Privacy Policy - (POPI Act)

Dr. Johannes Viljoen, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeon recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of your personal and medical information. During a visit to our practice your privacy is respected and maintained in accordance with the POPI Act. We do not collect personal information about you unless you voluntarily choose to provide it to us. This would be the case if you provide us with your information for the purpose of registering you as a patient, providing a payment, or sending us an e-mail, in which you voluntarily provide your name, contact information and medical history. Our staff require certain information to contact your medical aid or to respond to queries. We do not use this information for any other purpose without your written consent. We protect all personal information in our custody with strong security safeguards, including strict access controls.

Website Disclaimer

Although we make every effort to ensure that all information posted on our website is accurate and complete, Dr. Johannes Viljoen does not represent that it is so, or guarantee it, and accept no liability or obligation for accuracy or completeness. We reserve the right to update the information as necessary without notice. If there is any discrepancy between information posted on our website and the original paper version, the original paper document prevails.

By using this website, you are accepting all the terms of this disclaimer notice. If you do not agree with anything in this notice you should not use this website. This website is owned by Dr. J. Viljoen Inc. registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa under no. DP0048623 and the Board of Healthcare Funders under Practice No. 0123323, conducting a Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery practice.

We may use Internet address information to personally identify you when necessary to enforce rights, or when required to do so by law. Our website is hosted on servers owned and managed by a third party. Applicable law protects any personal information collected on our behalf. Our servers automatically log information about visits to our website in the normal course of establishing and maintaining web connections. Server logs record statistical information such as time and duration of visit, pages requested, and browser types. This information does not personally identify you. We do not link server log information to any other data in a way that would enable us to identify individual visitors. This tracked information will not be used by any other organization. Our site does not make use of cookies. Cookies are small text files often used on sites to keep track of your browser as you navigate a website.

We do not warrant that the servers that make this website available will be error, virus, or bug free and you accept that it is your responsibility to make adequate provision for protection against such threats. We recommend scanning any files before downloading.

In no event will Dr. Johannes Viljoen be liable for any incidental, indirect, consequential, or special damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, those resulting from loss of profit, loss of contracts, goodwill, data, information, income, anticipated savings or business relationships, whether or not advised of the possibility of such damage, arising out of or in connection with the use of this website.

Nothing in this disclaimer notice excludes or limits any warranty implied by law for death, fraud, personal injury through negligence, or anything else which it would not be lawful for Lancet Laboratories to exclude.

Licence to use this website: By using this website you agree to the exclusions and limitations of liability stated above and accept them as reasonable. If any of the points in this disclaimer notice are found to be unenforceable under applicable law that will have no bearing on the enforceability of the rest of the disclaimer notice.

Material on this website, including text and images, is protected by copyright law and is copyright to Dr. J. Viljoen Inc. unless credited otherwise. It may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast, or transmitted in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Prior written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained for any other use of material. No part of this site may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose or financial gain. All intellectual property rights in relation to this website are reserved and owned by Dr. J Viljoen Inc. We reserve the right to revise and amend this disclaimer notice from time to time and any revised version will be deemed to be applicable from the first date of publication on this website.

Law and jurisdiction: This disclaimer notice shall be interpreted and governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and any disputes in relation to it are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in the Republic of South Africa.

Ownership of copyright: The copyright in this website and the material on this website (including without limitation the text, computer code, artwork, photographs, images, music, audio material, video material and audio-visual material on this website) is owned by Dr. J. Viljoen Inc and its licensors.

Dr. Johannes Viljoen grants you a license to:

  • view this website and the material on this website on a computer or mobile device via a web browser;
  • copy and store this website and the material on this website in your web browser cache memory; and
  • print pages from this website for your own [personal and non-commercial] use.

Dr. J Viljoen Inc. does not grant you any other rights in relation to this website or the material on this website. In other words, all other rights are reserved. You must not adapt, edit, change, transform, publish, republish, distribute, redistribute, broadcast, rebroadcast or show or play in public this website or the material on this website (in any form or media) without Dr. J Viljoen Inc.’s prior written permission.

Data mining: The automated and/or systematic collection of data from this website is prohibited.

Permissions: You may request permission to use the copyright materials on this website by writing to manager@drjv.co.za.

Enforcement of copyright: Dr. J Viljoen Inc. takes the protection of its copyright very seriously. If Dr. J Viljoen Inc. discovers that you have used its copyright materials in contravention of the license above, Dr. Johannes Viljoen may bring legal proceedings against you seeking monetary damages and an injunction to stop you using those materials. You could also be ordered to pay legal costs. If you become aware of any use of Dr. Johannes Viljoen’s copyright materials that contravenes or may contravene the license above, please report this by email to manager@drjv.co.za

Spam policy

In the context of electronic messaging, spam refers to unsolicited, bulk or indiscriminate messages, typically sent for a commercial purpose. Dr. J Viljoen Inc. has a zero-tolerance spam policy. Dr. J Viljoen Inc. messaging systems automatically scan all incoming email [and other] messages, and filter-out messages that appear to be spam.

Problems with spam filtering: No message filtering system is 100% accurate, and from time-to-time legitimate messages will be filtered-out by Dr. Johannes Viljoen’s server. If you believe this has happened to a message you have sent, please advise the message recipient by sending an e-mail to reception@drjv.co.za.

You can reduce the risk of a message being caught by the spam filters by sending the message in plain text (i.e. no HTML), removing any attachments, and ensuring that your messages are scanned for malware before dispatch.

User spam: Dr. Johannes Viljoen Inc. provides a facility that enables users to send email messages / private messages to others. Users must not use this facility to send unsolicited, bulk, or indiscriminate messages, whether or not for commercial purposes.

Receipt of unwanted messages from Dr. J Viljoen Inc.: In the unlikely event that you receive any message from Dr. J Viljoen Inc. or sent using Dr. J Viljoen Inc. systems that may be considered to be spam, please contact the practice manager at manager@drjv.co.za

Linking policy

This linking policy is intended to assist you when linking to this website or by using this website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this linking policy.

Links to this website: Links pointing to this website should not be misleading. Appropriate link text should always be used. From time to time the URL structure of this website may be updated, and unless Dr. J Viljoen Inc. agrees in writing otherwise, all links should point to www.drjv.co.za. You must not use the Dr. Johannes Viljoen logo to link to this website (or otherwise) without our express written permission. You must not link to this website using any inline linking technique. You must not frame the content of this website or use any similar technology in relation to the content of this website.

Removal of links: You agree that, should Dr. Johannes Viljoen request the deletion of a link to our website that is within your control, you will delete the link promptly.

Medical disclaimer

No advice: This website contains general information about medical and dental conditions and treatments. The information is not advice and should not be treated as such.

Limitation of warranties: The medical information on this website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. Dr. J Viljoen inc. makes no representations or warranties in relation to the medical information on this website.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, Dr. Johannes Viljoen does not warrant that:

  • the information on this website will be constantly available, or available at all; or
  • the information on this website is complete, true, accurate, up-to-date, or non-misleading.

Professional assistance: You must not rely on the information on this website as an alternative to medical advice from your doctor or other professional healthcare provider. As this website is for information purposes only, you should seek appropriate, qualified advice before acting or omitting to act based upon any such information. If you have any specific questions about any medical or dental matter you should consult your doctor or dentist or other professional healthcare provider. If you think you may be suffering from any medical condition you should immediately seek medical attention. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice, or discontinue medical treatment because of information on this website.