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Privacy Policy

Updated: May 01, 2024

 

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection,

use and disclosure of your information when you use the website and informs you of your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

 

We use your personal data to identify our members and provide and improve our service. By joining SABCAP, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

Interpretation and Definitions 

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined

under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same

meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

 

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or

    parts thereof.

  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this

    Agreement) refers to South African Board of Companion Animals.

  • Cookies are small 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.

  • Country refers to South Africa
  • Device means any device that can access the website such as a computer, a

    cell phone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data

    on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or

    individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide

    the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the

    Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

  • Usage Data refers to 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).

  • Website refers to South African Board of Companion Animals, accessible from

    <https://sabcap.org.za.org.za/>

  • You means 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.

 

 

Personal Data 

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally

identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You.

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

 

  * Email address

  * First name and last name

  * Phone number

  * Address, Province, Postal code, City

  * Identity or passport number

  * Usage Data

 

Usage Data 

 

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

 

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol

address (e.g. 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 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, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your

mobile device, Your 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 sends whenever You visit our

Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

 

Tracking Technologies and Cookies 

 

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our

Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons,

tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze

Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

 

  * Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your

    Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate

    when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You

    may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted

    Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use

    Cookies.

  * Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain

    small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear

    gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for

    example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email

    and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the

    popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server

    integrity).

 

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on

Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session

Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser

 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

 

  * Necessary / Essential Cookies

    Type: Session Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services

    available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its

    features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of

    user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for

    cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with

    those services.

 * Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies

    on the Website.

  * Functionality Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Administered by: Us

    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use

    the Website, such as remembering your login details or language

    preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more

    personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences

    every time You use the Website.

 

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding

cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy

Policy.

 

Use of Your Personal Data 

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

 

  * To provide and maintain our Service , including to monitor the usage of

    our Service.

  * To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the

    Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different

    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 purchase contract for the products, items or services

    You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

  * To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other

    equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as 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 You with news, special offers and general information about

    other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those

    that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted

    not to receive such information.

  * To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

  * 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 to evaluate and improve our Service,

    products, services, marketing and your experience.

 

We may disclose Your personal information only with Your consent.

 

Retention of Your Personal Data 

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary

for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your

Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations

(for example, if we are required to retain 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 purposes. Usage

Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data

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 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 — computers located outside of Your, province, country

or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ

than those from Your jurisdiction.

 

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such

information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

 

The Company will take 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 an organization or a country unless

there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and

other personal information.

 

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the

Personal Data that We have collected about You.

 

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You

from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to

Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that

allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to

request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have

provided to Us.

 

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we

have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Law enforcement 

 

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required 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).

 

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 wrongdoing 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

method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is

100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect

Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

Links to Other Websites 

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us.

If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s

site. We strongly 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 from time to time. We will notify You of any

changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

 

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior

to the change becoming effective and update the ” updated” date at the top

of this Privacy Policy.

 

You are advised 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 via email: admin@sabcap.org.za

 

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