Private Policy

This is the privacy notice of Dr. Renee Usdin. In this document, “we”, “our”, or “us” refers to Dr. Renee Usdin. 

The Practice Number is 1521527, MP0353620 and is registered in South Africa. 

The registered practice is at 8189 Orangekloof Road Hout Bay. 

Introduction 

This privacy notice aims to inform you about how we collect and process any information that we collect from you, or that you provide to us. It covers information that could identify you (“personal information”) and information that could not. In the context of the law and this notice, “process” means collect, store, transfer, use or otherwise act on information. It tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. 

Dr. Renee Usdin is committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. This policy is not just an exercise in complying with the law, but a continuation of our respect for you and your personal information. 

Dr. Renee Usdin undertakes to preserve the confidentiality of all information you provide and hope that you reciprocate. 

This policy complies with the Protection of Personal Information Act 2013. 

The law requires that you are informed about your rights and our obligations to you in regard to the processing and control of your personal information. 

Except as set out below, we do not share, sell, or disclose to a third party, any information collected through our website. 

1. Information we process 

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal information about you. We have collated these into groups as follows: 

Your identity includes information such as first name, last name, title, date of birth, and other identifiable information that you may have provided at some time. 

Your contact information includes information such as billing address, delivery address, email address, telephone numbers and any other information you have given to us for the purpose of communication or meeting. 

Your financial information includes information such as your bank account and payment card details. 

Transaction information includes details about payments or communications to and from you and information about the products and services you have purchased from us. 

Technical information includes your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website. 

Marketing information includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us; communication preferences; responses, and actions in relation to your use of our services. 

We may aggregate anonymous information such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Anonymous information is information that does not identify you as an individual. Aggregated Information may be derived from your personal information but is not considered personal information in law because it does not reveal your identity. 

For example, we may aggregate profile information to assess interest in a product or service. 

However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal information so that it can identify you in any way, we treat the combined data as personal information, and it will be used in accordance with this privacy notice. 

2. Special personal information 

We may collect special personal information about you if there is a practice requirement or lawful basis on which to do so. 

3. If you do not provide personal information we need 

Where we need to collect personal information by law, or under the terms of a contract, we have with you, and you fail to provide that information when requested, we may not be able to perform that contract. In that case, we may have to stop providing a service to you. If so, we will notify you of this at the time. 

The bases on which we process information about you 

4. Information we process because we have a contractual obligation with you 

When you buy a product or service from us, or otherwise agree to our terms and conditions, a contract is formed between you and us. 

In order to carry out our obligations under that contract, we must process the information you give us. Some of this information may be personal information. 

We may use it in order to: 

  • • verify your identity for security purposes 
  • • sell products to you 
  • • provide you with our services 
  • • provide you with suggestions and advice on products, services and how to obtain the most from using our website 

We process this information on the basis there is a contract between us, or that you have requested we use the information before we enter into a legal contract. 

We shall continue to process this information until the contract between us ends or is terminated by either party under the terms of the contract. 

5. Information we process with your consent 

Through certain actions when otherwise there is no contractual relationship between us, such as when you browse our website or ask us to provide you more information about our practice, including our products and services, you provide your consent to us to process information that may be personal information. 

Wherever possible, we aim to obtain your explicit consent to process this information, for example, by asking you to agree to our use of cookies. 

If you have given us explicit permission to do so, we may from time to time, pass your name and contact information to selected associates whom we consider may provide services or products you would find useful. 

We continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent or it can be reasonably assumed that your consent no longer exists. 

You may withdraw your consent at any time by instructing us at renusdin@gmail.com. However, if you do so, you may not be able to use our website or our services further. 

6. Information we process for the purposes of legitimate interests 

We may process the information on the basis there is a legitimate interest, either to you or to us, in doing so. 

Where we process your information on this basis, we do after having given careful consideration to: 

  • • whether the same objective could be achieved through other means 
  • • whether processing (or not processing) might cause you harm 
  • • whether you would expect us to process your information, and whether you would, in the round, consider it reasonable to do so 

For example, we may process your information on this basis for the purposes of: 

• record-keeping for the proper and necessary administration of the practice. 

• responding to unsolicited communication from you to which we believe you would expect a response 

• protecting and asserting the legal rights of any party 

• insuring against or obtaining professional advice that is required to manage business risk 

• protecting your interests where we believe we have a duty to do so 

  • • posting a message on our forum 
  • • tagging an image 
  • • clicking on an icon next to another visitor’s message to convey your agreement, disagreement or thanks 

7. Information we process because we have a legal obligation 

Sometimes, we must process your information in order to comply with a statutory obligation. 

For example, we may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorization such as a search warrant or court order. 

This may include your personal information. 

Specific uses of information you provide to us 

8. Information provided on the understanding that it will be shared with a third party 

Our website allows you to post information with a view to that information being read, copied, downloaded, or used by other people. 

Examples include: 

In posting personal information, it is up to you to satisfy yourself about the privacy level of every person who might use it. 

We do not specifically use this information except to allow it to be displayed or shared. 

We do store it, and we reserve a right to use it in the future in any way we decide. 

Once your information enters the public domain, we have no control over what any individual third party may do with it. We accept no responsibility for their actions at any time. 

Provided your request is reasonable and there is no legal basis for us to retain it, then at our discretion, we may agree to your request to delete personal information that you have posted. You can make a request by contacting us at renusdin@gmail.com. 

