It is Vincent Vieira Architects’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to https://vva.co.za (hereinafter referred to as, “us”, “we”, or “https://vva.co.za”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.

This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

What data we collect and why we collect it

Non-personally-identifiable information

Cookies

To monitor and improve the website, Vincent Vieira Architects may gather non-personally-identifying information about your use of the website. Such information may include but is not limited to details of your operating system, browser type and version, language preference, referring domain, date, time, and IP address (the IP address is a string of numbers that tells us which server you are using but does not identify you). We use this information to improve a visitors browsing experience by analysing the data for trends and statistics. From time to time, Vincent Vieira Architects may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g. by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

The process of gathering the information as described immediately above uses a technology known as “cookies”. If you do not wish us to collect the information, you may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

By continuing to navigate the website without changing your browsers cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Vincent Vieira Architects’ use of cookies.

Analytics

Vincent Vieira Architects makes use of Google Analytics to collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website.

Google Analytics uses “cookies”, to help analyse how visitors use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

By using our website you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. To find out more, see “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services”, (located at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, or any other URL Google may provide from time to time).

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Personally-identifiable information

Contact forms

Vincent Vieira Architects may gather personally-identifying information from certain visitors who choose to interact with our website in ways that require us to gather such information. The amount and type of information that Vincent Vieira Architects gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who use our contact form at https://vva.co.za/contact/ to provide a name, contact number and an email address. Vincent Vieira Architects will not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party.

Information security and quality

Any personal information that you submit to us through our website (https://vva.co.za) is held with the strictest of confidence.  Once your personal information comes into our possession, we will take all reasonable steps to keep your information secure. However, no method of communication over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and therefore, Vincent Vieira Architects cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us online and you do so at your own risk.

What rights you have over your data

You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Links to external sites

This website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be redirected to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, and you agree to exclude Vincent Vieira Architects of any liabilities arising from your access to those sites.

Privacy policy changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Vincent Vieira Architects may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Vincent Vieira Architects’ sole discretion. Vincent Vieira Architects encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change

Updates

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 24 February 2020.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Further information

If you have any queries about this Privacy Policy, how to update your records or how to obtain a copy of the information that we hold about you, please send an email to info@vva.co.za.