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Brandmed Proprietary Limited (“Brandmed”, “we” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect, use, disclose and protect your Personal Information (defined below). It applies to all Personal Information processed by us in connection with or as part of providing our Services or engaging in written or electronic communications with you.
Unless we define a term in this Policy, all capitalized terms used in this Policy have the meaning provided in our Subscription Agreement (“Membership Terms”). Please make sure that you carefully read and understand the Membership Terms before you use our Services. By using our Services, you accept the Membership Terms and accept our privacy practices described in this Policy. If you disagree with any part of this Policy or our Membership Terms, you must not use or access our Services.
We may modify this Policy from time to time. When we make material changes to this Policy, we will provide you with notice before the modifications are effective by sending a message to the email address associated with your account. By continuing to access or use the Services after changes to this Policy become effective, you accept the revised Policy. If any changes are unacceptable to you, you may stop using our Services at any time.
We collect Personal Information when you use our Services, create an account with us or provide Personal Information to us. Personal Information is any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly with a particular individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, unique identifier, identity number, email address, a home, postal or other physical address, and phone number. The types of Personal Information that we may collect about you are:
We collect information you give us when you register with us, when you use our Services, when you participate in surveys or promotional activities, give us feedback, or when you otherwise choose to provide your information to us.
When you use our Services (for example on our website), complete electronic forms, or contact us, by online chat, email, phone, or text, we may automatically collect and store certain information about you and the activity you engaged in, for example: your name and contact information; information that you voluntarily provide to us; the nature of your communication; the purpose of the interaction, and the action we took in response to your inquiry or request.
We may automatically collect information about your use of the Services (we refer to this information as “Usage Data”), including information sent by Your device. For example, we may collect:
We collect certain information that your mobile devices send when you use our Services, such as the unique identifier, user settings and the operating system of your device, current battery percentage as well as information about your use of our services on your mobile device.
When you use our online Services, we may collect and store information about your general location by requesting location position from you, subject to approval, so we can, for providing emergency services and providing accurate analytics of your medical information. We may also access your mobile device’s GPS coordinates or course location, but only if you have previously agreed that we can collect this information by allowing the sharing of your location information. If you do not want us to have your location information, you may disable the location sharing feature on your device or browser.
We may receive your Personal Information from our business clients and partners, such as your employer, in connection with one or more business purposes, including to make our Services available to you.
A “cookie” is a small data file that certain websites write to your computer or smart device when you visit them. A cookie can’t read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites. We use session cookies that are deleted when you leave our website and close your browser, and persistent cookies that can remain even after you leave. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the website uses to track the pages you’ve visited. The cookies that are configured by our website do not contain directly identifying information, such as your name or sensitive information, such as your credit card number. Cookies are used:
Web Beacons, also known as web bugs, pixel tags or clear GIFs, are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that may be included on our website to deliver or communicate with cookies, in order to track and measure the performance of our website and Services, monitor how many web visitors we have, and to monitor the effectiveness of our advertising. Unlike cookies, which are stored on the user’s device, Web Beacons are typically embedded invisibly on web pages (or in an e-mail).
Users of our Services who have JavaScript enabled are tracked using analytics technologies, including Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics, Google Big Query and Firebase in cloud messaging and push notification services. Unless the Analytics feature is blocked, it collects the following types of information from the user: type of user agent (web browser) used, software manufacture and version number; type of operating system; network location and IP address; country, city, region, or any other geographic data; hostname; bandwidth (internet connection speed); time of visit; pages visited; time spent on each page of the website; referring site statistics; the website (URL) the user came through in order to arrive at our website; search engine query used (example: typing in a phrase into a search engine, and clicking on a link from that search engine). The data collected by the analytics technology is primarily used to optimize the Service experience for our users. We also use this data for our own business purposes, for example, to analyze how many users we have, where visitors come from, and understand how they interact with us.
We use information collected about a user’s use of our Services to arrange for advertisements about our Services to be served to the user on third party’s websites. To do so, our advertising service providers place or recognize a unique cookie on the user’s browser and use other techniques, such as Firebase In Cloud Messaging.
