Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personally Identifiable Information to outside parties unless we provide users with advance notice.
This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third-party links
We do not include or offer third-party products or services on our website.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
As a third-party vendor, Google uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of using the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting
- Demographics and Interests Reporting.
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad services functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt-out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add-on.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at
webmaster@dedea.gov.za and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
Contacting us
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us using the information below.
Beacon Hill
Hockley Close
Qonce (King William’s Town) 5605
Telephone 043 605 7303