WEBSITE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY: The full name and legal status of the website owner is: The Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE), a provincial government department of the Republic of South Africa as, as represented by the Head of Department of the ECDoE. These are ECDoE legal terms, including terms of use and privacy policy, which you agree to by visiting this website. The ECDoE may change any of these terms at any time by updating this web page. If you have any questions about our legal terms, please contact Website Manager at telephone number + 27 40 608 4475 or e-mail webteam@ecdoe.gov.za. Terms of Use 1. Licence. ECDOE grant you a limited licence to use this website. 2. Breach. ECDOE may cancel your licence if you breach any of these terms. 3. Framing. You may not frame this website. 4. Capacity. You agree to these terms on the basis that you have the capacity to visit this website. 5. Accurate information. ECDOE promise that it will give this website only accurate information. 6. Ownership. ECDOE or its third-party licensors own all rights in this website. 7. Trademarks. All ECDOE trademarks are its property, and you may not use them without the written permission obtained from Website Manager. All other trademarks are their respective owners' property. 8. Restrictions. You may not change, hire out, reverse engineer, or copy this website without the written permission obtained from ECDoE. 9. Own risk. You use this website at your own risk, and we make no warranties about it. 10. Indemnity. You indemnify us against any liability related to your use of this website. 11. Direct damages limited. Our maximum liability to you for all claims for direct damages related to this website is R100. 12. Indirect damages. The ECDoE will never be responsible for any indirect damages. Privacy Policy 1. Purpose. This policy describes the way the ECDoE handle your personal information. 2. Personal information. Personal information includes information the ECDoE automatically collect when you visit this website. 3. Collected automatically. The ECDoE collect your Internet usage information when you visit this website. 4. Purpose for collection. The ECDoE may use any of your personal information that you provide to the ECDoE for the purposes you indicated when you agreed to provide it. 5. Disclosure. The ECDoE may disclose personal information to third parties if required for legal reasons. 6. Security. ECDoE website is hosted on a secure server and uses security measures to prevent interference by intruders. 7. Retention. The ECDoE will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary. 8. Transfer. Although the GCIS may provide users’ information to service-providers that handle information on its behalf, it will usually not share the information with third parties or other public entities for secondary or unrelated purposes unless otherwise disclosed at the point of collection. Personal information may be transmitted internationally through the ECDoE or to third parties for the purposes identified above. This will not include transfer to countries without data protection rules similar to those in effect in the user’s country of residence. By providing information to the ECDoE through this website, the user is consenting to such transfers. Where appropriate, personal information may be disclosed to law enforcement, regulatory or other government agencies, or third parties where necessary or desirable to comply with legal or regulatory obligations or requests or for the purposes identified above.