the provisions, as herein set out, are provided to you in order to better understand how your Personal Information and Data may be used online and in the course of Processing, and to understand the basis of collection, use and protection of the Personal Information in accordance with the use of the Website and Services;
a reference to Personal Information will be to Personal Information as defined in clause 2.2.7, and as otherwise defined in POPI;
you agree that this Privacy Policy will apply to access by you and browsing of the Website and/or use of our Products and Services when placing any orders, and in entering or otherwise applying any of the Personal Information so required;
we will take all reasonable endeavours to preserve and protect your Privacy when you use the Website, the Products and Services, including compliance with POPI, and, where applicable, GDPR (where you are not a local RSA resident);
the Personal Information we collect will be used to reasonably enable us to perform our obligations in terms of the agreement with you when you intend to or make use of the Products and Services, and, accordingly, we would store and use the following information:
- your surname and first names;
- physical address;
- e-mail address (which address shall apply, for purposes of all communications and notices)c; and
- all contact information.
such information will be utilised for purposes of Processing on receipt of your order, in making any enquiries, and, further, response to any survey or marketing communication, or use of certain other features on the Website, and, insofar as the Laws permit, where you so consent;
the Processing of the Personal Information and Data will only be used by us to enable us to:
- render the Products and Services and otherwise perform as required in terms of our agreement in terms of you;
- operate and manage the accounting and related transactions efficiently;
- respond to any of your enquiries or other Products and Service requests;
- communicate with you, whether by e-mail, SMS or other means;
- monitor and analyse our business and carry on market research, including to ask for ratings and review of the Products and Services;
- follow-through consequent upon any enquiries or complaints;
- perform administrative and management functions with regard to the Processing and our systems;
- comply with the Laws of RSA;
we will not trade or otherwise disclose your Personal Information or Data, or any portion thereof, to any third person without your express consent;
we may transfer your Personal Information to foreign countries if any service providers to us are located across border or use systems across border for purposes of the Products and Services being rendered to you, and we will only share information across border to recipients who are subject to GDPR or similar Laws, and who have entered into an agreement with us to include the principles for the protection of Personal Information, based on the principles set out in POPI and/or GDPR;
we will not intentionally collect or use information of children, i.e., persons under the age of 18 years, unless with your consent, the intention being to only Process such information for purposes of the Products and Services you require or with respect to any order made;
we may, subject to the above provisions, share your Personal Information with third party service providers to us (i.e., payment gateways, regulatory and governmental authorities or tax authorities) (where we are requested by them, or are obliged to do so), and will otherwise insure that the Personal Information and Data are only shared in terms of these provisions;
we would also ensure that all service providers to us are similarly under a legal obligation to ensure the protection of your Personal Information and Data, and to use same only in a manner as permitted by us;
you may, on reasonable grounds, object to us using any of your Personal Information, and if you object, we will stop using same, whether for purposes of Processing or otherwise, save where the Laws otherwise provide;
you may similarly request us to correct or remove any information that you believe is inaccurate by addressing an e-mail to us at [email protected];
to provide you with Personal Information we hold and/or have Processed about you;
the Website is scanned and otherwise checked on a regular basis for security purposes and to determine any vulnerabilities and to ensure that the Website is as safe as possible, and we are committed to implement appropriate technical and other security measures for the protection of the integrity and confidentiality of your Personal Information, which would, in all events, only be accessible to a limited number of our personnel, who have special access rights to our system, all sensitive information being encrypted in accordance with the appropriate proprietary technologies;
third parties who are engaged for purposes of a financial transaction (e.g., payment gateways), may collect your payment details to ensure that you transact securely with us, and these gateway providers will similarly store and process these details, which are not stored or processed on our servers;
we will immediately report any security breach to the relevant regulatory authorities, companies and other parties involved, including to you, and should you have any concerns about our Privacy practices or should you suspect any breach regarding the protection of your Personal Information, kindly inform us immediately by addressing an e-mail to us at: [email protected];
Personal Information will be retained by us for such periods as required by Law for our legitimate business purposes, and as retained in terms of these provisions. We may, however, keep certain information indefinitely in a format which does not disclose your identity for statistical or analytical purposes;
please note that when you use the Website we automatically receive and record information on our server logs from your browser, which may include your location, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, cookie information and other relative details regarding your use of the Website (browsing actions and patterns), which may not necessarily identify you as an individual, which cookies enable us to improve our Products and Services to you, including data regarding our Website traffic, interactive and usage patterns, and store information regarding your preferences with regard to the Products and Services, which will be recognised when you return to the Website;
subject to our Cookie Policy (as referred to in clause 3.3.), you can ensure that your computer alerts you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can deactivate all cookies via your browser settings, and as each browser is not the same, kindly access your browser’s Help Manual in order to determine the best manner for modifying your cookies, or to refuse cookies (which last instance may restrict full use of (our) Website);
you can opt out of receiving any communications from us at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any e-mail received from us;
the Website may connect to various social media platforms or applications, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google Plus, and if you require to use the Website for social media integration (user profiles or other functionalities), we will share your information with the relevant social media sites or applications;
despite our best endeavours, as indicated, to preserve and protect all Personal Information and Data, we will not be responsible for any unauthorised access via hacking or other breach of our security protocols beyond our reasonable control;
you are accordingly responsible for keeping all your usernames and passwords up to date and we may request you to provide us with proof of your registration/identity or other information in a form that we consider acceptable.