Privacy Policy and Website Usage

The website is used for general information purposes only. While we aim to keep the information correct and up to date, we make no representations or warranties of any kind. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

The Aven shall take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information of users. For the purpose of this clause, "personal information" shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA). The PAIA may be downloaded from: http://www.polity.org.za/attachment.php?aa_id=3569.

We may collect and store information for statistical purposes. For example, we may count the number of visitors to the different sections of our site to help us make them more useful to visitors. Our server logs record such things as the user’s IP address, the date and time of the visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous site visited and the type of browser used.

By sending us an electronic mail message or by submitting your information to us in one of our online forms, you will be sending us personal information (e.g. name, address, email address). We may store this information provided by you to respond to the request or to otherwise resolve the subject matter of your enquiry or query. The email address and the contents of your email are stored in a secure area within our system and will not be used for any other purpose or disclosed without your consent.

We will always protect all such information in a way consistent with all applicable laws and with our privacy policy.