Privacy Policy

Any personal information provided or to be gathered by Timothy Training Institute (TTI) on timothy.org.za is controlled by Timothy Training Institute, P.O. Box 1473, Oudtshoorn, 6620

1. Introduction

We, Timothy Training Institute are committed to protecting any data that we collect.  By visiting this website you agree to the use of the data that we collect in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Protecting your privacy is of utmost importance to Timothy Training Institute. Accordingly, Timothy Training Institute has developed this Privacy Policy in order to safeguard your personal information and to protect the confidentiality thereof. In so doing, Timothy Training Institute has taken cognizance of the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, 108 of 1996, the Electronic Communications Act, 25 of 2002 and the Protection of Personal Information Bill of 2006 (currently before the South African Law Commission) and the common law so as to ensure compliance with all relevant statutory requirements and best practice under South African law.

2. We are committed to protecting your privacy

We collect the minimum amount of information about you that is commensurate with providing you with a satisfactory service. This Policy indicates the type of processes that may result in data being collected about you. Your use of this website gives us the right to collect that information.

3. Information Collected

We may collect any or all of the information that you give us depending on the type of communication you enter into, including your name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address, together with data about your use of the website.  Other information that may be needed from time to time to process a request may also be collected as indicated on the website.

4. Information Use

We use the information collected primarily to process the task for which you visited the website. All reasonable precautions are taken to prevent unauthorized access to this information.

5. Cookies

Your Internet browser has the in-built facility for storing small files - "cookies" - that hold information which allows a website to recognize you.  Our website takes advantage of this facility to enhance your experience. You have the ability to prevent your computer from accepting cookies but, if you do, certain functionality on the website may be impaired.

6. Disclosing Information

We do not disclose any personal information obtained about you from this website to third parties. We may use the information to keep in contact with you and inform you of developments associated with our organization. In other words, the information we gather from website visitors and supporters help us to fulfill your requests and continually improve your experience at timothy.org.za.

We use the information to deliver publications, process donations, communicate with you about publications and donations, update our records and generally maintain your contact details and communication records held in our database.

You will be given the opportunity to remove yourself from any mailing list or similar device. If at any time in the future we should wish to disclose information collected on this website to any third party, it would only be with your knowledge and consent.

We may from time to time provide information of a general nature to third parties - for example, the number of individuals visiting our website or completing a registration form, but we will not use any information that could identify those individuals.

7. Up to date and Accurate Information

Timothy Training Institute will use its best endeavours to keep the personal information it collects as accurate, complete and up to date as is necessary for the purposes mentioned in clause 9 above, and Timothy Training Institute shall, from time to time, request the website user to update its personal information on the website. You are able to review or update any personally identifiable information that we hold on you by e-mailing us or phoning us. Please note that in order to better protect you and safeguard your personal information, we do take steps to verify your identity before making any corrections to your personal information.

8. Changes to this Policy

Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be placed here and will supersede this version of our Policy. We will take reasonable steps to draw your attention to any changes in our Policy. However, to be on the safe side, we suggest that you read this document each time you use the website to ensure that it still meets with your approval.

9. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or if you want to know what information we have collected about you, please contact us here.  You can also correct any factual errors in that information or require us to remove your details form any list under our control.