Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20 July 2026

This Privacy Policy applies to the Saffaroo application and services, which are owned and operated by Cindy Bagg, trading as Jaycin ('we', 'us', or 'our'). It explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information when you use our Services.

We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is handled. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at howzit@saffaroo.com.au.

Summary of Key Points

What personal information do we collect? Information you give us when you create an account, submit a listing or event, report an appointment, or contact us — plus limited technical information collected automatically.

Do we collect sensitive information? No.

Do we use your information for advertising? No. We do not run advertising, we do not sell or share your personal information, and we do not track you across other apps or websites.

Is your information stored in Australia? No. Saffaroo is operated from Australia but hosted overseas, primarily in the United States. See Section 5.

What are your rights? You can access, correct or delete your information, and you can delete your account from within the app at any time.

Table of Contents

1. What Information Do We Collect?

In short: we collect information you give us, and limited technical information collected automatically.

Information you give us

When you create an account or use the Services, we may collect:

  • your name and display name;
  • your email address;
  • your phone number, if you choose to provide it;
  • your state and city;
  • a short profile bio, if you choose to write one;
  • a profile photo, if you choose to upload one;
  • business listings, events, tips and agent listings you submit, including the contact details contained in them;
  • images you upload with a submission;
  • appointment availability reports you submit through Appointment Watch;
  • your saved favourites, event RSVPs, planner tasks and notification preferences;
  • the content of any enquiry or support message you send us.

Most of these fields are optional. Only your email address is required to hold an account.

Sensitive information

We do not collect sensitive information as defined by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The "Not Feeling Lekker?" section of the app provides links and phone numbers to external support services. We do not record, log or store which of those resources you view or contact.

Information collected automatically

When you use the Services, our hosting and infrastructure providers automatically record technical information as part of normal operation. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, device type and operating system, and the date and time of requests. This information is used to operate and secure the Services.

If you enable push notifications, our notification provider assigns your device an identifier so that notifications can be delivered to it. You can turn push notifications off at any time in the app or in your device settings.

Location

We do not collect GPS or precise location data. When you type an address into a search or listing field, the text you enter is sent to Google Places to return address suggestions. We store only the city and state you select for your profile or listing.

Device permissions

The app may ask for permission to access your device's photo library or camera, so that you can upload a profile picture or an image with a listing. It may also ask permission to send you notifications. You can change or withdraw these permissions at any time in your device settings.

2. How Do We Use Your Information?

In short: to run the Services, communicate with you, keep the platform safe, and meet our legal obligations.

  • To create and manage your account and let you sign in.
  • To provide the Services, including displaying listings, events, community content and appointment alerts.
  • To send you notifications you have asked for, such as event reminders and appointment alerts.
  • To send administrative messages, such as a welcome email, service updates, or changes to our terms and policies.
  • To respond to your enquiries and provide support.
  • To moderate submissions and review content before it is published.
  • To keep the Services secure, including preventing misuse, fraud and abuse.
  • To comply with our legal obligations and to establish or defend legal claims.

We do not use your information for advertising or behavioural profiling.

3. When and With Whom Do We Share Your Information?

In short: with the service providers who help us run Saffaroo, and where the law requires it.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers.

We use the following service providers, who handle data on our behalf under their own privacy policies:

ProviderPurposeLocation
Base44 (Wix.com Ltd)Hosts the platform, stores account and content data, sends service emailsPrimarily United States; also Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom
Google PlacesAddress and business location lookupUnited States
Google Sign-InAccount authentication, if you choose to sign in with GoogleUnited States
OneSignalDelivers push notifications, if you opt inUnited States
Google FontsServes the typefaces used in the appUnited States

Content you publish. Business listings, events, tips, agent listings and appointment reports you submit are visible to other users of Saffaroo once approved. Your display name may be shown alongside content you post. Do not include information in a public submission that you do not want other users to see.

We may also disclose your information where we are required or permitted to do so by law, to enforce our Terms and Conditions, to protect the safety of users or the public, or in connection with a sale or transfer of the business.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

In short: we use cookies to keep you signed in and remember your preferences. We do not use them for advertising.

We use cookies and similar technologies, including local storage, to keep you signed in, keep your session secure, and remember preferences such as your city and saved favourites. We do not run advertising cookies, behavioural tracking or session recording.

Full details are in our Cookie Policy.

5. Overseas Storage and Disclosure

In short: Saffaroo is run from Australia, but your information is stored overseas.

Saffaroo is operated from Australia. However, the platform is hosted on infrastructure located outside Australia. Your personal information is stored and processed primarily in the United States, and may also be accessed or processed in Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom by service providers who help us operate the Services.

