THE COMPANY GENERAL PRIVACY INFORMATION NOTICE

The Company is committed to protecting your personal data and ensuring that organisational and technical security measures are in place to protect your personal data, whether you are buying the Company’s services, receiving communications or newsletters or simply browsing the Company’s websites.

By using the Company’s websites or buying any services/products offered, you consent to the processing of your personal data by the Company’s as outlined in this General Privacy Information Notice (the “Policy”) and the Legal Notice pertaining to the use of the Company’s website.

The Legal Notice can be found under the section Legal Notice and Cookies

Disclaimer.

In order to conduct our daily business, the Company’s and its separate entities, suppliers and clients, on a regular basis, exchange data, including personal data.

All such transfers take place in accordance with applicable local legislation and Protection of Personal Information Act.

The company/entity you are in contact with is the data controller of the personal data received and processed about you, as part of providing Services/Goods to you or as part of you visiting any of the Company’s websites.

The Company’s may change and update this Policy on a regular basis at its sole discretion.

Personal Data, Purposes of Processing and Legal Basis

Services

The Company receives and collects personal data about you directly from you or from other data controllers for the purpose of The Company providing or assisting with Services or requests to or from you as the beneficiary of a Service.  Other data controllers may disclose personal data to us such as, but not limited to, your name, address, title or contact information, as necessary for us to provide Services to you.

Upon your request, The Company will provide you with the identity of such other data controllers.

Your personal data is processed to fulfil the agreement that you have entered into with, the Company or the Company customer/s, suppliers or agents or in order to take steps to provide or assist with your requests (e.g. while completing a contact form, as part of a registration or a survey).

The Company processes your personal data in accordance with applicable laws and the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is either a contract, your consent, legal obligation or the Company/s legitimate interest in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act https://popia.co.za/ 

Websites

When you use the Company’s website/s, information and data from your computer system may be collected and logged by us as is necessary for the functionality of the Company’s websites, and in accordance with a general Cookie Policy as detailed under the section Cookie Policy.

This may include processing of personal data, e.g. IP address, access time and other website and browser information. Further, The Company may collect your name and contact information if you use a request form on any of the Company/s website/s.

The Company processes your personal data in accordance with applicable laws, and the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is either your consent or the Company’s legitimate interest in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act.

Newsletters and Other Commercial Materials from The Company

The Company processes your name, e-mail and other contact information in order to send you newsletters, invitation’s and information about events and other relevant information about the Company’s Services and the Company.

The Company processes your personal data in accordance with applicable laws and the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act.

You may, at any time, withdraw your consent for the continued processing of your personal information.

Regardless of your purpose, it is recommended that you do not disclose to us any sensitive personal data such as racial or ethnic origin, religion, trade union membership, sexual orientation, health, genetic or biometric data etc.

Further, the Company may anonymise and aggregate data, including personal data, gathered via any company website or through any online system or similar for statistical purposes to expand the Company/s product portfolio and improve the Services.

Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

The Company may disclose your personal data to other entities, contracted service providers and advisors (“Third Parties”), if it is necessary in order to fulfil its obligations towards you. Contracted service providers can for example be suppliers, providers, advisors and advertisers. 

Further, the Company may disclose personal data processed in connection with the use of the Company websites, your participation in events or receiving of commercial information from the Company to hosting companies, marketing companies or other providers necessary to provide the Services. 

Further, the Company may disclose your information in order for the Company to comply with its legal obligations, to protect the rights, property and safety of The Company or others or in case of a sale of/liquidation of any part of the Company business or assets.

Upon your request, the Company can provide you with the identity of such third parties. 

The third parties to whom the personal data is disclosed may be located outside your country of domicile, but the Company will always ensure an adequate level of personal data protection and ensure that a lawful method for the transfer and disclosure of personal data is introduced.

The Period the Company Process Your Personal Data

Your personal data is processed for as long as it is necessary in order to fulfil the purpose and in accordance with applicable law.

Your personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary to keep in order to fulfil the purpose, unless applicable laws require the Company to keep it for a longer period.

For how long the purpose exists varies depending on the legal basis and circumstances around it (e.g. terms agreed in a contract with you, validity period of consent, legal interest, etc.) and what services the Company provides.

Personal data related to the use of the Company websites will be deleted after 30 days at the latest, except from cookies, which will be deleted in accordance with the applicable Cookie Policy.

