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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S website and related resources in respect of data privacy is important to SUZUKI SWELLENDAM.
Whilst SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM has to ensure that these rights to privacy are balanced with other rights such as the right to use and have access to SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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 THE SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S ELECTRONIC FACILITIES OR PROVIDE SUZUKI SWELLENDAM WITH ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. BY PROVIDING SUZUKI SWELLENDAM WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU CONSENT TO SUZUKI SWELLENDAM PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, WHICH SUZUKI SWELLENDAM UNDERTAKES TO PROCESS STRICTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
INTRODUCTION
1.1 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM in order to carry out its aims and objectives 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, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM.
1.4 In accordance with this requirement, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM sets out the 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM will use and handle this Personal Information, as well as
the conditions under which it will provide its own Personal Information.
APPLICATION
2.1 The Privacy Policy of SUZUKI SWELLENDAM, is applicable to
2.1.1 all SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S electronic platforms and facilities, including social media, websites and / or email, whether owned by, established by, used by, hosted by and / or accessed by SUZUKI SWELLENDAM, and
2.1.2 all and any Data Subject(s), who may access and make use of the aforementioned SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S electronic platforms and facilities, including, without detracting from the generality thereof, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM and which is provided to any responsible parties and / or operators as a result of such person accessing or making use of SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S social media and electronic platforms.
ACCOUNTABILITY
3.1 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM to another or received by SUZUKI SWELLENDAM as a result of the use of SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S electronic platforms and facilities.
AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND AND CONSENT TO PROCESS
4.1 By accessing or using the SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM consent to process and further process the required Personal Information for the required purpose, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
RECEIPT, USE AND SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BY SUZUKI SWELLENDAM
5.1 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM will receive Personal Information pertaining to a Data Subject when the Data Subject submits a query or request via the SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 enrol 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM improve the quality of SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S products and services;
to help SUZUKI SWELLENDAM detect and prevent fraud and money laundering;
for the purposes of recovering unpaid monies and / or any other amount due to SUZUKI SWELLENDAM;
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 identify other products and services which might be of interest to the Data Subjects;
for the purposes of informing a Data Subject about SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S products and services.
5.3 In order to correctly handle any request or query, and in order to perform the purposes described above, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM may from time to time share a Data Subject’s Personal Information with the following parties:
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S employees, which will only be done on a need to know basis;
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S suppliers, which will only be done on a need to know basis;
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S operators such as service providers and agents who perform services on behalf of SUZUKI SWELLENDAM, which will only be done on a need to know basis and in terms of a SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S operator agreement.
5.4 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM does not share a Data Subject’s Personal Information with any third parties who have not been described above, unless:
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM is legally obliged to provide such information to another for legal or regulatory purposes;
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S legitimate interests or that of the Data Subject or a third party;
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 above mentioned circumstances, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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.
RECEIPT, USE AND SHARING OF SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S PERSONAL INFORMATION
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM.
INFORMATION QUALITY/OPENNESS/DATA SUBJECT PARTICIPATION
7.1 Whilst SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM may have and where applicable may ask SUZUKI SWELLENDAM to correct any inaccuracies in or to any such Personal Information. Any access request can be requested, please give us a call on 022 482 1158.
SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA
8.1 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM makes all reasonable effort to keep its social media and electronic platforms including its website secure at all times, however SUZUKI SWELLENDAM advises that it cannot guarantee the security of any information provided to SUZUKI SWELLENDAM through the SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S website, e-mail, internet or social media sites. Following this SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S reasonable control.
8.2 The SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S website may contain links to other websites outside of SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S control. SUZUKI SWELLENDAM is not responsible for the content, privacy or security of these other third party controlled websites.
8.3 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM may have cookies on its website which makes contact with your / a Data Subject’s device to help make the SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S social media and electronic platforms website better.
8.4 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM makes use of social plugins of social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter. Please note that SUZUKI SWELLENDAM has no influence on or control over the extent of the data retrieved by the social networks’ interfaces and SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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 recording 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, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 wilful manipulation, loss or destruction.
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
If a Data Subject provides SUZUKI SWELLENDAM with Personal Information on behalf of another, SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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.
CONTACT DETAILS
You can contact SUZUKI SWELLENDAM in relation to this Privacy Policy by writing to us at or by calling us on 022 482 1158.
REVISION OF POLICIES
SUZUKI SWELLENDAM 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 SUZUKI SWELLENDAM’S 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.
