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- Definitions
- Cookies means A small text file (up to 4KB) created by a website that is stored in the user’s computer either temporarily for that session only or permanently on the hard disk (persistent cookie). Cookies provide a way for the website to recognize you and keep track of your preferences, [1]
- Data means information in electronic form;
- Data subject means the person to whom personal information relates;
- IP address means a unique address that identifies a device on the Internet or a local network;2
- Personal information means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person, including, but not limited to—
- Information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person;
- Information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person;
- Any identifying number, symbol, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person;
- The biometric information of the person; the personal opinions, views or preferences of the person; correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence;
- The views or opinions of another individual about the person; and
- The name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person.
- POPIA means the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013;
- Traffic data means any data processed for the purpose of the conveyance of a communication on an electronic communications network in respect of that communication and includes data relating to the routing, duration or time of a communication,3
- User means a person who uses a computer or other device to access this website; and
- Web browser means an application used to access and view this website. Well know web browsers include Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Safari.
- Personal Information
Clean Kilowatt Energy does not collect personal information on this site unless you provide the Clean Kilowatt Energy with your personal information. If you provide personal information through this site, it will be held by the Secretariat of the Clean Kilowatt Energy.
There are places on the site where you can provide personal information, such as:
- Emailing an enquiry to the Clean Kilowatt Energy
- Registering for an event
- Making a submission to the Clean Kilowatt Energy on a proposed code of practice, regulations, or other public consultation
If you lodge a complaint, make a comment, or give feedback through the website, the
Clean Kilowatt Energy will process your email address and other contact details, if provided.
- Use And Disclosures
The Clean Kilowatt Energy will only use personal information that you provide through this website for the purposes for which you provided it.
The Clean Kilowatt Energy will not make your personal information available to any third party unless this is necessary for the purpose for which you provided the information (for instance to investigate a complaint).
If you make a submission to the Clean Kilowatt Energy in a public consultation process, such as commenting on Guidelines, the Clean Kilowatt Energy will publish your submission – this is a standard part of the consultation process. The Clean Kilowatt Energy also makes submissions available in response to requests under the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000.
The Clean Kilowatt Energy may use your personal information for the purposes of administering and improving the site, improving our services, or communicating with you. The personal information you provide to us may be shared with operators to the extent necessary for them to administer and improve the website on our behalf.
The Clean Kilowatt Energy will only disclose your personal information to third parties in limited circumstances where authorised by POPIA (for instance to enable the South Africa Police Service to investigate a criminal offence).
- Website Analytics
You may visit the website without providing any personal information. The website servers will in such instances collect the IP address used by the data subject to access the website, but not the e-mail address or any other personal identifiable information. The information on IP addresses is aggregated to measure the number of visits, the average time spent at the website, pages viewed, etc. The Clean Kilowatt Energy analyses nonidentifiable traffic data to improve our services, via a third (3rd) party programme, namely Google Analytics.
The Clean Kilowatt Energy may collect, hold, and use statistical information about website visits to help us improve the website. Such information includes:
- Your IP address;
- The search terms you used;
- The pages accessed on the Clean Kilowatt Energy’ website and the links visitors clicked on
- The date and time you visited the website;
- The referring website (if any) through which you clicked through to the Clean Kilowatt Energy website; and
- The type of web browser you use (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla, or Firefox).
The traffic data is aggregated and is not personally identifiable. Our website analysis will also respect any “do not track” setting you might have set on your web browser.
- Use Of Cookies
The Clean Kilowatt Energy uses cookies on its website where they are required for particular features to work. The Clean Kilowatt Energy also makes use of tracking cookies to track and analyse website usage. The cookies do not collect any personal information about data subjects.
- Links To Social Networking Services
The Clean Kilowatt Energy uses social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook and network sharing services such as ShareThis to communicate with the public about its work. When you communicate with the Clean Kilowatt Energy through these services, that social networking service may collect your personal information for its own purposes.
These services may track your use of the Clean Kilowatt Energy’ website on those pages where their links are displayed. If you are logged in to those services (including any Google service) while using the Clean Kilowatt Energy’ website, their tracking will be associated with your profile with those service providers.
These services have their own privacy policies which are independent of the privacy policy and practices of the Clean Kilowatt Energy.
- Your Right To Access And Correct Personal Information
Clean Kilowatt Energy will provide you with access to any personal information that Clean Kilowatt Energy holds about you. You may also request Clean Kilowatt Energy to correct your personal information. Kindly contact the Clean Kilowatt Energy’ Information Officer to request access to your personal information or the correction of your personal information. You can ask to be removed from any of the Clean Kilowatt Energy’ subscription lists at any time.
Contact Details:
If you need to contact the Information Officer for purposes related to this Website Privacy Notice, please use the following:
Information Officer : Jared du Toit
Address : 51 Cloetenberg Road, Somerset West, Cape Town, 7130
Email Address : jared@cleankilowatt.co.za
Contact Number : 021 891 0352
This website privacy policy was adopted by the Members of CLEAN KILOWATT ENERGY on 01 May 2025.
