Billboards Africa, a BoldMedia Group company, respects your privacy and processes personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA). This policy applies to our website, our quote and contact forms and the enquiries and projects that follow from them.
The responsible party for your personal information is Billboards Africa. Our contact details appear on the contact page.
Information we collect
We collect information you give us directly when you submit a form, call us, or correspond with us about a quotation or project. We also collect limited technical information automatically when you visit the website.
- Contact details such as your name, company, telephone number and email address
- Site details, addresses, photographs, drawings and landowner information you send for a quotation
- Artwork files and campaign details supplied for printing and flighting
- Billing and company details needed to issue quotations and invoices
- Technical data such as browser type, device, pages visited and approximate location from cookies and server logs
Why we use it
We use personal information to respond to enquiries, prepare quotations, carry out site surveys, assist with approval applications, deliver and maintain billboard work, issue invoices, and meet legal and accounting obligations. We may also use contact details to tell you about our services, and you may opt out at any time. We do not sell personal information.
Where we assist with approvals, we share the information the authority needs, such as site details and landowner consent, with the municipality, roads authority or other relevant body, and only for that application.
Sharing and operators
We share information only where needed to do the work: with fabricators, printers, installers, approved local partners and professional engineers on a job, with hosting and email providers, and with authorities where an application requires it. Our service providers must handle information securely and only for the purposes we set. For cross-border work, information may be shared with partners in the country concerned, with appropriate safeguards.
Security and retention
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, misuse and unauthorised access. We keep information only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, including any period the law requires for business and tax records, and then delete or anonymise it. No online system is perfectly secure, so please avoid sending sensitive personal documents unless a quotation requires them.
Your rights and cookies
Under POPIA you may ask us to confirm what personal information we hold about you, to correct or delete it, and to object to its processing. Send your request through the contact page and we will respond. If you believe we have mishandled your information, you may complain to the Information Regulator of South Africa. Our website uses cookies to function and to understand how it is used. You can control cookies in your browser settings, though some features may then work less well. We may update this policy, and the current version is always the one on this page.
At a glance
This privacy policy explains how Billboards Africa, a BoldMedia Group company in Rivonia, Sandton, collects, uses, shares and protects personal information under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). It covers the contact details, site photographs, landowner information, artwork files and billing details you provide when you request a billboard quote, enquire about rentals or flighting, or ask us to assist with an approval application.
Our privacy policy sets out why we process this information, who it may be shared with, such as fabricators, printers, installers, hosting providers and approving authorities, how long we keep it and how it is secured. You may ask us to confirm, correct or delete your information, object to its use or complain to the Information Regulator. Use the contact page to make a privacy request. We do not sell personal information. The policy applies to visitors from Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, Cape Town and elsewhere who use our forms, call us or send documents for quotations, and it explains how we keep that information secure. Requests are handled through the contact page.
