This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains the what, how, and why of the information we collect when you use our website and related services. It also explains the specific ways we use and disclose that information. This Privacy Policy only applies to the websites of Best Bars South Africa, and not to any third party website accessible from here.

This Privacy Policy applies to information relating to identifiable individuals in terms of the Personal Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“POPI Act”).

We hold the personal information (“Personal Data”) necessary to provide the service provided on our website, namely to list establishments, and to allow users to view bars information and contact bars directly.

We only hold Personal Data for as long as necessary. Once this Personal Data is no longer needed it is deleted from our files.

For administrative reasons email subscription data is passed to and stored securely with a third party service, please view their privacy policy here.

We regularly email news and information updates to those customers who have specifically subscribed to our email service.

We never sell, rent or exchange mailing lists.

We may however share commercial and technical data with our partners where a customer has accessed and used our website. This data would not be personal data but would be anonymised [for example the kind of data you see in “Google Analytics”].

We never send bulk unsolicited emails, (popularly known as Spam) to email addresses.

We may send emails to existing customers or prospective customers who have enquired or registered with us, regarding products or services directly provided by us.

All emails sent by us will be clearly marked as originating from us. All such emails will also include clear instructions on how to unsubscribe from our email service and any future emails. Such instructions will either include a link to a page to unsubscribe or a valid email address to which you should reply, with “unsubscribe” as the email subject heading.

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and your continued use of the website is acceptance of such changes, so please check our Privacy Policy regularly for updates.