Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2024

1. INTRODUCTION AND PUMPKN’S ROLE

1.1 AG Digital Venture (Pty) Ltd (“Pumpkn”) (registration number: 2022/434429/07) is a private company with limited liability duly incorporated under the company laws of the Republic of South Africa and we adhere to the highest standards of protecting your personal information when you utilise our website or any of our services. As such, we have created this specific and detailed Privacy Policy for you to read and appreciate exactly how we safeguard your personal information and respect your privacy (“Policy”).

1.2 The right to privacy and this Policy is very important to us. We are committed to taking steps to protect your privacy when you use the services and we therefore implement business practices that comply with the South African Protection of Personal Information Act, No. 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”), as amended as well as any other Applicable Law.

1.3 For more information regarding your personal information lawfully stored or used by Pumpkin, please contact info@pumpkn.io and we will gladly assist.

1.4 In some circumstances, Pumpkin is the “responsible party” (as defined in POPIA) and is responsible for your personal information (collectively referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this Policy) in instances where we decide the processing operations concerning your personal information.

1.5 Sometimes we may also operate as an “operator” (as defined in POPIA) of personal information on behalf of a third-party responsible party, where that responsible party’s privacy terms will apply. The terms “user“, “you“, “data subject” and “your” are used interchangeably in this Policy and refer to all persons engaging with Pumpkin for any reason whatsoever.

1.6 This Policy creates a legally binding agreement between us and you and will apply as soon as we collect your data, or you start using our website or services.

1.7 Changes to this Policy: unless notice is required in terms of any Applicable Law, we may change this Policy from time to time in line with any changes that the law or our internal organisational operations require, without prior notice. However, we will notify you of any material changes to this Policy. The current version of this Policy that applies each time you use our website and/or services will regulate our relationship. It is your responsibility to consider the Policy each time you utilise our website and/or services. If you do not agree with any terms of this Policy, you must stop using the website and/or services.

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU

2.1 Should you decide to utilise our Website, engage with us and/or use any of Pumpkin’s services, you thereby expressly consent to, and opt-in to us collecting, collating, processing, and using the following types of information about you when you use the website, engage with us or our services (“personalinformation”):

2.1.1 Information provided by you or from another responsible party authorised by you:

Pumpkin processes personal information, provided by you, that you choose to submit to us (that is information about you that is directly or indirectly personally identifiable, as defined in POPIA, like, for example but not limited to, your name, identification number, address, email address, company name, company registration number, contact details, phone numbers, banking details etc.) which Pumpkin either processes as its own responsible party, or which is received from another responsible party to whom you have provided your personal information with your permission to be shared with Pumpkin as the operator; and

2.1.2 Information that is collected automatically:

Pumpkin receives and stores information which is transmitted automatically from a user’s computer when the user browses the internet and accesses the website. This information includes information from cookies (which are described in clause 11 below), the user’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type and version, embedded web links, geographical location, log files and other information-gathering tools. These tools collect certain standard information that your browser sends to the website such as your browser type and language, times of access, and the address from which you arrived at the website.

2.1.3 Information from public sources:

Pumpkin collects, collates and processes personal information from public sources when you have engaged with us and made your personal information public, such as on social media.

2.2 Should your personal information change, please update it by providing us with updates to your personal information as soon as reasonably possible to enable us to update it. Pumpkin will, however, not be able to update any personal information of yours attained from another responsible party. Should you want to update this information, you must approach the relevant responsible party to do so. Pumpkin is under no obligation to ensure that your personal information or other information supplied by you is correct.

2.3 We do not process the personal information of children when a data subject user is below the age of 18 (eighteen). Do not provide us with any such information. It is considered a material breach of this Policy.

2.4 You warrant that you have the legal authority, permissions and/or consents to provide the personal information submitted to us by you. You also warrant that any personal information provided to us from a third-party responsible party, was attained from you lawfully and provided to us with your express consent to the relevant responsible party to do so. You warrant further that Pumpkin shall be entitled to process any information that we obtain about you in terms of this Policy without seeking any further permissions or consents from you and/or any third parties.

