PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy of The Beaches Primary

The Beaches Primary operates the https://www.beachesprimary.co.za/ website, which provides the SERVICE.

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the www.beachesprimary.co.za website.

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at https://www.beachesprimary.co.za/, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Our website uses these “cookies” to collection information and to improve our Service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

  • To facilitate our Service;
  • To provide the Service on our behalf;
  • To perform Service-related services; or
  • To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

We want to inform our Service users that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Template.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

POPIA ACT COMPLIANCE

POPIA act

As prescribed by The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act No.4 of 2013, The Beaches Primary is committed to ensuring the confidentiality of all personal information provided to us. All information/data received will be stored with the necessary security standards in place. This information/data will not be shared with unauthorized persons and will be processed lawfully within the confines of the school administration.

By signing below, you acknowledge that The Beaches Primary has collected, processed, and stored information provided by you and consent to this information being used by teaching, administrative, and financial staff in the following ways:

For legitimate business purposes, including providing a service and/or goods to the parent and child.
To consider the parent’s application for credit facilities.
To conclude and/or enforce any agreements with the parent.
To establish a database of vetted purchasers.
Complying with any laws that may be relevant to the business relationship.

Furthermore, you agree to the school making use of photographs or other images and recordings of your child in the following ways:

The school communicator showing learners involved in school activities.
School social media or the school website.
Brochures for marketing purposes.
Newspapers, magazines, newsletters, etc., to recognize achievements.
You reserve the right to request the removal of any images/recordings at any time where reasonably possible.

Learner Profile Release and Financial Clearance

Due to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), you are required to sign below granting permission/consent for The Beaches Primary to request a learner profile and any other relevant information from your child’s previous school (Financial Clearance/Fee History/Financial Statement) as part of our enrollment process (This could affect the acceptance of admission) and to provide such information to the next school, should your child leave the school for any reason.

Please note, it is a legal requirement for your new school to request the learner profile from the previous school. A learner profile holds information gathered throughout a learner’s school career, such as academic marks and progress, teacher comments, learner Identity Document, skills, strengths, interests, potential barriers to learning, and support required. Any professional reports (e.g. Educational Psychology Report; Occupational Therapy; Speech Therapy, etc.) provided by parents to the school are also included.