9. Complaints regarding content on our website 

We attempt to moderate user generated content, but we are not always able to do so as soon as that content is published. 

If you complain about any of the content on our website, we shall investigate your complaint. 

If we feel it is justified or if we believe the law requires us to do so, we shall remove the content while we investigate. 

Free speech is a fundamental right, so we have to make a judgment as to whose right will be obstructed: yours, or that of the person who posted the content that offends you. 

If we think your complaint is vexatious or without any basis, we shall not correspond with you about it. 

10. Information relating to your method of payment 

Payment information is never taken by us or transferred to us either through our website or otherwise. Our employees and contractors never have access to it. 

At the point of payment, you are transferred to a secure page on the website of [WorldPay / OPayo / PayPal] or some other reputable payment service provider. That page may be branded to look like a page on our website, but it is not controlled by us. 

11. Communicating with us 

We keep personally identifiable information associated with your messages, such as your name and email address so as to be able to track our communications with you to provide a high-quality service. 

12. Complaining 

When we receive a complaint, we record all the information you have given to us. 

We use that information to resolve your complaint. 

If your complaint reasonably requires us to contact some other person, we may decide to give to that other person some of the information contained in your complaint. We do this as infrequently as possible, but it is a matter for our sole discretion as to whether we do give information, and if we do, what that information is. 

We may also compile statistics showing information obtained from this source to assess the level of service we provide, but not in a way that could identify you or any other person. 

13. Affiliate and business partner information 

This is information given to us by you in your capacity as an affiliate of us or as a business partner. 

The information is not used for any other purpose. 

We undertake to preserve the confidentiality of the information and of the terms of our relationship. 

We expect any affiliate or partner to agree to reciprocate this policy. 

Use of information we collect through automated systems when you visit our website 

14. Cookies 

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser when you visit any website. They allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed for use on another, allowing a website to provide you with a personalized experience and the website owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved. 

Some cookies may last for a defined period, such as one day or until you close your browser. Others last indefinitely. 

Your web browser should allow you to delete any you choose. It also should allow you to prevent or limit their use. 

Our website uses cookies. They are placed by software that operates on our servers, and by software operated by third parties whose services we use. 

15. Personal identifiable information from your browsing activity 

Requests by your web browser to our servers for web pages and other content on our website are recorded. 

We record information such as your geographical location, your Internet service provider and your IP address. We also record information about the software you are using to browse our website, such as the type of computer or device and the screen resolution. 

We use this information in aggregate to assess the popularity of the webpages on our website and how we perform in providing content to you. 

If combined with other information we know about you from previous visits, the information possibly could be used to identify you personally, even if you are not signed in to our website. 

Disclosure and sharing of your information 

16. Information we obtain from third parties 

Although we do not disclose your personal information to any third party (except as set out in this notice), we sometimes receive information that is indirectly made up of your personal information from third parties whose services we use. 

No such information is personally identifiable to you. 

17. Credit reference 

To assist in combating fraud, we share information with credit reference agencies, so far as it relates to clients or customers who instruct their credit card issuer to cancel payment to us without having first provided an acceptable reason to us and given us the opportunity to refund their money. 

18. Information may be processed outside South Africa 

Our website is hosted in the United States. 

We may also use outsourced services in countries outside South Africa from time to time in other aspects of our business. 

Accordingly, information obtained within South Africa or any other country could be processed outside South Africa. 

Control over your own information 

19. Your duty to inform us of changes 

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes. 

20. Access to your personal information 

At any time you may review or update personally identifiable information that we hold about you. 

To obtain a copy of any information that is not provided on our website you should contact us to make that request. 

After receiving the request, we will tell you when we expect to provide you with the information, and whether we require any fee for providing it to you. 

21. Removal of your information 

If you wish us to remove personally identifiable information under our control from our website , you should contact us to make your request. 

This may limit the service we can provide to you. 

22. Verification of your information 

When we receive any request to access, edit or delete personal identifiable information we shall first take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or otherwise taking any action. This is important to safeguard your information. 

Other matters 

23. Use of websites by children 

We do not sell products or provide services for purchase by children, nor do we market to children. 

If you are under 18, you may use our website only with consent from a parent or guardian 

We collect information about all users and visitors to these areas regardless of age, and we anticipate that some of those users and visitors will be children. 

Such child users and visitors will inevitably visit other parts of the website and will be subject to whatever on-site marketing they find, wherever they visit. 

24. Encryption of data sent between us 

We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates to verify our identity to your browser and to encrypt any data you give us. 

25. How you can complain 

If you are not happy with our privacy policy or if you have any complaints then you should tell us. 

If a dispute is not settled, then we hope you will agree to attempt to resolve it by engaging in good faith with us in the process of mediation or arbitration. 

  • • to provide you with the services you have requested; 
  • • to comply with other law, including for the period demanded by our tax authorities; 
  • • to support a claim or defence in court. 
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26. Retention period for personal data 

Except as otherwise mentioned in this privacy notice, we keep your personal information only for as long as required by us: 

27. Compliance with the law 

Our privacy policy has been compiled so as to comply with the law of every country or legal jurisdiction in which we aim to do business. If you think it fails to satisfy the law of your jurisdiction, we should like to hear from you. 

However, ultimately it is your choice as to whether you wish to use our website. 

28. Review of this privacy policy 

We may update this privacy notice from time to time as necessary. The terms that apply to you are those posted here on our website on the day you use our website. If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us.