IGT SOLUTIONS SOUTH AFRICA PROPRIETARY LIMITED
PUBLIC PRIVACY POLICY
- ABOUT US
- This Privacy Policy sets out how your Personal Information will be used by IGT Solutions South Africa. It applies to Personal Information and Special Personal Information you give to us or which we may collect from third parties.
- IGT Solutions South Africa is a company registered according to the laws of the Republic of South Africa, with its primary place of business at the SARS Building, Hans Strijdom Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001 or alternatively, The Box, 9 Lower Burg Street, Cape Town Western Cape 8001, South Africa.
- IGT Solutions South Africa is a “Responsible Party” in respect of the Personal Information described in this Privacy Policy. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use Personal Information about you. We are required under data protection legislation to notify you of the information contained in this Privacy Policy.
- It is important that you read this Privacy Policy carefully before submitting any Personal Information to IGT Solutions South Africa.
- DEFINITIONS
- For purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- “Applicable Laws” means all laws, regulations that IGT Solutions South Africa is required to comply with;
- “IGT Solutions South Africa”, “us”, “we” or “our” means IGT Solutions South Africa Proprietary Limited;
- “Information Officer” or “IO” means the Information Officer of IGT Solutions South Africa;
- “Personal Information” means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and (where applicable) an identifiable, existing juristic person, including the name, race, gender, marital status, address and identifying number of a person, symbol, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person;
- “POPIA” means the Protection of Personal Information, 2013 and any regulations or codes of conduct promulgated thereunder;
- “Privacy Policy” means this Public Privacy Policy;
- “Process” means any activity that involves the use of Personal Information. It includes any operation or activity or any set of operations, whether or not by automatic means, concerning Personal Information, including:
- the collection, receipt, recording, organisation, collation, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, alteration, consultation or use;
- dissemination by means of transmission, distribution or making available in any other form; or
- merging, linking, as well as restriction, degradation, erasure or destruction of information;
- “Special Personal Information” means Personal Information concerning the religious or philosophical beliefs, race or ethnic origin, trade union membership, political persuasion, health or sex life or biometric information of a data subject; or the criminal behaviour of a data subject to the extent that such information relates to the alleged commission by a data subject of any offence. It also covers information about a Data Subject’s criminal behavior if it relates to alleged crimes they might have committed, or any legal proceedings related to those alleged crimes;
- “Website” means the IGT Solutions South Africa website with the web address igtsolutions.com/south-africa; and
- “you” or “your” refers to any third party of IGT Solutions South Africa, for example our customers, suppliers, contracting parties, business partners, website users, etc.
- For purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- SCOPE AND APPLICATION
- This Privacy Policy applies to you if you are a:
- potential, current or former customer of ours (including representatives and/or personnel);
- potential, current or former supplier of services to us (including representatives and/or personnel);
- an applicant for any job opportunities with us;
- a party involved in contractual discussions with us, or an existing or former counter in a contractual relationship with us (including representatives and/or personnel);
- a visitor on our Website; or
- any other third party Data Subject whose Personal Information is Processed by or on behalf of IGT Solutions South Africa.
- Under POPIA, there are a number of reasons that IGT Solutions South Africa may rely on when Processing Personal Information, namely:
- when the Data Subject has given consent;
- where Processing is necessary to carry out actions for the conclusion or performance of a contract to which the Data Subject is party;
- where Processing complies with an obligation imposed by law on IGT Solutions South Africa;
- where Processing is necessary for the proper performance of a public law duty by a public body;
- where Processing protects a legitimate interest of the Data Subject; or
- where Processing is necessary for pursuing the legitimate interests of IGT Solutions South Africa or of a third party to whom the Personal Information is supplied.
- By providing us with your Personal Information, you acknowledge that IGT Solutions South Africa may rely on any of the reasons mentioned above when Processing your Personal Information as set out in this Privacy Policy, unless your explicit consent is required by Applicable Law (for example, for direct marketing communications).
- The provisions of this Privacy Policy are subject to Applicable Laws.
- Please do not provide us with any Personal Information if you do not agree with any of the provisions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this Privacy Policy, we may not be able to provide our products and services to you.
- You have the right to withdraw your consent for a specific Processing activity at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact the IO. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer Process your information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law.
- In most circumstances, providing your Personal Information to us is voluntary. Sometimes, it may be compulsory to provide your Personal Information to us. If you fail to provide certain Personal Information when requested, we may not be able to perform the services you requested from us or we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.
- This Privacy Policy applies to you if you are a:
- HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your Personal Information, please contact the Information Officer.
