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Data Privacy Notice

The purpose of this data privacy notice is to inform you about how we process your personal data and for what purposes. Foremost, Canine Rabies Treatment Initiative values your privacy. We handle personal data with the utmost respect for your security and adherence to applicable data protection laws.

What type of information do we collect?

We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.

How do we collect information?

When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.
 

We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

  1. To provide and operate the Services;

  2. To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

  3. To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

  4. To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services; 

  5. To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

How do we store, use, share and disclose our site visitors' personal information?

Unless you let us know of your preferences otherwise, in the process of our normal business practices, we collect your contact information (such as your name, job title, address, email address, phone number, and other contact information).

If you visit our website or our other online applications, please note that analytics tools also collect a mobile device unique identifier or the IP address of your computer. These tools also collect information about the date and time you visit our site, from where (determined via IP address), which pages you visit, and for how long you stay on each page.

If you make a donation on the Site, Pay Pal will collect your credit or debit card or other financial information. That information is subject to the privacy policy of PayPal. When making a donation, then in addition to the Personal Information we collect: Credit card details (type of card, credit card number, name on the card, expiration date, and security code) which is processed by our payment service, PayPal, and is subject to the privacy policy of PayPal. We also collect donation information, including date of purchase/donation, special requests made, donation made or purchased and any special requests.
 

Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.  

 

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

How do we use cookies and other tracking tools?

To optimize site performance and learn more about user behavior on our site, we use cookies. Cookies are small data files of numbers and letters transferred to your computer when you visit the website. They enable your browser to remember sites previously visited.

 

We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.

 

If you go on to a page on our website that contains embedded content, for example PayPal, you may be sent cookies from these websites. Our website also contains embedded “share” buttons to enable users of the site to easily share articles with their friends through numerous social networks, e.g. Facebook and Twitter. These sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to their service. We do not control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party website for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

We use Google Analytics cookies to help us improve our website. These cookies collect information that does not directly identify you.

To disable cookies on our site, please check your browser's settings.

How is your data stored and for how long?

Your data is stored securely on our local and cloud-based servers located in the United States. We store data for as long as it is required to provide services or information you have requested or consented to by allowing cookies. Your personal data will be deleted when no longer required for these purposes, or if you request that we delete or amend your data.

Who is responsible for your data?

We at Canine Rabies Treatment Initiative are the responsible controller of any personal data you share with us.


Our Site and services may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
 

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services. It is your sole obligation to review and understand the privacy practices and policies of these other websites or services.

We Protect Children

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are under 16, please obtain parental or guardian permission before providing us with personal information or using our website.

 

On what legal basis do we collect personal information?

  • With your consent

  • To perform a contract that we have in place with you or your organization, or to take steps at your request to to enter into a contract

  • To comply with our legal obligations

 

Your Rights

You may request the review, rectification, restriction, or deletion of your personal information stored with us at any time. Please contact us at enquiries@treatarabies.org for more information. In order to protect personal information, we may require additional identifying information to protect personal data against unauthorized access.

How do we communicate with our site visitors?

We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.

Privacy policy updates

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

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Canine Rabies Treatment Initiative is a registered non-profit company (2021/726322/08) and registered non-profit organization (263-466) in South Africa

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