Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is crafted to address and alleviate concerns regarding the handling of one’s ‘Personal Data’ (PD) online. Within the framework of U.S. privacy laws and cybersecurity, PD pertains to information that, either on its own or combined with other details, can pinpoint, reach, or delineate a unique person or offer insights into their identity. We urge you to carefully review our privacy guidelines to understand our methods of collecting, utilizing, safeguarding, and handling your PD in alignment with our website, tvet-colleges.co.za.

Our Approach to Information

The data we collect may stem from various interactions, including but not limited to registration, making purchases, subscribing to newsletters, responding to surveys or marketing messages, browsing our website, or leveraging other site functionalities. We harness this data in multiple manners:

  • To tailor your user journey and to ensure the content and offerings presented resonate with your preferences.
  • To bolster our ability to cater to your needs, particularly in addressing any service-related queries.
  • To orchestrate events, offers, questionnaires, or other website elements.
  • To gather feedback and insights about our offerings.
  • To stay connected post-engagements, be it via live chats, emails, or telephonic touchpoints.

Prioritizing Your Information’s Security:

We abstain from activities like vulnerability assessments or adherence to PCI standards scans.

  • Our platform’s main thrust is to offer insightful articles and information. At no point do we solicit credit card specifics. Regular Malware Scans are executed to fortify our website’s defenses.
  • Your confidential details are nestled safely within fortified networks, accessible only to a handful of persons having exclusive access rights. They are mandated to ensure the utmost confidentiality.
  • Furthermore, any sensitive financial details shared are encrypted, thanks to Secure Socket Layer (SSL) mechanisms.
  • We put in place a myriad of security protocols when a user provides, accesses, or retrieves their details, underscoring our commitment to safeguarding your personal information.
  • All financial operations are facilitated via a trusted payment mediator, ensuring no data retention or processing on our end.

Cookies

Cookies are tiny data pieces transferred to your computer’s storage through your web browser when you visit a website, given that you allow it. These cookies enable the site or service provider to identify your browser and store specific data. For example, we use cookies to remember and process items in your cart. They also assist in understanding your site activity preferences, whether past or present, which in turn helps us refine our offerings. Furthermore, cookies provide us with cumulative insights into site traffic and user engagement, guiding us towards improving our platform and tools in the future.

How We Use Cookies

We harness cookies to:

  • Oversee ad campaigns.
  • Accumulate aggregate insights on website traffic and user behaviors, aiming to optimize our platform and future tools.
  • We might collaborate with credible third-party services to track this information on our behalf.

You hold the power to modify your computer’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is sent or to turn off cookies altogether. This can be managed in your browser’s settings. Given that browsers can differ, it’s wise to refer to the Help Section of your specific browser to learn the correct way to modify your cookie settings.

Third-Party Disclosure

We pledge not to sell, trade, or externally share your Personal Data without informing our users beforehand. However, this commitment excludes our website hosting partners and those who assist in the operation of our site, the conduct of our business, or servicing our users, provided they vouch for the confidentiality of such data.

We might also reveal details if required to comply with the law, uphold our site’s policies, or safeguard our rights, assets, safety, and that of others.

Conversely, non-personally identifiable user information might be provided to other entities for marketing, promotion, or other endeavors.

Advertiser Relations

Ads showcased on our platform are courtesy of our advertising associates, who might set cookies. These cookies enable the advertisement server to recognize your device every time an online ad is relayed, collating non-personally identifiable data about you and anyone else using your device.

Such insights allow ad networks to serve tailored advertisements they deem most appealing to you, among other functionalities. It’s essential to note that our privacy policy does not cover the advertisers’ cookie usage.

Google Adsense

Some advertisements on our platform are sourced from Google. Google, a third-party provider, uses cookies to present ads on TVET-Colleges. Through the DART cookie, Google customizes ads for users based on their visits to Tvet-colleges.co.za and other online destinations. It’s crucial to understand that the DART cookie captures “non-personal data” and avoids collecting personal specifics like your name, email, address, etc. Should users wish to opt out of DART cookie usage, they can do so by accessing Google’s ad and content network privacy guidelines here: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. It’s pertinent to mention that Tvet-colleges.co.za doesn’t have authority or influence over cookies managed by external advertisers.

Updates to Our Privacy Guidelines

Tvet-colleges.co.za holds the prerogative to amend this privacy declaration when necessary. Subsequent to any adjustments, the revision date at the page’s end will be updated. We encourage our visitors to routinely scan this section to remain updated on the measures we undertake to protect the collected data. Engaging with our platform implies your acknowledgment and consent to our privacy standards. It’s your duty to periodically revisit and comprehend any alterations.

Consenting to These Provisions

Interacting with this website signals your endorsement of these stipulations. If you find any portion of this policy disagreeable, please desist from using our website. Persisting in using the site post any policy modifications will be interpreted as your consent to those updates.