Your privacy is important to us. Learn how we protect your information.
By using this website, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please exit this website. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this Policy will mean that you accept those changes.
Protecting users’ privacy is of utmost importance to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Privacy Policy to safeguard users’ personal information, and to protect your confidential personal information. This privacy policy applies to all the web pages related to this website. Unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, any term in this Privacy Policy will bear the same meaning as defined in any of our Terms and Conditions, Terms of Registration, or Conditions of Use, as applicable and appearing on this site.
Under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), Act No. 4 of 2013, which came into full effect on 1 July 2021, you have specific rights regarding your personal information. We may collect the following types of information:
Your information is used for the following purposes:
"Processing" means any operation concerning your personal information, including:
For purpose of this Privacy Policy, "personal information” means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person, including but not limited to the user’s name, identifying number/s (e.g. social security number, identity number, passport number, registration number), billing and shipping details, physical and postal addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone number/s, financial details, profiling information, and any other personal or sensitive information disclosed to us or acquired by us through this website.
We may also collect certain information following your visit to this website, such as: the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time that you access the site; the pages that you access while on the site; the Internet address of the website from which you link directly to this site; your location information; information specific to the device you use to access this website. We may also store information when you interact with adverts on our site. We collect this information in accordance with applicable law and only where we have a legal basis to do so. Personal information gathered by us, including through our online contact us, subscribe and order forms, and comment boxes may be used to personally identify users that subscribe to our service or purchase from this website.
We will not process special categories of personal data (including information about your religious or philosophical beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, trade union membership, political opinions, health data, or sexual orientation) unless: (1) we have obtained your explicit consent; (2) processing is necessary to protect your vital interests; (3) processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; or (4) processing is otherwise permitted by applicable law.
We may use personal information to help improve this website and our service offerings, analyse trends, and administer this website. We may also use your email address, telephone number and other contact details to inform you about our products and services, let you know about changes and improvements to this website, and generally communicate with you. Personal information will not be used for any purpose other than that which is stated in this Policy or in any Terms & Conditions of using our service, Terms of Sale, Terms of Registration or Conditions of Use.
By registering, accepting our terms or conditions, purchasing products and services, or submitting any personal information, and by browsing and interacting on this website, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information, subject to the limitations set out in this Privacy Policy.
Personal information may be collected when a user registers on this website, submits an application form, subscribes, requests a quote, submits a message via our “Contact Us” facility, places an order, responds to a survey, or in any other manner or form submits personal information via this site. Personal information may also be collected through this website for the purpose of improving our service offering and increasing service efficiency. Personal information may be transferred to servers located outside South Africa only where: (a) the recipient country has adequate data protection laws, (b) we have binding corporate rules or standard contractual clauses in place, (c) you explicitly consent to the transfer, or (d) the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract. We will ensure all cross-border transfers comply with applicable data protection laws.
This website may use encryption, firewalls and other security technology and procedures to help protect the confidentiality of personal information and prevent unauthorised access or improper use thereof. All personal information is stored in the website’s database, and secured in accordance with industry standards.
While we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal information, no internet-based system is completely secure. We will be responsible for personal data breaches to the extent required by applicable law, and will notify relevant supervisory authorities and affected individuals as required by law. In the event of a personal data breach that is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours and affected individuals without undue delay, in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Such notification will include the nature of the breach, likely consequences, measures taken to address the breach, and recommended steps you can take to protect yourself.
Personal information will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes mentioned herein, or as required by law. We maintain a retention schedule that lists the specific retention periods for different categories of personal information. You have the right to request information about these retention periods. We may also be required by law to retain personal information for prescribed periods of time or in prescribed formats. We will delete your personal information from our records upon your request. Deletion of personal information, whether at our instance or at your request, is not necessarily absolute, despite our best endeavours, as there may be residual copies of the information in our back-up systems that we cannot delete as this could affect the security and integrity of our systems.
We are committed to ensuring the protection of your privacy and the lawful processing of personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As part of our compliance with GDPR, we implement the following measures:
We commit to the following data protection principles:
By providing your personal information to our practice, you consent to:
We may disclose personal information to other persons for certain specified purposes,
including for credit information sharing, debtor tracing, marketing and contract administration.