2.5 You warrant further that none of the personal information you submit to us is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading or obtained unlawfully and that needs to be corrected or deleted (“defective information”). You also accept that Pumpkin cannot be held responsible for using defective information where it is not aware of the nature and extent of the defects in such information.

3. WHEN DO WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will process your personal information in the following circumstances:

3.1 When you submit an enquiry and/or contact us or request that we contact you;

3.2 When you visit or browse our website and when you register with us via the website;

3.3 When you engage with us on Social Media or in any other digital capacity;

3.4 When you contract with us to be a provider of services to Pumpkin;

3.5 When you complete or accept any Pumpkin document; and/or

3.6 When you make use of our various services.

4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

4.1 Pumpkin undertakes to only process your personal information in a manner which is adequate, relevant and not excessive, taking into account the purpose for which it was collected. Any processing of your personal information will strictly be for our legitimate business purposes and as a necessary function of your engagement with the website and/or our services, and you have expressly consented to this by using our website and/or services, but we will not, without your express consent:

4.1.1 use your personal information for any purpose other than as set out below:

4.1.1.1 in relation to the provision to you of the services and/or access to the website;

4.1.1.2 to fulfil orders for services or products;
4.1.1.3 to contact you as requested by you;

4.1.1.4 to enable you to provide us with your contracted services or products;

4.1.1.5 to contact you regarding current or new services and/or products, new features, special offers and/or promotions offered by us (unless you have opted out from receiving marketing material from us by, amongst other things, ‘unsubscribing’ from our mailing list using the link provided in our marketing communications or by sending an email to info@pumpkn.io requesting to be deleted from our mailing list. We will affect such deletion within 48 hours of receipt of your ‘unsubscribe’ notification or e-mail.)

4.1.1.6 to keep the website secure and prevent fraud as well as to improve our website or services by, for example, monitoring your browsing habits, or tracking your activities on the website; or

4.1.2 disclose your personal information to any third party other than as set out below:
4.1.2.1 to our employees, contractors and/or third-party service providers who assist us to interact with you via our website, email, Whatsapp or any other method, for your use of the services, and thus need to know your personal information in order to assist us to communicate with you properly and efficiently;

4.1.2.2 to external responsible parties who already have your express consent to process and/or attain such personal information from and/or with us;

4.1.2.3 to law enforcement, government officials, fraud detection agencies or other third parties when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of personal information is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report or support the investigation into suspected illegal activity or the contravention of an applicable law or to investigate violations of this Policy and/or the Website’s other policies; and

4.1.2.5 to our service providers (under contract with us) who help with parts of our business operations. However, our contracts dictate that these service providers may only use your information in connection with the services they perform for us, not for their own benefit and under the same standards as how we operate.

4.2 We are entitled to utilise or disclose your personal information if such use or disclosure is required in order to comply with any applicable law, order of court or legal process served on us, or to protect and defend our rights or property. In the event of a fraudulent online payment, Pumpkin is entitled to disclose relevant personal information for criminal investigation purposes or in line with any other legal obligation for disclosure of the personal information which may be required of it.

5. OUR LEGAL JUSTIFICATIONS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

5.1 Your use of the website and/or any of our services constitutes your explicit opt-in consent to our processing of your personal information. Further, we also rely on our contractual arrangements with you as the lawful basis on which we collect and process your personal information. Alternatively, in some cases, we rely on our legitimate interests as a business. Where we rely on our legitimate interests, we will always make sure that we balance these interests against your rights.

5.2 Subject to the other provisions in this Policy, the following constitutes our reasons for processing your personal information:
5.2.1 To make our products and/or services available to you:
5.2.1.1
We use your personal information to provide you with information, products and services that you request or purchase from us and to communicate with you regarding those products and services that you acquired from us and respond to your queries and comments.

