PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: 13 August 2025

Welcome to www.airbnbsidehustle.co.za (“we”, “us”, “our” or the “Website”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable South African privacy and electronic-commerce laws, including the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).

This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, store and share information when you visit our Website, purchase our digital products or contact us.

1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

When you use our Website or make a purchase, we may collect information such as:

Your name and surname
Email address
Telephone number
Billing information
Order and transaction information
Products purchased
Communications you send to us
IP address
Browser and device information
Website usage and interaction data
Other information you voluntarily provide

Payment information may be processed directly by our third-party payment providers. We do not necessarily receive or store your complete payment-card details.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use personal information to:

Process and confirm digital-product purchases
Deliver purchased eBooks, guides and other digital products
Send order confirmations and download information
Provide customer support
Respond to questions or requests
Prevent fraudulent or unauthorized transactions
Maintain business and transaction records
Improve our Website and customer experience
Send marketing communications where permitted
Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

We aim to collect only information reasonably necessary for legitimate business and legal purposes.

3. DIGITAL PRODUCT DELIVERY

Because our products are digital, your email address is particularly important.

We may use the email address supplied during checkout to provide order confirmations, download links, access instructions and other communications necessary to fulfil your purchase.

Please ensure that the information provided during checkout is accurate.

4. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

Where permitted by applicable law, we may send you information about new products, special offers, updates or other relevant promotions.

Where consent is required, we will seek it.

You may unsubscribe from marketing communications using the unsubscribe option provided in the communication or by contacting us.

Transactional communications relating to an existing order may still be sent where necessary.

5. COOKIES & WEBSITE TECHNOLOGY

Our Website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Website, remember preferences, understand Website usage, improve performance and support advertising or analytics where applicable.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.

6. PAYMENT PROCESSING

Payments may be processed by secure third-party payment providers.

These providers may collect and process information necessary to complete your transaction according to their own privacy and security practices.

We encourage customers to review the privacy policies of payment providers used during checkout.

7. THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may use trusted service providers to help us operate our business, including providers of:

Website hosting and e-commerce services
Payment processing
Digital-product delivery
Email communication
Analytics
Advertising
Fraud prevention
Customer support

These providers may process personal information where necessary to perform services on our behalf or according to their own applicable terms and privacy obligations.

8. SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We do not sell your personal information.

We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to provide our services, process transactions, comply with applicable law, protect our legal rights, prevent fraud or work with service providers supporting our business.

9. INTERNATIONAL PROCESSING

Some third-party technology providers we use may operate or store information outside South Africa.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we aim to handle such transfers in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.

10. INFORMATION SECURITY

We take reasonable measures designed to protect personal information under our control against loss, unauthorized access, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no online system or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Customers are also responsible for protecting their devices, email accounts and digital-product download links.

11. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including fulfilling purchases, maintaining appropriate business records, resolving disputes and meeting legal, accounting or regulatory requirements.

Information that is no longer reasonably required will be handled in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

12. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Subject to POPIA and other applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including requesting access to personal information we hold about you and requesting correction or deletion where legally appropriate.

You may also object to certain processing or withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

13. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Our digital business and entrepreneurship products are not specifically intended for young children.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children contrary to applicable law.

14. THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Our Website or educational products may contain links or references to third-party websites, platforms or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party services.

15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our Website, business practices, service providers or applicable requirements.

The latest version will be made available on our Website.

16. CONTACT US

For questions, privacy requests or concerns regarding your personal information, please contact us:

Email: infosidehustlestarterpack@gmail.com
Phone: 079 971 1523
Website: www.airbnbsidehustle.co.za

Please include enough information for us to understand and respond to your request.