Privacy Notice

Scope. This Privacy Policy covers ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA’S treatment of personally identifiable information that ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA collects when you are on the ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA web site (“Site”). This policy does not cover the treatment of personally identifiable information that may be collected by other web sites (“Third-Party Sites”) that ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA links to or is otherwise affiliated with.

Information Collection and Use. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA collects personally identifiable information when you register for an account or purchase products or services. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA also collects information from your browser including browser type, browser version, browser settings, operating system, pages visited, your IP Address, and Cookies. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA uses this information for general purposes such as allowing you to add products and services to your shopping cart, tailoring the content within the Site to match your interests, and ensuring that the site continues to operate properly with commonly used operating systems and browsers. Your IP Address will be stored and used for security purposes to prevent fraud and other illegal activity.

Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from submitting personal information to ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA. Federal Law prohibits websites from collecting and/or distributing personal information from children without parental consent. At this time, ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA has no effective means to obtain and track parental consent. Therefore, ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA must prohibit the submission of personal information from children under the age of 13.

Information Sharing and Disclosure. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA may need to send personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people in order to provide you with a product or service you’ve requested. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA may also send your personal information to others when required to do so by law or by contractually agreement of event presenters.

Mailing List. The mailing list is a list that may be used by ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA and/or the organizations using ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA to sell tickets. This mailing list may be used to inform you of upcoming events and/or special promotions. You have the option of opting out of the mailing list at any time. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA will not send marketing or other solicitations to patrons that have chosen not to be included on the mailing list.

Organizations using ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA to sell tickets are prohibited from sending marketing or other solicitations to those customers that have chosen not to be included on the mailing list. Regardless of whether you’ve opted out of the mailing list, ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA and/or the organizations using ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA to sell tickets may contact you regarding important information related to an event you’ve already purchased tickets to. This may include important information such as an event cancellation, postponement, or relocation. It may also include a question or problem related to your order or payment. Season ticket holders may also be contacted regarding annual season ticket renewals regardless of whether or not they’ve chosen to be included on the mailing list.

Cookies. Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer. Cookies cannot damage your computer. Cookies, by themselves, cannot be used to identify you. Unless you’ve chosen to submit personal information to ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA though registration or the purchase of products and/or services, ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA cannot identify you. Cookies are used by ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA to allow the smooth operation of the Site and to track your activity so that we may tailor the content of the Site to match your interests.

Changes. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA may change this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this Site.

Terms of Use. Please read our Terms of Use below.

Cookies Policy

Effective Date: 25 May 2018

Introduction. ARC Southern Africa uses cookies on www.arcchurches.co.za. By using the ARC Southern Africa Website, you permit us to collect and use your information from activity on devices you use in accordance with this Cookies Policy and the Privacy Notices for the ARC Southern Africa Website. Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the ARC Southern Africa Website, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

What Are Cookies. Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the ARC Southern Africa Website or a third-party to recognise you and make your next visit easier and the ARC Southern Africa Website more useful to you. Cookies can be “session” cookies (which last only for the duration of your web or application session and expire when you close your browser or exit the application) or “persistent” (used to remember you when you return to use the ARC Southern Africa Website and, as such, will last longer).

How ARC Southern Africa Uses Cookies. When you use and access the ARC Southern Africa Website, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions, to store your preferences, to enable marketing delivery and to help evaluate and compile aggregated statistics about user activity.

We use both session and persistent cookies on the ARC Southern Africa Website and we use different types of cookies to run the ARC Southern Africa Website:

Strictly necessary cookies: These enable you to navigate and use all the features in the ARC Southern Africa Website. We may also use these cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies you cannot use the ARC Southern Africa Website.

Functionality Cookies: These enable us to remember you have visited the ARC Southern Africa Website before, preferences you may have indicated and information you have provided to us in order to provide enhanced functionality and personal features.