If the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, the personal data will be deleted when you withdraw your consent at the latest, unless applicable law require THE COMPANY to store the personal data for a longer period.

Your Rights as an Individual

In accordance with laws, you have the following rights:

• You have the right to be informed about the personal data the Company/Entity is processing about you.
• You have the right to have incorrect or incomplete personal data corrected or completed.
• You have under certain circumstances the right to have your personal data deleted.
• You have under certain circumstances the right to restrict and limit the processing of your personal data.
• You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
• You have under certain circumstances the right to request that your personal data is transmitted to another data controller.

Any consent that you may have provided to the Company may be withdrawn at any time by contacting the Company.

Data subject requests, Data breach, Contact

If you have any questions regarding the content of this policy or your rights as an individual, you can choose to contact the Company via the contact section of the Company’s website to exercise your rights or with any concerns in this regard and we will try to get back to you in a timely manner.

If you have noticed a breach of personal data where the Company is involved, please report it immediately by sending us an email with the heading BREACH OF PERSONAL DATA. We will then make sure to act on it accordingly as quickly as possible.

For general inquiries please contact:

Submit a complaint

Should you wish to complain about or report any non-compliant processing of your personal data by us, you may send us an email using the contact address as listed in the company’s website.

You may also file a complaint with the local data protection agency/supervisory authority.

LEGAL NOTICE AND COOKIE DISCLAIMER

Any reproduction or distribution of material on the Company’s website for commercial purposes is prohibited without the express written consent from the Company.

Use of the website

Any use of this website and the content derived there from is subject to this Legal Notice. If you cannot accept the Legal Notice, you are kindly requested to leave the website without browsing it any further.

Content

The entire content of this website, including the Company/s trade name and logo type, and all related product and design marks, slogans as well as all texts, images and film clips (“Content”) are subject to copyright and trademark protection.

You may not copy the Content of this website other than for private non-commercial purposes with all copyright or other proprietary notices retained.

Limitation of liability

The information on this website is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties or representations of any kind, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, timeliness and completeness.

Use of this website is at your own risk.

Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates are liable for any loss, including but not limited to, loss of income, profits and revenue whether direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of access to or use of this website or of any Content on the website, including viruses, regardless of the accuracy or completeness of any such Content.

Hyperlinks to external websites

The Company does not assume any responsibility for the content or functionality of external websites which are not operated or controlled by the Company.

Computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other threats

The Company will take reasonable measures to protect this website against computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other threats. However, the Company does not warrant that the website is free from such harmful programs and disclaims any responsibility for or liability related to loss or damage of whatever nature due to harmful programs received from this website or by means of files downloaded from the website.

Revisions to the legal notice

The Company has taken reasonable care to ensure that the website’s content is accurate and up-to-date, however, the Company may, at any time and without notice, revise this Legal Notice by updating this posting. Readers of the website are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this webpage to review the current Legal Notice.

Law and jurisdiction

This Legal Notice shall be governed by South African Law. Any dispute arising out of or in relation to the Legal Notice which cannot be solved amicably shall be decided by the South Africa Courts.

Privacy policy

This website of the Company and the Company is data controller of the personal data processed in connection with you visiting this website.

Cookies

For data collection, the Company uses cookies. A cookie is a small piece of computer code we give your Web browser when you first visit the website.

The cookies save your preferences and thereby help us improve functionality of our website allowing you to move around the website and offering you even better performance and experience when using our website. It also helps us tailor the website especially to you.

If you do not wish to accept cookies, you always have the possibility to indicate this yourself in your browser. More information about this can be obtained from the producer of your browser. If you disable cookies, certain functions may not work or certain services may not be available to you.

For information about The Company use of Cookies, please see our Cookie Policy below.

Cookie Policy

We use technology on our website to collect information that helps us enhance our experience and our products and services. The cookies that we use at the Company allow our website to work and help us to understand what information and advertising is most useful to our visitors.

What are cookies?

A ‘cookie’ is small piece of data (usually in the form of a text file) which may be placed on your device when you visit our website. These files do not contain personal data, but they do contain a personal identifier allowing us to associate your personal data with a certain device, i.e. it helps us to “remember” user behaviour. As a user, you are able to accept or decline cookies. Please note that if you decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Adapt IT website.

Why do we use cookies?