5.2.2. To allow third parties to make their separate services available to you:
5.2.2.1
Should you make consensual use of third-parties’ services as a result of your engaging with us, we provide them with your necessary data in order for them to provide you with their services.
5.2.2.2 You expressly understand and agree that these third-parties may have their own privacy policies which you may be compelled to adhere to.
5.2.3. When you utilise our website:
5.2.3.1
We require your information in order to provide the website to you and deliver our services and fulfil our contract with you.
5.2.3.2 We also process your information should you sign-up for our newsletter/ mailing list, if applicable.
5.2.4. When you take part in a feedback survey or provide public testimonials:
5.2.4.1 When you take part in our feedback survey, we record certain types of your data and your answers to questions we ask about your opinion of, and use of, our website and services.

5.2.4.2 We use this information to develop and improve our website and services and our user relationships. Your job role, organisation and some or all of your comments may be publicly displayed on our website as a testimonial. We will do this based on our legitimate interest in explaining our website and services.

5.2.5. For internal business purposes:
5.2.5.1
We may use your personal information for our internal business purposes, such as administrative processing of service orders, administrative fulfilment of invoices and internal reporting and project management.
5.2.5.2 We may also use your data to monitor the usage of our website and ensure that our website is presented in the most efficient manner for you and your device. This is in our legitimate interests as a business and in your interests to ensure that our website works properly, is user-friendly and that our services are as efficient as possible.
5.2.6. For legal and security reasons:
5.2.6.1
We use your personal information to:
5.2.6.1.1 ensure the personal and financial information you provide us is accurate;
5.2.6.1.2 conduct fraud checks or prevent other illegal activity;
5.2.6.1.3 establish, exercise, protect or defend our legal rights or those of others; and
5.2.6.1.4 fulfil our legal and compliance-related obligations.
5.2.6.2 In some cases we will use your personal information because it’s necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation (such as if we receive a legitimate request from a law enforcement agency). In other cases (such as the detection of fraud) we will rely on our legitimate interests as a business to use your personal information in this way. Where we rely on our legitimate interests, we will always make sure that we balance these interests against your rights.
5.2.7 In relation to your Pumpkin user relationship:
We use your personal information to personalise your experience with Pumpkin to:
5.2.7.1 provide you with non-marketing correspondence via Whatsapp, digital media platforms, social media and email as you have given us your consent to this;
5.2.7.2 contact you when requested by you or in relation to a service we are providing you;
5.2.7.3 process your website-use data to analyse how you use our website and services. This allows us to provide a browsing experience which is relevant to you;

6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

6.1 Pumpkin’s website and the services available through its website, may contain links to other third party websites, including, but not limited to, social media platforms, payment gateways, appointment scheduling and/or live chat platforms. If you select a link to any third party website, you may be subject to such third party websites terms and conditions and/or other policies (including privacy policies), which are not under the control, nor responsibility, of Pumpkin.

6.2 Hyperlinks to third party websites are provided “as is” and Pumpkin does not necessarily agree with, edit, endorse or sponsor the content on these third party websites.

6.3 Pumpkin urges users to evaluate the security and trustworthiness of any third party website before disclosing any personal information to them. Pumpkin does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage in whatever manner, however caused, resulting from your disclosure to third parties of personal information.

7. ORIGINAL AND UPDATED PURPOSES FOR PROCESSING

Pumpkin will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

8. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

8.1 Pumpkin will keep your personal information confidential and only share it with others in terms of this Policy, or if you consent to it, or if the law requires us to share it. We may disclose your personal information to:

8.1.1 Our third-party service providers and processors in order to provide you with access to the website and/or services, in accordance with written agreements with these third parties;

8.1.2 Legal and regulatory authorities, upon their request, or for the purposes of reporting any breach of applicable law;

8.1.3 Accountants, auditors, lawyers and other external professional advisors in terms of written agreements with them;

8.1.4 Any relevant party to the extent necessary for the establishment or defence of legal rights, criminal offences, threats to public security etc; and

8.1.5 Any relevant third party if we sell or transfer all or any portion of our business or assets; and 

8.1.6 Any relevant third party provider where our website uses third party advertising, plugins or content.

8.2 If we engage third-party processors to process your personal information, the processors will only be appointed in terms of a written agreement which will require the third party processors to only process personal information in terms of our mandate, use appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and security of your personal information and comply with other requirements as set out in this agreement and required by POPIA and other Applicable Law.

