Privacy Policy
How We Handle Status Check Data
In order to help you monitor the status of your grant application, we created the status checker for you. We are totally open about how it works.
Your 13-digit South African ID number and your phone number are provided only to the official state API in order for us to obtain your current status. The ID number is never stored in our databases; it will never be connected with your IP address and it will definitely never be used by marketers. The data is saved on our servers just for a couple of seconds until we receive the response.
ID & Phone Number
Sent only to the official government API to retrieve your current application status.
No Permanent Storage
Your ID number is never stored in our databases and is never linked to your IP address.
Temporary Processing
The information remains on our servers only for a few seconds until the official response is received.
Other Data We Collect
The data that you give us
If you fill out the contact form in order to request help from us, you give us your name and email for the purposes of correspondence.
Automatically collected data
Thanks to some analytics services, we track the behavior of our website visitors. It is such data as your browser type, frequency of your visits and your approximate location (province).
Third Party Advertising and Cookies
Building large and fast databases costs some money. That is why in order to keep our guides and status checkers free for you, we have to use third-party advertising through such services as Google AdSense.
Advertising Cookies
Due to the cookies and mobile device identifiers, our advertising partners show you ads related to your last visit to our website or any other website on the Internet.
Your Choice
At any moment, you can refuse from the personalized ads in the Google Ads Settings and configure the tracking settings on your mobile device. Although we don’t select any particular ad ourselves, we do everything to block inappropriate categories of ads.
Links to Official Governmental Websites
Official Government Websites
Buttons and links to the official websites of government applications (for example, DMRE, NEF, or SASSA) will be placed in all our guides. Once you click on them, you leave our grantZA website and this privacy policy does not apply to you anymore.
We strongly recommend you to read the privacy policy of these governmental agencies before submitting your documents.
Your Rights According to POPIA
As a South African citizen, you have the right to protect your digital privacy according to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Here are your rights:
Right to Know
To learn what personal information we store about you (it may include only your email if you contacted us before);
Right to Delete
To delete your personal correspondence from our databases forever;
Right to Refuse
To refuse from any correspondence.
Changes to This Policy
Since the digital world is developing quickly, privacy policies are always subject to change. In case of making any substantial changes in our privacy policy, we change this page and update the “Last Updated” date at the top. Small changes in wording can be made silently, but we guarantee you that your data security is our priority.
Get In Touch
If you have any questions concerning your privacy when visiting our website or something in this privacy policy seems unclear to you, please feel free to contact us. You can do it on the Contact Us page.
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