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This Privacy Policy describes the terms of our commitment to your privacy.

Persons or parties covered
This Privacy Policy is intended to cover all visitors and customers to this website. Persons who visit or view this website, whether intentionally or unintentionally, whether solicited or unsolicited, are described herein as "Visitors" and are parties to this Privacy Policy. Anyone who is a Premium Member or attempts to become a Premium Member, is called a "Customer" herein and is subject to this Privacy Policy not only by passive acceptance, but by virtue of the Purchase Agreement contract. The website, its agents, owners, operators, and employees are referred to collectively herein as "Website," "Site," and/or "Seller".

Persons excluded from this website are still covered
In the event that a person is excluded from this website because of the Terms of Use or from denial of service by the website, who nonetheless unlawfully views this site, that person remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and is in violation of the Terms of Use.

Persons under the age of 18 years
This website is not accessible to persons under the age of 18 and if you are under the age of 18 you must leave this site immediately. Fraudulent use of this website may make you subject to civil or criminal sanctions.

Accepting the terms
Viewing and/or use and/or communications are construed as acceptance of the terms of this policy. Acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy is a portion of the consideration required for your right to visit the website. If you do not accept these terms, you have no right to visit this site and you are fraudulently using this site.

Online privacy protection
Aupair.za.com is an au pair and family matching database and therefore collects electronic information from these visitors. No visitor has the right to view or receive any information about our database. In the event that the website, under advice of counsel agrees to divulge information, the requesting party must submit whatever information is demanded by the website in insure that the website is releasing information to the correct party.

We take measures to ensure that outside parties do not have access to any information we have about you, we do not warranty that outside parties will not breach our system and thus have access to your information. Aupair.za.com will never sell, rent or disclose your personal data and email address to third parties, unless this is requested under a court order or unless this has been agreed to by you in advance, in a separate agreement.

This Privacy Policy also is subject to change without notice. You are required to read it prior to using the website. By interacting with the website you agree to the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy. By using the website or purchasing a service through this website, you waive the right to use state or federal court systems to address complaints and, instead, agree to use the city and county specified herein.

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Personal information
This website collects information about its visitors, subscribers, members, and customers. This information is obtained in various ways, such as:

1. Registration
Registration means that the Visitor, Subscriber, Member or Customer takes active, positive steps to communicate information to this website, this include registering as an au pair or host family on this website or becoming a Premium Member.

2. Buying Premium membership
In the process of buying premium membership the information provided by the customer is kept confidential with the merchant service provider. Credit card information is not available to the Aupair.za.com website and is kept at the highest level of security and is never divulged to anyone.

3. Visitor email inquiries
Website visitors who wish to communicate with the website do so under two conditions: one, they give their permission for contact by the website; two, they obey the provisions of the Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy.

4. Customer email or testimonials
If you are a customer and send an email to the website, or if you communicate with the site by mail, the website collects information about your communication and by communicating with the site you give permission to the website to respond to your query. Communication seen as testimonials, may be published on the website for commercial purposes.

5. Referring email or URL’s
If you send a friend an email from this site or if you send the URL or one of our web pages to a friend, you must assume that some data is collected about your IP address or your email address and that of your friend. You must assume that referred emails or web pages may appear to come from your email. You must accept fully responsibility for referring pages or email to a friend and agree to indemnify this site for any damage, intentional or unintentional that results from said referrals.

6. Electronic means and “cookies”'
Many websites collect information about your computer, email and IP address. You must assume that your web-viewing or web-use activity is monitored, tracked and information collected. This information is not of a personal nature, and helps define viewing habits, product preferences, etc. even though the website may not have any idea who you are.

"Cookies" is web jargon for bits of computer code placed on your hard drive. Websites use this to keep track of search criteria, monitor use, to password protect use of the site or use of services sold by the site. Cookies can be used to electronically gather information and by using this site you are expressly giving permission to use 'cookies' and to use the information gathered from their use to benefit you.

Information not shared
Credit card information or other financial information is not known to the website. Information is never revealed to anyone except to processing authorities or law enforcement agencies. However, the provider of such information gives express permission to this website or its agents to use it in fraud investigation or for litigation.

Email communication
By providing information to this website that forms the basis of communication with you, such as an email address, you waive all rights to file complaints concerning unsolicited email from this website since, by providing such information, you agree to receive communication from us.

Data security
This website takes measures to protect its data that contains information related to you. However, as a consideration for viewing this site or interacting with this site in any manner, you waive all claims of any nature against this site concerning the loss, alteration, or misuse of information. You must assume that it is possible for your personal data to be obtained by others, such as "hackers," and used in an inappropriate manner that may cause you harm and that you agree that the site is not responsible for damages to you.

Revisions
This Privacy Policy is dynamic and will continually change. You may not assume that it remains the same and you agree to check the policy each time you visit the site for changes. Unless, in the sole opinion of the website, this policy changes so drastically as to suggest a posted notification on the site or via email, you will receive no notification of changes to this Privacy Policy nor, under any circumstances, does this site promise notification. Your continued use of this site always evidences your acceptance of the terms this Privacy Policy or any modifications.

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Disputes
As part of the consideration that the Website requires of the Visitor to view, use, or interact with this site, Visitor agrees to use binding arbitration for any claim, dispute, or controversy of any kind (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this purchase, this service, including solicitation issues, privacy issues, and terms of use issues.

In no case shall the Visitor have the right to go to court or have a jury trial. Visitor will not have the right to engage in pre-trial discovery except as provided in the rules; you will not have the right to participate as a representative or member of any class of claimants pertaining to any claim subject to arbitration; the arbitrator's decision will final and binding with limited rights of appeal.

The prevailing party shall be reimbursed by the other party for any and all costs associated with the dispute arbitration, including attorney fees, collection fees, investigation fees, travel expenses.

Jurisdiction and venue
If any matter concerning this purchase shall be brought before a court of law, pre- or post-arbitration, Visitor agrees to that the sole and proper jurisdiction shall be Pretoria, South Africa. In the event of litigation in federal court, it shall take place in Pretoria, South Africa.

Questions
You may direct questions, comments or reports to: info@aupair.za.com

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