Privacy Policy

Homegrown Network (Pty) Ltd (Homegrown): Homegrown Data, Homegrown Africa, Homegrown Solutions and Homegrown Academy are not financial services providers. Homegrown Brokers is a financial services provider FSP number 49048. All content provided on this site is for information purposes only and in no way constitutes legal or financial advice.

When requesting a quote, filling out a form or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your:

• Name
• Email address
• Mailing address
• Phone number
• Credit card information
• ID Numbers
• Other details to help you with your experience

Other sources of information is derived from public record or has deliberately been made public by the data subject.

We collect information from you when you:

• Register on our website
• Fill out a form as a user
• Subscribe to a newsletter
• Respond to a survey
• Enter information on our site

Other sources are our existing comprehensive database which is updated from time to time. The information was obtained through public record and any data subject may request to be removed from such database once it has been established that such information is held on the data subject and the data subject has requested in writing to be on the so called National Opt Out list of the Direct Marketing Association of South Africa.

We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:

• To personalise user's experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested
• To improve our website in order to better serve you
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
• To quickly process your requests
• To send periodic emails regarding your inquiry or other products and services

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to:

• Help remember and process your requests
• Understand and save user's preferences for future visits
• Keep track of advertisements
• Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

In compliance to the above legislation applicable in South Africa, information is secure and can only be accessed by a person under authority to do so. Any operator is bound to observe the secrecy and integrity of the database.

Should any person wish to opt out from receiving marketing calls, information or emails such person can simply direct communication to unsubscribe or be placed on the Opt Out list.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

• We will notify users via email within 7 business days
• We agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors