This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit tank.co.za or engage with digital marketing content.

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

When you visit the tank.co.za, data about your device, browser, IP address, time zone and some of the cookies that are installed on your device are automatically collected. Additionally, as you browse tank.co.za, information is collected about the individual pages that you view, what sites or search terms referred you to tank.co.za, and information about how you interact with tank.co.za. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”.

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

  • “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

  • “Log files” track actions occurring on tank.co.za, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

  • “beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse tank.co.za.

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Demographic Information.

HOW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION USED

We use the information collected to:

  • Communicate with you

  • Build segmented data based on specific demographical information which can include your age, gender and location (if available)

  • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to my services.

We use the Device Information collected to help screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimise tank.co.za site (for example, by generating analytics about how customers browse and interact with tank.co.za, and to assess the success of marketing and advertising campaigns).

We will also use your information for marketing and retargeting purposes, as well as to create lookalike audiences for future marketing purposes. 

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use SquareSpace. You can view SqaureSpace’s policy here. This policy may or may not be applicable based on the campaign and data capturing methods applied.

We use Google Analytics to help understand how customers use tank.co.za — you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information received, or to otherwise protect our rights.

BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

– Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

– Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

– Email Marketing: email info@tank.co.za with the subject “Unsubscribe Me”

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at http://optout.aboutads.info/.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

YOUR RIGHTS

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information is corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident, we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you, or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred globally to our various reputed and credible third-party service providers. These service providers, as required by law, maintain the highest data security practices and have been highlighted above.

DATA RETENTION

Collected data remains available in secure applications protected using credible security software. This data shall be removed by contacting us using the details provided below.

HOW YOUR DATA IS PROTECTED

All data and sensitive information is accessed using double authentication and is accessed through a secured private network.

CHANGES

Tank Industries may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

GET IN TOUCH

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by using the contact page at https://www.tank.co.za/contact.