We will also provide personal information to law enforcement and other competent authorities
in response to lawful requests and including where we believe that the disclosure of the
information is necessary: for any criminal or civil legal investigation; to detect or prevent
fraud or other criminal activities; to protect any person or the general public from harm or
suffering loss or damages.
Where we use domain administrators and outsourced IT suppliers, these administrators and
suppliers may need to or may be able to access personal information in order to perform
their services optimally. We may also appoint consultants to help us collect, interpret
and use personal information in line with this Policy. Any third-party administrators and
suppliers appointed by us will be required to adhere to this Policy.
We may from time to time share non-personally identifiable information, such as
aggregated information, statistics and trends, with other companies, organisations and
persons, including our publishers, marketers and social media consultants.
If we disclose personal information to third parties, we will limit the disclosure to
the information necessarily required by the third party to fulfill the purpose for the disclosure.
Other than in accordance with this Policy or necessary to deliver goods or services,
we will not sell, share, or rent personal information to any companies, organisations or
persons outside of our group structure without obtaining your consent, and any information
that is disclosed will be on a need-to-know basis. We will ask you for consent before we
use your personal information for any purpose not set out in this Policy.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience.
These include essential cookies necessary for the website to function, analytics cookies
to understand how you use our site, and marketing cookies to deliver personalized content.
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
This enables us to achieve our goal of providing a valuable online
experience to our users. You are, however, able to disable this cookie technology in your
web browser. Should you decide to do this, be aware that disabling cookies may result
in services on this website not functioning correctly, optimally or as you would like.
While we will do all things reasonably necessary to protect our users’ rights of privacy whilst on the website, we cannot be held liable for any unauthorised or unlawful access to, or use, corruption or disclosure of any personal and confidential information
We may need to change this policy from time to time to address new issues and reflect changes on our site. We will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will disclose that information to anyone. Please refer back to this policy regularly.
In the event of any complaints or disputes, please email us at reception@ctortho.co.za
with the full details of your complaint or dispute. We may require you to provide additional
information and details before we are able to resolve the complaint or dispute. We endeavour
to resolve complaints and disputes within ___30___ days after our receipt of all the relevant
information.
You are entitled to submit any unresolved disputes to: {insert name and contact details of
any regulatory or dispute resolution body that has jurisdiction}
You have the right to:
Important: The information on this website is for general information purposes only and does not constitute medical advice.
The information contained on this website is intended to provide general information about orthopaedic conditions and treatments. However, this information does not constitute medical advice and should not be relied upon when making any medical decisions. Every patient's situation is unique, and different circumstances require different treatment approaches.
We strongly advise you to consult with Dr Edward Füzy or another qualified medical professional before making any decisions based on information found on this website. Different situations give rise to different consequences, which might render the use or application of information contained on this website inappropriate, unsuitable, or incorrect.
While we make every effort to ensure the information is accurate and up-to-date as at the date of publication, we cannot guarantee that it is complete, current, or free of errors. The owners, administrators, staff, and any person associated with this practice cannot be held liable for any loss or damage that is incurred or may be incurred by any person as a direct or indirect result of the use of this website or any information contained on or obtained from this website.
Your use of this website does not establish a doctor-patient relationship between you and Dr Edward Füzy. By using this website you confirm that Dr Edward Füzy has not solicited work from you or advertised services to you in an unlawful or improper manner.
A formal doctor-patient relationship is only established through an in-person consultation appointment at our practice. Information submitted through our contact form is for appointment requests only and should not include detailed medical information or be used for seeking medical advice.
Any information obtained from this website, including responses to queries, is purely for general information only. No such information will become or be treated as or relied upon as medical advice, recommendation, or professional medical opinion in any manner. It is your responsibility to verify any such information, and its applicability to your specific circumstances, before taking any action or making any medical decisions.
For medical emergencies, please contact emergency services immediately or go to your nearest hospital emergency department.
Every effort is made to ensure that the information contained on this website is complete and correct, although we cannot guarantee that there are no errors or omissions. The use of this website, and the application of information derived from this website, is conducted at your own risk.
Accordingly, the owners, administrators, staff, advisers, and any person associated with this website cannot be held liable for any loss or damage that is incurred or may be incurred by any person as a direct or indirect result of the use of this website or the use or application of any information contained on or obtained from this website, nor as a result of anything that is contained in or omitted from such information.
The use of this website constitutes consent to these terms.