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Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions and User Agreement

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COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. Competitions are open to South African residents only.
2. Employees of Media24/24.com, their sponsors, advertising agencies and their immediate families aren’t allowed to enter.
3. Prizes to be awarded to the first correct entries drawn at random. Any incorrect answers will be disqualified and another winner randomly selected.
4. The winners list is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
5. The winner's names will be published under the heading "Winners" on the competition page (http://www.parent24.com/competitions) 15 days after the competition has closed, and will stay there for 2 months.
6. Winners will be contacted by the sponsor to arrange delivery of the prize. Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery after the competition closes.
7. Prizes are not transferable, and can’t be paid out in cash.
8. No staff member of Media24/24.com or the sponsors can be help liable for any loss, death, damage, cost or injury suffered by the winner.
9. Images supplied may be used on Parent24 and their social media platforms.
10. By entering a competition, you agree to receive further communication and direct marketing material from Parent24.com. You can subscribe or unsubscribe from communication from Parent24.com in the form of newsletters, pregnancy or baby mailers and/or special offers from third-parties, by clicking here. You can also unsubscribe at any time by following the link on the mailers
11. Entering any Parent24.com competition implies acceptance of these rules.
12. Please note that if you should be chosen as a winner, a member of the Parent24 team will be in contact with you and you will need to complete an acknowledgement of winning as well as sending us a copy of your ID. 
13. These terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

PARENT24 PRIVACY POLICY

This is the main privacy policy for Media24 Proprietary Limited and it applies to all our Platforms. When we talk about our “Platforms” we refer to all our websites, mobile sites, mobile apps, emails or any other technology or services you may use to interact with us, including Parent24.com.

We strive to provide you with a dynamic, interactive experience on all our Platforms. It is our aim to keep you informed and entertained by presenting you with the latest and most relevant news and content. One of the ways we do this is by analysing information we collect and receive from you in order to determine what you might be interested in. This helps us develop more engaging content and provide advertising that is more suited to you and more effective for advertisers, which enables us to keep most of our services free.

This privacy policy describes how we handle the information we collect and receive from you. By using our Platforms you are agreeing to the provisions of this privacy policy.

You must be older than 13 years old to use our Platforms. If you are below 18 years old, you must get permission from your parent or guardian before you use our Platforms or give us your personal information.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND RECEIVE

We collect and receive information about you in the following ways:

1. Information you give us

This includes any information that you provide to us directly, whether through our Platforms or via phone, sms, fax or any other medium, this may include information you give to us:

  • by filling in forms on our Platforms. Like when you sign-up for an account or when you subscribe or register to use services on our Platforms;
    when you enter a competition, promotion or complete a survey;
  • by posting comments or content on our Platforms;
  • when you purchase one of our products or services;
  • when you contact us and when you otherwise provide information directly to us.

2. Information we collect or receive when you use our Platforms, products or services

We collect information when you use our Platforms or services by using cookies, web beacons and other technologies. Depending on how you access and use our Platforms, we may receive:

  • Log information (for example information about your interactions with our Platforms and other services you use, the content you view and the search queries you submit);
  • Information we infer about you based on your interaction with our products and services;
  • Device information (for example the type of device you’re using, how you access our Platforms, your browser or operating system and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address);
  • Location information (for example, your device’s GPS signal and information about nearby WiFi networks and cell towers. We get this information when you use location-enabled services).

3. Information from third-party sources

We may receive additional information about you that is publicly or commercially available and combine that with the information we have collected or received about you in other ways. We may also receive information about you when you choose to connect with social networking services while using our Platforms.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND RECEIVE

We use the information we collect and receive for the following general purposes:

1. To provide you with information, products or services you request from us.

2. To communicate with you. We may want to notify you about changes to our Platforms or provide you with information about competitions, products or services that we feel may interest you.

3. To be effective and relevant in the services we provide you. We want to ensure that content from our Platforms is presented to you in the most effective manner for you and for the device you use. We also want to provide you with content that you are likely to find relevant and engaging.

4. To provide effective advertising. Many of our Platforms are supported by advertising. We want to enhance our users’ experience by serving ads that may be useful to them. Some of the ways we do this are by:

  • showing you ads based on your online activities, such as the websites and apps you use or the content you viewed, as well as data we have collected about you, data that you have provided to us, or data that we have received from third-party sources;
  • limiting the number of times you see the same ad; and
  • measuring the effectiveness of the ads we serve.

