Last updated: 1 May 2026
gardenroute-restaurants.co.za ("the Site", "we", "us") is an independent restaurant directory for the Garden Route, South Africa. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling any personal information you provide with care and respect.
For privacy-related queries, contact us at info@gardenroute-restaurants.co.za.
We collect information in the following ways:
Information you provide directly: When you submit a restaurant via our contact form, you may provide your name, email address, and details about the restaurant. This information is used solely to process your submission and follow up if needed.
Analytics data: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site. This collects anonymised data such as pages visited, time spent on the Site, device type, and general geographic location. This data does not identify you personally.
Cookies: The Site uses cookies to support analytics (Google Analytics). You can disable cookies in your browser settings, though this may affect your experience on the Site.
We use the information we collect to:
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Where restaurant contact emails are collected via our submission form, these may be used to communicate with restaurant owners about their listing, including updates, corrections, and future partnership or advertising opportunities. Restaurant owners can opt out of such communications at any time by emailing info@gardenroute-restaurants.co.za.
The Site integrates with the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:
We retain personal information (such as email addresses from form submissions) for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. If you would like your information removed, please contact us and we will delete it within 30 days.
You have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, email info@gardenroute-restaurants.co.za.
This Site operates in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), No. 4 of 2013, of the Republic of South Africa. We process personal information only for legitimate purposes, take reasonable steps to keep it secure, and will not retain it longer than necessary.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information submitted to us from unauthorised access, disclosure, or misuse. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date of the most recent revision is shown at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.