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Privacy Policy
Martin Orton New Media is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience.
This Privacy Policy applies to the Martin Orton New Media website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Martin Orton New Media website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Martin Orton New Media collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Martin Orton New Media also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postal code code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Martin Orton New Media. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Martin Orton New Media for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Martin Orton New Media website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Martin Orton New Media public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Martin Orton New Media does not read any of your private online communications.
Martin Orton New Media encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Martin Orton New Media so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Martin Orton New Media is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Martin Orton New Media and Martin Orton New Media family of websites.
Use of your Personal Information
Martin Orton New Media collects and uses your personal information to operate the Martin Orton New Media website and deliver the services you have requested. Martin Orton New Media also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Martin Orton New Media and its affiliates. Martin Orton New Media may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Martin Orton New Media does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Martin Orton New Media may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Martin Orton New Media may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Martin Orton New Media , and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Martin Orton New Media does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Martin Orton New Media keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Martin Orton New Media , in order to determine what Martin Orton New Media services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customised content and advertising within Martin Orton New Media to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Martin Orton New Media websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Martin Orton New Media or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Martin Orton New Media ; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Martin Orton New Media , or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Martin Orton New Media website use “cookies” to help you personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalise Martin Orton New Media pages, or register with Martin Orton New Media site or services, a cookie helps Martin Orton New Media to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Martin Orton New Media website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Martin Orton New Media features that you customised.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Martin Orton New Media services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Martin Orton New Media secures your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. Martin Orton New Media secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Martin Orton New Media will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Martin Orton New Media encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Martin Orton New Media is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Martin Orton New Media welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Martin Orton New Media has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Martin Orton New Media at info@martinorton.com. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
All Webmaster Services are subjected to the following Terms & Conditions:
- Unit price is per hour or a fixed amount. Please note that all prices exclude 14% VAT as we do not charge VAT.
- Payment options include Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), Cash Bank Deposit or Cheque Bank Deposit into our banking account.
- Turnaround time for work is maximum 7 working days.
- Traveling costs do not form part of this quote.
- Additional development or design outside the scope of this retainer will be billed at R350 per hour (Excl. VAT) unless otherwise agreed upon.
- The monthly payments for Webmaster Monthly Retainer Services are month-to-month period. During this period you will be liable for the monthly amount payable by the 1st day of each calendar month provided it does not fall on a public holiday or weekend, otherwise payable the last working day of the previous last day of the month. Prior to payment you will receive an invoice. During the Festive Season we will issue an invoice up to 10 days prior to 25th December.
- The onus is on the client to utilise al services within the Webmaster Services agreement. In the event you do not utilise the retainer, the billable hours are forfeited for the given month and does not carry over to the next month.
- Should you prefer to cancel the Webmaster Monthly Services Retainer, 30 days prior written notification of cancellation will have to be provided by you.
All quotations are subjected to the following Terms & Conditions:
- Unit price is per hour or a fixed amount. Please note that all prices exclude 14% VAT as we do not charge VAT.
- Payment options include Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), Cash Bank Deposit or Cheque Bank Deposit into our banking account.
- All service related work above R2,000 requires a 50% deposit upfront before any work will commence. The remaining outstanding balance will be payable strictly COD on delivery of the final project, service or product with the submission of an invoice to the client.
- Project initiation will strictly be governed by our current schedule.
- Traveling costs do not form part of this quote.
- Additional development or design outside the scope of this quote will be billed at R350 per hour (Excl. VAT) unless otherwise agreed upon.
- Any additional work outside the scope of this quote will not commence unless all outstanding accounts have been settled with respect to the current quote.
- All design, source code and development code will remain the property of Martin Orton New Media until such time that the system is fully paid for. Martin Orton New Media reserves the right to retract and/or reclaim intellectual properties not paid for in full by the client where applicable.
- Each quotation is confidential and privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised to receive it. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.
- Each quotation is valid for a period of 30 days.
- After an order is placed by you and received by us, this order cannot be cancelled. If you should prefer to cancel, you will be liable for a 10% penalty fee of the Total Amount as completed by your company. If you would like to cancel and we have already commenced with the project, you will be liable for the full outstanding balance. Only Web Hosting and month-to-month Website Maintenance/Webmaster Retainers can be cancelled with a 30 day written notice.
At Martin Orton New Media, everything is personal. Face it: You don’t want mediocre Web solutions. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions, therefore the solutions we create for you are uniquely adapted to suit your individual needs.
Martin Orton New Media was founded in early 2007 by Martin Orton, however he has been involved with various new media projects as far back as 1997. He studied IT at Technikon SA (now UNISA) and has 20 years overall IT experience.