Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for SA Bank Fees

Last Updated: 05 March 2026

Website Purpose

SA Bank Fees (https://sabankfees.co.za) is an informational website that provides educational content about banking fees, account costs, and financial comparisons related to banks operating in South Africa.

The information published on this website is intended for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.

Who we are

Our website address is: www.sabankfees.co.za.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitorโ€™s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location/data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Advertising & Google AdSense

Advertising and Third-Party Cookies

This website may display advertisements from third-party advertising networks, including Google AdSense.

Google and its partners may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to display ads to visitors based on their visits to this website and other websites on the internet.

Google uses the DoubleClick cookie to serve ads to users based on their visit to this website and other sites. This enables Google and its partners to show relevant advertisements to users.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings page:
https://adssettings.google.com

You can also learn more about how Google uses data from websites that use its services by visiting:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Third-party ad networks may also use technologies such as cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons in advertisements that appear on this website. These technologies are used to measure advertising effectiveness and personalize advertising content.

This website has no direct control over the cookies used by third-party advertisers.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, you may contact us through the contact page of this website.

Website: https://sabankfees.co.za
Contact page: https://sabankfees.co.za/contact/