POPIA
Privacy policy
How King's Beach Lifesaving Club handles the personal information you share with us on this website, and what you can ask us to do with it.
Last updated 23 October 2026
In short
- We only collect what you send us through the contact form, plus the technical details every website logs.
- We use it to reply to you. We never sell it or use it for marketing.
- No tracking or advertising cookies.
- You can ask us to show you, correct or delete your information.
Who we are
King's Beach Lifesaving Club is a surf lifesaving club at King's Beach, Gqeberha, affiliated to Lifesaving South Africa. Under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), the club is the responsible party for the personal information collected through this website.
Postal address: Postnet Suite #42, P/Bag X40106, Walmer 6065
Email: secretary@kingsbeachslsc.co.za
[Information Officer name and privacy-request email needed] [Club's legal form and NPO / registration number needed]
What this policy covers
This policy covers this website, kingsbeachslsc.co.za. Membership registration and payments happen on CloudSquad, a separate service with its own privacy policy; we only link to it.
[Scope to confirm: this website only, or the club's member records too?]
What we collect and why
When you use our contact form, we collect your first and last name, email address, mobile number (optional) and your message. It's emailed straight to the club and isn't stored on this website.
We use it only to reply to you. Giving us your details is voluntary, but we can't answer you without an email address.
When you visit any page, our web server keeps standard technical logs (IP address, browser and the pages requested), as every website does. They are used to keep the site secure and running.
That's all. This website has no user accounts, comments, newsletter, analytics or advertising.
Cookies
This website doesn't set cookies for visitors. The only cookies it uses are for club administrators who log in to manage the site. The live cam and the map on our contact page come from other websites and may set their own cookies (see below).
Content from other websites
- Live cam (Live Cam & Conditions page): the video stream is embedded from rtsp.me.
- Map (Contact page): embedded from Google Maps.
- Links to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, CloudSquad and our sponsors and affiliates take you to their websites.
Embedded content behaves as if you had visited the other website: it can see your IP address and set its own cookies, and its servers may be outside South Africa. Its own privacy policy applies, as it does once you follow a link to another site.
The weather, sea and tide readings on our Home and Live Cam pages work differently. Our own server fetches the weather and sea data from Open-Meteo, and the tide times are calculated in advance, so your browser never contacts Open-Meteo and nothing about you is sent to it.
Who sees your information
Contact-form messages go to the club committee members who handle enquiries. Black Alsatian, who build and host this website, and our email provider process the data on our behalf so that the site and its email work. We don't sell your information or use it for marketing, and we only share it with anyone else if the law requires us to.
How long we keep it
Contact-form messages aren't kept on this website: they arrive as email in the club's inbox. We keep them only as long as we need them to deal with your enquiry, and you can ask us to delete yours at any time.
[Retention to confirm: how long does the club keep enquiry emails?]
Photos on this website
We show photos of club members training, competing and on duty, including Nippers. If you or your child appear in a photo and you'd like it removed, email us and we'll take it down.
[Photo consent to confirm: do the membership forms cover photos on the website?]
Children
The contact form is meant for adults. If you're under 18, please ask a parent or guardian to get in touch with us for you.
Keeping it safe
The whole site runs over HTTPS, so what you send through the form is encrypted on its way to us. Only the people who handle enquiries see your message.
Your rights
Under POPIA you can ask us:
- to tell you what personal information we hold about you, and give you a copy;
- to correct or update it;
- to delete it, unless the law requires us to keep it;
- to stop using it (to object).
Email secretary@kingsbeachslsc.co.za with your request.
If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, you can complain to the Information Regulator: inforegulator.org.za, enquiries@inforegulator.org.za.
Changes to this policy
If what this website does with personal information changes, we'll update this policy and the date at the top of the page.
Questions about your information?
Email the club secretary at secretary@kingsbeachslsc.co.za, or send us a message through the contact form.