Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Electrical Projects
Website: https://electricalprojects.co.za

Last Updated: 2 September 2026

Electrical Projects respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored and protected when you visit or interact with our website.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is:

Electrical Projects

Throughout this Privacy Policy, references to “Electrical Projects,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to the operators of this website.


2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we may collect the information shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information may be used to assist with spam detection and website security.

An anonymised string created from your email address, also known as a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using that service.

The Gravatar service privacy policy is available through Automattic Privacy Policy.

Once your comment has been approved, your profile picture may be visible publicly in connection with your comment.


3. Media

If you upload images to our website, you should avoid uploading images containing embedded location data, including EXIF GPS information.

Visitors to the website may be able to download images and extract location information from them.


4. Cookies

Our website may use cookies to improve your browsing experience and enable certain website functions.

Comments Cookies

If you leave a comment on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to enter your details again when leaving another comment.

These cookies may remain active for up to one year.

Login Cookies

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie may be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, cookies may also be used to save your login information and screen display preferences.

  • Login cookies may last for up to two days.
  • Screen preference cookies may last for up to one year.
  • If you select “Remember Me,” your login may persist for up to two weeks.
  • When you log out, login cookies may be removed.

Editing Cookies

If you edit or publish content on the website, an additional cookie may be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal information and simply identifies the post ID of the content you edited.

This cookie may expire after one day.


5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles or pages on our website may include embedded content such as:

  • Videos
  • Images
  • Articles
  • Maps
  • Social media content
  • Other third-party content

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly.

These third-party websites may collect information about you, use cookies, implement additional tracking technologies and monitor your interaction with their embedded content.

This may include tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account with that third-party website and are logged in.

Electrical Projects does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.


6. Who We Share Your Data With

Electrical Projects does not sell your personal information.

Where necessary, certain information may be processed by service providers that assist with the operation and security of our website.

For example, if you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the password reset email.

Visitor comments may also be processed through an automated spam detection service.


7. How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment on our website, the comment and its associated metadata may be retained indefinitely.

This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of placing them in a moderation queue.

If users register for an account on our website, we may store the personal information provided in their user profile.

Registered users may generally:

  • View their personal information.
  • Edit their personal information.
  • Request deletion of their personal information.

Users may not be able to change their username.

Website administrators may also have access to and manage user profile information where necessary for website administration.


8. Your Rights Regarding Your Data

If you have an account on our website or have left comments, you may request an exported file containing the personal information we hold about you, including information you have provided to us.

You may also request that we erase personal information we hold about you.

Please note that certain information may need to be retained for:

  • Administrative purposes
  • Legal obligations
  • Security purposes
  • Fraud prevention
  • Record-keeping requirements

Where applicable, Electrical Projects will consider and respond to requests relating to your personal information.


9. Where Your Data May Be Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Information may also be processed by website hosting providers, email service providers, security services or other technology providers required for the operation of our website.


10. Website Security

We take reasonable steps to protect information collected through our website.

However, no method of transmitting information over the internet or storing electronic information is completely secure. While we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Users are encouraged to take appropriate precautions when submitting information online.


11. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to external websites.

Electrical Projects is not responsible for the content, privacy policies or practices of third-party websites.

We recommend that you review the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information.


12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Electrical Projects may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Any changes will be posted on this page, and the Last Updated date may be amended accordingly.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.


13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact Electrical Projects through our website:

Contact Electrical Projects