The Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust (“we”, “us” or “our”), was set up to support surgical education and research. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and manage a visitor’s and applicants’ (“you” or “your”) information when you visit our website.
Information We Collect:
- We collect your personal information that you provide to us via the website and any related service, through the application process, through any contact with us (e.g. telephone call or email), or when you use our services.
- Third parties such as Facebook where you have authorised this or the information is publicly available.
- Cookies and other technologies. Cookies are small text files – containing letters and numbers – which are downloaded by your computer when you access and use a certain website. Cookies uniquely identify your computer (known as a computer’s Internet Protocol “IP” address) and provide us with your user activity. This activity includes information such as, the pages of the Website that you visit, the time and date of the visit, how much time is spent on those pages and other statistics.
How We Use Your Information:
- We collect your personal information in order to process course applications, provide information about the course and the availability of scholarships and process information for statistical purposes.
- We use Cookies to analyse user activity in order to improve our service and website. We use this information for tracking technologies such as Google Analytics to analyse website traffic, monitor usage patterns, and gather demographic information.
How We Protect Your Information:
We keep your information safe by only allowing certain staff to access it and not sharing it with any third party without informing you. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Social Media Disclaimer:
When you join, use or participate in our Facebook page, you acknowledge and agree that your conduct, and anything that you post or upload are suitable under the platform’s community guidelines.
We reserve the right to remove any posts or comments that violate community guidelines, and/or are deemed inappropriate or offensive.
Moreover, we are not liable for any information collected by the social media platform. Please refer to the platform’s privacy policy for details on data collection and usage.
For users outside New Zealand:
The data we gather may undergo processing and transfer between your location and New Zealand. It’s important to note that New Zealand may not have data protection laws equivalent to those in effect in your location.
Changes to this Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be communicated by posting the updated policy on our website along with a new effective date. We recommend checking this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.
Contact Us:
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, have it corrected or deleted, or have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@dunedincourse.ac.nz, or 021 252 2295.