Your information may be subject to the laws of those countries, including lawful access requests by their government authorities.

By creating an account and using the Services, you consent to your personal information being transferred to, stored in, and processed in these countries. You should be aware that if you consent to this disclosure, Australian Privacy Principle 8.1 will not apply, the overseas recipients may not be subject to privacy protections comparable to those under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and you may not be able to seek redress against those recipients under Australian law.

We remain accountable to you for how your personal information is handled, and we take reasonable steps to select providers with appropriate security practices.

6. How Do We Handle Google Sign-In?

In short: if you sign in with Google, we receive basic profile information.

You may register and sign in using your Google account. If you do, we receive basic profile information from Google — typically your name, email address and profile picture. We use this only as described in this Privacy Policy.

We do not control how Google handles your information, and we recommend reviewing Google's own privacy policy. Where we offer Google Sign-In on Apple devices, Sign in with Apple is also available.

7. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

In short: for as long as you have an account, unless the law requires otherwise.

We keep your personal information for as long as you hold an account with us, and for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.

When you delete your account, your profile and associated records are removed from our active systems. Copies may persist in our hosting provider's routine backup archives for a period after deletion. Where information remains in backups, it is isolated from further use until it is overwritten or deleted in the normal course.

8. How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?

In short: we take reasonable technical and organisational measures, but no system is perfectly secure.

We have implemented reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect your personal information, and our hosting provider maintains its own security controls and certifications. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You access the Services at your own risk and should keep your account credentials confidential.

9. Your Privacy Rights

In short: you can access, correct and delete your information at any time.

Under the Australian Privacy Principles you have the right to:

  • request access to the personal information we hold about you;
  • ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, out of date or incomplete;
  • ask us to delete your personal information;
  • withdraw your consent, where we rely on consent to handle your information;
  • opt out of non-essential communications at any time;
  • make a complaint about how we have handled your information.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of anything done before you withdrew it. If you withdraw consent to overseas storage, we will not be able to continue providing the Services to you, as the platform is hosted overseas.

If you choose not to provide certain information, it may affect our ability to provide parts of the Services to you.

10. Accessing, Correcting or Deleting Your Information

You can review and update your profile information at any time in your account settings.

You can delete your account directly in the app, in your account settings. Deleting your account removes your profile and your submitted content from our active systems.

You can also contact us at howzit@saffaroo.com.au to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information. We will respond within a reasonable period, and ordinarily within 30 days.

11. Do-Not-Track Signals

Some browsers and devices offer a Do-Not-Track setting. There is currently no agreed standard for how these signals should be handled, and we do not respond to them. This is of limited relevance to Saffaroo, as we do not track users across other websites or apps.

12. Rights in Other Regions

Saffaroo is operated from Australia and we handle personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles. Saffaroo is also intended for South Africans preparing to move to Australia, and we recognise that many of our users are located in South Africa.

South Africa

Where the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 ('POPIA') applies to our handling of your personal information, we aim to process your information in accordance with its requirements.

Under POPIA you have the right to:

  • be notified that your personal information is being collected;
  • request access to the personal information we hold about you;
  • request that we correct, update or delete personal information that is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading or unlawfully obtained;
  • object, on reasonable grounds, to the processing of your personal information;
  • withdraw consent where we rely on your consent;
  • not be subject to direct marketing by electronic means without your consent;
  • complain to the Information Regulator; and
  • seek civil relief in respect of an alleged breach of your rights.

Transfer of your information outside South Africa. As explained in Section 5, Saffaroo is hosted outside South Africa, primarily in the United States. By creating an account and using the Services, you consent to your personal information being transferred to and processed in these countries for the purpose of providing the Services to you. We take reasonable steps to select service providers that maintain appropriate security safeguards.

You may request access to or correction of your personal information at any time by contacting us at howzit@saffaroo.com.au.

If you are unsatisfied with how we have addressed a privacy concern, you may contact the Information Regulator (South Africa):

Other countries

If you access the Services from elsewhere, you may have additional rights under your local law. Contact us and we will do our best to assist.

13. Complaints

If you are concerned about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first at howzit@saffaroo.com.au. We will acknowledge your complaint and aim to respond within 30 days.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at www.oaic.gov.au. If you are in South Africa, you may instead complain to the Information Regulator (South Africa) — see Section 12 for contact details.

14. Updates to This Notice

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be shown by a revised "Last updated" date at the top of this page. If we make material changes, we will notify you through the Services or by email. We encourage you to review this page from time to time.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise any of your rights, contact us at:

Cindy Bagg trading as Jaycin
Mensa Place, Castle Hill
Sydney, New South Wales 2154
Australia
howzit@saffaroo.com.au