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USB Online Privacy and Security Notice

Your right to privacy and security is very important to us. USB and its subsidiaries, (USB, we, us, our) treat personal information as private and confidential. This Online Privacy and Security Notice applies to personal information we obtain through this website (“www.uniquespeakerbureauinternational.com”) and describes the types of personal information we obtain through the Site; how we may use the information; with whom we may share it and the choices you may have regarding our use of the information. We also describe the measures we take to safeguard the information and tell you how to contact us about our privacy practices.

How we collect and use personal information:

We collect personal information for the purposes set out in this notice or otherwise communicated to you.  We collect personal information directly from you when:

• you purchase our products/services, contact us directly or provide information through this Site.
• respond to and communicate with you about your requests, questions and comments;
• operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new products and services; managing our communications; determining the effectiveness of our sales, marketing and advertising; analysing and enhancing our products, services and Site; and performing accounting, auditing, billing, reconciliation and collection activities);
• perform data analyses and other processing (including market and consumer research, trend analysis, financial analysis, anonymization, encryption and tokenization of personal information);
• operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new services; enhancing and improving our services; analysing our services; managing our communications; performing data analytics and market research; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions);
• protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims and other liabilities; and
• comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies.

In addition, we use information collected online through cookies, web beacons and other automated means for purposes such as

• customizing our users’ visits to our Site,
• delivering content (including advertising) tailored to our users’ interests and the way our users browse our Site, and
• managing our business.

We also use this information to help diagnose technical and service problems, administer our Site, identify users of our Site, and gather demographic information about our users. We use Google Analytics data to determine how much time users spend on web pages of our Site, how users navigate through our Site, and how we may tailor our Site to better meet the needs of our users.

We also may use the information we obtain about you in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

We may use third-party web analytics services on our Site, such as those of Google Analytics. The analytics providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons to help us analyse how visitors use the Site. The information collected through these means (including IP address) is disclosed to these analytics providers, who use the information to evaluate use of the Site. To learn more about Google Analytics and how to opt out, please visit www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

Without your personal information, we may not be able to provide or continue to provide you with the products or services that you need.

Sharing of Information

We do not sell or otherwise share personal information about you, except as described in this Online Privacy Notice. We share personal information with third parties who perform services on our behalf. These third parties are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. We also share the personal information we obtain with our affiliates and subsidiaries for the purposes described in the section of this Online Privacy Notice called “How we collect and use personal information.”

In addition, we may disclose information about you

• if we are required to do so by law or legal process,
• to law enforcement authorities or other government officials based on a lawful disclosure request, or
• when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity. We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution or liquidation).

Transfer across borders

Sometimes we will process your personal information in other countries, either to carry out your instructions or for ordinary business purposes. These countries may not have the same level of protection. We will only process your personal information with your consent. If necessary, we will ask the party to whom we transfer your personal information to agree to our privacy principles, associated policies and practices.

Storage

We store personal information as required by law.

Marketing

If you give us permission, we may use your personal or other information to tell you about products, services and special offers from us or other companies that may interest you. We offer you certain choices about how we communicate with you and what information we collect from you. To update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists or submit a request, please contact us as indicated in the Contact Us section of this Online Privacy Notice.

Third parties and other website links

We ask other organisations to provide support services to us. When we do this, they have to agree to our privacy policies if they need access to any personal information to carry out their services.

Our website may also contain links to or from other websites. We try to link only to websites that also have high standards and respect for privacy, but we are not responsible for their security and privacy practices or their content. We recommend that you always read the privacy and security notices on these websites.

How We Protect Personal Information

We are committed and obliged to implement all reasonable controls to safeguard access to your personal information.  We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use.

Where third parties are required to process your personal information in relation to the purposes set out in this notice and for other legal requirements, we ensure that they are contractually bound to apply the appropriate security practices.

All use of our website and transactions through it are protected by encryption in line with international standards.

We may share with or receive personal information from parties as set out above, where these parties reside outside of the Republic of South Africa.

Your right to access information

You have the right to request access to the personal information we process about you. You may exercise this right by following the Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) manual, available on our Site.

If you have any questions regarding this, please get in touch with us through our https://uniquespeakerbureau.com/contact-us

Personal use of emails and notice about checking on emails

Our communication and information systems are for business use. However, we realise that our employees occasionally use our systems for personal use. Personal use includes sending or receiving personal emails within or outside Brand Spanking Marketing. We do not accept responsibility for the contents of personal emails sent by our employees using our systems. Please note that we may intercept, check on and delete any communications created, stored, sent, or received using our systems, according to any law that applies.

Updates To Our Online Privacy Notice

This Online Privacy Notice will be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post a prominent notice on our Site to notify you of any significant changes to our Online Privacy Notice and indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated.

USB Information Office

Our Information Officer can be contacted on the following email address : paul@uniquespeakerbureau.com

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