Privacy Policy:

PRIVACY NOTICE AND INFORMED CONSENT NOTICE

CONSENT TO PROCESS PERSONAL INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE PROTECTION OF INFORMATION ACT, 4 OF 2013 (POPIA)

(EMAIL, WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRIVACY NOTICE)

 

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA) gives effect to the constitutional right to data privacy in terms of Section 14 of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution.

 

The responsible use of the N1Plus website and related resources in respect of data privacy is important to N1Plus.

 

Whilst N1Plus is committed to protecting all person’s rights to privacy and who in consequence will ensure that all person’s Personal Information is used appropriately, transparently and according to applicable law, N1Plus has to ensure that these rights to privacy are balanced with other rights such as the right to use and have access to the N1Plus Information and Services including its online and social media platforms and applications.

 

This Policy sets out the responsibilities and obligations of all persons who make use of, or access, or receive N1Plus Information and Communications via its electronic communication facilities and resources including its website, email, and social media platforms, and how all users of these facilities and resources are to ensure that when using these resources that they respect and process another’s Personal Information lawfully and in accordance with the provisions of POPIA and the 8 Personal Information Processing Principles.

 

PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU MAKE USE OF N1Plus ELECTRONIC FACILITIES OR PROVIDE N1Plus WITH ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. BY PROVIDING N1Plus WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU CONSENT TO N1Plus PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, WHICH N1Plus UNDERTAKES TO PROCESS STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

 

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 N1Plus, in order to carry out its services in the fields of advertising, graphic design, website design, and development, as well as social media, does, and will, on an ongoing basis receive, provide and process Personal Information.

1.2 In terms of a law known as the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA) everyone has the right to privacy, including the right to the lawful collection, retention, dissemination and use of one’s Personal Information.

1.3 In order to give effect to this right, N1Plus is under a duty to provide any person whose Personal Information is processed by it, (known as a “Data Subject”) with a number of details pertaining to the use of and subsequent processing of the Data Subject’s Personal Information, before such Personal Information may be used or processed by N1Plus.

1.4 In accordance with this requirement, N1Plus sets out below the reasons why it will have to process a Data Subject’s Personal Information, the conditions under which it will receive and use a Data Subjects Personal Information, how N1Plus will use and handle this Personal Information, as well as the conditions under which it will provide its own Personal Information.

2. APPLICATION

2.1 The Privacy Policy of N1Plus, is applicable to

2.1.1 all N1Plus electronic platforms and facilities, including social media, websites and/or email, whether owned by, established by, used by, hosted by and/or accessed by N1Plus, and

2.1.2 all and any Data Subject(s), who may access and make use of the aforementioned N1Plus electronic platforms and facilities, including, without detracting from the generality thereof, N1Plus employees and staff, consumers and customers, vendors, contractors, service providers, and/or other third parties.

2.2.2 all the Personal Information which is owned by N1Plus and which is provided to any responsible parties and/or operators as a result of such person accessing or making use of N1Plus social media and electronic platforms.

3. ACCOUNTABILITY

3.1 N1Plus takes the privacy and protection of a Data Subject’s Personal Information very seriously and will only process a Data Subject’s Personal Information in accordance with POPIA and the terms of this Privacy Policy.

3.2 In turn where N1Plus provides any of its Personal Information to a Responsible Party or Operator, then such person will be required as a condition of receiving such information, to process such Personal Information in accordance, with POPIA and the terms of this Privacy Policy.

3.3 Accordingly, the relevant data privacy principles relating to the processing of Personal Information, whether that belonging to N1Plus or that belonging to a data subject (including, but not limited to, the collection, handling, transfer, sharing, correction, storage, archiving and deletion) will apply without exception, save where POPIA provides for such an exception, to all and any Personal Information provided by N1Plus to another or received by N1Plus as a result of the use of N1Plus electronic platforms and facilities.

4. AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND AND CONSENT TO PROCESS

4.1 By accessing or using N1Plus electronic platforms and facilities including all website and URL’s, any sites housed under its domain names and/or social media platforms, and/or when sending or receiving emails using the N1Plus email, the Data Subject:

4.1.1 acknowledges that it has read and understood this Privacy Policy and related provisions;

4.1.2 agrees to be bound by this Privacy Policy;

4.1.3 agrees to comply with this Privacy Policy; and

4.1.4 gives N1Plus consent to process and further process the required Personal Information for the required purpose, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

5. RECEIPT, USE, AND SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BY N1Plus

5.1 N1Plus will receive Personal Information pertaining to a Data Subject when the Data Subject submits a query or request via N1Plus electronic platforms or facilities, including via its website, or by way of email, telephone or via social media.

5.2 On receipt of the request or query, N1Plus will thereafter use and process the Data Subject’s Personal Information for the purpose of the query and for a variety of related purposes, which will all depend on the query or request, and which without detracting from the generality thereof may include:

– for the purposes of identifying and / or verifying the Data Subject’s details;�- for the purposes of providing information, products and / or services or details in connection therewith or pertaining thereto, that the Data Subject, may have requested;�- for trade application and / or purchasing purposes;�- to enroll the Data Subject as a vendor;�- for employment application purposes;�- for the purpose of concluding an employment relationship with an applicant;�- for the purposes of managing any information pertaining to the Data Subject;�- for further processing or general administration purposes;�- for legal or contractual purposes;�- to help N1Plus improve the quality of N1Plus services;�- to help N1Plus detect and prevent fraud and money laundering;�- for the purposes of recovering unpaid monies and / or any other amount due to N1Plus;�- for the purpose of debt collection;�- for the purposes of research, analytical and statistical purposes;�- for the purpose of carrying out analysis and consumer / customer profiling;�- for the purposes of identifying other products and services which might be of interest to the Data Subjects;�- for the purposes of informing a Data Subject about N1Plus services.

