Privacy Policy

At Singita, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information that you share with us.

This personal information privacy policy (“Policy”) governs the processing of all personal information received by Singita (“we” / “us” / “our”), irrespective of whether such information is obtained through electronic or verbal communication, via our websites or as a result of engagement in respect of any of our products or services with Singita at its offices or owned or managed accommodation facilities (“Lodges”).

Personal Information which we collect from you will be processed by Singita, which consists of the legal entities listed in Annexure A, and may be shared with our trade partners for purposes of facilitating your booking and the services we provide to you.

As we place a high premium on the privacy of every person (whether visiting our Lodges or engaging with us via other means) we recommend you read this Policy thoroughly so that you have a clear understanding as to (i) the type of Personal Information we may process, (ii) how your Personal Information may be collected and processed when engaging with Singita, (iii) who is responsible for the processing, management and safeguarding of collected and /or processed Personal Information, (iv) the grounds on which we may share the Personal Information with 3rd Parties, and (v) how you can access, amend and/or delete Personal Information which we have collected from you.

By engaging with Singita via electronic mail, continuing to use our websites, clicking on the “I Agree” button provided on our websites and on our guest registration form on arrival at our lodges, or accessing and using our services, you acknowledge that you have read this Policy and consent to the processing of your Personal Information as provided for herein.

In the event that you do not wish to consent to the processing of your Personal Information, or no longer want us to continue processing your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy, you are kindly requested to indicate same by sending us an email to our Singita Group Information Officer at io@singita.com.

HOW DO WE PROCESS PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Personal Information may be collected either through or by electronic means, which includes, without limitation, the use of our websites (i.e. www.singita.com including all other websites and / or landing pages), electronic mail, text, voice, sound or image messages, or through non-electronic means which includes, without limitation, the capturing of Personal Information on hard copy documents.

When using our websites your Personal Information may be collected either actively where you or your appointed agent provide us with certain Personal Information or inactively where we collect information from you that you have not actively provided:

a) Active Information Collection:

Active information collection refers to instances where you have directly provided us with Information, such as when you submit an enquiry in respect of a specific product or service, when you subscribe to our newsletter, or complete a questionnaire and provide us with your personal details which may include (without limitation) first name, last name, e-mail address, country of residence, as well as your preferred dates of travel.

b) Inactive Information Collection:

Inactive or passive Information collection refers to instances where we collect certain Information which you have not actively (i.e. knowingly) provided, which Information we may obtain through the use of certain technologies such as Cookies, Web Beacons, Embedded Scripts or Mobile Device identifiers when you visit our websites. Information obtained in this regard cannot be linked to you as a person (i.e. non –personally identifiable information) which information may include the type of web browser you use, the operating system you use, the date and time of your visit to our websites, the specific pages you may have visited and the address of the website which you have visited prior to entering our websites. Singita does not link non-personally identifiable information with personally identifiable information.

TYPE OF INFORMATION WE PROCESS

We process the following information collected by means of electronic submission or physical forms (as may be applicable):

(i) Active Information:

Your name and surname
Your gender, age group and weight (where required by our flight charter partners)
Your physical address
Your e-mail address
Your telephone and mobile number
Your identity and/or passport number
Your company details
Your passport nationality, issue date and expiry date
Marital status (to assist the lodge with rooming services)
Pre and post travel arrangements (where required by our flight charter partners)
Your personal opinion, views, interests and preferences
Your emergency contact details
Your medical requirements
Your dietary, allergies, and special requirements.

(ii) Inactive Information collection:

the type of web browser you use
the operating system you use
the date and time of your visit to our websites
the specific pages you may have visited
the address of the website

We do not receive or process credit card information and use recognised and respected Paypal, Paysmart and Paygate portals to securely receive credit card payments. We do not have access to any credit card information.

WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

Personal Information will only be used in accordance with this Policy or as specifically disclosed to you and/or brought to your attention at the time you provide the Personal Information.

The Personal Information will be processed by us (or third parties approved by us for the purposes of fulfilling your booking), pursuant to and for the following purposes:

verifying your identity
transmitting and receiving correspondence in relation to our services or products, including the preparation of itineraries and submission of quotes
transmitting marketing material as specifically requested by you
processing payments, refunds and the like
facilitating delivery of the services or the products
to monitor and analyse your conduct in respect of the Websites and/or services for research and statistical purposes
for compliance and risk purposes
to tailor-make marketing and promotional material which we believe may be of relevance and interest to you
to conduct market and / or academic research to identify potential markets and trends, to develop new products and services and to improve the nature of the products and/or services

We may share your Personal Information with our subsidiaries, associates or third party service providers in order and only to the extent necessary to render supporting and / or ancillary services or products to facilitate our service or product delivery to you, which service providers will be required to comply with / adhere to the same principles (as may be applicable) contained in this policy when processing your Personal Information.

We will not sell, transfer, share, or otherwise permit access to your Personal Information with any third parties other than as described in this Policy.

We further reserve the right to use or disclose your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and law enforcement inquiries, as required by litigation, to take precautions against liability, and protect the security and integrity of our Websites and the safety of its users.

CCTV CAMERAS

CCTV cameras are present in certain public areas of the Singita lodges and along the guest walkways. Images are monitored and recorded by Singita for the purpose of guest safety and in order to monitor the movement of wildlife.

NEWSLETTERS AND BLOG POST RSS NOTIFICATIONS

Should you request to subscribe to our Newsletter and/or Blog Posts, we will, from time to time, send you promotional e-mails about Singita special offers or other information using the e-mail address which you have provided.

