Privacy policy
Who we are
This website, simonesegalfund.co.za, is run by the Segal family in memory of Simone Segal. When this policy says "we" or "us", it means the family.
The Simone Segal Higher Education Endowment Fund itself is administered by the University of the Witwatersrand Foundation, a registered Public Benefit Organisation. This policy covers the website only.
You can reach us at [fund email].
What we collect when you visit
We don't ask you for any personal information on this site. There are no forms to fill in and no accounts to create.
Visitor stats. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to see roughly how many people visit and which pages they read. It doesn't use cookies and doesn't follow you to other websites. It records general details like the page you viewed, the site that sent you here, your type of browser and device, and your country. We can't use it to tell who you are.
Hosting. The site is hosted by Vercel. Like most web hosts, Vercel keeps short-term technical logs, which can include your IP address, to keep the site running and secure.
No cookies. We don't use cookies, so you won't see a cookie banner.
If you email us
If you write to [fund email], we'll see your name, email address and whatever you include in your message. We use it only to reply to you. We won't add you to any mailing list unless you ask us to.
Contributions
Donations don't pass through this website.
- Online: the Contribute button takes you to the University of the Witwatersrand's online giving page. Your payment details go to them, under their own privacy policy. We never see your card details.
- Bank transfer: transfers go into the Fund's account, administered by the Wits Foundation. They see the name you use as your payment reference so they can match your gift.
- Section 18A receipts are issued by the Wits Foundation. They may ask you for the details they need to issue one.
- Updates: we may send occasional news about the Fund and the students it supports to people who have contributed. If you'd rather not hear from us, just say so and we'll stop.
Who we share it with
We don't sell, rent or trade your information. We only share it with the Wits Foundation when that's needed to process a contribution or issue a receipt, or if the law requires us to.
Vercel and Cloudflare are international companies, so technical logs and visitor stats may be processed on servers outside South Africa. Both have their own privacy and security safeguards.
How long we keep it
We keep emails only as long as we need them to reply to you or keep a record of contributions. After that, we delete them. Visitor stats are anonymous totals and can't be traced back to you.
We take reasonable care to keep what we hold safe, for example by protecting our accounts with strong passwords.
Your rights
Under South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), you can ask us:
- what personal information we hold about you
- to correct it or delete it
- to stop using it, for example to stop sending you updates
Email [fund email] and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, you can complain to the Information Regulator at inforegulator.org.za or enquiries@inforegulator.org.za.
Other websites
This site links to other websites, like the payment page and the University of the Witwatersrand. Once you leave our site, their privacy policies apply.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update this page and the date below.
Last updated: [date at launch]