Privacy Policy

The policies and practices in the Privacy Policy below are applicable to the website located at www.amalicities.africa only. They do not apply to information that you may submit to us offline or to websites maintained by other companies or organisations to which we may link.

By visiting www.amalicities.africa you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the website.

AMALI collects personal information, voluntarily submitted by visitors to the website, which enables us to respond to requests for more information or assistance. AMALI adheres to the highest standards of ethical practices in all of our operations and is dedicated to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our website. Except as disclosed below, we don’t sell, barter, give away, rent, or permit anyone outside of Big Win Philanthropy or the African Centre for Cities to use your personal information.

We occasionally use third-party agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and partners to perform functions such as marketing, communications evaluation, analytics, etc., on our behalf. These entities have access to the personal information in so far as it is needed to perform their functions and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of any personal information collected from the website. They are restricted from using, selling, distributing, or altering this data in any way other than to provide the requested services to the website.

We may also use or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or the website; (b) protect and defend our rights or property, the website or our users, and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of us, our affiliates, grantees, agents, or the users of the website or the public.

AMALI may also from time to time collect anonymous information to help us tailor the website to the interests and concerns of our visitors. We use “cookies” to help us understand which parts of our website are the most popular, where our visitors are going, and how much time they spend there. A “cookie” is a small file of letters and numbers and contains information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. The information that is gathered through cookies is used solely to assist in improving website design and function in furtherance of our charitable purposes. Our website is functional without the retention of cookies. You may elect to block cookies from this site through your browser settings.

This website may contain links to sites operated by third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy do not apply to information gathered by or through these other websites.

The website is published in South Africa and is subject to the laws of South Africa. If you are located in a country outside South Africa and voluntarily submit personal information to us, you thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided in this Privacy Policy and to the transfer of that information to, and/or storage of that information in South Africa. AMALI shall not be liable under any circumstances for damages resulting from the use of information collected from visitors to the site.

Text, photos, graphics, and other materials found on this website are the property of AMALI except where noted on this website. Materials may be reproduced only in their entirety for “fair use” purposes and only for non-commercial, educational, or personal purposes. Reproduction in part or for other purposes requires our prior written consent.

Reproduction of materials licensed by AMALI also requires the consent of the licensor and may require further permission from any person depicted or described therein.

AMALI may change or update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the way we collect visitor information.