What is our privacy policy?
This policy explains how Vaardig College collects, uses, shares and protects the personal information of students, applicants and visitors. It tells you what we collect, why we need it and how long we keep it. It also sets out your rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), including the right to see, correct or delete your information.
Information you give us when you apply
When you apply or enrol at Vaardig College, you give us personal information such as your name, ID number, contact details and school or work history. You may also share payment or bursary details. Even if you have not applied, you might send us your email address when you ask a question or sign up for updates about our courses, open days and events.
We also keep the work you submit as part of your studies. This includes assignments, portfolios, practical assessments and messages you send to lecturers or our support team, so we can mark your work and record your results.
Information we collect when you use our website
We collect basic information about the browsers and devices you use to visit our website, which helps us keep the site working properly and show pages correctly on your phone, tablet or computer.
The information we collect includes your browser type and settings, device type, operating system, mobile network name and the version of the app or browser you use. We also record how you use our website, including your IP address, error reports, the pages you visit, and the date and time of each visit, so we can fix problems and improve our service.
- Terms you search for
- Videos you watch
- Views and interactions with content and ads
- Voice and audio information
- People with whom you communicate or share content
If you use our services to call or message us, we may keep call and message log information, such as your phone number, the number you called, the date and time, how long the call lasted, and the type of message. We use this only to answer your enquiry and improve our admissions service.
When this policy applies
This Privacy Policy applies to all of the services offered by Vaardig College, including our website, online learning portal and services offered through partner sites, such as advertising. It does not apply to services that have separate privacy policies that do not include this Privacy Policy.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under it without your clear consent. We always show the date of the latest changes and you can ask our office for earlier versions. If the changes are significant, we will tell you by email or on our website and student portal.