Privacy policy

When you read the site: we use Google Analytics to understand page visits and site performance. If you have not accepted analytics cookies, Google still receives limited cookieless measurement signals, which can include page and event measurements, consent state and technical request information. Google Analytics does not read or write analytics cookies while analytics storage is denied. If you accept, analytics cookies can be used to measure visits and activity across pages.

When you contact us or subscribe: your email address, your name if you give it, and whatever you choose to tell us.

Search: the site's search runs in your browser. Your searches are not sent to us.

Google's tag loads with analytics and advertising storage denied until your choice is known. If you decline, Google may still receive limited cookieless measurement signals for aggregate or modelled reporting, but Google Analytics does not read or write analytics cookies. If you accept, analytics storage is enabled and Google Analytics may use analytics cookies. Advertising storage, advertising user data and ad personalisation remain denied because this choice covers analytics only. You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. See our cookie policy for details.

To run and improve the site, to reply to you, and to send the emails you asked for. We don't sell your personal information, and we don't share it with anyone except the service providers that help us run the site, such as our analytics and email providers, under their own privacy terms.

When you follow a link to a company we write about, you leave mashjoy.com and their privacy policy applies. Some of these links are affiliate links; the company may record that you came from us so that it can pay us a commission.

Only as long as we need it for the reason it was collected. If you unsubscribe from our emails, we remove your address from the list.

Under POPIA you can ask what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, object to us using it, and withdraw your consent to emails at any time. Write to privacy@mashjoy.com. If you're not happy with our response, you can complain to the Information Regulator of South Africa at inforegulator.org.za.

Our Information Officer is our founder, Lucky Mashudu. Contact: privacy@mashjoy.com.

We'll update this page if the way we handle personal information changes, and the date at the top will change with it.