These files serve a number of useful purposes for you, including:

• granting you access to restricted content;
• tailoring our website’s functionality to you personally by letting us remember your preferences, location or device type;
• ensuring the website functions correctly;
• improving how our website performs;
• understanding who our viewers are, so that we can provide content most relevant to you;
• allowing third parties to provide services to our website; and
• helping us deliver interest-based content and/or advertising where appropriate in compliance with the applicable laws.

The types of cookies that may be used

We use different types of cookies. Some of these cookies are placed by us, while others are placed by our third-party plug-ins, suppliers or advertisers. These cookies may be deleted from your device at different times, such as at the end of your browsing session (when you leave the website) or after a pre-set amount time, or they may persist on your device until you delete them.

We may use the following types of cookies:

• essential cookies – these are cookies that allow our website to perform its essential functions. Without these cookies, some parts of our websites would stop working.
• site analytics cookies– these are cookies that monitor how our website is performing, and how you interact with it. We use them to know how best to improve our website or services.
• functional cookies– these are cookies that remember who you are as a user of our website. We use them to remember any preferences you may have selected on our website, like saving your username and password, or settings.
• advertising cookies– these are cookies that match your interests or web searches with applicable advertising campaigns on our website. We use them to provide you with advertising that we think you might find useful.
• social media cookies– these are cookies that integrate with social media platforms. We use them to help you share content from our website to your chosen social media platform.
• flash cookies– these are cookies that help your device read content supported by Adobe Flash. We use them to make sure that any Flash advertisements or videos appear properly on your device.
• third party cookies– these are cookies that some of our business partners use on our website. We have no access to or control over them. Information collected by any of these cookies or widgets is governed by the privacy policy of the company that created it, and not by us.

Deleting cookies

If you wish to delete the cookies, please refer to your IT department or use the internet to search the applicable program for your device to enable you to remove cookies.

Consent

The company will only use cookies if you have given us your consent by selecting YES.

If you have previously granted consent and you wish to withdraw it, you can do so by selecting NO.

Third parties may also use cookies.

You must take care that if you access linked websites, third party plug-ins used on our website, or advertisements appearing on our website, you inspect how they use cookies.

We are not responsible for any damages, computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other threats/harm that may be suffered as a result of using or accessing the company’s website or accessing any links connected to this website and/or any third party information/advertisements which appears on this website.

WEBSITE COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

The company including its affiliates and subsidiaries makes available to you this Website (the “Website”) subject to your acceptance of and compliance with this Legal Notice.

By accessing or using this Website you are agreeing to and accepting this Legal Notice.

If you do not agree with this Legal Notice do not access or use the Website.

The company reserves the right to modify this Legal Notice at any time without prior notice by posting such modifications on the company’s website.

Your continued access or use of this website after amendments have been made will constitute an acceptance of and your agreement to be bound by this Legal Notice as amended.

It remains your responsibility to regularly review this legal notice to ensure you are aware of any changes or amendments thereto.

The contents of this website, including but not limited to any text, icons, hyperlinks, designs, logos, videos and other material remain the copyright of The company.

You may not reproduce, download, publish or change any content without prior written approval

Website disclaimer

The content on this web site belongs to The company and is for information purposes only.

The content does not and will not constitute any form of advice, constitute any recommendation nor must the content be deemed as advice upon which you will act.

By accessing or using this website, you irrevocably agree that the company shall in no way be liable for any damages of whatsoever nature or howsoever such may arise including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential damages irrespective howsoever such damages may arise including but not limited to any act or omission contained on this website.

EMAIL LEGAL NOTICE AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Email transmissions and the security and/or authenticity and/or legitimacy thereof cannot be guaranteed.

Emails may be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, created by a non-authorised source, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses.

The company shall not be responsible for and renounces any and all liability for any loss, liability, damages and/or expenses of any nature howsoever incurred that may be suffered by you or any third party as a result of or which may be attributable, directly or indirectly to any email received/sent by the company or its employees or agents.

Email confidentiality

Any email received from the company, its employees or agents is intended for the sole use if the intended recipient and as such any messages received, may contain confidential, sensitive or legally privileged information and as such if you are not the intended recipient, you are directed and obligated to destroy the email and contact the sender to communicated the incorrect receipt of the email communication.

Any unauthorised review, use, copy, disclosure or distribution of this email is prohibited.

Emails sent or received using the company’s server/email domain will be subject to continuous filtering, monitoring, scrutiny and reporting.

It is further recorded that the company will monitor all electronic communications.

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