@page "/privacy" @namespace MidrandBooks.Components.Pages @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components @inject IJSRuntime JSRuntime
Midrand Books is designed, maintained, owned, and hosted by LiteCharms (PTY) Ltd (www.litecharms.co.za), a company duly incorporated and registered in accordance with the Companies Act of South Africa (Registration No: 2020/269438/07).
LiteCharms (PTY) Ltd trading as Midrand Books ("we", "us", "our") is dedicated to protecting the privacy and personal data of our customers in strict alignment with the Protection of Personal Information Act, No. 4 of 2013 (POPIA) of South Africa. We act as the "Responsible Party" for all data collected across our web architecture.
We collect personal information solely to facilitate the cataloging, transaction, and dispatch of archival material. This information includes, but is not limited to:
For enhanced systemic protection, your core security credentials, access authentication methods, and identity validation vectors are managed externally through our secure cross-tenant single-sign-on architecture (STS Security Cluster). LiteCharms (PTY) Ltd does not store or process raw account passwords locally on its primary catalog databases.
All credit card, Instant EFT, and electronic payments are handled through a direct, secure integration handshake with the PayFast (Pty) Ltd merchant payment system. Midrand Books never captures, indexes, or retains sensitive primary account numbers (PAN), CVV digits, or banking pins. Payment states are transmitted securely using cryptographically signed verification payloads.
In accordance with POPIA parameters, you reserve explicit rights to request access to, correction of, or total destruction of your personal information stored inside our archives. For any data protection inquiries, or to contact our designated Information Officer, please direct formal correspondence to privacy@midrandbooks.co.za.