Last updated 2025-10-01
Privacy Policy
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1. Data Controller
Cognition Dataterm Academy operates cognition-dataterm.digital and determines purposes for personal data described here. For questions about these policies, contact hello@cognition-dataterm.digital or write to 2230 Gray Pl, undefined, undefined undefined, South Africa.
2. Categories of Data
We may process identity and contact data (name, email, phone), account credentials, billing references (without storing full card numbers on our servers when processed by payment partners), technical logs (IP, device, browser), and communications you send through forms.
3. Purposes and Legal Bases
Data is processed to deliver courses, respond to enquiries, improve site security, comply with law, and — where you opt in — send updates. Legal bases include contract performance, legitimate interests (secure operation), and consent where required.
4. Retention
We retain data only as long as needed for the purpose, typically for the cohort duration plus a limited administrative window unless law requires longer. Marketing consents are refreshed periodically.
5. Sharing with Processors
We use infrastructure and email providers who process data under agreements requiring security and confidentiality. We do not sell personal data.
6. International Transfers
If data moves outside South Africa, we rely on adequacy decisions or appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses where applicable.
7. Security
We apply administrative and technical measures appropriate to risk, including access controls and encryption in transit. No method is perfect; please use strong passwords.
8. Your Rights
Under POPIA and related frameworks, you may request access, correction, deletion where applicable, restriction, objection, and information about automated decisions. Contact us to exercise rights; we respond within statutory timelines.
9. Children's Privacy
Programs target adults and older learners. We do not knowingly collect data from children without guardian consent. Contact us if you believe a minor provided data in error.
10. Policy Changes
We update this policy when practices change. Material changes will be noted with a new date; continued use may be subject to updated terms where law allows.
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