Privacy Policy - Atlantis Alive

Last Updated: July 19, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Atlantis Alive. We are a community broadcasting and media company committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://atlantisalive.com, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Collection of Your Information

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your username, email address, and password (in hashed form), that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site. If you choose to log in using your Google account, we will also collect your Google ID and the email address associated with that account.
Usage Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. We use both Google Analytics and Umami for this purpose.
Cookies and Web Beacons: We use cookies to help customize the Site and improve your experience. This includes session cookies, persistent cookies for our "remember me" functionality, and cookies from third-party services like Google Analytics.

3. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

Create and manage your account.
Authenticate you at login, both manually and via Google.
Provide role-based access to different parts of our service (e.g., public vs. admin areas, public vs. paid content).
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
Notify you of updates to the Site.
Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not share your personal information with third parties except in the circumstances described below:

By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.
Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis and authentication services (e.g., Google).

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: contact@atlantisalive.co.za.