Privacy Policy
CVET is committed to safeguarding your privacy. Contact us at charlotte@cvet.co.za if you have any questions or problems regarding the use of your Personal Data and we will gladly assist you.
By using this site or/and our services, you consent to the Processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is a part of our Terms and Conditions; by agreeing to Terms and Conditions you also agree to this Policy. In the event of collision of terms used in Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, the latter shall prevail.
Collection of Information
The type and amount of information we receive about you depends entirely on how you use our site. For instance, you may read and download information provided on the site without providing any personal information at all.
Personal information including name, location, e-mail address, company affiliation, telephone number, etc. is provided on a voluntary basis only. We use this information to manage our relationship with you (notably to respond to inquiries and requests for further information).
The legal basis for such processing is your consent. You are informed that you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time (without calling into question the processing previously carried out), by writing to charlotte@cvet.co.za.
CVET will also collect cookies, please refer to the section dedicated to “Cookies” below.
Share and transfer of personal information
We will not share or sell the personal information you provide us to a third party at any time.
The processed personal information is transmitted to Google.
CVET transfers personal information for the purposes of collecting donations, communicating with supporters, and making improvements to the website. All services that we use to collect data are based in the United States. Those transfers are carried out in accordance with Standard Contractual Clauses.
CVET takes reasonable precautions to keep all information obtained from our online visitors secure against unauthorized access.
Retention of your personal information
CVET shall retain your personal information for no longer than is necessary for the purposes identified under this privacy policy.
On the expiry of the applicable data retention period, CVET undertakes to erase or irrevocably anonymize the relevant personal information.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that web sites commonly write to the site visitor's hard drive when a site is visited. A cookie file contains information that can identify a return visitor each time he or she visits our site. The data is encrypted for added security. Our web site may use cookies as a way to measure activity and traffic patterns on the site in order to continually improve the visitor's experience. Cookies also provide visitors the convenience of not having to log in a password more than once our site, thereby saving the visitor time while on our site.
If you consent to our use of cookies but later wish to opt out, you may at any time change your browser settings in order to block the cookies. Users do not need to have cookies turned on to visit our web site but will need them to use certain customizable features on the site that we may launch in the future.
Alternatively, we invite you to click on any of the following browser names which will redirect you to the instructions necessary to manage your cookies preferences for those browsers:
Finally, you may visit www.aboutcookies.org, a website providing comprehensive information about how to manage your cookies settings on a broad variety of browsers.
Children and Privacy
CVET does not knowingly collect information from or about children age 16 and under.
External Links
Our site contains links to other Internet web sites, and CVET is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any linked sites.
Changes to Policy
If CVET decides to change its privacy policies and practices, we will post those changes to our Privacy Policy on our web site in advance of the changes taking effect, so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users. If such modification requires your consent, users will have a choice to consent as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will continue to be able to use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy under which the information was collected.
Your rights
As a data subject, you have various rights in relation to your personal information. In particular, you have the rights to:
access to personal information processed concerning you;
rectification of inaccurate personal information concerning you and a right to erasure;
restriction of processing;
data portability;
object to the processing on grounds relating to your particular situation; and,
lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
To exercise any of your rights, please contact us by email to the address charlotte@cvet.co.za. CVET will respond to your request in a reasonable time frame, and in any event within one month from receipt thereof.
Unsubscribe
To unsubscribe from any CVET electronic newsletter, please send an email request to charlotte@cvet.co.za and type the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Questions
Any questions regarding this privacy policy should be directed to charlotte@cvet.co.za.