HOW WE SHARE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND RECEIVE

We don’t sell your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

We may share information with:

  • Our affiliates, in other words, other companies in the Naspers group of companies. Naspers consists of a number of different companies, including Media24, that all collect customer information. By sharing this information amongst business units, we may learn more about our customers, allowing us to create a more relevant and engaging customer experience.
  • Business partners. We may share non-personally identifiable information with select business partners. This means that we do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our business partners (in other words, we do not give them your name and contact details), but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users (for example, we may inform them that 500 men aged under 30 have clicked on their ad on any given day). We may also use such aggregate information to help our business partners reach the kind of audience they want to target.
  • Other parties in response to legal process or when necessary to conduct or protect our Platforms. We may disclose your information if we are under a duty to disclose or share your information in order to comply with any legal obligation or to protect our Platforms. We may also disclose your information during the process of debt collection, or to our attorneys in connection with any potential, threatened or actual litigation, or to our auditors for the purpose of auditing our accounts.
  • Other parties in connection with certain business transactions. In the event that we sell any of our businesses or assets, we may disclose your personal information to the prospective buyer of such business or assets.
  • Companies that provide services to us. Companies that provide services to us or act on our behalf may have access to information about you. These companies are limited in their ability to use information they receive in the course of providing services to us or you.
  • Third-parties where you provide consent. In some cases, third-parties (often advertisers), may wish to attain information about you in order to promote their products to you, or for whatever other reason. We may share information with third-parties where you provide consent in the form of explicit opt-in. Such circumstances may include (but are not limited to) an entry into a competition sponsored by a third-party where the provision of your information is a condition for entry to the competition, or where you express your interest in a product or service for which you would like more information.

We will also ensure that your opt-in is explicit and that we provide a clear description of what data would be shared with the third-party. Remember that once you have opted in to allow us to send your information to the third-party, we cannot control what they do with your data; therefore, be sure to investigate their privacy policies before providing permission for us to share your information.

  • Other parties that provide content, advertising services, or functionality on our Platforms. Some of the content, advertising, and functionality on our Platforms may be provided by third parties that are not affiliated with us. Such third parties include:
  • i. Advertising providers, which help us and our advertising customers provide ads that are tailored to users’ interests and understand how users respond to those ads;
  • ii. Audience-measurement companies, which help us measure the overall usage of our Platforms and compare that usage to other online services; and
  • iii. Social networking services (like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram) that enable you to register and log into certain of our services and to share things you find on our Platforms with your social network. This is only applicable if you choose to connect with a social networking service; we may provide other registration and login methods.

These third parties may collect or receive information about your use of our Platform, including through the use of cookies, web beacons and other technologies, and this information may be collected over time and combined with information collected on different websites and online services. It’s important to remember that we don’t control the privacy practices of these (or any other) third-party services. So we encourage you to read the privacy policies of these services before connecting to them.

YOUR CHOICES

You have the right to ask us not to contact you for marketing purposes. You can exercise this right at any time by using any of the various “opt-out” options that we will always provide to you when we communicate with you. We manage a number of separate distribution lists across the various Media24 business units, each having its own theme and purpose. By opting out of one distribution list, does not automatically remove you from all other lists. You cannot opt-out of routine service correspondence from us, because then we would not be able to provide services to you.

Our Platforms use cookies. If you wish to reject our cookies, you can configure your browser to do so. A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier which we transfer to your hard drive through your web browser when you visit our Platforms. It enables our own system to recognise you when you visit our Platforms again and improve our service to you. Cookies may also be used to compile aggregate information about areas of our Platforms that are visited most frequently. This traffic information can be used to enhance the content of our Platforms and make your use of it easier.

OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURITY

Although no one can guarantee the security of the information collected and received, we do employ a number of safeguards intended to mitigate the risk of unauthorised access or disclosure of your information. We will do our best to protect your personal information and we will use up to date technology that will help us to do this.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our Platforms contain links to and from websites, mobile applications or services of third parties, advertisers or affiliates. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other parties and advise you to read the privacy statements of each website you visit which collects personal information.

