Privacy Policy


We at Match Trading Cape CC respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it.

– We recognise your need for appropriate protection and management of personally identifiable information you may share with us (any information by which you can be identified, such as name, address and telephone number).

– In general, you can browse our website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. If you do however purchase items, you are required to enter your personal details as a customer to complete the transaction.

– We store information you supply in personalising your use of our services.

– We protect information of registered users from outside parties by storing it in a fully secured database.

– In all other cases, the only information we will ever disclose to third parties (such as advertisers) is aggregate information about our users.

– Aggregate information will never identify you. It only identifies the user population in general terms; for example, 52% males visit a particular site.

Acceptable use policy

General notice

Thank you for reading Match Trading Cape CC acceptable use policy (AUP). By accessing this website, or by contracting with us for service, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this policy and the terms and conditions it contains, as well as any other additional terms, conditions, rules or policies which are displayed to you in connection with this service/website. The purpose of this AUP is to comply with the relevant laws of the republic; to specify to customers and users of our service/website what activities and online behaviour are considered an unacceptable use of the service/website; to protect the integrity of our services and to specify the consequences that may flow from undertaking such prohibited activities.

This document contains a number of legal obligations with which you are presumed to be familiar. As such, we encourage you to read this document thoroughly and direct any queries to us at info@matchtrading.co.za by emailing us.

Match Trading Cape CC respects the rights of our customers and users of our services to freedom of speech and expression; access to information; privacy; human dignity; religion, belief and opinion in accordance with our Constitution. We undertake not to interfere with any of those rights unless required to do so by law; unless those rights are exercised for unlawful purposes; or unless the exercise of those rights threatens to cause harm to another person or affect the integrity of our network.
Public space and third-party content and sites

In reading this AUP or in signing a service contract with Match Trading Cape CC, you acknowledge that Match Trading Cape CC has no power to control the content of the information passing over the internet and its applications, including email and comment areas, and Match Trading Cape CC cannot be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any of the abovementioned content, in any way for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of, or in connection with your use of, or reliance on, any such content.

Our services also offer access to numerous third-party web pages. You acknowledge that we exercise absolutely no control over such third-party content, or sites and in such cases, our network is merely a conduit or means of access and transmission. This includes, but is not limited to, third-party content contained on or accessible through Match Trading Cape CC website and web page or sites displayed as search results or contained within a directory of links on Match Trading Cape CC website. It remains your responsibility to review and evaluate any such content, and that any and all risk associated with the use of, or reliance on, such content rests with you.

Unsolicited, spam and junk mail

Spam and unsolicited bulk mail are highly problematic practices. They affect the use and enjoyment of services by others and often compromise network security. Unless specifically opted in, Match Trading Cape CC will not send any marketing (or the like) emails to customers.

Privacy and confidentiality

Match Trading Cape CC respects the privacy and confidentiality of our customers and users of our service. Please review our privacy policy, which details how we collect and use personal information gathered in the course of operating this service.

User responsibilities

Customers are responsible for any misuse of Match Trading Cape CC services that occurs through the customer’s account. It is the customer’s responsibility to ensure that unauthorised persons do not gain access to or misuse Match Trading Cape CC online service.

Match Trading Cape CC urges customers not to reply to unsolicited mail or “spam”, not to click on any suggested links provided in the unsolicited mail. Doing so remains the sole responsibility of the customer and Match Trading Cape CC cannot be held liable for the customer being placed on any bulk mailing lists as a result.

Where the customer has authorised a minor to use any of the Match Trading Cape CC services or access its websites, you accept that as the parent/legal guardian of that minor, you are fully responsible for: the online conduct of such minor; controlling the minor’s access to and use of any services or websites; and the consequences of any misuse by the minor, including but not limited to transactions entered into by the minor using such access. The Match Trading Cape CC cannot be held liable for any business dealings you have with any third parties on the internet, including any vendors, or advertisers found on, or through, the Match Trading Cape CC website.

Further, Match Trading Cape CC assumes no responsibility whatsoever for any charges you or any user of your account incurs when making purchases or other transactions in this manner. Further, the responsibility for ensuring compliance with all applicable customs and exchange-control laws in connection with any such transactions shall be the customers.

Complaints and procedures

It is the customer’s responsibility to familiarise himself or herself with the procedure set out below and report any cases of violation of this AUP to the Match Trading Cape CC. In order for the Match Trading Cape CC to investigate the complaint thoroughly and take appropriate action, all complaints must be in writing, via fax or e-mail and contain as much information as possible, including, but not limited to:

– The origin of abuse or offence, including the website, full mail headers, relevant log-file extracts etc.;

– Any contact details for the source of the complaint;

– A brief explanation why the incident is considered to be an offence.

Reservation and non-waiver of rights

Match Trading Cape CC reserves the right to amend or alter this policy at any time, and without notice to you. Match Trading Cape CC reserves the right to take action against any individuals, companies or organisations that violate any of the prohibited activities set out herein, or engage in any illegal or unlawful activity while accessing our services, to the fullest extent of the law.

Match Trading Cape CC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to act against other types of abuse not listed in this document and to investigate or prevent illegal activities being committed via its website. Match Trading Cape CC reserves the right to monitor user and network traffic for site security purposes and prevent any unauthorised attempts to tamper with our site or cause damage to our property.

Match Trading Cape CC reserves the right to suspend, revoke or cancel Match Trading Cape CC services to any customer/user if the safety and integrity of Match Trading Cape CC’s resources are placed at risk in continuing to provide service to the subscriber/user.

It is your responsibility to safeguard your data. Match Trading Cape CC cannot be held liable for any loss or damage arising as result of the failure to do so.
Match Trading Cape CC does not waive its right to enforcement of this AUP at any time, or prejudice its right to take subsequent action, should the Match Trading Cape CC fail, neglect or elect not to enforce a breach of the AUP at any time.