Last updated: 12 October 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Cape Portal (https://capeportal.co.za/).
Cape Portal provides free online tools, practical guides and useful resources for South African small businesses.
We respect your privacy and aim to handle personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit our website, how it may be used and what choices you have.
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you use Cape Portal, information may include:
- Contact information: Information you provide when emailing us, including your email address and the contents of your message.
- Website usage information: Information about which pages and tools are used, how often they are accessed and how visitors interact with advertising banners.
- Technical information: Information that may be recorded by the web server, such as IP addresses, browser details, requested pages and access times, for security, troubleshooting and operational purposes.
- Information entered into tools: Some tools may process information you enter to provide a result. Avoid entering confidential or sensitive information unless it is necessary and you understand how the particular tool handles it.
We aim to collect only information that is reasonably necessary for operating, maintaining and improving Cape Portal.
3. Cape Portal Toolbox and Browser Storage
The Cape Portal Toolbox allows visitors to select and save their preferred tools.
Your selected tools are stored locally in your browser on your device. This allows your selection to remain available when you return to the Toolbox using the same browser and device.
The Toolbox does not require an account to save these selections, and this feature does not require a server-side user profile or database record.
You can clear your saved selection using the Toolbox’s clear option. Clearing your browser’s site data may also remove these selections.
Other website features may use different storage or processing methods, as described where applicable.
4. Tool Usage and Advertising Statistics
Cape Portal uses tracking functionality to understand which tools are being used and to measure the performance of its own advertising placements.
This may include information such as:
- The number of times a tool is accessed.
- Advertising banner impressions.
- Advertising banner clicks.
- Aggregated usage and click-through statistics.
These statistics help us understand which resources are useful, improve the website and report advertising performance to advertisers.
We aim to use these statistics for operational, improvement and reporting purposes rather than to identify individual visitors unnecessarily.
5. Cookies, Analytics and Similar Technologies
Cape Portal and its service providers may use cookies, browser storage, server logs or similar technologies where needed for website functionality, security, measurement or advertising.
The technologies used may change as the website develops.
Where third-party analytics or advertising services are enabled, those services may use their own cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their respective privacy policies and settings.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies or clearing site data may affect some website features.
6. Third-Party Services and Online Tools
Some Cape Portal tools may connect to external services or APIs to retrieve information or perform checks.
When you use these tools, relevant search terms, URLs, business information or other input may be sent to the applicable service to provide the requested result.
External providers operate under their own terms and privacy policies. Their handling of information is not controlled entirely by Cape Portal.
We encourage visitors to avoid submitting confidential information to third-party services unless they understand the relevant provider’s terms.
7. Advertising
Cape Portal offers advertising opportunities to businesses wishing to reach visitors interested in practical business tools and resources.
We currently measure performance for our own advertising placements using impression and click statistics.
If third-party advertising services, including Google AdSense, are introduced or activated, they may collect or use information such as cookies, IP addresses or browsing activity to provide, measure or personalise advertisements, subject to applicable settings and requirements.
This policy will be updated as necessary to reflect advertising services actually used on the website.
8. How We Use Information
Information collected through Cape Portal may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website and its tools.
- Respond to enquiries and feedback.
- Diagnose errors and improve performance.
- Understand which tools and resources are useful.
- Measure advertising impressions and clicks.
- Protect the website against abuse, fraud and security threats.
- Meet applicable legal obligations.
We do not intend to sell visitors’ personal information.
9. How Information Is Protected
We take reasonable steps to protect information handled through Cape Portal against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
However, no website, server or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal requirements.
10. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have rights to request access to, correction of or deletion of personal information held about you.
If you have a privacy question or wish to make a request relating to your personal information, please contact us using the details below.
We will consider requests in accordance with applicable South African privacy legislation, including the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
11. External Websites
Cape Portal may contain links to external websites and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of websites operated by other organisations.
Please review the relevant privacy policy before providing personal information to an external website.
12. Children’s Privacy
Cape Portal is intended primarily for people seeking business tools and resources. We do not knowingly seek to collect children’s personal information unnecessarily.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, tools, advertising arrangements or legal obligations change.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date where appropriate.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information is handled on Cape Portal, please contact:
Cape Portal
Email: freek@capeportal.co.za
Website: https://capeportal.co.za/
You can also visit our Contact page to get in touch.