Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2021

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data as well as your privacy rights and protection from the law regarding the use of our services.

To improve our services, we often use personal information and by using our services, you agree to us collecting and using your data in line with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words with the capitalized initial letters have meanings defined under the following conditions. These definitions have the same meaning irrespective of whether they appear in singular or plural forms.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:-

• Accountmeans a specific account created for you to access our service or parts of our services.
• Company(referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to NDCSA, 59 Main Road Malvern, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
• Cookiesare tiny files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website, among its many uses.
• Countryrefers to South Africa.
• Deviceis a reference to any device that can access our services such as a computer, cellphone or digital tablet.
• Personal Datais all information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Servicerefers to the website.
• Service Providermeans any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It can refer to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, provide the Service on behalf of the Company, perform services related to the Service or assist the Company in determining how the Service is used.
• Third-party Social Media Servicerefers to any website or any social network website through which a user can access information pertaining to us and our services.
• Usage Datarefers to the data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Websiterefers to NDCSA which is accessible at ndcsaafrica.co.za
• You refer to the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our service, We may request that You provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. This type of personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• First name and last name
• Identity Number
• Email address
• Phone number
• Physical/Postal address
• Employment information
• Information pertaining to Your credit information
• Usage data

Collection from Browser

When you use the service, it automatically leads to the collection of usage data.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (i.e IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other essential diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, the mobile device unique ID, the IP address of the mobile device, the mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser transmits whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

When you access our website, We may send one or more cookies (small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters) to your computer to collect certain usage information. We use session cookies (which disappear after you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain after you close your browser which can be removed manually) and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our website. We use this information gathered by cookies to improve the website.

Information from Third-Party Social Media Services

The Company allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:

• Google
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Whatsapp

If You decide to register or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal Information that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account, such as Your name, email address, activities or contact list linked with that account.

You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account. If You decide to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are granting the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner in line with this Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account: The Personal Data You provide can grant You access to various functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the contract for the services You have required from Us or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
• To contact You: To contact You via email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication including a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
• To provide Youwith news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events that we offer which may be similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have decided to not receive such information.
• To manage Your requests: Provide attention to and manage Your requests to Us.
• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or another sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of a liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and evaluating as well as improving our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal data with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your data with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
• With other users: when You share personal data or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
• With Your Consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will keep Your Personal Data for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to keep your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis reasons. Usage Data is often kept for a shorter period of time, except when it is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed and retained at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — digital platforms located outside of Your province or country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of the information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will activate all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to another organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide you with adequate notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under specific circumstances, the Company may be requested to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoings in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no transfer method over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use every commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18 otherwise known as children. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please Contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our database.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that data.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain internal links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be redirected to that third party’s site. We advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy occasionally. However, We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via a notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and correct the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We advise You to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By email: valencia@ndcsa.org
• By visiting this page on our website: ndcsaafrica.co.za
• By phone number: 074 640 3146 – 012 111 9370