We respect your data

Short version: on internshipabroad.co.za we store no personal data about you as long as you do not actively submit something. Fully POPIA compliant.

What we do not do on this website

• We set no marketing or tracking cookies
• We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or similar tools
• We store no personal data from website visitors
• We build no user profiles from your browsing behaviour
• We do not sell or rent data to third parties

What we measure

We use Umami, a privacy-friendly analytics tool that works without cookies and without storing your IP address. We see anonymised aggregates only, never identifiable individual data.

When you sign up on the platform

Once you create a profile on app.internshipabroad.me, separate privacy terms apply there, which you explicitly agree to when signing up. The platform stores only the data needed to match you with a placement (name, email, academic background, preferences).

This separation is intentional: as long as you are just browsing, everything stays anonymous. Only when you actively create a profile do you share data with us, and you decide what we may do with it.

Your rights under POPIA

If you have an account on the platform, you have the following rights:

• Right of access to the data stored about you
• Right to correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure of your data
• Right to object to the processing of your data
• Right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa)

Requests at any time to: hello@internshipabroad.co.za

Server & hosting

This website is hosted on Vercel. Server logs (IP address, timestamp, browser) are retained for a maximum of 7 days for security purposes and then deleted.

Third parties

This website loads fonts from Google Fonts. When the page loads, Google sees your IP address. We have no further influence over this. If this is a concern, you can block Google Fonts via a browser extension.

Controller

Students Abroad, Netherlands
Email: hello@internshipabroad.co.za

Changes

This privacy policy may change when we add new features. We update the date below and actively communicate material changes to all platform users.

Last updated: 10 July 2026