Privacy Policy
Effective date: December 15, 2025
News Afrika values your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how News Afrika and News Afrika (Pty) Ltd collect, use, store, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit our website, contact us, subscribe to our newsletters, submit information to us, or otherwise interact with our services.
By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
News Afrika is operated by News Afrika (Pty) Ltd, a private company registered in South Africa.
Company Name: News Afrika (Pty) Ltd
Registration Number: 2026/245624/07
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of information:
a) Information you provide directly
- your name
- email address
- phone number
- contact details
- information you include in messages, forms, tips, corrections requests, applications, or submissions
- newsletter subscription details
- information submitted for advertising, partnerships, or business enquiries
b) Information collected automatically
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:
- IP address
- browser type and version
- device information
- operating system
- pages viewed
- time spent on pages
- referring URLs
- approximate location data
- usage and interaction data
- cookie identifiers and similar tracking information
c) Information from third parties
We may receive information from analytics providers, advertising partners, social media platforms, embedded content providers, and technical service providers.
3. How We Use Information
We may use your information to:
- provide, operate, and improve our website and services
- respond to enquiries, corrections requests, and feedback
- send newsletters or updates you subscribed to
- detect, prevent, or investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents
- analyse traffic, audience behaviour, and site performance
- manage advertising, sponsorships, and business relationships
- comply with legal obligations
- enforce our policies, terms, and rights
- protect our business, users, journalists, and contributors
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- keep the website functioning properly
- remember user preferences
- understand how visitors use our site
- measure performance and analytics
- support advertising and monetisation, where applicable
- help detect security issues and prevent abuse
For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.
5. Advertising and Analytics
We may use third-party analytics and advertising services, including services that use cookies, pixels, identifiers, and similar technologies.
These tools may collect information about your device, browsing behaviour, and interactions with our website in order to:
- measure audience engagement
- improve content and performance
- deliver and manage advertising
- prevent invalid traffic and abuse
- comply with advertiser and platform requirements
Third-party providers may process data according to their own privacy policies.
12. Your Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to:
- request access to personal information we hold about you
- request correction of inaccurate information
- object to certain processing
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- request deletion, subject to legal and operational limits
- complain to a relevant regulator or authority
To make a privacy-related request, contact: privacy@newsafrika.com
