Wedding Guide – Privacy Policy

Last updated: 17 February 2026

BRUIDSGIDS WEBSITE PRIVACY STATEMENT – effective date 20 September 2023
THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT FORMS PART OF BRUIDSGIDS GENERAL TERMS AND
CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY TERM OF THIS PRIVACY
STATEMENT, YOU MUST CEASE YOUR ACCESS OF THIS WEBSITE IMMEDIATELY.

1. Definitions and Interpretation
1.1. “Bruidsgids” means Bruidsgids (Pty) Ltd.
1.2. “Personal Information” means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural
person and where it is applicable, identifiable, existing juristic person, including all
information as defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013.
1.3. “Processing” means the creation, generation, communication, storage, destruction of
personal information as more fully defined in the Protection of Personal Information
Act 4 of 2013.
1.4. “You” or the “user” means any person who accesses and browses this website for
any purpose.
1.5. “Website” means the website of Bruidsgids at URL https://weddingguide.co.za/ or
such other URL as Bruidsgids may choose from time to time.

2. Status and Amendments
2.1. BRUIDSGIDS respects your privacy. This privacy policy statement sets out
BRUIDSGIDS’s information gathering and dissemination practices in respect of the
website.
2.2. This Privacy Policy governs the processing of personal information provided to
BRUIDSGIDS through your use of the website.
2.3. Please note that, due to legal and other developments, BRUIDSGIDS may amend
these terms and conditions from time to time. The version of the terms and conditions
effective for this Privacy Policy are indicated by the effective date incorporated in the
title of this Privacy Policy. It is your duty to remain appraised of the current version of
this Privacy Policy. The date indicated in the heading of this Privacy Policy is the
effective date that governs the browsing and use of this Privacy Policy from that date
until the next revision of this Privacy Policy becomes effective.
2.4. By continuing to browse or use this Privacy Statement after a revised Privacy Policy
becomes effective constitutes your agreement to observe this Privacy Policy as may
be revised.

3. Processing of Personal Information
3.1. By providing your personal information to BRUIDSGIDS you acknowledge that it has
been collected directly from you and consent to its processing by BRUIDSGIDS.
3.2. Where you submit Personal Information (such as name, address, telephone number
and email address) via the website (e.g. through completing any online form) the
following principles are observed in the processing of that information:
3.2.1. BRUIDSGIDS will only collect personal information for a purpose consistent with the
purpose for which it is required. The specific purpose for which information is
collected will be apparent from the context in which it is requested.
3.2.2. BRUIDSGIDS will only process personal information in a manner that is adequate,
relevant and not excessive in the context of the purpose for which it is processed.
3.2.3. Personal information will only be processed for a purpose compatible with that for
which it was collected, unless you have agreed to an alternative purpose in writing or
BRUIDSGIDS is permitted in terms of national legislation of general application
dealing primarily with the protection of personal information.
3.2.4. BRUIDSGIDS will keep records of all personal information collected and the specific
purpose for which it was collected for a period of 1 (one) year from the date on which
it was last used.
3.2.5. BRUIDSGIDS will not disclose any personal information relating to you to any third
party unless your prior written agreement is obtained or BRUIDSGIDS is required to
do so by law.
3.2.6. If personal information is released with your consent BRUIDSGIDS will retain a
record of the information released, the third party to which it was released, the
reason for the release and the date of release, for a period of 1 (one) year from the
date on which it was last used.
3.2.7. BRUIDSGIDS will destroy or delete any personal information that is no longer
needed by BRUIDSGIDS for the purpose it was initially collected, or subsequently
processed.
3.3. Note that, as permitted by the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of
2002, BRUIDSGIDS may use personal information collected to compile profiles for
statistical purposes. No information contained in the profiles or statistics will be able
to be linked to any specific user.

4. Collection of anonymous data
4.1. BRUIDSGIDS may use standard technology to collect information about the use of
this website. This technology is not able to identify individual users but simply allows
the BRUIDSGIDS to collect statistics.
4.2. BRUIDSGIDS may utilise temporary or session cookies to keep track of users’
browsing habits. A cookie is a small file that is placed on your hard drive in order to
keep a record of your interaction with this website and facilitate user convenience.
4.2.1. Cookies by themselves will not be used to identify users personally but may be used
to compile identified statistics relating to use of services offered or to provide
BRUIDSGIDS with feedback on the performance of this website.
4.2.2. The following classes of information may be collected in respect of users who have
enabled cookies:
4.2.2.1. The browser software used;
4.2.2.2. IP address;
4.2.2.3. date and time of activities while visiting the website;
4.2.2.4. URLs of internal pages visited; and
4.2.2.5. referrers.
4.3. If you do not wish cookies to be employed to customise your interaction with this
website it is possible to alter the manner in which your browser handles cookies.
Please note that, if this is done, certain services on this website may not be available.

5. Security
5.1. BRUIDSGIDS takes reasonable measures to ensure the security and integrity of
information submitted to or collected by this website, but cannot under any
circumstances be held liable for any loss or other damage sustained by you as a
result of unlawful access to or dissemination of any personal information by a third
party.

6. Links to other websites
6.1. BRUIDSGIDS has no control over and accepts no responsibility for the privacy
practices of any third party websites to which hyperlinks may have been provided
and BRUIDSGIDS strongly recommends that you review the privacy policy of any
website you visit before using it further.

7. Queries
7.1. If you have any queries about this privacy policy please contact us by emailing
admin@bruidsgids.co.za