Privacy Policy

I. Who We Are

Animal Law Reform South Africa (“ALRSA”) is a non-profit company (NPC) and registered non-profit organisation (NPO).

NPC Number: 2017/333 0930/08

NPO: 208 – 234

ALRSA envisages a society whose laws, courts, enforcement agencies and private entities and advancing the protection and flourishing of humans, non-human animals and the environment are held accountable. Utilising the law as our tool, ALRSA works on intersectional issues to ensure justice for all who require it. We work through three main pillars, namely:

Animal Flourishing;
Social Justice; and
Law.

These pillars and focus areas as well as through collaboration, we believe we can achieve incremental change for vulnerable beings and ensure that their interests are accounted for in the legal system.

We intend to operate as an organisation that can be approached by all relevant stakeholders ranging from animals’ rights, welfare and protection organisations to the government. We are willing to engage with those involved in the utilisation of animals to better their conditions and protection, while holding industry accountable. We therefore take a collaborative and not isolative approach and will work together, provided it falls within our missions and goals.

ALRSA knows that current and potential donors, supporters and any site visitors as well as our employees care about how their personal information is used and shared. This policy describes the types of personal information that we may collect, the purposes for which we use the information, the circumstances in which we may share the information and the steps that we take to safeguard the information to protect the privacy of those persons and entities we deal with. 

II. Contact Details

Email us:

outreach@animallawreform.org

Website:

https://www.animallawreform.org/

III. Scope

This Privacy Policy (“Policy“) describes how ALRSA (“us“, “we” or “our“) collect, use, share and otherwise process personal information in connection with this website which link to or displays this Policy or personal information we collect in person, by phone or other offline methods. This Policy is not, however, a contract and does not create any legal rights or obligations and is subject to change.

When we refer to “Personal information” in this Policy, we mean information referred to in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA“).

IV. Personal Information

What Personal Information do we collect? 

Within the Initial Report, we set out to engage with Selected Stakeholders on the basis of their constitutional obligation towards everyone in South Africa pursuant to the horizontal application of the rights in the Bill of Rights as contained in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (“Constitution“). In doing so, we relied on the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (“PAIA“). PAIA imposes a legal duty on a person to whom a request is made to respond within 30 days of receipt of the request. Our Initial Report only considers information provided or furnished directly to us as part of the PAIA process and subsequent correspondence (not information otherwise in the public domain).

As a result of this undertaking, we have collected and hold information related to Selected Stakeholders such as (but not limited to) names, addresses, contact information, occupations, and any other information which was critical in respect of us sourcing information in respect of the Initial Report. We collected this information by way of online interaction and email correspondence with these Selected Stakeholders. This information is largely publicly available as Selected Stakeholders in the Egg Supply Chain are publicly traded companies.

In respect of current and potential donors, supporters and any site visitors, we do not knowingly collect any personal information on this site from any of these persons.

Personal Information about children

As we have sought to engage with Selected Stakeholders in the Egg Supply Chain, no personal information has been collected from children. Furthermore, in respect of current and potential donors, supporters or any visitors to this site, we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children (under 18 years of age).

In the event that we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have collected personal information from a child, please contact us at outreach@animallawreform.org.

What do we do with Personal Information collected from you?

Information obtained from engagement with Selected Stakeholders is used by ALRSA to continue to engage with Selected Stakeholders in the Egg Supply Chain in its vision of:

fostering public and consumer interest and understanding the regulatory and policy regime governing farmed animals; and
incentivize and promote accountability from Corporations in relation to their farmed animal practices (including in relation to improved transparency), and in doing so, encourage improved practices relating to animals in the Egg Supply Chain (including through Cage-free Commitments from South African retailers, restaurants, fast food chains, hotels and others).

Any information made available on this site, including any personal information related to employees of Selected Stakeholders have been shared in the spirit of transparency and under our constitutionally protected right to freedom of expression in the public interest.

We do not knowingly collect any personal information from any site visitor using this website.

Furthermore, other than as set out in this privacy policy, we will not share any personal information unless required to do so by law.

Who do we share your data with?

In the spirit of transparency, we have included our correspondence with these Selected Stakeholders, available to be retrieved by visitors to this site. Private information related to employees’ identification numbers and addresses has been redacted in accordance with POPIA.

In respect of any current and potential donors, supporters or any other visitors to this site, we do not knowingly collect or share any personal information with any third parties.

All information related to Selected Stakeholders that has been made available in terms of this site is shared in the spirit of transparency and under our right to freedom of expression in the public interest. Other than as set out in this privacy policy we will not share any personal information unless required to do so by law.

Retention of Data

We do not retain any personal information obtained on this site (if, any) from any current and potential donors, supporters and any site visitors.

What about cookies? 

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser to enable our systems to recognise your browser and to automatically collect information from your computer such as your IP address and other details about your computer which are automatically collected by our web server, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to us. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual. 

The “Help” menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer. 

Limitation of Liability

Notwithstanding anything in this policy to the contrary, We shall not have any liability under this policy, for: any punitive or exemplary damages, or any special, consequential, incidental or indirect damages, including lost profits, lost data, lost revenues and loss of business opportunity, whether or not you were aware or should have been aware of the possibility of these damages. 

Changes to the Policy

We reserve the right to change this Policy in order to adapt it to changed legal situations and any potential changes on this website. Users are requested to keep themselves informed about the content of this Data Privacy Policy on a regular basis.

Contact 

This website is owned and operated by ALRSA. Questions, comments and requests regarding the Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to us at: outreach@animallawreform.org.