Welcome to our Privacy Policy. We are the Nurturing Institute for Children’s Health and Education (hereinafter referred to as NICHE, “we” or “us”) (Registration number: 2023/622906/07) and this is our plan of action when it comes to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, store, use and disclosure of your information or another specific natural or juristic person when you use any of our services. We respect your privacy and take the protection of personal information very seriously. This policy tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects. This personal information can include but are not limited to your name(s), surname, physical address, contact details and/or passport/identity number. Personal information (in South Africa) also refers to the personal information that uniquely identifies a legal entity, such as the trading name of a business combined with the registration number. We use your personal data to provide and improve our services. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

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. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for you to access our service or parts of our service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to NICHE, 135 Cornelis Street, Fairland.
Cookies are 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.
Country refers to South Africa.
Device means any device that can access our service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to our website or any social network websites.
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 analysing how the service is used.
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.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated using the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to NICHE, accessible from www.nichekids.co.za You mean 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.

Personal information includes information we collect (i) automatically when you visit our website, (ii) on registration, (iii) on submission, and (iv) from you voluntarily. Personal information may be given to or collected by us in writing as part of a written application form, electronically such as email, telephonically, online or via any app used by us. It excludes (i) anonymous, (ii) de-identified, (iii) nonpersonal statistical. Processing of personal information includes any initial processing that we do when we first collect your personal information. It also includes any further and ongoing processing that we are allowed to carry out legitimately in terms of the reasons listed below. The term “processing” includes collecting, using, altering, merging, linking, organising, disseminating, storing, retrieving, disclosing, erasing, archiving, destroying, or disposing of personal information.

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:

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the service. Usage Data 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.

The Company allows you to create an account and log in to use the service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:

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.

You must accept all the terms of this policy when you order our goods or request our services. If you do not agree with anything in this policy, then you may not order our goods or request our services.

By using this website in any way, you are deemed to have read, understood, accepted, and agreed to be bound by all this website’s terms.

You may only send us your own personal information or the information of another data subject where you have their permission to do so.

Once you register on our website, you will no longer be anonymous to us. You will provide us with certain personal information when you register. We will use this personal information to fulfil your account/order, provide additional services and information to you as we reasonably think appropriate, and for any other purposes set out in this policy.

When you order our goods or request our services from us, you will be asked to provide us with additional information on a voluntary basis.

We automatically receive and record Internet usage information on our server logs from your browser, such as your Internet Protocol address (IP address), browsing habits, click patterns, version of software installed, system type, screen resolutions, colour capabilities, plug-ins, language settings, cookie preferences, search engine keywords, JavaScript enablement, the content and pages that you access on the website, and the dates and times that you visit the website, paths taken, and time spent on sites and pages within the website (usage information). Please note that other websites visited before entering our website might place personal information within your URL during a visit to it, and we have no control over such websites. Accordingly, a subsequent website that collects URL information may log some personal information.

Cookies: We may place small text files called ‘cookies’ on your device when you visit our website. These files do not contain personal information, but they do contain a personal identifier allowing us to associate your personal information with a certain device. These files serve several useful purposes for you, including:

Your internet browser generally accepts cookies automatically, but you can often change this setting to stop accepting them. You can also delete cookies manually. However, no longer accepting cookies or deleting them will prevent you from accessing certain aspects of our website where cookies are necessary. Many websites use cookies and you can find out more about them. www.allaboutcookies.org

Third party cookies: Some of our business partners or advertisers use their own cookies or widgets on our website. We have no access to or control over them. Information collected by any of those cookies or widgets is governed by the privacy policy of the company that created it, and not by us.

Web beacons: Our website may contain electronic image requests (called a single-pixel gif or web beacon request) that allow us to count page views and to access cookies. Any electronic image viewed as part of a web page (including an ad banner) can act as a web beacon. Our web beacons do not collect, gather, monitor, or share any of your personal information. We merely use them to compile anonymous information about our website.

You may also provide additional information to us on a voluntary basis (optional information). This includes content or products that you decide to upload or download from our website or when you enter competitions, take advantage of promotions, respond to surveys, order certain additional goods or services, or otherwise use the optional features and functionality of our website.

We may monitor and record any telephone calls that you make to us unless you specifically request us not to.

We will only collect and process your personal information for the reason you provided it to us, or to enable us to comply with the requirements of specific local or foreign laws that we are governed by; or to comply with any regulations, directives, judgments or court orders, government sanctions or embargoes, reporting requirements under financial transactions legislation, and demands of any authority, regulator, tribunal, enforcement agency or exchange body.

We may process your personal information to protect your or our legitimate interests. We will not collect and process personal information about you that we do not need for this purpose. The general purposes for which we collect and processes your personal information include, but are not limited to:

We may use your usage information for the purposes described above and to:

Furthermore, we will not process your special personal information unless:

