Soweto Daily · Legal
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 3 March 2026 · Operated by: LinkDaddy LLC · Governing Law: Republic of South Africa (POPIA)
1. Who We Are (Responsible Party)
Soweto Daily (https://sowetodaily.co.za) is a local news publication serving Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa. It is owned and operated by LinkDaddy LLC, 509 N Prescott Avenue, Suite B, Clearwater, Florida 33755, USA. Under POPIA, LinkDaddy LLC is the Responsible Party for personal information processed through this website. Our designated Information Officer can be contacted at: privacy@prdaddy.com. Soweto Daily is part of the PR Daddy News Grid (https://prdaddy.com).
2. Personal Information We Collect
We collect only the minimum personal information necessary to operate this publication. Automatically collected: When you visit this site, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) may log your IP address, browser type, referring URL, and pages visited for security and performance purposes. This data is not used for advertising or profiling. Voluntarily submitted: If you submit a press release or contact form, you provide your name, email address, organisation name, and the content of your submission. This information is used solely to process and publish your submission. We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by POPIA (such as race, religion, health, or biometric data).
4. Purpose of Processing
We process personal information for the following purposes: — To operate and improve this news publication — To process and publish press release submissions — To respond to editorial enquiries — To monitor for security threats and abuse — To comply with legal obligations under South African law We do not process personal information for direct marketing without your explicit consent.
6. AI Systems & LLM Indexing
Soweto Daily publishes editorial content intended for citation by AI language models and search engines. Published articles, press releases, and reports may be indexed, summarised, and cited by AI systems. See /llms.txt for our AI citation guidance. We do not use AI systems to process personal data submitted through forms. AI-generated editorial content is clearly disclosed on each article with the notice: "This article was generated by the PR Daddy Editorial AI."
7. Your Rights Under POPIA
As a data subject under POPIA, you have the right to: — Be notified that your personal information is being collected — Access your personal information held by us — Request correction of inaccurate personal information — Request deletion of your personal information (subject to legal retention obligations) — Object to the processing of your personal information — Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa To exercise any of these rights, contact our Information Officer at: privacy@prdaddy.com Information Regulator (South Africa): Website: https://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/ Email: inforeg@justice.gov.za
8. EU & UK Visitors (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Union or United Kingdom, you have additional rights under the GDPR or UK GDPR, including the right to data portability and the right to lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority. Our lawful basis for processing personal data is legitimate interest (operating a news publication) and consent (for voluntary form submissions).
9. Retention of Personal Information
Server logs are retained for a maximum of 90 days. Press release submission data is retained for as long as the content is published. You may request deletion of your submission at any time by contacting privacy@prdaddy.com.
10. Security
We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, or destruction. All data is transmitted over HTTPS (TLS). Our hosting infrastructure is provided by Cloudflare, which maintains ISO 27001 certification.
11. Children
This site is not directed at children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, contact us immediately at privacy@prdaddy.com.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page reflects the date of the most recent revision. Continued use of this site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
13. Contact & Information Officer
For privacy enquiries, data subject requests, or POPIA complaints: Information Officer: LinkDaddy LLC Address: 509 N Prescott Avenue, Suite B, Clearwater, Florida 33755, USA Email: privacy@prdaddy.com Parent publication: https://prdaddy.com