Cookie Policy
This is the cookie policy of MECAD Systems. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and how we share and protect your data in relation to our website www.mecad.co.za.
What are cookies?
Cookies are simple text files that are stored on your computer, tablet, or phone when you visit our website. Cookies can’t damage your computer, tablet, or phone. The stored information can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit. The cookies are necessary to give you a pleasant experience on the website.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies are cookies that are necessary for our Website to work properly. Without these cookies, our website can’t function properly. You can’t, therefore, disable these cookies. There is a distinction between permanent functional cookies and session cookies. The session cookies will be deleted immediately after your visit from our site. The permanent cookies are saved to prevent you from having to repeat the same action every time. We do not share the information we collect through these cookies with third parties.
Analytical cookies
With analytical cookies, we gain insight into how you use our website. We incorporate these insights into improvements on our website.
- Google analytics: For our analytical services, we use Google Analytics from the American company Google. We use this service to keep track of and receive reports about how visitors use the Website. Google Analytics places a permanent cookie on your web browser. This will share your information with Google. We only share data with Google that we may share with Google on the basis of the GDPR. We use this information with information from other Users. This makes it impossible for us to identify you individually. We have not given Google permission to share your information with third parties. You can completely prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you by turning the cookies off in your browser. MECAD Systems uses remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites after you visited our Website. We, and third parties with whom we cooperate, use cookies to show ads that are shown based on your previous visits. Remarketing services are covered by tracking cookies. With your permission, we use the following tracking cookies at the following remarketing services:
- Google Adwords: Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc. We only make use of Google AdWords remarketing service at the time you give us permission. You can disable Google AdWords remarketing by denying permission. You can withdraw your consent to Google AdWords at the same location as you have given permission for the placement of the remarketing required for Google AdWords cookies. For more information about Google’s privacy policy, please visit the following page visit: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Turn tracking cookies on and off
We only place tracking cookies if you give us permission for this. Once you have given your consent, you can revoke it at any time in the same way that you gave your consent. We would like to point out that our site may not work as well for you at the moment you withdraw your consent. After you have withdrawn your consent, we will delete all data that we have collected thanks to the tracking cookies. If you give us permission again to place tracking cookies, we will place these tracking cookies again.
Social media cookies
On this page, there are buttons for social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn included. These buttons work through bits of code that come from these networks. Through this code, cookies are placed on the Website. We have no influence on that. Read the privacy statement of the respective social media company (which can change regularly) read what they do with your (personal) data that they process through these cookies. The information they collect is anonymized as much as possible. Companies like LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, and Google + adhere to the Privacy Shield principles and are affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data such as referred to in the GDPR.
Unforeseen cookies
We try to keep the best possible overview of the cookies on our Website. It’s possible to prevent third parties from placing cookies on our Website. In that case, you will not find these cookies back in this overview. This mainly concerns embedded elements. For example, here is if a video stored on YouTube on our Website is shared. Are you encountering a cookie on our Website that is not in this overview? Then we ask you to contact us by sending an email to info@mecad.com.
How is the collected information secured?
MECAD Systems has taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to process your data secure against loss or against any form of unlawful processing. We use security measures to ensure that information is secured via the Website. However, MECAD Systems can’t guarantee that the information on the Website will not be opened, disclosed, changed, or destroyed. You are responsible at all times for maintaining your unique password and account information and for managing the emails between you and MECAD Systems.
How is the collected information shared?
We do not share information collected with functional cookies with third parties. Information obtained with analytical cookies without your permission will just be shared with third parties after we have anonymized the data or after we have your permission to share your data got. We only share information obtained with tracking cookies with third parties when you give us permission.
Children’s privacy
Our website does not consciously place cookies when the computer, tablet, or mobile is used by someone who is younger than 16 years (“Children”). If we find out that we have collected data from Children without consent from their parent or guardian, then we will take steps to remove this data from our servers. If you have suspicions that your child has provided personal information to us without your consent, please contact us with us via info@mecad.com. If we have obtained your personal data then you were a child, we will make an effort to remove this personal data. If you suspect that you have provided personal data to us as a child, please contact us with us via info@mecad.com.
Amendments
MECAD Systems may change or update this Cookie Policy from time to time. You are therefore advised to regularly consult this Cookie Policy. Changes to this Cookie Policy take effect the moment they are published on this page.
Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, you can contact MECAD Systems by email to send to: info@mecad.co.za.
To find out more, please refer to our cookie policy document