8.3 Our website may connect to various social media websites or apps. If you want to use the website for social media integration, we will share your personal information with the relevant social media websites or apps.

9. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

9.1 Should we, based on our business mandate and for one of the purposes referred to in clause 5, be required to transfer your personal information out of the country, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by only transferring your personal information to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information. You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.

9.2 Should you submit personal information for publication on the website, whether by way of a testimonial, article or for any other purpose, you acknowledge that this will be published on the internet and may be available, via the internet, around the world. Pumpkin cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

10. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

10.1 We may process your personal information to contact you to provide you with information regarding our services that may be of interest to you. Where we provide services to you, we may send information to you regarding our services and other information that may be of interest to you, using the contact details that you have provided to us. We will only send you direct marketing communications where you have consented to us sending direct marketing or otherwise in compliance with this Policy, POPIA and other Applicable Law.

10.2 You may unsubscribe from any direct marketing communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link that we include in every direct marketing communication or by contacting us and requesting us to do so.

10.3 After you unsubscribe, we will not send you any direct marketing communications, but we will continue to contact you when necessary in connection with providing you with the services.

10.4 We will also send notifications of changes to our terms and conditions and policies (where necessary), updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages regarding our services.

11. USE OF COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

11.1 The Website may make use of “cookies” to automatically collect information and data through the standard operation of the Internet servers. “Cookies” are small text files a website can use to recognise repeat users, facilitate the user’s on-going access to and use of a website and allow a website to track usage behaviour and compile aggregate data that will allow the website operator to improve the functionality of the website and its content, and to display more focused advertising to a user by way of third-party tools.

11.2 The types of information that may be collected through the use of cookies includes: browser software used; IP address; date and time of activities while visiting our website; URL’s of internal pages visited; and referrers. This type of information is not used to personally identify you. 

11.3 If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature. Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject only third party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.  Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of the Pumpkin website as cookies may be necessary to provide you with certain features available on our website. Thus, if you disable the cookies on your browser you may not be able to use those features, and your access to our website will therefore be limited. If you do not disable “cookies”, you are deemed to consent to our use of any personal information collected using those cookies, subject to the provisions of this Policy and the website’s other policies.

11.4 For more information on the exact Cookies and technical data used, please contact  info@pumpkn.io and we will gladly provide a full technical breakdown of these cookies and technical data.

12. DATA SECURITY AND HOW WE TREAT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

12.1 We will ensure that all of our employees, consultants, service providers and partners who have access to your personal information are bound by appropriate and legally binding confidentiality obligations and process your personal information at standards equal to or higher than Pumpkin’s in relation to your personal information.

12.2 We will:
12.2.1 treat your personal information as strictly confidential, apart from in instances where we are entitled to share it as set out in this Policy;
12.2.2 take appropriate technical, security and organisational measures to reasonably ensure, without guaranteeing due to the inherent insecurity of data transmission over the internet, that your personal information is kept secure and is protected against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage, alteration, disclosure or access, including only providing restricted access to those who need it when processing personal information. While we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any personal information you provide us, we will continue to maintain and improve these security measures over time in line with industry best practices and legal/ technological developments;
12.2.3 provide you with reasonable access to your personal information to view and/or update personal details;
12.2.4 promptly notify you if we become aware of any unauthorised use, disclosure or processing of your personal information;
12.2.5 provide you with reasonable evidence of our compliance with our obligations under this Policy on reasonable notice and request; and
12.2.6
upon your request, promptly correct, transfer, return or erase any and all of your personal information in our possession or control, save for that which we are legally obliged or entitled to retain (acknowledging that the quality of service might be negatively impacted as well as some website functionality lost if certain personal information is amended or destroyed).

