Privacy Policy

1Who is responsible

StanleyBytes is a web design and digital services business in Randburg, South Africa.

In these pages, "we", "us" and "our" mean StanleyBytes. "You" and "your" mean the person or business that uses our services or this website.

Contact us: WhatsApp on +27 65 301 1949, or email support@stanleybytes.co.za.

For privacy questions, contact Stanley, founder of StanleyBytes, using the details above.

2What we collect

We collect only what we need. This can include:

• Contact details: your name, phone number, email address and business name.
• Enquiry details: what you tell us about your business and what you need, through our contact form, WhatsApp, email or phone.
• Project information: logos, photos, business information and logins you give us so we can do the work.
• Payment records: invoices and proof of payment. We do not store your card details.
• Basic technical data: your browser and device type and your IP address, which our website host and the services we use may record when you visit.

3How we use it

We use personal information to:

• Reply to your enquiry and give you a quote.
• Do the work you asked for and keep you updated.
• Send invoices and keep our business records.
• Keep this website and our systems safe.
• Meet our legal duties.

We only use your information for the purpose you gave it to us, or for a closely related purpose.

4Our contact form and messages

When you send the contact form, the details you enter are sent to us through Formspree, a form service. Formspree processes the message on our behalf and passes it to us. Please do not put sensitive information in the form.

If you contact us on WhatsApp, WhatsApp (Meta) processes the messages under its own privacy policy. We keep the messages so we can help you and remember what we agreed.

5Who we share it with

We do not sell your information. We only share it when we need to, with:

• Service providers who help us run our business, such as our website host, Formspree, email and messaging providers.
• Platforms we work with for you, such as Google, Facebook and Instagram, when we update your profiles or pages.
• Domain and hosting providers, when we set up or look after your website.
• Authorities or other parties, where the law says we must.

Some of these providers are outside South Africa. We try to use providers that protect information properly.

6Cookies and analytics

This website does not set tracking or advertising cookies of its own, and we do not currently use analytics. Our website loads fonts from Google Fonts, so Google may receive your IP address when a page loads. Links to other sites, such as Google, WhatsApp or our clients' websites, are covered by those sites' own policies.

If we add analytics later, we will update this policy.

7How long we keep it and how we protect it

We keep information for as long as we need it to do the work, keep our records and meet legal duties. Then we delete it or make it anonymous.

We use reasonable safeguards to protect information, such as password protection and limiting who can see it. No system is completely safe, and we cannot promise that information will never be accessed without permission. If we learn of a serious breach that affects you, we will tell you and the Information Regulator as the law requires.

8Your rights

You can ask us to:

• Tell you what personal information we hold about you.
• Correct information that is wrong or out of date.
• Delete information we no longer need.
• Stop using your information in a certain way.

Contact us using the details above. We may need to check who you are first. If you are not happy with how we handled your information, you can complain to the Information Regulator of South Africa.

9Marketing and children

We only send you marketing messages if you asked for them or if you are an existing customer, and you can ask us to stop at any time. This website and our services are for businesses and are not aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

10Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it was last changed. The latest version is always on this page.