Privacy Policy |
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 has formulated this privacy statement in order to demonstrate
its firm commitment to the privacy of its users. The site
contains extensive links to external sites. is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such external sites. The
following discloses our information gathering and dissemination
practices for the site:
Visitors using the site are asked to fill out a questionnaire
as part of the user registration process. Registrants' information
will be utilised to refine and improve the content of . The
information provided will not be sold or re-distributed to third
parties without the explicit permission of the user, unless obliged to
do so by law or legal process.
The aggregate demographic information allows us to verify the types of
professionals who use . Registrants will also have the
opportunity to receive email updates of what's new on , should
they indicate so at the end of the registration process. At this point
of collection, the user will also have the opportunity to indicate
whether he or she would like to "opt out" of receiving promotional
and/or marketing information about other products, services and
offerings from and/or any third parties.
Further, notwithstanding any opt out of promotional information by the
user, reserves the right to contact a subscriber regarding
account status, changes to the subscriber agreement and other matters
relevant to the underlying service and/or the information collected.
reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user
behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use
of the various areas of the site and to inform advertisers of such
information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to
or clicked on their advertising banners. will provide only
aggregated data from these analyses to third parties.
Also, users should be aware that might sometimes permit third
parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services
through the site. is not responsible for any actions or
policies of such third parties and users should check the applicable
privacy policy of such party when providing personally identifiable
information.
Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally
identifiable information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) on the
bulletin boards or in the chat areas of the site, that
information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the
user's communication, can be collected and correlated and used by
third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other
posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of
.
As soon as a user visits , a "cookie" is placed within his or
her web browser. "Cookies" are small text files that uses to
recognise users, facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of
the site, and allow a site to track usage behaviour and compile
aggregate data that will allow content improvements and targeted
advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto a user's system
and damage files. 's cookies work by assigning a unique number
to the user that has no meaning outside this web site. This cookie
poses no security risk and cannot in any way harm your computer; its
purpose is to allow access to the site without the need to
input a user name and password each time. However, users should
remember their password, as they will be prompted for it when they
access the site from a different computer or browser.
Furthermore, users who have configured their browser not to accept
cookies will not be able to log in to .
Upon request, will allow any user to "opt out" of further
promotional contacts at any time. Additionally upon request, will use reasonable efforts to allow users to update/correct personal
information previously submitted which the user states is erroneous to
the extent such activities will not compromise privacy or security
interests. Also, upon a user's request, will use commercially
reasonable efforts to functionally delete the user and his or her
personal information from its database; however, it may be impossible
to delete a user's entry without some residual information because of
backups and records of deletions.
The foregoing policies are effective as of 1 April 2000. reserves
the right to change these policies at any time and publishinhg the new terms
on this website. Readers are advised to review the latest policies at all
times. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to
and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of
any party.
Secure Internet shopping by credit card
There are no fees associated with registering or using the web
site, but users are required to pay a service fee for the issuing of
CPD certificates, singularly or in bulk form via electronic data
transfer.
Your credit card transactions on are conducted in accordance
with the latest available technology and, as such are as safe as all
other credit card transactions done on a daily basis in restaurants,
shops and other businesses. The actual transferring of money is not
administered by but by ABSA Bank - your credit card
particulars are not kept, held or stored by .
ABSA bank reserves the money for 's use, which means that we
receive payment only after your CPD credits have been issued. operates in the same way as any other speed-point or credit card
facility machine holder.
To facilitate this process, has to comply with all security
requirements prescribed by ABSA to accredited speed-point holders.
Because is an esteemed and approved credit card operator for
ABSA, our credit card transactions are protected by the same system
used for ATM machines and for prominent national retailers. It is
guaranteed against unauthorised entry from hackers.
In addition, as you enter your credit card number,
name and address on , it is encrypted into secret
text using SSL before being transmitted over the Internet. An
encrypted text is illegible and virtually indecipherable as it travels
from source to destination, thereby ensuring your safety and privacy.
It is the user's responsibility to keep his Internet browser up to
date to ensure that the latest security technology is available to
him/her. For more information, please contact us to assist you in
obtaining the latest version of either Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox,
for which was designed.
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