PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
Arepublic (“the Website”) is owned and operated by Autonomous Republic PTY Ltd. This policy explains how Autonomous Republic may use information we collect about you, as well as your rights over any personal information we hold about you.
Collected Information
We collect information about you when you:
Visit arepublic.co.za
Submit a contact us form
Use of information
Collecting your personal information helps Autonomous Republic better understand what you need from us. We use your information to:
Manage and improve the Website
Cookies
In order to comply with legislation, we use a system of classifying the different types of cookies which we use on the Website, or which may be dropped by third parties through our websites. The classification explains more about which cookies we use, why we use them, and the functionality you will lose if you decide you don’t want to have them on your device.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your personal computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. Persistent cookies – these cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie. Session cookies – these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted. Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies used on the website
A list of all the cookies used on the Website by category is set out below.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for. For those types of cookies that are strictly necessary, no consent is required. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features.
Performance cookies
These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited. By using the Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device. These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how the Website works.
Functionality cookies
These cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience. By using the Website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device. These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (where you dropped off while surfing the site etc.) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Targeting or advertising cookies
These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising relevant to you and your interests. These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.
Using browser settings to manage cookies
The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. You can also disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.
Disclosing your information
We will never disclose your information to anyone outside of Autonomous Republic, except where we have your consent; where we are required or permitted to do so by law; to other companies who provide a service to us; or any successors in title to our business.
Other websites
The Website may contain links to other sites which are outside our control and not covered by this policy. The operators of these sites may collect information from you that will be used by them in accordance with their policy, which may differ from ours
Accessing your information
To obtain a copy of the information we hold about you, write to hello@arepublic.co.za
Changes to our policy
This policy replaces all previous versions and is correct as of October 2023. We reserve the right to change the policy at any time.
Contacting us
If you have any queries, please contact us at hello@arepublic.co.za
Privacy Policy
Autonomous Republic may during the course of your use of the Arepublic website electronically collect, store and use your personal information including your gender, country of residence, non-personal browsing habits and click patterns, e-mail address and IP address. This will be for internal use only.
Autonomous Republic will do all that is commercially reasonable to protect such personal information from unauthorised use or disclosure. You hereby agree that you have the choice as to whether to provide any personal information on this website.
Security measures – data protection
The security, accuracy and integrity of the data on the Autonomous Republic website (“Website Data”) is of material importance to Autonomous Republic. Autonomous Republic accordingly reserves the right to conduct whatever verification of your identity and details it deems appropriate prior to Registration Confirmation, and to use whatever technological and other measures it deems necessary to detect and prevent unauthorised access or attempts to gain unauthorised access to the Website Data or to restricted pages of the Autonomous Republic website. You hereby agree to allow Autonomous Republic to take all reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and security of the Website Data and related back-office applications.
Any person who delivers or attempts to deliver any damaging code to the Autonomous Republic website or attempts to gain unauthorised access to any page on this site or to any Website Data shall be prosecuted and civil damages shall be claimed in the event that Autonomous Republic or any of its customers suffers any damage or loss.
Google analytics, display advertising and remarketing
The Google Analytics features implemented on the Autonomous Republic website is based on Display Advertising (e.g. Remarketing, Google Display Network Impression Reporting or Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting).
Visitors can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings.
Autonomous Republic also uses Remarketing with Google Analytics to advertise online. This means that third-party vendors, including Google, show your ads on sites across the Internet.
Autonomous Republic and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimise, and serve ads based on someone’s past visits to your website.
Remarketing is used to exclusively market Autonomous Republics products to prospective clients that have either showed a declared interest in Autonomous Republic’s service offering or may have interests related to the services.
Our ads will appear to targeted users when visiting participating display sites available to us with third party vendors such as Google.
Cookies are used to identify an IP address and remarket relevant advertising material to interested parties