There are some personal information fields that you must fill in or provide if you want us to provide you with your chosen product and/or service or onboard you as an employee, supplier, director, or job applicant. This information can be provided in writing, electronically or telephonically, but it must be accurate and complete. These fields are indicated by an asterisk (or as otherwise indicated) on the respective forms/websites. If we do not receive the necessary personal information, we will not be able to continue with your application. If you are already a(n) customer/employee/supplier/director and we ask you for this information and you do not provide it, we will have to suspend the provision of the product and/or services for a period, or even terminate our relationship with you. In most cases, personal information will be collected directly from you, but there may be other instances when we will collect personal information from other sources. These may include public records, places where you may already have made your personal information public (for example, on social media where your settings on such social media are set to ‘public’), credit bureaus, or individuals/directors whom you have appointed as your representative, where you are a corporate entity. We will only collect your personal information from other sources where we are legally entitled or obliged to do so, and you are entitled to ask us which sources we used to collect your personal information. For the purposes outlined above, we will, in most instances, collect and process your personal information internally. However, there are times when we need to outsource these functions to third parties, which might include parties in other countries. Where your personal information is shared internally, such sharing will be carried out only for the purposes outlined above. We may also need to share your personal information with external organisations, such as credit bureaus, tax authorities or other regulatory or industry bodies, so that we can meet our due diligence or regulatory requirements. We may need to share your personal information with our business partners or counter-parties, where we are involved in corporate transactions relating to the sale or transfer of any of our businesses, legal entities or assets, or to any party to whom we assign our rights under any of our agreements for particular products and services. We will not share your personal information with third parties who do not need your personal information, or where we are not legally permitted to do so. When we decide to transfer your personal information to third parties, we will only provide it to organisations that have data privacy policies equivalent to our, or subject to appropriate contractual obligations, or to those who are subject to laws relating to the processing of personal information that are similar to those that apply to us. There may be instances where we will process your personal information through a secure automated tool, or perform profiling and make decisions, based on such profiling, that may affect you significantly (for example, the automatic non-approval of credit that you may have applied for through any of our online channels, or the automatic non-approval of an application for employment, or engagement as a supplier). If you are unhappy about the outcome of such a decision or would like further information on how such outcome was reached, please contact us.

We may send administrative messages and email updates to you about the website. In some cases, we may also send you primarily promotional messages. You can choose to opt- out of promotional messages. We are allowed to send you one message asking you to opt- into promotional messages without you having opted-into promotional messages.

While you are logged into the website, we may display targeted adverts and other relevant information based on your personal information. In a completely automated process, computers process the personal information and match it to adverts or related information. We never share personal information with any advertiser unless you specifically provide us with your consent to do so. Advertisers receive a record of the total number of impressions and clicks for each advert. They do not receive any personal information. If you click on an advert, we may send a referring URL to the advertiser’s website identifying that a customer is visiting from the website. We do not send personal information to advertisers with the referring URL. Once you are on the advertiser’s website however, the advertiser might be able to collect your personal information.

We may share your personal information with:

We may disclose your personal information as required by law or governmental audit.

We may disclose personal information if required:

We will not sell personal information. No personal information will be disclosed to anyone except as provided in this privacy policy.

We may disclose aggregate statistics (information about the customer population in general terms) about the personal information to advertisers or business partners.

We may need to disclose personal information to our employees that require the personal information to do their jobs. These include our responsible management, human resources, accounting, audit, compliance, information technology, or other personnel.

If we undergo a change in ownership, or a merger with, acquisition by, or sale of assets to, another entity, we may assign our rights to the personal information we process to a successor, purchaser, or separate entity. We will disclose the transfer on the website. If you are concerned about your personal information migrating to a new owner, you may request us to delete your personal information.

You have the right to delete or request that we assist in deleting the personal data that we have collected about you. Our service may give you the ability to delete certain information about you from within the service. You may update, amend, or delete your information at any time by signing in to your account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage your personal information. You may also contact us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. Please note, however, that we may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

We take the security of personal information very seriously and always do our best to comply with applicable data protection laws, 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. Our hosting company will host our website in a secure server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced security measures to prevent interference or access from outside intruders. We authorize access to personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfil their job responsibilities. We implement disaster recover procedures where appropriate.

We will try to keep the personal information we collect as accurate, complete, and up to date as is necessary for the purposes defined in this policy. From time to time, we may request you to update your personal information on the website. You can review or update any personal information that we hold on you by accessing your account online, emailing, or phoning us. Please note that to better protect you and safeguard your personal information, we take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your account or making any corrections to your personal information.

We will only retain your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes explicitly set out in this policy, unless:

During the period of retention, we will continue to abide by our non-disclosure obligations and will not share or sell your personal information. We may retain your personal information in physical or electronic records at our discretion.

We may transmit or transfer personal information outside of the country in which it was collected to a foreign country and process it in that country. Personal information may be stored on servers located outside the country in which it was collected in a foreign country whose laws protecting personal information may not be as stringent as the laws in the country in which it was collected. You consent to us processing your personal information in a foreign country whose laws regarding processing of personal information may be less stringent.

We will adhere to your communication preferences whenever we can, but we may need to send you important communications via a channel that is not your preference. We will only do so in cases where we deem the information to be important and relevant for you.

No person, business or website may use any technology to search and/or gain information from our website without our prior written permission.

We are not responsible for, give no warranties, nor make any representations in respect of the privacy policies or practices of linked or any third-party websites. You understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Content that is inaccurate and you agree that we will not be held liable for any damages you allege to incur because of such User Content.

As an institution specialising in children’s needs and holistic health development, we need access to certain personal information. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. You as parent or guardian is the person responsible to provide us with the correct information and to provide us parental consent .

For the purposes of these terms and conditions, “Intellectual Property Rights” means all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals, and extensions thereof, under the laws of any country, territory, or other jurisdiction. Except for your User Content, the Service, and its materials, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and photographs (“Our Content”), and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto, are our exclusive property.

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a thirdparty 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.

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. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. 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

If you have any questions or concerns arising from this privacy policy or the way in which we handle personal information, you can contact us via email:
info@nichekids.co.za