Depending on your permissions, we may receive your Personal Information from your internet service and mobile device providers. Users of mobile devices who do not want to receive interest-based advertising may opt-out in several ways. To end all targeting on a mobile device immediately, turn on “Limit Ad Tracking” in the device settings.
We will only use your Personal Information as described in this Policy or otherwise through your informed consent.
We will use your Personal Information to provide information or perform Services that you request. We may use general location information to improve and personalize Services to you, such as providing location-relevant information and Services to you. Your information may be available or provided to third-party service providers in order to provide you with the information or to support the Services you request. These third-party service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information as disclosed in this Policy.
We will use your Personal Information for the purposes of furthering our business and the business of our affiliated companies, including creating, operating, delivering, maintaining, and improving our content, products, and Services. We may monitor how our users use our Services including without limitation time spent using our Services, pages visited and content viewed. Aggregated forms of this data may also be used for research and development purposes in order to offer new features, functionalities, content, products and services.
We analyze, and may engage third parties to analyze, your Personal Information and Usage Data to determine the usefulness of our website, mobile app, and other elements of the Services. Analytics help us determine how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach the information they seek, completing the task they wish to complete, etc., and to tailor features and functionalities to our users’ needs and preferences.
Marketing lets us grow our community and update you about new products and services , including those offered together with our affiliated companies. We process your contact information or information about your interactions on our Services to: send you marketing communications and keep you updated about our products and services; provide you with informational content; and deliver targeted marketing to you. We may periodically send you free newsletters and e-mails that directly promote our Services, and that we believe may be of interest to you. When you receive such promotional communications from us, you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” (either through your account or by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the e-mail you receive). We do need to send you certain administrative and transactional communications regarding the Services and you will not be able to opt out of those communications – e.g., communications regarding updates to our Terms of Services, this Policy, or information about billing and renewals, among others.
We collect information that you provide to us when you contact us, such as with questions, concerns, feedback, disputes or issues, so we can address your needs and support your use and enjoyment of the Services.
We care about keeping you secure and safe while using our Services. Keeping you safe requires us to process your Personal Information, such as your device information, log-in information, activity information and other relevant information to proactively manage privacy and security risks. We use such information to combat spam, malware, malicious activities or security risks; improve and enforce our security measures; and to monitor and verify your identity to prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to your information.
Our Services are subject to certain laws and regulations which may require us to process your Personal Information. For example, we process your Personal Information to comply with privacy laws, comply with employment laws, or as necessary to manage risk as required under applicable law.
When you access or use our Services, you are bound to our Membership Terms and this Policy. To ensure you comply with them, we process your Personal Information to actively monitor, investigate, prevent and mitigate any alleged or actual prohibited, illicit or illegal activities on our Services. We also process your Personal Information to investigate, prevent or mitigate violations of our terms, agreements or policies.
Your Personal Information is not shared with third parties without your permission, except as described below.
We engage employees and third-party services providers to work with us to administer and provide the Services or to promote our Services. These employees and third-party services providers have access to your Personal Information only for the purpose of performing services on our behalf and are expressly obligated not to disclose or use your Personal Information for any other purpose.
We may share your Personal Information with our business clients for Services provision and business operations purposes. Our business clients purchase our Services for their employees, staff, students, dependents, and other specified persons. We may share your Personal Information with our business clients for purposes related to performing our contractual obligations towards these clients, including to make our Services available to you as sponsored by your employer.
If we are acquired by a third party as a result of a transaction such as a merger, acquisition or asset sale, or if our assets are acquired by a third party in the event we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, some or all of our assets, including your Personal Information, may be disclosed or transferred to a third-party acquirer in connection with the transaction. Other than to the extent ordered by court, the use and disclosure of all transferred user information will be subject to this Policy. Any information you submit or that is collected after a transfer, however, will be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity.
We work with our subsidiaries and affiliates (“Affiliates”) to make certain services available to consumers. We may share your Personal Information with our Affiliates in order for us and our Affiliates to provide services to you or to respond to your requests and inquiries.
We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials to enforce and comply with the law. We may disclose information about you to government or law enforcement officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate: (i) to enforce our Membership Terms, (ii) to respond to claims and legal process (including subpoenas); (iii) to protect the property, rights and safety of a third party, our users, or the public in general; (iv) to protect our property, rights and safety; (v) to stop any activity that we consider fraudulent, illegal, unethical or legally actionable; and (vi) as required by applicable laws.
