Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

CPC = CAPE POINT CHALLENGE

South Africa recently implemented a “Protection of Privacy Act” which directly impacts on how race administrators and trustees protect information obtained from race participants. The Protection of Personal Information Act (called the POPI Act or POPIA) regulates the use and processing of personal information. POPIA is essentially the South African Data Protection Bill or Data Protection Act.

The basic principles of data protection are:

  1. For all data collected, be it statistics, personal information, images, etc., there should be a stated purpose.
  2. Information collected from an individual cannot be disclosed to other organizations or individuals unless specifically authorized by law or by consent of the individual.

HOW DOES THE NEW PRIVACY ACT IMPACT ON CPC PARTICPANTS, RACE ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND SPONSORS?

CPC takes the protection of the data that it holds about participating paddlers and organising staff seriously and will do everything possible to ensure that data is collected, stored, processed, maintained, cleansed, and retained in a compliant manner.

All involved parties are kindly requested to read this privacy policy carefully to see how CPC will treat the personal information that is collected on its various communication platforms, e.g., e-mails, WhatsApp’s, Instagram and Facebook etc. CPC will take all reasonable care to keep the information of participating paddlers secure, and to prevent any unauthorised access.

Although the online entry function is owned by a third party (CSA), this service provider is held accountable by the same laws mentioned above.

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO CPC ORGANISING COMMITTEE

When you complete the CPC online entry through CSA, the CPC administration officer will collect certain information about you which will include your name, email address, club name, emergency contact info and telephone number. This data is used only for the purposes of the normal administration of running a well-managed event.

  • the electronic delivery of race information,
  • capturing results via age category
  • Safety notices
  • Ordering the right size race garment
  • Ensuring correct emergency contact information, in the event that such contact is necessary.

 

The data that CPC collects from you is visible only to the administration officer and the race timekeepers when needed. This information is not shared with other members.

By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. CPC will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. The Internet is not generally a secure medium for communication and therefore CPC cannot guarantee the security of any information you send to the CPC organisers over the Internet, e-mail, social media, or other communication platforms.

 

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

CPC regularly reviews its Privacy Policy and updates will appear on this page when necessary.

Update August 2021