POLICY : PRIVACY POLICY
NUMBER : RSTF – 024
DISTRIBUTION : GENERAL
EFFECTIVE DATE : FEBUARY 2024
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SCOPE OF POLICY
Develop policy and procedure to clearly define how and when and from whom we collect
personal data and how we manage and safeguard said data.
PRINCIPLES
Describes the policies and procedures for the collection, use, and disclosure of
personal information when you make use of data collection services on the various
Real Skills School of Fashion platform;
Informing the public about their privacy rights and the laws which protect them;
Registered students of Rainbow consent, by virtue of registration, to Real Skill’s privacy
and information sharing policies.
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POLICY
1. INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
1.1 Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined
under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same
meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
1.2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
1.2.1 “Account” means a unique account created for You to access our
Service or parts of our Service;
1.2.2 “Company” means REAL SKILLS TECHNICAL FET a
private company incorporated in terms of the laws of the Republic of
South Africa with registered address 101 St Andrew Street,
Bloemfontein Free State South Africa;
1.2.3 “Cookies” small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile
device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your
browsing history on that website among its many uses;
1.2.4 “Country” refers to: The Republic of South Africa;
1.2.5 “Device” means any device that can access the Service such as a
computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet;
1.2.6 “Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or
identifiable individual.
1.2.7 “Service” refers to the Website of Real Skills School of Fashion
1.2.8 “Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who
processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party
companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the
Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform
services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing
how the Service is used.
1.2.9 “Third-party Social Media Service” refers to any website or any
social network website through which a User can log in or create an
account to use the Service.
1.2.10 “Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated
by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for
example, the duration of a page visit).
1.2.11 “Website” refers to Real Skills School of Fashion, accessible from
www.realschooloffashion.co.za
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1.2.12 “You” means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the
company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is
accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
2. COLLECTING AND USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
2.1 Types of Data Collected
2.1.1 Personal Data – While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide
Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to
contact or identify you. Personally, identifiable information may
include, but is not limited to:
● Email address
● First name and last name/li>
● Phone number
● Address, Province, Postal code, City
2.1.2 Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service
and may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol
address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages
of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time
spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic
data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may
collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to,
the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the
IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the
type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and
other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever
You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a
mobile device.
2.1.3 Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
The Company allows You to create an account and log in to use the
Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:
● Google
● Facebook
● Twitter
● Instagram
● Linkedin
● Pintrest
If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a
Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal data that
is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s
account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or
Your contact list associated with that account.
You may also have the option of sharing additional information with
the Company through Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s
account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal
Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company
permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this
Privacy Policy.
2.1.4 Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity
on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies
used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information
and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use
may include:
● Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on
Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies
or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do
not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of
our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so
that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
● Flash Cookies: Certain features of our Service may use local
stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information
about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash
Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those
used for Browser Cookies.
● Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our emails
may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also
referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that
permit the Company, for example, to count users who have
visited those pages or opened an email and for other related
website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a
certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
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Cookies can be Persistent or Session Cookies: Persistent Cookies
remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go
offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close
Your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set
out below:
● Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with
services available through the Website and to enable You to
use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and
prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these
Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be
provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with
those services.
● Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use
of cookies on the Website.
● Functionality Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You
make when You use the Website, such as remembering your
login details or language preference. The purpose of these
Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and
to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You
use the Website.
2.1.5 Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
● To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the
usage of our Service
● To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a
user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give
You access to different functionalities of the Service that are
available to You as a registered user.
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● For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance
and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items
or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us
through the Service.
● To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS,
or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as
a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or
informative communications related to the functionalities,
products or contracted services, including the security updates,
when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
● To provide You with news, special offers and general
information about other goods, services and events which we
offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased
or enquired
● To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your
requests to Us.
● For business transfers: We may use Your information to
evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring,
reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or
all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of
bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal
Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets
transferred.
● For other purposes: We may use Your information for other
purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends,
determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns
and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services,
marketing and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
● With Service Providers: We may share Your personal
information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the
use of our Service, to contact You.
● For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal
information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any
merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all
or a portion of Our business to another company.
● With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our
affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour
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this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and
any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other
companies that We control or that are under common control
with Us.
● With business partners: We may share Your information with
Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or
promotions.
● With other users: when You share personal information or
otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such
information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly
distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register
through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on
the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name,
profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other
users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity,
communicate with You and view Your profile.
● With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information
for any other purpose with Your consent.
2.1.6 Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is
necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will
retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply
with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain
your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and
enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis
purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of
time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to
improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to
retain this data for longer time periods.
2.1.7 Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the
Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the
parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this
information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers
located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental
jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from
Your jurisdiction.
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Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of
such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that
Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy
Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an
organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place
including the security of Your data and other personal information.
3 DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA 3.1 Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal
Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is
transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
3.2 Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your
Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by
public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
3.3 Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such
action is necessary to:
● Comply with a legal obligation>
● Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
● Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
● Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
● Protect against legal liability
4. SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method
of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal
Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly
collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are
a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with
Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected
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Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental
consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and
Your country requires consent from a parent, we may require Your parent’s consent
before We collect and use that information
6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our Service may contain links to other websites 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.
7. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any
changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes
to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
8. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy,
You can contact us:
By email: info@realskillztraininginstitute.co.za
By visiting this page on our website: www.realschooloffashion.co.za
By phone number: +27 51 023 0676 n service.
