Privacy and Cookies Policy

YO Coffeetech respects your privacy and wants you to understand how he collects, uses and shares data about you. This Privacy & Cookies Policy covers his data collection practices and describes your rights to access, correct, or restrict his use of your personal data.

Unless he links to a different policy or state otherwise, this Privacy & Cookies Policy applies when you visit or use the yocoffeetech.co.za website, mobile applications, APIs or related services (the “Services”).

By using the Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy & Cookies Policy. You shouldn’t use the Services if you don’t agree with this Privacy & Cookies Policy or any other agreement that governs your use of the Services.

Your privacy is very important to YO Coffeetech. yocoffeetech.co.za strives to offer its visitors the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide an interactive and personalized experience.

This Privacy and Cookies Policy has been created to demonstrate YO Coffeetech's firm commitment to your privacy and security whilst using the Internet. He will never sell, barter or rent your email address to any unauthorized third party. Period. He requests that you read this Privacy & Cookies Policy carefully.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that YO Coffeetech stores about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

YO Coffeetech uses cookies for the following purposes:

YO Coffeetech uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of his website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to the website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google’s privacy policy is available at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version.

Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including this website. Some features of the website may cease to be available to you.

If you leave a comment on the website you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit the login page, YO Coffeetech will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, he will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you logout of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

How YO Coffeetech gathers information from users

How YO Coffeetech collects and stores information depends on the page you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate and the services provided. For example, you may be asked to provide information when you register for access to certain portions of his website or request certain features, such as advertising, newsletters or when you make a purchase.

You may provide information when you participate in contests, message boards and chat rooms and other interactive areas of his site.

Like most websites, yocoffeetech.co.za also collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools that may be transparent to its visitors. For example, it may log the name of your Internet Service Provider or may control the number of times you encounter a particular advertisement while visiting its website. As YO Coffeetech adopts additional technology, he may also gather information through other means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide him with information, for example by setting your browser to refuse to accept cookies, but if you do, you may be unable to access certain portions of the website or may be asked to re-enter your user name and password, and he may not be able to customize the website’s features according to your preferences.

IP Addresses

IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by YO Coffeetech's web server as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic data” so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.

Email Information

If you choose to correspond with YO Coffeetech through email, he may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and his responses. He provides the same protections for these electronic communications that he employs in the maintenance of information received online, mail and telephone. This also applies when you register for his website, sign up through any of his forms using your email address or make a purchase on this website. For further information see the email policies below.

What YO Coffeetech does with the information he collects

Like other Web publishers, YO Coffeetch collects information to enhance your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising. He respects your privacy and does not share your information with anyone. Aggregated Information (information that does not personally identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, he may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information obtained from other users to help enhance his website and services (e.g. to learn which pages are visited most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information may occasionally be shared with his advertisers and business partners. Again, this information does not include any Personally Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to identify you individually.

He may use Personally Identifiable Information collected on yocoffeetech.co.za to communicate with you about your registration and customization preferences; his Terms and Conditions and Privacy and Cookies Policy; services and products offered by yocoffeetech.co.za and other topics we think you might find of interest.

Personally Identifiable Information collected by yocoffeetech.co.za may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited to website administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce transactions, administration of contests, and other communications with you. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of this website (its Web hosting service for example) may access such information. YO Coffeetech will use your information only as permitted by law. In addition, from time to time as he continues to develop his business, he may sell, buy, merge or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. He may also disclose your information in response to a court order, at other times when he believes he is reasonably required to do so by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you may owe to him, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever he deems it appropriate or necessary. Please note he may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.

Restricted Access

Your access to parts of this website may be protected by a user name and a password. Do not give your password to anyone. If you enter a section of this website that requires a password, you should log out when you leave. As a safety precaution, you should also close out of your web browser completely and re-open it before viewing other parts of the Internet.

Email Policies

YO Coffeetech may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to him. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, leave a comment, or enter a promotion. He will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to him. 

If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”

Comment, Registration or Account Data

As you use the website, YO Coffeetech collects other data that you provide voluntarily. For example, if you leave a comment, the website will record your name as provided, collects the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. You are welcome to use a nick-name instead, if you would rather not have your name published in conjunction with the comment.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

He may also collect information about you through other voluntary methods, including research surveys. 