12.3 We will not retain your personal information longer than the period for which it was originally needed, unless we are required by law to do so, or you consent to us retaining such information for a longer period. In some circumstances, other Applicable Law or national legislation requires us to retain your data beyond your request for its deletion, or beyond your direct engagement with Pumpkin. As such, we may retain your personal information in adherence with compulsory instructions from other Applicable Law or national legislation, despite your application to have it deleted or amended.

12.4 Whilst we will do all things reasonably necessary to protect your rights of privacy, we also cannot guarantee or accept any liability whatsoever for unauthorised or unlawful disclosures of your personal information, whilst in our possession, made by third parties who are not subject to our control, unless such disclosure is as a result of our gross negligence or fraud.

12.5 If you disclose your personal information to a third party, Pumpkin shall not be liable for any loss or damage, how ever it arises, suffered by you as a result of the disclosure of such information to the third party. This is because we do not regulate or control how that third party uses your personal information. You should always ensure that you read the privacy policy of any third party.

13. YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

13.1 You are entitled to request access to any relevant personal information held by Pumpkin where such access is necessary for you to exercise and/or protect any of your rights. For any personal information held by any third-party responsible party, you must approach that responsible party for the realisation of your personal information rights with them, and not with Pumpkin.

13.2 Under POPIA, you have rights in relation to your personal information. Please contact us to find out more about these rights or enabling them. They include having the right to:

13.2.1 have your data processed in a fair, lawful and transparent way;
13.2.2 be informed about how your personal information is being used, as is covered in this Policy;
13.2.3 access personal information we hold about you;
13.2.4 require us to correct any mistakes in your personal information;
13.2.5 require us to delete personal information concerning you in certain situations where there is no good reason for us to continue to process it;
13.2.6 to request that we transfer your personal information to you or another service provider in a simple, structured format (data portability);
13.2.7 object at any time to the processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes;
13.2.8 object to automated decision making which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you;
13.2.9 object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information; and/or
13.2.10 restrict or temporarily stop our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

13.3 You will not normally have to pay a fee to access your personal information (or to exercise any of the other rights). That being said, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. We may also refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

13.4 We may need to request specific information or evidence from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

13.5 Users who are citizens from jurisdictions other than South Africa, please note that Pumpkin complies with all South African data protection laws when processing your personal information pursuant to the services as we are a South African business operating in South Africa. Should foreign law be applicable in any regard to your use of the services and/or the website in any way, including how we may process your personal information, please contact Pumpkin at  info@pumpkn.io and we will gladly engage you on its application and your rights.

13.6 Users acknowledge that any content provided by users on the website, including via a messaging system, if applicable, enters an open, public forum, and is not confidential, where the author of which will be liable for that content, and not Pumpkin.

13.7 Users understand that there are risks involved in sharing personal information. By disclosing personal information such as the user’s name and email address, users acknowledge and understand that this information may be collected and used by an authorised third party to communicate with you.

13.8 By accepting this Policy, you have opted-in to receive emails from Pumpkin, where your email address will be used to contact you from time to time and we may also use it for security reasons to confirm your identity.

13.9 You have the right to opt-out of receiving email communication by following the directions posted on an unsubscribe link, our email disclaimer or by emailing  info@pumpkn.io and asking to not be contacted from then on.

14. OUR RIGHTS RELATING TO PERSONAL INFORMATION

14.1 Pumpkin will disclose the user’s personally identifiable information if it reasonably believes that it is required to do so by law, regulation or other government authority or to protect the rights and property of Pumpkin or the public. Pumpkin may also co-operate with law enforcement in any official investigation and may disclose the user’s personally identifiable information to the relevant agency or authority in doing so.

