WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

NATIONAL BIOPRODUCTS INSTITUTE NPC

YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY.

It is the policy of National Bioproducts Institute NPC to respect your privacy regarding any information we collect while operating our website. This privacy policy applies to https//www.nbisa.org.za (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, “NBI”, “National Bioproducts Institute NPC” or “www.nbisa.org.za”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our website, how we use this information and under what circumstances we may disclose this information to third parties. This privacy policy only applies to information we collect through the website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.

This privacy policy, together with the terms and conditions of use posted on our website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our website. Depending on your activities when visiting our website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

WEBSITE VISITORS

Like most website operators, NBI collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. NBI’s purpose in collecting non- personally identifying information is to better understand how NBI’s visitors use its website. From time-to-time, NBI may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g. by publishing a report on trends on the usage of its website.

NBI also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged users leaving comments on https://www.nbisa.org.za posts. NBI only discloses logged in user and commentor IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

GATHERING OF PERSONALLY-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

Certain visitors to NBI’s website choose to interact with NBI in ways that require NBI to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that NBI gathers depends on the nature of the interaction e.g. leaving comments or completing an enquiry form.

SECURITY

The security of your personal information 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 information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

ADVERTISEMENTS

Advertisements appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognise your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, amongst other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by NBI and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES

Our service may contain links to external 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 and terms and conditions 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, products or services.

COOKIES

To enrich and perfect your online experience, NBI uses “cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalised content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. NBI uses cookies to help NBI identify and track visitors, their usage of the website and their website access preferences. NBI visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using NBI’s website, with the drawback that certain features of the NBI’s website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to NBI’s use of cookies.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

Although most changes are likely to be minor, NBI may change its privacy policy from time to time, and in NBI’s sole discretion. NBI encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to the privacy policy. Your continued used of this site after any change in this privacy policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us via email on info@nbisa.org.za or phone 031 714 6700.

COPYRIGHT

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• You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.