We safeguard the security of the information you provide to us with physical, electronic, and administrative procedures. For certain features of our Services we use industry-standard SSL-encryption and AES 256 Authentication encryption (JSON Web Token Authentication) to enhance the security of data transmissions. Your account information is password-protected for your privacy and security. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of the Internet, and cannot ensure the security of the information that is transmitted through the Internet.
Please recognize that protecting your Personal Information is also your responsibility. We urge you to take every precaution to protect your information when you are on the Internet, or when you communicate with us and with others through the Internet. Change your passwords often, use a combination of letters and numbers, and make sure you use a secure browser. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of your account might have been compromised), or if you suspect someone else is using your account, please let us know immediately by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section. If your payment information, username, or password is lost, stolen, or used without permission, please promptly update your account or notify us and we will assist you in updating your account details.
Some portions of the Services (for example our presence on social media) allow users to submit comments, reviews, ratings and other information that may be displayed on the Services and viewed by others. We recommend that you do not post on or through the Services any information that you do not want to make available to other users or the public generally. You assume all responsibility for any loss of privacy or other harm resulting from information you post publicly.
We do not currently respond to web browser “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that may allow you to opt out of the collection of information across networks of websites and online services as there is no standard for how online services should respond to such signals. As standards develop, we may develop policies for responding to do-not-track signals that we will describe in this Policy.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children in connection with the use of our Services. This Section explains our online information collection, disclosure, and parental consent practices with respect to information collection from children under the age of 18 (“child” or “children”) in accordance with the Section 35 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013.
Our Services include online services that may be used to facilitate health care for a child. A parent or guardian can create a Brandmed account on behalf of a dependent child and attest that they have legal authority to do so. Children under the age of 18 are not eligible to register directly for an account. If your child directly uses their Brandmed account, either with or without your permission, we may collect information directly from the child. If you prefer for your child to not directly interact with Brandmed online, please do not provide account credentials to your child.
Registration: Children cannot directly register for our Services. During the user registration process, the parent or guardian can create a children’s account by providing certain information about the child, including name, birth date, address, email and password.
Consent: During account registration for a child, parents or guardians are asked to review and consent on behalf of the child. If a parent or guardian chooses not to consent to the collection and use of their child’s information, they may not create an online account for the child. At any time, a parent and guardian may revoke their consent for us to further collect personal information from their child. Once consent is revoked, a child may not use any Services online.
Section 2 of this Policy contains details about the information we collect, which extend to information we collect about children. The information we collect will be used for the purposes described in Section 3 of this Policy.
Instant Message Chat. We will not knowingly communicate with a child through the instant message chat functionality on our website. If a child contacts our Services via the instant message functionality and discloses their age, we will discontinue the communication immediately. We may disclose the information in accordance with Section 4. No personal information about a child will be made available to the public or sold. We may share information with our service providers if necessary for them to perform business, professional, or technology services for us, always in accordance with all applicable laws.
In addition to your right to revoke your consent for the collection of your child’s personal information, you may request to review the personal information we have collected from your child as well as request for us to delete personal information we have collected from your child, subject to our data retention requirements.
We may contain links to other sites that are owned or operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the content, privacy or security practices of any third parties. To protect your information, we encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those third parties.
We have accounts on social media platforms through which we may post information or conduct promotional activities. If you use social media to follow us or interact with us, we may collect Personal Information you choose to share with us. Please understand your use of the social media services may result in the collection or sharing of information about you by those social media services. We have no control over, and decline all responsibility for, the use of your personal data by these third parties. Your use of social media, including your interactions with us on social media, are at your discretion. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings on the social media services with which you interact to make sure you understand how your information may be collected, used, and shared by those social media services.
Your information is stored on controlled servers with limited access and may be stored and processed in South Africa. If you are located outside South Africa and choose to provide your Personal Information to us, please note that we may transfer your Personal Information to South Africa where our service providers are located. Those who choose to access and use the Services from outside South Africa do so on their own initiative, at their own risk, with this understanding.