🐝 BUZZYAFRICA
FR

Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

BuzzyAfrica ("we", "us", "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect information when you visit buzzyafrica.com (the "Site"). This policy applies to all visitors, regardless of location, and complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), and Nigeria's Data Protection Regulation (NDPR).

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

  • Newsletter subscriptions — email address, subscription date, and language preference.
  • Contact form submissions — name, email address, and message content.
  • Corrections reports — email address and details of the reported error.

Information Collected Automatically

  • Cloudflare Analytics — page views, unique visitors, country of origin, browser type, and device type. Cloudflare Analytics is privacy-focused and does not use client-side JavaScript or cookies for analytics.
  • Server logs — IP address (anonymized after 30 days), request timestamps, pages visited, and referrer URLs.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • To deliver and improve our news service.
  • To send newsletters you have explicitly subscribed to.
  • To respond to your inquiries via the contact form.
  • To analyze aggregate site usage and improve user experience.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

3. Cookies and Tracking

BuzzyAfrica is a static website hosted on Cloudflare Pages. We minimize the use of cookies:

  • Essential cookies — Cloudflare may set cookies for security purposes (e.g., bot detection, DDoS protection). These are strictly necessary for site operation.
  • Analytics — We use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which does not use cookies or track individual users across sites.
  • No third-party tracking — We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or other third-party tracking scripts.

4. Data Retention

  • Newsletter emails — retained until you unsubscribe.
  • Contact form data — retained for 12 months, then deleted.
  • Server logs — IP addresses are anonymized after 30 days. Aggregate analytics data is retained indefinitely.

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Rectification — request correction of inaccurate data.
  • Erasure — request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
  • Restriction — request that we limit processing of your data.
  • Data portability — request your data in a machine-readable format.
  • Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Withdraw consent — withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

7. International Data Transfers

Our hosting infrastructure is provided by Cloudflare, which operates globally. Data may be processed in countries outside your country of residence. Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area or South Africa, we rely on Cloudflare's Standard Contractual Clauses and appropriate safeguards.

8. Children's Privacy

BuzzyAfrica does not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, contact us immediately at [email protected].

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be noted with the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact

For privacy-related inquiries or to exercise your data rights:
Email: [email protected]
General contact: buzzyafrica.com/contact