INTERNATIONAL USERS

Media24 is based in South Africa, and, regardless of where you use or access our Platforms, products, or services, your information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located in South Africa (or elsewhere in the world). Please note that any information we obtain about you will be stored in accordance with South African privacy laws, regulations and standards, which may not be equivalent to the laws in your country of residence. By using our Platforms you consent to this collection, transfer, storage and processing of information to and in South Africa.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you in the appropriate manner.

CONTACT

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to privacy@media24.com.

Parent24™ USER AGREEMENT

Please read this USER AGREEMENT carefully. It contains important contractual rights, obligations and conditions between you and Parent24™.
Your acceptance of the terms of this USER AGREEMENT is required for your continued use of this web site.

USAGE

1. Persons (User(s)) using the Parent24™ website for any reason whatsoever, subject themselves to and agree to these terms and conditions and privacy policy of Parent24™ when accessing this web site.

2. The Parent24™website consists of information, content and services provided by Parent24™, its licensor(s), third parties and users of the Parent24™ web site.

3. Parent24™expressly reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to amend this agreement.

4. Parent24™ expressly reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to remove, alter, modify, supplement and/or restrict access to the services, content, information, software, or file(s) appearing on or transmitted through the Parent24™web site.

5. Any information and/or content appearing on or transmitted through the Parent24™ web site does not constitute advise and you, the user, are encouraged to consult with your professional advisor before acting on any information or content appearing on or transmitted through the Parent24™ web site.

6. Nothing on this website shall be construed as an offer by Parent24™ to you, the user, but merely an invitation to do business.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS & LICENSE

7. All content, trademarks and data on this website, including but not limited to, software, databases, text, graphics, icons, hyperlinks, private information, and designs are the property of or licensed to Parent24™, and as such, are protected from infringement by domestic and international legislation and treaties.

8. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. The intellectual property rights in all content, information, services and/or software vesting in Parent24™ shall continue to vest in Parent24™ and no right, title or interest in any proprietary material or information contained in this website is granted to you.

9. Parent24™ grants to you, the user, a personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable and non-transferable license to use, print and display all content, information, software, or file(s) on any machine(s) of which you, the user, are the primary user for non-commercial purposes only.

10. You, the user, are prohibited from sublicensing, assigning or transferring this license to any person.

11. Without derogating from the above, you, the user, may designate family members to use and access the information, content or services on the Parent24™ web site subject to the terms of this User Agreement.

12. Unauthorised copying of content, information, software, or file(s), including content, information, software, or file(s) that have been amended, modified, combined or included with such content, information, software, or file(s), or the written materials associated therewith is expressly prohibited.

13. Any unauthorised copying and/or sublicensing, or attempt at copying and/or sublicensing, assignment or transfer of this agreement, shall result in the immediate termination of this agreement by Parent24™ without notice.

14. You, the user, shall be responsible for all use of the information, content or service accessed through your user account, which may be determined by cookies, password(s) or authentication certificate(s).

15. You, the user hereby ratify, guarantee and agree to be personally liable for any and all obligations entered into or assumed by others who use the information, content or services through your user account.

16. You, the user, hereby acknowledge that certain information, content, service and/or links may contain objectionable images, materials, content or information.

17. Except as expressly permitted in this User Agreement, neither you, the user, nor your designated users may reproduce, redistribute, retransmit, publish or otherwise transfer, or commercially exploit, any information, software or other content which they receive or access through the Service

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

18. By using this website or communicating with Parent24™ by electronic means, the user consents and acknowledges that any and all agreements, notices, disclosures, or any other communication satisfies any legal requirement, including but not limited to the requirement that such communications should be "in writing".

CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS

19. This website may include technical or other inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes and amendments are periodically made to the information herein and these changes will be incorporated in any new editions of this website. Parent24™ reserves the right to make improvements and/or changes or amendments to this website at any time.

20. Parent24™ reserves the right to change and amend the prices and rates quoted on this website without any notice.

TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION

21. The user acknowledges that information transmitted via the Internet, including without limitation e-mail, is susceptible to monitoring and interception. The user is therefore discouraged from transmitting to Parent24™ any information that may be confidential, proprietary, or sensitive. The user shall bear all risk of transmitting such information in this manner and under no circumstances will Parent24™ be liable for any loss, harm, or damage suffered by the user as a result thereof. Parent24™ reserves the right to request independent verification of any information transmitted via e-mail and the user consents to such verification should Parent24™ deem it necessary.