IO Name: |
Chanel Sprieman |
E-mail address: |
chanel.sprieman@igtsolutions.com with a copy to Privacy1@igtsolutions.com |
- CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
- We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time for any of the following reasons:
- to provide for the introduction of new systems, methods of operation, services, products or facilities;
- to provide for any changes to our Processing activities;
- to provide for any changes to our entity’s or IO’s details;
- to comply with developments in, or changes to, Applicable Laws or guidance notes or requirements issued by the Information Regulator of South Africa from time to time; or
- for any other reason which we, in our sole discretion, may find reasonable or necessary.
- Any such change will automatically come into effect and become part of any agreement you have with IGT Solutions South Africa. We may notify you of any material changes that we make by publication on our Website, however please ensure that you regularly check the Website.
- We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time for any of the following reasons:
- INFORMATION WHICH WE MAY COLLECT ABOUT YOU
- We may collect the following information about you:
- name, gender, age and date of birth;
- contact information, such as address, email, and mobile phone number;
- country of residence;
- lifestyle and social circumstances (for example, your hobbies);
- family circumstances (for example, your marital status and dependents);
- employment and education details (for example, the organisation you work for, your job title and your education details);
- financial and tax-related information (for example your income, investments and tax residency);
- postings or messages on any blogs, forums, platforms, wikis or social media applications and services that we provide (including with third parties);
- IP address, browser type and language, your access times;
- information in any complaints you make;
- details of how you use our products and services;
- CCTV footage and other information we collect when you access our premises;
- details of how you like to interact with us, and other similar information relevant to our relationship; and
- sensitive or Special Personal Information, including biometric information, such as images, fingerprints, and voiceprints.
- Where you provide us with the Personal Information of third parties:
- you should take steps to inform the third party that you need to disclose their details to us, identifying us; and
- you warrant that you are authorised to provide us with such Personal Information and that you have complied with Applicable Law (for example, obtaining consents, directing them to our Privacy Policy, etc.) in doing so.
- We may collect the following information about you:
- HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION
- Directly – We could collect Personal Information directly from you in many ways, e.g. from your business card, if you complete our online forms, subscribe to our newsletters and preference centre, register for webinars, attend meetings or events we host, visit our offices or apply for open roles. We may also collect Personal Information directly when, for example, where we are establishing a business relationship, performing professional services through a contract, or through our hosted software applications.
- Indirectly – We may collect Personal Information indirectly about you from many sources, including recruitment services and our clients. We may attach Personal Information to our customer relationship management records to better understand and serve our business clients, subscribers and individuals, satisfy a legal obligation, or pursue our legitimate interests.
- Public sources — Personal Information may be obtained from public registers (such as Companies and Intellectual Property Commission), news articles, sanctions lists, and Internet searches and other similar public platforms.
- Social and professional networking sites — If you register or login to our websites using social media (e.g., LinkedIn, Google, or Twitter) to authenticate your identity and connect your social media login information with us, we will collect information or content needed for the registration or login that you permitted your social media provider to share with us. That information may include your name and email address and depending on your privacy settings, additional details about you, so please review the privacy controls on the applicable service to set how much information you want shared with us.
- Business clients — Our business clients may engage us to perform professional services which involves sharing Personal Information they control as part of that engagement. For example, we will review payroll data as part of an audit and we often need to use Personal Information to provide global mobility and pension services. Our services may also include processing Personal Information under our clients’ control on our hosted software applications, which may be governed by different privacy terms and policies.
- Recruitment services – We may obtain Personal Information about candidates from an employment agency, and other parties including former employers, recruitment sites and credit reference agencies.
- USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
- IGT Solutions South Africa may Process Personal Information for the following purposes:
- to provide services to our clients;
- to provide services to our clients;
- to meet legal or regulatory requirements;
- conduct due diligence checks relating to the services;
- for other activities that form part of the operation of our business;
- to manage and respond to any request you submit through our Website;
- promoting our professional services, products and capabilities to existing and prospective business clients;
- sending invitations and providing access to guests attending our events and webinars or our sponsored events;
- personalising online landing pages and communications we think would be of interest based on interactions with us and group companies;
- administering, maintaining and ensuring the security of our information systems, applications and websites; and
- authenticating registered users to certain areas of our sites.
- We may from time to time contact you about services, products and offerings available from IGT Solutions South Africa or specific subsidiaries which we believe may be of interest to you, by email, phone, text or other electronic means, unless you have unsubscribed from receiving such communications. You can unsubscribe from receiving such communications by contacting the IO, or following the prompt in any communications we send you.