14.2 Pumpkin also reserves the right to retain on our records information you have requested be removed from our active databases for certain purposes, such as to resolve disputes and enforce our Terms of Service. Please also note that information submitted to us by you may in some instances never be completely removed from our databases due to technical and legal constraints. You should therefore not expect that all of your personally identifiable information will be completely removed from our databases in response to any request you may submit.

14.3 Circumstances may arise where, whether for strategic or other business reasons, Pumpkin decides/is required to rebrand, restructure, sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize its business, including changing its name and/or the type of legal entity that it operates as. Should this occur, it will involve the disclosure of personal information to the new entity. Such eventualities may involve the disclosure of personal information for necessary and legitimate purposes. It is Pumpkin’s practice to seek reasonable protection for information in these types of arrangements and notify you prior to any disclosure of personal information. Such disclosure will also be subject to this Policy.

14.4 Pumpkin strives to keep the user’s personal information accurately recorded. Pumpkin will provide a user with the reasonable ability to review and correct it or ask for anonymization, blockage, transfer or deletion, as applicable, should it be so requested. Please contact info@pumpkn.io to engage Pumpkin on such actions or requests.

14.5 We also collect, use and share aggregated data or de-identified data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Such de-identified or aggregated data may be derived from your personal information but is not considered personal information in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal information so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal information which will be used in accordance with this Policy.

15. FEEDBACK / LODGING A COMPLAINT

15.1 If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or any part of our service, please contact us by e-mailing info@pumpkn.io. We will respond as soon as we can.  

15.2 If you have a complaint about our use of your information, please contact us directly so that we can address your complaint. We will respond to it as soon as we can.

15.3 We will report any security breach to the applicable regulatory authority in terms of Applicable Law and/or to the individuals or companies whose Personal Information is involved in the breach.

15.4 You also have the right to formally lodge a complaint in terms of POPIA as follows:

Applicable Law:

POPIA

Regulatory authority name: 

The Information Regulator

Contact details:

Website: www.inforegulator.org.za 

Address: JD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001

Email: inforeg@justice

16. LEGAL DISCLOSURE

16.1 Legal status: AG Digital Venture (Pty) Ltd (registration number: 2022 / 434429 / 07) (T/A  Pumpkn) is a private company with limited liability duly incorporated under the company laws of the Republic of South Africa. 

16.2 Main business of Pumpkin: AG-Digital Ventures (Pty) Ltd. t/a Pumpkn.io is a registered Credit Provider in terms of the National Credit Act. Pumpkn.io provides access to short-term business loans for SMEs, and facilitates access to a range of financial products through its lending partners.

16.3 Information Officer: Zaheer Dindar, zaheer@pumpkn.io

16.4 Email Address: compliance@pumpkn.io 

16.5 Website address: www.pumpkn.io

16.6 Registered Business Address: 

Office Suite 2.4, The Heritage Firestation, 16 Baker Street, Rosebank, Johannesburg

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AG-Digital Ventures (Pty) Ltd. t/a Pumpkn.io is a registered Credit Provider in terms of the National Credit Act

Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 19, 2023

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protectsYou.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalised have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Company (referred to as either "theCompany", "We", "Us" or "Our" in thisAgreement) refers to Pumpkn Inc. represented in South Africa by its fully-owned subsidiary Ag-Digital Ventures (Pty) Ltd, Network Space, Suite 8, 1 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Gauteng (RSA), 2196.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: Delaware, United States
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.
  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to pumpkn.io, accessible from https://pumpkn.io/
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province,ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Usage Data
Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device uniqueID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Information from Third-Party Social Media Services

The Company allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:

  • Google
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn

If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collectPersonal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social MediaService's account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities orYour contact list associated with that account.

You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through Your Third-Party Social MediaService's account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Free Privacy Policy website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganisation, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service, to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

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.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By email: info@pumpkn.io
  • By mail: Network Space, Suite 11, 1 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Gauteng (RSA), 2196