Privacy Policy

Your Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. It is St Katharines School's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://www.stkatharines.co.za/, and other sites we own and operate.

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We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

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We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

 

We don’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law.

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Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.

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You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

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Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.

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If you would like to read our full External privacy statement please click here.

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Cookies

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a basic text file that is stored on your device (computer, mobile phone, tablet or other) by a website’s server. Each cookie is unique to your web browser and contains completely anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the website name. This allows a website to remember things like your personal preferences, products you prefer or what is in your shopping basket.
 

Why do we use cookies?

Our Website utilises first and third-party cookies. This enables us to:

• To provide a great experience for our site visitors and customers.

• To monitor and analyse the performance, operation and effectiveness of the website's platform.

• To ensure our platform is secure and safe to use. 
   

Cookie Opt out

Most web browsers provide the option to block some, or all cookie types should you wish to. Users can also opt out of the Google Display Network using the Ads Preferences Manager. Because many of our Website’s features utilise cookies, we recommend that Users do not block them.

You can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish.  This can easily be done by activating the reject cookies setting on your computer.