Terms and Conditions
This acknowledgment and consent are presented to you in order to obtain your consent to access your personal information to be used in your employment application for recruitment and selection purposes and where you are employed by us for the processing of your personal information in relation to your employment.
We are responsible for making sure that your personal information is processed and utilised in compliance with the rules and requirements of POPI, and we therefore undertake to:
- obtain consent from you directly where possible and to the extent that it is necessary to access, use or process any of your personal information;
- ensure that you have been informed of the purpose of the transfer of your personal information as required in terms of POPI.
The personal information that we will need to process will include, but will not be limited to:
- Reference checking of your previous employment;
- Credit checks where applicable;
- Criminal checks;
- Current employment status;
- Qualification verification.
What is the purpose of the collection, use and disclosure (the processing) of your personal information:
In order to conduct the application and selection process for employment and/or to fulfil our obligations in terms of your employment contract it is necessary for us to collect, use and disclose your personal information. More specifically, you will note that your information may be collected, used and/or disclosed in instances that will include:
- to compile statistics and research information, including but not limited to for BBBEE and Employment Equity reporting;
- to comply with the law;
Consent and Permission to process your personal information:
When you submit your application, you accept notification of our Personal Information Policy. We will accept the following as your consent to the current or existing and future processing of your personal information:
- should you fail to advise us that you do not agree with the Policy and you wish to exclude all or some of the provisions of it, after you receive notification of the information as contained herein;
- should you verbally or in writing give your consent be it through a previous consent you may have given us or in the circumstances of an application form.
We draw to your attention that in terms of POPI and other laws of the country, there are instances where your express consent is not necessary in order to permit the processing of your personal information, which may be related to police investigations, litigation or when your personal information is publicly available. Where you share personal information of other parties and co-workers with us you must understand that we will rely on your conduct as consent on their behalf to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information in terms of our personal information policy, and you warrant that you are authorised to give this consent on their behalf. We shall be entitled to rely on your actions as being proof of your authorisation. To this end, you indemnify and hold us harmless in respect of any claims by you where you have consented to the processing of your information. We will not be held responsible for any improper or unauthorised use of your personal information that is beyond our reasonable control.
Your rights regarding the processing of personal information:
- You may withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information at any time, and should you wish to do so, you must provide us with reasonable notice to this effect. Please note that your withdrawal of your consent is still subject to the terms and conditions of your application process or employment contract (or other agreement) that may be in place. Should you wish to withdraw your consent and where the withdrawal would then result in the interference of legal obligations, such withdrawal will only be effective if we agree to same in writing. We specifically draw to your attention that the withdrawal of your consent may result in it being unable to continue with your application or employment contract.
- In order to withdraw your consent, please send an email to [email protected]
- You are encouraged to ensure that where your personal information changes in any respect to notify us so that their records may be updated. We will largely rely on you to ensure that your personal information is correct and accurate.
- You have the right to access your personal information that we may have in our possession.
- You have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Regulator regarding an alleged interference with the protection of your personal information.