We do not contact our guests via e-mail, short message service (sms) / text or similar electronic solutions for marketing purposes unless they have provided us with their consent to do so. Such engagement shall at all times be limited, be relevant and of interest to you as our guest.

Please note that you can unsubscribe from any of these lists at any time should you wish to by selecting the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the newsletter or blog post, or by e-mailing us your request at io@singita.com or selecting the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every e-mail you receive from us.

INFORMATION ACCESS

You will be given reasonable access to your Personal Information to correct errors or to delete any information which you may have provided. If you wish to correct or delete any of your Personal Information, please contact us by e-mail at io@singita.com.

To respond to your request or inquiry, we may require information to allow us to verify that you are the person authorised to view the Personal Information you are requesting access to as contemplated in this Policy. We reserve the right to, at our discretion, refuse to allow you access to certain information which, in our view, if provided to you, will compromise another person’s privacy or will violate any applicable law, foreign law, regulation, or directive in respect of which we are obliged to observe and adhere to pursuant to processing Personal Information.

Subject to legal and other permissible considerations we will make every effort to honor your request within 30 business days or we will inform you if we require further information to fulfil the request.

DATA SECURITY

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our site; any transmission of Personal Information will be solely at your own risk.

We will take steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. Whilst we have taken reasonable technical and organizational measures to secure the integrity and confidentiality of the Personal Information in our possession, in order to guard against the loss of, damage to, or unauthorized destruction of, Personal Information and unlawful access to, or processing of, Personal Information, we do not guarantee that our security systems are 100% secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not guarantee the security or accuracy of the information (whether it be Personal Information or not) we collect from you and process in accordance with this Policy.

We restrict access to your Personal Information to our employees and contracted third-party service providers who have a legitimate operational reason for having access to such Personal Information. We endeavour to maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards which, to the best of our belief, comply with the relevant laws and regulations so as to protect your Personal Information from any unauthorized access.

CROSS BORDER TRANSFER OF DATA

Singita’s head office is based in and operates from South Africa, and, regardless of where you use or access our websites or services, your information may be transferred to and/or maintained on servers located in South Africa, Africa, the UK, the EU or elsewhere in the world. Please note that any information we obtain about you will be stored in accordance with South African and EU privacy laws, regulations and standards, which may not be equivalent to the laws in your country of residence. By using our services you consent to the transfer, storage and processing of information to and in a country other than the country you reside in.

OPTING OUT

Please note that we do not wish to collect and / or process any Personal Information from you that you do not want to be so collected and/or processed.

Should you at any point in time decide that you do not (a) wish us to continue to process your Personal Information or (b) do not wish to receive any further information from us regarding our products and services, you are welcome to, in the event of (a) above, email us at io@singita.com with your request whereafter, upon receipt of your written request, we will endeavour to cease any processing of your Personal Information within 30 business days or, in the event of (b) above, by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of our newsletters and Blog Post RSS notifications, whereafter we will cease to send you any of our newsletters or blog posts. Your request will take no longer than 10 business days to process. During that time, you may continue to receive marketing e-mails.

THIRD PARTY POLICIES

On our marketing material or websites, you may see references or links to websites that are owned and/or managed by third parties, which third parties are unrelated to Singita (“Third Party Websites”), which Third Party Websites are specifically excluded from this Policy.

These Third Party Websites have separate and independent privacy policies applicable to their respective websites, services and or products and may follow different practices in the processing and securing of your Personal Information.

You are strongly advised to read the privacy policy of each Third Party Website you engage with before providing your Personal Information as we cannot accept any liability should the Third Party Website process your Personal Information in any unlawful manner.

We therefore make no warranties or representations and bear no responsibility or liability whatsoever regarding any services and /or products offered, promoted and/or advertised on Third Party Websites and/or services and/or products rendered by any third party which may have been accessed or used through or by means of our websites and/or their associated services.

GOVERNING LAW

The laws of South Africa will govern any dispute or claim arising out of this Policy.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

Kindly take note that we reserve the right to change this Policy at any time and in our sole discretion. In the event that that Policy is changed the new policy will be made available on our Websites.

FEEDBACK

We welcome comments about this Policy. If you have any questions about this Policy or any part of our service, you may contact us by e-mailing io@singita.com, or by writing to us at Singita Management Company (Pty) Limited, at the address set out in Annexure A below.

COMPLAINTS

Should you believe that we have utilised your Personal Information contrary to applicable data privacy laws, you undertake to first attempt to resolve any concerns with us. If you are not satisfied with such process, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant Information Regulator.

ANNEXURE A

The Singita Group comprises the following entities:

Entity: Singita (Pty) Ltd

Subject to POPI (Protection Of Personal Information Act)/ GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) : POPI and GDPR

Registered address:
1 Osborne Road
Claremont
7700
South Africa

Entity: Singita Lebombo (Pty) Ltd

Subject to POPI (Protection Of Personal Information Act)/ GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) : POPI and GDPR

Registered address:
1 Osborne Road
Claremont
7700
South Africa

Entity: Singita Management Company (Pty) Ltd

Subject to POPI (Protection Of Personal Information Act)/ GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) : POPI and GDPR

Registered address:
1 Osborne Road
Claremont
7700
South Africa

Entity: Singita Trading Stores (Pty) Ltd

Subject to POPI (Protection Of Personal Information Act)/ GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) : POPI and GDPR

Registered address:
743 Currie Road
Morningside
Durban
4001

Entity: Singita Lowveld Trust

Subject to POPI (Protection Of Personal Information Act)/ GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) : POPI and GDPR

Registered address:
1 Osborne Road
Claremont
7700
South Africa

Entity: Singita Rwanda Investments Limited