This Privacy Policy must be read in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions and that all policy documents are to be read as a group of documents and not separately as individual documents.
We recognize that your privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use (the Health.co.za website / Health.co.za Apps and or company name), as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us. Health.co.za strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all our operations. Likewise, we are dedicated to protecting our customers’, consumers’ and online visitors’ privacy on our website.
All details supplied to us by virtue of the Website, any content thereon, or the facility or services offered thereby, will be safeguarded by our privacy policy. We undertake to use our best endeavours to maintain the privacy of the information you have divulged to us in consequence of utilising the Website. For this purpose, we have taken measures to ensure that information supplied to us is held securely.
- Information Collected or provided by You
- Health.co.za may collect Personal Information about you – i.e.: name, address, contact number, email address or any health information – in the following ways:
- When you register on our web sites or Apps, use certain tools and or services, sign-up for newsletters or other Health.co.za engagement, or when you contact via e-mail or forward information to a third party or you participate in some online surveys, or you provide personal information in a public forum.
- Health.co.za may collect non-Personal Information – via Cookies, Web Beacons, Health.co.za mobile device applications and from external sources, even if you have not registered with or provided any Personal Information to Health.co.za.
- How Information Collected About You Is Used
- We may use information we collect about you to:
- Administer your account and provide you with access to particular tools and services. Respond to your inquiries and send you administrative communications. Analyze user behavior and activity. Conduct research. Send you personalised emails or send you relevant offers and informational from our sponsors. Third parties may from time to time also use Non-Personal Information.
- Sharing of Information
- Health.co.za will not disclose any Personal Information it gathers from you through the Health.co.za Web Sites.
- For the purposes of the prevention or detection of offences, and/or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, we may share any information obtained or collected by us with the Police, other public or private sector agencies or representative bodies in accordance with the relevant legislation.
- This may include public authorities, insurance companies, finance companies, and/or other agencies.
- This Privacy Policy does not apply to information, content, ideas, concepts or inventions that are forwarded to Health.co.za
- Corporate Change in Control
- In the event of a corporate change in control, Health.co.za reserves the right to transfer your Personal Information to the new party in control or the party acquiring assets in Health.co.za.
- Disclosures to Health.co.za Contractors
- Third party vendors and suppliers that provide Health.co.za with technology and maintenance of the Health.co.za Web Sites are contractually required to protect the privacy of your Personal and Non-Personal Information.
- Disclosures to Third Party Web Sites
- Services offered to you through Health.co.za are hosted and operated by third party companies and your information is not disclose to these Third-Party Web Sites without your consent.
- Health.co.za market research
- When participating in a survey, we may ask you to enter Personal Information. The Personal Information you submit in a survey may be used by Health.co.za for research and we may from time to time request proof of identity before allowing access to your information.
- Securing Your Information
- Health.co.za uses a number of security measures to protect the security of your Personal Information. Although best practice is exercised by Health.co.za with the efforts to protect your Personal Information, there is always some risk that an unauthorised third party may navigate around our security systems.
- When you register on the Website, we ask you whether you would like to receive our email newsletters detailing changes to the site, offers and services from third party/s that we feel may be of interest to you. You have the ability to opt-out of receiving all or any of these offers during registration.
- Health Forums and the Community
- Health.co.za operates in several community areas and numerous public forums where users with similar interests or medical conditions are able to share information and support one another. Health.co.za offers online interaction which may be moderated by healthcare experts.
- Updating/Removing Your Personal Information
- Should you not want your Personal Information used that you provided in this Privacy Policy, you should not register as a member.
- Should you have registered and desire to delete any of your Personal Information you have provided to us, please contact us via the Website and submitting a request of cancellation of Personal Information. It is important that you are aware that in some instances it may not be possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided.
- Browser, Cookie Information
- When you access the Health.co.za website (directly or indirectly and without necessarily registering thereon) we automatically receive and store information on our server logs from your browser or mobile platform including your cell phone number, location, IP address, Cookie information and the page you requested.
- Amendments and Updates
- Amendments and updates to this policy may be made from time to time. Any revisions will be posted on this page and you are urged to familiarise yourself from time to time with the content of this page.
- Mobile Device (“Apps”) and Mobile Optimised Sites
- The Health.co.za Apps may require that you be registered and signed in, in order to make use of them. Apps may allow you to use numerous features without being registered but require that you are signed in as a registered user. Any information collected via these Apps are treated as Personal Information under the Health.co.za Privacy Policy.
- Advertisers
- Health.co.za may use outside ad companies to display ads on our site. Some of these ads may contain cookies of which information we do not have access to. You may choose not to accept cookies by modifying your browser settings. At any time, you may remove any cookie stored on your hard drive by deleting them in your browsers settings section. We work with third party companies who have their own respective privacy policies.
- Some third-party advertisements may be provided by Google, which uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google uses the DART cookie, which enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visits to this site and other sites on the Web. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
- Minors and Children
- Health.co.za are committed to protecting the privacy of children. The content of the Health.co.za website may contain certain information and or content not intended for young children. A parent or guardian is responsible for providing supervision of the minor’s use of the Health.co.za website. Should a parent or guardian wish to register, then the assumption is that such use of the website is being conducted under supervision. The parent or guardian also assumes full responsibility for the interpretation and use of any information or suggestions provided for the minor.
- Changes to this Privacy Policy
- Health.co.za reserves the right to change or modify the Health.co.za Privacy Policy. Should such changes be made, Health.co.za will endeavour to contact all affected parties via e-mail. Health.co.za encourages all Policies to be reviewed from time to time and familiarise themselves of the content of such Policies for the latest information on our Privacy Policies. Should you not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not register.
- How You Can Correct or Remove Information
- We provide this privacy policy as a statement to you of our commitment to protect your personal information. If you have submitted personal information through our website and would like that information deleted from our records or would like to update or correct that information, please use our Contact Us page.
- Agreeing to Terms
- If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy as posted here on this website, please do not use this site or any services offered by this site. Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this privacy policy.
