Privacy Policy
Last updated: 1 November 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Classicnews7 (“we”, “us”), operated by Ready4BusinessOnline, collects, uses and protects personal information when you visit classicnews7.co.za. We process personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).
1. Information we collect
- Information you give us: your name and email address when you contact us, comment on an article or subscribe to updates.
- Information collected automatically: IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, time spent on pages and referring website, collected through cookies and similar technologies.
2. How we use information
- To publish and improve our news content and website.
- To respond to your messages, corrections and tips.
- To measure how our website is used (for example with Google Analytics).
- To show advertising that keeps our journalism free to read.
3. Advertising and cookies (Google AdSense)
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Please note:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
- Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services: How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.
Visitors from the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland will be shown a consent message and can choose whether to accept personalised advertising.
4. Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand which stories readers find useful. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often you visit and which pages you view. You can prevent this by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
5. Managing cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the website may not work as intended if you do.
6. Sharing of information
We do not sell your personal information. We share information only with service providers who help us run the website (such as hosting, analytics and advertising partners), or when required by law.
7. Cross-border transfers
Some of our service providers (for example Google) may store information outside South Africa. Where this happens, we rely on providers that are subject to laws or agreements offering an adequate level of protection, as required by section 72 of POPIA.
8. Data security and retention
We take reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect personal information and keep it only for as long as needed for the purposes above or as required by law.
9. Your rights
Under POPIA you may request access to, correction of or deletion of your personal information, object to its processing, and lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.
10. Children
Our website is intended for a general adult audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.
11. Contact our Information Officer
Information Officer: Jonathan Lokota, Ready4BusinessOnline
Email: privacy@classicnews7.co.za
Johannesburg, South Africa
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page.