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Last updated: 18 December 2025

At The Daily Scatter (accessible at https://dailyscatter.co.za), your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy document explains the types of information that are collected and recorded by The Daily Scatter and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, please contact us via the website.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information from users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:

When you subscribe to our newsletter
When you leave comments on blog posts
When you contact us through forms or email
When you voluntarily provide information

The personal information we may collect includes:

Name and surname
Email address
Any information you voluntarily provide in messages or comments

You can visit The Daily Scatter anonymously. Personal information is only collected when you voluntarily submit it.

2. How We Use Your Information

The Daily Scatter may use collected information for the following purposes:

To operate and maintain the website
To improve website content and user experience
To communicate with users, including responding to enquiries
To send newsletters or updates (only if you have opted in)
To monitor and analyse usage trends
To prevent fraud and ensure website security

3. Log Files

The Daily Scatter follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. The information collected by log files may include:

Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
Browser type
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Date and time stamp
Referring/exit pages
Number of clicks

These data are not linked to any personally identifiable information and are used solely for analysing trends, administering the site, and gathering demographic information.

4. Cookies and Web Beacons

The Daily Scatter uses cookies to:

Store visitor preferences
Optimise user experience by customising content based on visitors’ browser type or other information

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management can be found on your browser’s website.

5. Third-Party Privacy Policies

The Daily Scatter’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. We advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of third-party ad servers or websites for more detailed information about their practices and instructions on how to opt out of certain options.

Third-party services used on this site may include:

Analytics tools (such as Google Analytics)
Advertising or affiliate platforms

These third parties may use cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons in their respective ads and links that appear on Daily Scatter.

6. Advertising Partners

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons. Each of our advertising partners has its own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data.

7. Data Protection Rights (GDPR & POPIA)

Depending on your location, you may have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update, or delete the personal information we have on you
The right to object to processing of your personal data
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent at any time

South African users are protected under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the website.

8. Children’s Information

The Daily Scatter does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child has provided personal information on this website, please contact us immediately and we will do our best to promptly remove such information.