Privacy Policy | CostOfOwnership.co.za

At CostOfOwnership.co.za, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you when you use our calculator, including:

• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and calculator.
• Calculation Data: The vehicle and financial information you input into our calculator (this data is not stored unless you choose to save it).

2. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data to:

• Provide and improve our calculator service
• Understand how our website is used to improve user experience
• Troubleshoot technical issues
• Comply with legal or regulatory requirements

3. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way. We do not store your calculation data unless you explicitly choose to save it.

4. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

5. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Withdraw consent

6. Third-Party Links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@costofownership.co.za

This privacy policy was last updated and is effective as of [Insert Date].