Privacy Policy

1. Information we may process

Website visits

When you visit a website, the hosting and security services that help deliver it may process technical information such as your IP address, browser and device details, requested pages, timestamps and security-related request information. This can be necessary to deliver the website, maintain reliability, prevent abuse and troubleshoot technical issues. The exact information processed may depend on the service provider and your interaction with the site.

Messages you send us

If you email us, we receive the information you choose to include, such as your email address, name if provided, message and any attachments. We use it to respond to your enquiry, investigate reported issues or consider your proposal.

Newsletter subscriptions

If you subscribe to email updates, we process your email address and subscription-related information. This may include your consent status and version of the consent wording, selected topics where available, subscription and confirmation timestamps, unsubscribe status and related request metadata.

Our newsletter uses a confirmation step. Your subscription remains pending until you confirm it using the email we send. The system also uses anti-abuse controls, which may process an IP address to create a one-way hash for rate limiting and security. The hash is still treated carefully because pseudonymised information may remain personal information.

2. How we use information

We may use information to:

• Operate, maintain and secure the website.
• Respond to enquiries, feedback, correction requests and privacy requests.
• Send newsletter updates where you have requested them and confirmed your subscription.
• Manage subscription preferences, confirmations and unsubscribe requests.
• Prevent spam, abuse, unauthorised access and misuse of our services.
• Meet applicable legal obligations and protect the rights and security of the platform and its users.

3. Newsletter choice and control

Subscribing to the newsletter is optional. You can browse the public website without subscribing. The consent checkbox is not pre-selected, and we ask you to confirm your email address before sending subscription updates.

You can unsubscribe using the link included in newsletter emails. You may also email us at mzansiopportunityhub@gmail.com for help with a subscription or to make a privacy request.

Unsubscribing changes the subscription status; it does not necessarily erase the underlying record immediately. We may retain limited records where reasonably needed to honour your unsubscribe choice, maintain security, resolve disputes or meet legal obligations. Pending, unconfirmed subscriptions may be eligible for deletion through our housekeeping process; this process is not represented as an automatic deletion schedule.

4. Cookies and similar technologies

The public website does not currently intentionally use advertising cookies or analytics cookies. The administrator area uses essential authentication cookies to keep authorised administrators signed in and protect access to the management area. These cookies are restricted to the administrator path and are configured with security protections such as HttpOnly and SameSite.

Our website also recognises certain campaign parameters in incoming links, such as parameters used by social networks and search platforms. Recognising or ignoring a URL parameter does not, by itself, mean that MOH is using it to identify you or build an advertising profile.

We may introduce advertising services, including Google AdSense, in the future. If advertising or analytics services are introduced, this policy will be updated to explain the relevant technologies and information practices before or when those services are activated. Third-party advertising providers may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses or similar technologies in accordance with their own policies and applicable requirements.

5. Service providers and sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may use service providers to operate the website and newsletter, including:

• Cloudflare: website delivery, hosting-related infrastructure and, where enabled, anti-abuse or security checks such as Turnstile.
• Supabase: database and authentication services used for website administration and newsletter subscription records.
• Resend: email delivery for newsletter confirmation and subscription messages.

These providers process information as needed to provide their services. Their own privacy policies and terms explain their practices. We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect the website, its users or our legal rights. We do not control the privacy practices of external websites linked from MOH.

6. Retention and security

We keep information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including responding to requests, maintaining subscription records, security, dispute resolution and legal obligations. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

We use access controls and technical safeguards intended to protect information. For example, newsletter confirmation and unsubscribe tokens are stored as hashes rather than as the original tokens, and subscriber records are restricted from public access. No method of electronic storage or transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

7. Your privacy rights

Subject to applicable law, including the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), you may have rights to request access to personal information, ask for correction or deletion, object to certain processing, or withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. You may also raise a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa.

To make a request, email mzansiopportunityhub@gmail.com and describe what you need. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request. Some information may need to be retained where the law permits or requires it.

8. Children

MOH is an information platform for a general audience. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through the newsletter. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can review the matter.

9. External links

Our pages may link to employers, educational institutions, government departments, funders and other third-party websites. When you follow an external link, that organisation's privacy policy and terms apply. Review them before submitting personal information or an application.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our website, services or legal obligations change. The latest version will be published on this page with its updated date. Please review it periodically.