Performance and Analytical Cookies: This information is used to make sure the ARC Southern Africa Website can cope with the volume of users, to help us correct errors, and to measure use across the ARC Southern Africa Website. These cookies help us see if you have visited the ARC Southern Africa Website before so we can identify the number of unique users we receive. They also help us understand how long you spend on the ARC Southern Africa Website and from where you are accessing them.

Retargeting or Advertising Cookies: in addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties’ cookies, for example, Google Analytics, to analyse statistical information from users of the ARC Southern Africa Website. We might be able to associate such information with other information which we collect from you once we receive it from a third party. These cookies collect information about the pages you visit and also other information about other Website you visit. This information is only collected by reference to the cookie identifier that you are using. For more information visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/.

We also collect information using web beacons, also known as ”pixels”. Web beacons are electronic images that can be used in the ARC Southern Africa Website or emails. We use web beacons to deliver cookies, track the number of visits to the ARC Southern Africa Website, understand usage, and know whether an email has been opened and acted upon.

Third-Party Cookies. We can use third-party service providers to provide site metrics and other analytics services. This Cookies Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, third-party cookies, web beacons, or other tracking technologies, which are covered by such third parties” cookies and privacy policies.

Examples of our third-party service providers used by the ARC Southern Africa Website include:

  • Google Analytics
  • Facebook
  • DoubleClick
  • WordPress Session
  • ARC Southern Africa Auth (for logged in users)
  • GetClicky / Clicky
  • qTranslate
  • YouTube
  • Azure
  • Bing.com/Azure for Bing Maps API, and Azure related hosting
  • Raygun for monitoring and system health checks
  • Language cookie (to retain language preference)
  • Translations cookie
  • Session cookie – Marlin (auto approval login)
  • Session cookie from IIS (for our session state)
  • Google Maps cookie
  • Cookie for recapture

Your Choices Regarding Cookies. Most web and mobile device browsers are set to automatically accept cookies by default. However, you can change your browser settings to prevent automatic acceptance of cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is set. If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features on the ARC Southern Africa Website, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

Find More Information About Cookies. You can learn more about cookies, including information on how to block cookies, on the following third-party Website:

Terms of Use

Acceptance of Terms. The following are the rules (“Terms”) governing the use of the ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA web site (“Site”). By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms and to follow these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations governing the Site. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA reserves the right to change these Terms at any time by posting them on the Site. Links or content from other web sites (“Third-Party Sites”) are governed by the Terms for the Third-Party Sites.

Permitted Use. The information, images, and software (“Content”) on this Site is the property of ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA and/or third parties supplying information to the Site. The Content is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. You are only authorized to view and to retain a copy of pages of this Site for your own personal use. Any reproduction, publication, or further distribution or public exhibition of materials provided at this site in whole or in part is strictly prohibited.

Links. The Site may reference or link to Third-Party Sites. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA has no control over these Third-Party Sites or the content within them. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA cannot guarantee that the content contained in these Third-Party Sites is complete, accurate, and/or legal. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA does not warrant that these Third Party Sites will not contain viruses or otherwise impact your computer. By using the Site to purchase products, search, or link to Third-Party Sites, you agree and understand that you may not make any claim against ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA for any damages or losses, whatsoever, resulting from your use of the Site or Third Party Sites.

Privacy. The privacy of our users is important. Please review our privacy policy above.

Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from submitting personal information to ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA. Law prohibits websites from collecting and/or distributing personal information from children without parental consent. At this time, ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA has no effective means to obtain and track parental consent. Therefore, ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA must prohibit the submission of personal information from children under the age of 13.

DISCLAIMER

ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA does not promise that the Site or any services, such as email, links, products, pricing, or searches offered on the Site will be error-free, uninterrupted, nor that it will provide specific results from use of the Site or any Content, search or link on it. The Site, and its Content are delivered on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA cannot ensure that files you download from the Site will be free of viruses or contamination or destructive features.

ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT, LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

Indemnity. You agree to indemnify and hold ARC SOUTHERN AFRICA, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site.