PRIVACY STATEMENT
New Online Media Communications (Pty) Ltd. trading as Design Connection and its affiliates (“Design Connection”, “we”, “us” and “our”) requests that you read this privacy policy statement before accessing or using the Design Connection website which can be accessed at elearnconnect.com / (the “website”).
Design Connection respects the privacy of individuals and juristic entities (collectively, “Persons”) and is committed to the protection of their personal information (as defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013). This privacy policy statement sets out the way in which Design Connection will use, manage and protect your personal information.
CONSENT TO USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you proceed to access or use the website, by submitting your personal information (as identified in clause 4 below) as required to register as a user/customer/client of the website, you hereby consent to Design Connection collecting, storing and using your personal information for the purpose of course purchase and registration, and sharing it with third parties involved in supplying the service.
If you nominate a person or organisation as a third-party representing a group registration (for example, if you participate in a group registration through a nominated group leader) you must provide your consent to them to share your personal information with Design Connection for purposes of registering for a course.
A nominated third party representing members of a group registration, undertakes to Design Connection that it has the consent of all group participants to share personal information with Design Connection for purposes of registering for a course.
Consent to a nominated third party to provide your personal information is limited to name and surname, email address and identity number.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
The website is not designed to collect and/or receive any personal information by itself and therefore Design Connection is not able to identify you personally unless you access the website and/or provide any personal information yourself or by your nominated third party.
SCOPE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
The personal information that Design Connection collects about you is limited to your company information, personal name and surname, your identity number and email address
The personal information that Design Connection collects about you includes your company information, personal name and surname, your ID number and/or your medical practioners number (for certificate issuing), address, telephone number and email address.
Design Connection collects personal information that you enter into data fields on the website when registering as a course user and/or purchase access to a course on the Design Connection learner management system.
HOW DOES DESIGN CONNECTION USE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
Design Connection may use the information collected directly from you, for purposes of creating a user database in order to communicate to you in connection with the course information including course news and updates, and new educational training courses (“Purpose”).
Your personal information is only accessible to Design Connection, including its employees and third-party service providers who are required to administer the website and/or database, and who are required to commit in writing, as part of their service to Design Connection, to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information.
HOW DOES DESIGN CONNECTION STORE INFORMATION
Whilst you are a registered user of the website, Design Connection shall retain all the information we gather about you and store it on a secure server.
Your personal information will be destroyed as soon as reasonably practical after you have notified Design Connection in writing that you wish to opt out of Design Connection courses.
SECURITY
Design Connection and its third-party server providers will take and maintain adequate technical measures to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorised access, use, alteration, destruction or disclosure.
Notwithstanding the implementation of the aforesaid security measures, it is your personal responsibility to ensure that the device you are using is adequately secured and protected against malicious software. You are aware of the fact that without adequate security measures (e.g. secure web browser, up-to-date antivirus and malware protection software and personal firewall software) there is a risk that the information and passwords you use to protect access to your Personal Information, could be accessed by unauthorized third parties.
RIGHT TO ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE
If you wish to review, change, add or remove the personal information you have entered on the Website, you can do so using the “Edit” option available to your profile/my account. Should you experience any issues doing so, you may contact us for assistance.
If you have questions about the use, amendment, or deletion of Personal Information that you have provided to us, please contact us by clicking on the “Contact” link on the Website or by emailing us at info@designconnection.co.za
In accordance with relevant legislation, you have the right to (a) obtain access to your Personal Information held by Design Connection; (b) request the correction, destruction or deletion of your Personal Information held by us; and (c) object to the processing of your Personal Information.
CHANGE IN POLICY
Design Connection reserves the right to remove or modify this privacy policy at any time without any prior notification to you.
Updated: 11 July 2022