Privacy Policy, last updated: 25 September, 2025
Who we are
Privacy Policy, Magnacoat Painters (“we”, “our”, or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. Our website address is: http://magnacoat.co.za. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights.
Privacy Policy, what personal data we collect and why we collect it
We may collect and process the following information:
- Contact details: when you complete our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
- Analytics data: we use Goofle Analytics 4 to collect non-identifying information such as IP address, device type, browser, and pages visited. This helps us understand how our website is used.
- Technical data: including cookies and similar technologies for functionality and performance monitoring.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to enquiries and provide our services.
- Improve our website performance and user experience.
- Monitor website traffic and usage trends.
- Comply with any legal or regulatory requirements.
How long we retain your data for privacy policy
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law. When you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. We do not include any data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Google protects this site with reCAPTCHA and its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal data. We may share limited information with:
- Service providers who support our website (e.g hosting provider, analytics tools).
- Legal or regulatory authorities if required by law.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Private Policy or how we handle your data, please contact:
Magnacoat Painters
info@magnacoat.co.za