Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 2026

Who We Are

DigiFellow is a freelance web development business operated by a sole trader based in South Africa. Our website is located at https://digifellow.co.za.

If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, contact us at [email protected].

What Data We Collect

We collect the following data when you interact with our website:

Contact form submissions — when you submit our contact form we collect your name, email address, and message content. This is used solely to respond to your enquiry.

Analytics data — if you consent to cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 to collect anonymised data about how visitors use our site. This includes pages visited, time on site, and general location (country/city level). We do not collect personally identifiable information through analytics.

How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect for the following purposes:

Contact form data is used only to respond to your enquiry. We do not add you to any mailing list or share your details with third parties without your explicit consent.

Analytics data is used to understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it. This data is processed by Google Analytics and is subject to Google's privacy policy.

Cookies

We use cookies only with your consent. When you visit our site for the first time, you will be asked to accept or decline cookies. If you decline, no tracking cookies will be set and Google Analytics will not be loaded.

If you have previously accepted cookies and wish to withdraw consent, you can clear your browser cookies and decline when prompted on your next visit.

We use the following cookies:

cookie_consent — stores your cookie preference (accepted or declined). This is a functional cookie and is set regardless of your choice.

Google Analytics cookies — only set if you accept cookies. Used to track anonymised usage data. See Google's Privacy Policy for details.

Third Party Services

We use the following third party services:

EmailJS — used to send contact form submissions to our inbox. Your name, email, and message are transmitted through EmailJS servers. See EmailJS Privacy Policy .

Google Analytics — used for anonymised site analytics with your consent. See Google Privacy Policy .

Contentful — used as our content management system for portfolio content. No visitor data is shared with Contentful.

Your Rights

Depending on your location you may have rights regarding your personal data including the right to access, correct, or delete data we hold about you.

South African residents — your rights are protected under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

EU/UK residents — your rights are protected under GDPR and UK GDPR respectively.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected].

Data Retention

Contact form enquiries are retained in our email inbox for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose of the communication. Analytics data is retained for 14 months as per Google Analytics default settings.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We recommend checking this page periodically.