22. Any information or material sent to Parent24™ will be deemed not to be confidential, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the user and Parent24™.

LINKING AND FRAMING

23. It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, entity or website to link to any page on this website, including the home page, without the prior written approval of Parent24™.

24. It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, entity, or website to frame any page on this website, including the home page, in any way whatsoever, without the prior written approval of Parent24™.

SEARCHING TECHNOLOGY

25. The use of non-malicious search technology, such as "web-crawlers" or "web-spiders", to search and gain information from this website is not permitted without our written consent.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

26. Parent24™ provides links to the user only as a convenience and the inclusion of any link does not imply Parent24™'s endorsement of such sites.

27. Linked websites or pages are not subject to the control of Parent24™. Parent24™ shall not be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, in any way for the contents, use, or inability to use or access any linked websites or any links contained in a linked website

SECURITY

28. It is expressly prohibited for any person, business, or entity to gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any page on this website, or to deliver or attempt to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this website. Any person who delivers or attempts to deliver any unauthorised, damaging or malicious code to this website or attempts to gain unauthorised access to any page on this website shall be held criminally liable, and in the event that Parent24™ should suffer any damage or loss, civil damages will be claimed.

WARRANTY

29. You, the user, warrants that you use the Parent24™ web site at your own risk.

30. You, the user, acknowledge that no implied warranties, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy has been given by Parent24™, its information providers, licensors, suppliers, employees, agents, and Internet service providers providing access to the Parent24™ web site.

31. This website and the information, content and/or services are provided "as is" and Parent24™ makes no express or implied representations or warranties with regard thereto. Without limiting the generality of the aforegoing, Parent24™, its information providers, licensors, suppliers, employees, agents, and Internet service providers providing access to the Parent24™ web site does not warrant that the website or information will be error-free or will meet any particular criteria of performance or quality, other than those warranties that are implied by and incapable of exclusion, restriction, or modification under the laws applicable to this User Agreement.

32. Whilst Parent24™ has taken reasonable measures to ensure the integrity of this website and its contents, no warranty, whether express or implied is given that any files, downloads or applications available via this website are free of viruses, trojans, bombs, time-locks or any other data or code which has the ability to corrupt, damage or affect the operation of the user's system.

RISK & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

33. The user's use of this website and the information contained therein is entirely at the user's own risk and the user assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from the use thereof. Neither Parent24™, its affiliates, or their shareholders, agents, consultants or employees will be liable for any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, whether in an action arising out of contract, statute, delict or otherwise, relating to the use of, or inability to use, this website or the information contained therein.

34. While all reasonable steps have been take to ensure the accuracy and safety of the Parent24™ website, the use of the products or services advertised on this website are used at the user's own risk. The user accepts full responsibility and risk of any injury, damage, or loss resulting from the use thereof. Parent24™ will not be liable for any personal or physical damage or loss, howsoever caused, whether directly or indirectly, resulting from the use of the Parent24™ website.

35. Associated Press Notice: Associated Press text, photos, graphics, audio and/or video materials shall not directly or indirectly be published, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed in any medium. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use. Subscriber does not hold the AP liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damage arising from any of the foregoing. Copyright 1998 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

36. Reuters Limited Notice Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Reuters content may not be stored except for personal, non-commercial use. Republication and re-dissemination of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in connection with the Reuter content or from any damages arising therefrom.

SEVERABILITY

37. These Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between Parent24™ and you, the user of this website. Any failure by Parent24™ to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall in no way constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

38. In the event that any term or condition of the use of this website is not fully enforceable or valid for any reason, such term(s) or condition(s) shall be severable from the remaining terms and conditions. The remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected by such unenforceability or invalidity and shall remain enforceable and applicable.

APPLICABLE LAW

39. This User Agreement is concluded in the Republic of South Africa, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa and the jurisdiction of the South African courts. The parties hereto acknowledge that they are barred from instituting any action or legal proceeding or process more than one year after the day on which the claim or cause of action arose

CONTACT INFORMATION

40. If you have any questions, queries or wish to request permission to use any part of this website, including, linking, framing, or searching, please contact us at:

Media24
40 Heerengracht
Cape Town

Email: editor@Parent24.com
(Updated March 2017)

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