5.3 In order to correctly handle any request or query, and in order to perform the purposes described above, N1Plus may from time to time share a Data Subject’s Personal Information with the following parties:

– N1Plus employees, which will only be done on a need to know basis;�- N1Plus suppliers, which will only be done on a need to know basis;�- N1Plus carefully selected business partners who provide products and services which may be of benefit to a Data Subject which will only be done on a need to know basis; and�- N1Plus operators such as service providers and agents who perform services on behalf of N1Plus which will only be done on a need to know basis and in terms of a N1Plus operator agreement.

5.4 N1Plus does not share a Data Subject’s Personal Information with any third parties who have not been described above, unless:

– N1Plus is legally obliged to provide such information to another for legal or regulatory purposes;�- N1Plus is required to do so for purposes of existing or future legal proceedings;�- the onward transmission or sharing of Personal Information is necessary for the pursuance or protection of N1Plus legitimate interests or that of the Data Subject or a third party;�- N1Plus is involved in the prevention of fraud, loss, bribery or corruption and are using another agent or service provider under a mandate to provide such service, and the agent or service provider needs to process the Data Subject’s Personal Information for the purpose of investigating and or preventing any act of fraud, loss, bribery or corruption,

and under all of the abovementioned circumstances, N1Plus will take reasonable measures to ensure that such Personal Information is only provided to the recipient, if such recipient undertakes to keep the Personal Information confidential and secure.

5.5 Where N1Plus has to transfer the Data Subject’s Personal Information across the South African borders, it will before it does so, ensure that the recipient thereof agrees to be bound by POPIA under and in terms of a set of binding corporate rules or binding agreements that provide an adequate level of protection and uphold the principles for the reasonable and lawful processing of such Personal Information.

6. RECEIPT, USE AND SHARING OF N1Plus PERSONAL INFORMATION

N1Plus on receipt and in response to a query or request received from a Data Subject, referred to under section 5 above, may transmit via its website, or by way of email, telephone or via social media, its own Personal Information, which Personal Information on receipt by the requesting or receiving party, may only be used for the purpose relating to the initiating of the request or query and for no other purpose. Furthermore, the recipient undertakes that it will not use this Personal Information for any other purpose or share this information with any other party, save where it has been given express permission to do so by N1Plus.

7. INFORMATION QUALITY/OPENNESS/DATA SUBJECT PARTICIPATION

7.1 Whilst N1Plus will make all effort to ensure the integrity and accuracy of a Data Subject’s Personal Information, this may not at all times be possible. Following this, the Data Subject accepts the responsibility for keeping his / her or its Personal Information up to date, and undertakes to inform N1Plus of any changes to his / her and its Personal Information.

7.2 A Data Subject has a right of access to any Personal Information which N1Plus may have and where applicable may ask N1Plus to correct any inaccuracies in or to any such Personal Information.

8. SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA

8.1 N1Plus makes all reasonable effort to keep its social media and electronic platforms including its website secure at all times, however N1Plus advises that it cannot guarantee the security of any information provided to N1Plus or by N1Plus through the N1Plus website, e-mail, internet or social media sites. Following this N1Plus cannot be held responsible for any loss or unauthorised use or interception of information transmitted via these social media and electronic platforms or sites, including its Internet, which is beyond N1Plus reasonable control.

8.2 The N1Plus website may contain links to other websites outside of N1Plus control. N1Plus is not responsible for the content, privacy or security of these other third party controlled websites.

8.3 N1Plus has placed cookies on its website which makes contact with your / a Data Subject’s device to help make the N1Plus social media and electronic platforms website better.

8.4 N1Plus makes use of social plugins of social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google and Twitter. Please note that N1Plus has no influence on or control over the extent of the data retrieved by the social networks’ interfaces and N1Plus can accordingly not be held responsible or liable for any processing or use of Personal Information transmitted via these social plugins. For information on purpose and extent of the data retrieval by the social network concerned, and about the rights and settings which are available for you to access for the protection of your private information, please refer to the data protection information provided by the social network in question.

8.5 Note that all N1Plus social media and electronic platforms including its website and telephone facilities and your use of them will be monitored on a regular basis including the recordal and interception of content placed on or stored on said facilities which is done for security, integrity and quality assessment purposes and by using such electronic platforms and facilities you expressly acknowledge notice of such monitoring and interception and give consent thereto in accordance with the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act 70 of 2002 (“RICA”),

8.6 Subject to the provisions above, N1Plus has implemented the appropriate technical and organisational security measures which are required in order to protect all Personal Information and related data which it holds from and / or against unauthorised access, accidental or willful manipulation,loss or destruction.

9. THIRD PARTY INFORMATION AND THAT BELONGING TO MINORS

9.1 If a Data Subject provides N1Plus with Personal Information on behalf of another, N1Plus will not be able to process the query or request unless such query or request is accompanied with the required permission and consent from the owner of that Personal Information.

9.2 If a Data Subject is under the age of 18, such person’s Personal Information will only be processed if the minor’s parent or legal guardian gives the required consent or permission to the processing of the provided Personal Information.

10. CONTACT DETAILS

You can contact N1Plus in relation to this Privacy Policy by emailing us at roz@n1plus.co.za

11. REVISION OF POLICIES

N1Plus reserves the right to and may from time to time update this Privacy Notice. Any such revision will be published as an amended version on the N1Plus website.

Following this, any change to this Policy will be posted as an updated version, and readers are advised to visit and re-read this policy on a regular basis.