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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 10, 2025

1. Introduction

GC Design Property ("we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or communicate with us.

This policy is compliant with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) of South Africa and outlines your rights regarding your personal information.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information:

  • Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and other contact details you provide when submitting inquiries.
  • Communication Information: Records of your communications and interactions with us, including inquiries about properties.
  • Technical Information: IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and other usage data when you browse our website.
  • Marketing Preferences: Your preferences for receiving marketing communications from us.

3. How We Collect Information

We collect information through:

  • Direct interactions when you submit inquiries through our contact forms
  • Automated technologies or interactions when you browse our website
  • Third parties or publicly available sources

4. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your inquiries about properties
  • To provide you with information about properties that may interest you
  • To manage our relationship with you
  • To improve our website and services
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • For marketing purposes, subject to your preferences

5. Legal Basis for Processing

Under POPIA, we process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:

  • Your consent
  • Performance of a contract with you
  • Compliance with legal obligations
  • Legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party

6. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your personal information with:

  • Service providers who perform services on our behalf
  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers
  • Regulatory authorities, law enforcement agencies, and other authorities when required by law

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. We limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

8. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, and applicable legal requirements.

9. Your Rights

Under POPIA, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information
  • Request correction of your personal information
  • Request erasure of your personal information
  • Object to processing of your personal information
  • Request restriction of processing your personal information
  • Request transfer of your personal information
  • Withdraw consent

10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

11. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: gc.design.property@gmail.com
Phone: +44 7395 514 741

14. Information Regulator

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa if you believe that we have not complied with applicable data protection laws. The contact details for the Information Regulator are:

The Information Regulator (South Africa)
JD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001
Email: inforeg@justice.gov.za
Website: https://inforegulator.org.za/