Online agreement

Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postal code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd does not read any of your private online communications.

Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd and Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd family of Web sites.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd collects and uses your personal information to operate the Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd and its affiliates. Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd, in order to determine what Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customised content and advertising within Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd, or the public.

USE OF COOKIES
The Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd Web site uses “cookies” to help you personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalise Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd pages, or register with the Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd site or services, a cookie helps Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd features that you customised.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd services or Web sites you visit.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd secures your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. Should personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd is protecting your information.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Mother Bear (Pty) Ltd at info@vics.co.za. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

SERVICE CONTACT:
info@motherbear.co.za
webadmin@motherbear.co.za