He may use your personally-identifying information for a variety of his internal business purposes, such as creating a better user experience for the website, diagnosing and troubleshooting malfunctions on the website, better understanding how the website is used, and making personalized recommendations to you.

If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”

How Long Does YO Coffeetech Retain Your Data?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so he can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on this website (if any), he also stores the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this website, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data held about you, including any data you have provided to YO Coffeetech. You can also request that he erase any personal data he holds about you. This does not include any data he is obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Media

If you upload images to this website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Additional Rights of EEA (European Economic Area) Residents

If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:

If you believe that YO Coffeetech's processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to YO Coffeetech via his contact form.

CAN-SPAM Compliance

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all e-mail sent from YO Coffeetech will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all e-mail messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from his mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communication from him.

Choice/Opt-Out

This website provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from YO Coffeetech and his partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any e-mail they receive from YO Coffeetech at anytime.

Users who no longer wish to receive YO Coffeetech's newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the e-mail.

Affiliated Sites, Linked Sites and Advertisements

YO Coffeetech expects his partners, advertisers and affiliates to respect the privacy of his users. Be aware, however, that third parties, including his partners, advertisers, affiliates and other content providers, accessible through this website, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during your visit to this website you may link to, or view as part of a frame on a yocoffeetech.co.za page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Also, through yocoffeetech.co.za you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information, websites, features, or contests offered by other parties. yocoffeetech.co.za is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing information on a feature or page operated by a third party.

While on this website, its advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve information about you. For example, some of YO Coffeetech's advertising is served by third parties and may include cookies that enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before. Other features available on this website may offer services operated by third parties and may use cookies or other technology to gather information. yocoffeetech.co.za does not control the use of this technology by third parties or the resulting information, and is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.

You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose Personally Identifiable Information on message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without YO Coffeetech's knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of yocoffeetech.co.za and this policy.

Children

yocoffeetech.co.za does not knowingly collect or solicit Personally Identifiable Information from or about children under 13 except as permitted by law. If YO Coffeetech discovers he has received any information from a child under 13 in violation of this policy, he will delete that information immediately. If you believe yocoffeetech.co.za has any information from or about anyone under 13, please contact YO Coffeetech at the address listed below.

Here are a few tips to help make a child’s online experience safer:

Intellectual Property Rights

All copyrights, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights in and on this website and all content and software located on this website shall remain the sole property of YO Coffeetech or his licensors. The use of his trademarks, content and intellectual property is forbidden without the express written consent from YO Coffeetech.

You must not:

Acceptable Use:

You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else's use and enjoyment of this website. Prohibited behavior includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any other user, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within this website.

You must not use this website to send unsolicited commercial communications. You must not use the content on this website for any marketing related purpose without YO Coffeetech's express written consent.

Use of Testimonials

In accordance to with the FTC guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising, please be aware of the following:

Testimonials that appear on this website are actually received via text, audio or video submission. They are individual experiences, reflecting real life experiences of those who have used YO Coffeetech's products and/or services in some way. They are individual results and results do vary. He does not claim that they are typical results. The testimonials are not necessarily representative of all of those who will use his products and/or services.

The testimonials displayed in any form on this website (text, audio, video or other) are reproduced verbatim, except for correction of grammatical or typing errors. Some may have been shortened. In other words, not the whole message received by the testimonial writer is displayed when it seems too lengthy or not the whole statement seems relevant for the general public.

Yo Coffeetech is not responsible for any of the opinions or comments posted on yocoffeetech.co.za nor a forum for testimonials. However,  yocoffeetech.co.za provides testimonials as a means for customers to share their experiences with one another. To protect against abuse, all testimonials appear after they have been reviewed by YO Coffeetech . YO Coffeetech does not share the opinions, views or commentary of any testimonials on yocoffeetech.co.za - the opinions are strictly the views of the testimonial source.

How Does YO Coffeetech Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?

Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, YO Coffeetech requests that you do not send private information to him by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on this website may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.

YO Coffeetech may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of this website, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

For website security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, YO Coffeetech uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

YO Coffeetech makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the accuracy, currency or completeness of the content contained on this website or any websites linked to this website.

All the materials on this website are provided 'as is' without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of merchantability, non-infringement of intellectual property or fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall YO Coffeetech or its agents or associates be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, injury or death) arising out of the use of or inability to use the materials, even if YO Coffeetech has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.