Privacy Policy
Effective Date: April 18, 2025
At Hlakaniphile Msane Psychology Services, your privacy is our priority. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website and use our services. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is respected and your personal information is handled securely.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://educationalpsychologistza.co.za.
We provide educational psychology services in Pietermaritzburg, focusing on supporting children, adolescents, families, and schools. We offer psychoeducational assessments, therapy, career guidance, trauma support, and more.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data displayed in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may download and extract location data from images.
4. Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
When you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
If you log in, we will set up cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking if you have an account and are logged in.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our site (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.” We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal data.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Hlakaniphile Msane Psychology Services
123 Wellness Road, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
Email: info@hlakaniphilepsychology.co.za
Phone: 073 456 7890