- IGT Solutions South Africa may Process Personal Information for the following purposes:
- DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
- Your Personal Information may be shared with our affiliates, subsidiaries, our agents and sub-contractors, and selected third parties who Process the information on our behalf.
- We may also disclose your Personal Information to third parties for the purposes listed in paragraph 1 above.
- If you do not wish us to disclose this Personal Information to third parties, please contact us at the contact details set out above in paragraph 4. We may, however, not be able to provide products or services to you if such disclosure is necessary.
- RETENTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as it is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, and in some cases this may be for an indefinite period, if we are permitted or required to do so in terms of Applicable Laws. However, as a general rule, we will retain your Personal Information in accordance with retention periods set out in Applicable Laws, unless we need to retain it for longer for a lawful purpose (for example, for the purposes of complaints handling, legal processes and proceedings).
- YOUR RIGHTS
- You have the right to withdraw your consent for certain specific Processing activities at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact the IO. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer Process your Personal Information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law.
- You have the right to ask us not to contact you for marketing purposes. You can exercise this right at any time by using any of the various "opt-out" options that we will always provide to you when we communicate with you. We won’t send you marketing messages if you tell us not to but we will still need to send you service-related messages.
- You may request details of Personal Information which we hold about you under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (“PAIA”). Fees to obtain a copy or a description of Personal Information held about you are prescribed in terms of PAIA. Confirmation of whether or not we hold Personal Information about you may be requested free of charge. If you would like to obtain a copy of your Personal Information held by IGT Solutions South Africa, please review our PAIA Manual located at https://www.igtsolutions.com/policies/.
- You may request the correction of Personal Information IGT Solutions South Africa holds about you. Please ensure that the information we hold about you is complete, accurate and up to date.
- You have a right in certain circumstances to request the destruction or deletion of and, where applicable, to obtain restriction on the Processing of Personal Information held about you. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us using the contact details set out above in paragraph 4.
- You have a right to object on reasonable grounds to the Processing of your Personal Information where the Processing is carried out in order to protect our or a third party’s legitimate interests or your legitimate interests, unless the law provides for such Processing.
- OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURITY
The security of your data is important to us. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. However, we do employ a number of safeguards intended to mitigate the risk of unauthorised access or disclosure of your information. We will do our best to protect your Personal Information and we will use up to date technology that will help us to do this. We will at all times comply with our obligation under Applicable Law. It is important that you take all necessary and appropriate steps to protect your Personal Information yourself (for example, by ensuring that all passwords and access codes are kept secure).
- TRANSFER OF DATA
- We are based in and operate from South Africa. We may transfer your Personal Information to another of the IGT entities, an agent, subcontractor or third party who carries on business in another country, including one which may not have data privacy laws similar to those of South Africa. If this happens, we will ensure that anyone to whom we pass your information agrees to treat your information with the similar level of protection as if we were dealing with it. Also, your Personal Information will only be transferred to and stored in country where the service provider is subject to an agreement requiring it to comply with data protection requirements equivalent or better than those applicable in South Africa.
- You consent to the transfer of some or all of your Personal Information we collect about you to to third parties located in the following countries:
- China;
- Columbia;
- Egypt;
- India;
- Indonesia;
- Malaysia;
- Philippines;
- Romania;
- Spain;
- United Arab Emirates;
- United States of America;
- United Kingdom; and
- Vietnam
- We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
- LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND COOKIES
- Our Website may contain links to and from websites, mobile applications or services of third parties, advertisers or affiliates. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other parties and advise you to read the privacy statements of each website you visit which collects Personal Information.
- Our Website may use cookies. If cookies are used, your browser will receive a warning explaining how they are used. Please consult our Cookie Policy for more details.
- COMPLAINTS
- Should you believe that IGT Solutions South Africa has utilised your Personal Information contrary to Applicable Laws, we would appreciate if you could first attempt to resolve any concerns with us.
- If you are not satisfied with such process, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator, using the contact details listed below:
E-mail address |
POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za |
Physical address |
JD House 27 Stiemens Street Braamfontein Johannesburg, 2001 |
- LATEST VERSION
- IGT Solutions South Africa keeps this Privacy Policy under regular review and may update or make material changes this Privacy Policy from time to time.
- It is your responsibility to regularly check our Privacy Policy for any updates or changes. Continued use of our services after any changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your agreement to abide by the updated terms.
In the event of any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you of the update on our Website.