Privacy Policy for Education Infrastructure – South Africa
Welcome to Education Infrastructure. At Education Infrastructure, we are committed to safeguarding your privacy and protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and other applicable data protection laws in South Africa.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://educationinfrastructure.co.za.
Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal information:
- Contact Information: This includes your name, email address, phone number, and other contact details.
- Demographic Information: We may collect information such as your age, gender, and location.
- Usage Information: We collect information about how you use our website, including your browsing activities and interactions with our content.
- Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our website, including the device type, operating system, and browser information.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To provide and improve our services and website.
- To respond to your inquiries and requests.
- To send you updates, newsletters, and promotional materials.
- To analyze and monitor website usage and trends.
- To comply with legal obligations.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your personal information with:
- Our trusted service providers who assist us in delivering our services.
- Legal authorities or law enforcement agencies if required by law.
- Other parties with your consent.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal information.
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Delete your personal information.
- Object to the processing of your personal information.
- Withdraw your consent.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
info@education.infrastructure.co.za
Privacy Policy URL
You can find the complete Privacy Policy on our website at https://educationinfrastructure.co.za/privacy-policy/.
Consent
By using our website or providing us with your personal information, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.