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Information we collect and receive
We collect and receive information about you in the following ways:
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Information you give us
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This includes any information that you provide to us directly:
- when you sign-up to utilise our services;
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by filling in forms on our websites, or those provided to
you;
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when you enter a competition, promotion or complete a
survey;
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by posting comments or content on our social media pages;
or
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when you contact us or we contact you and you provide
information directly to us.
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What personal information we collect
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When you register to use our services, you will be required to
provide us with the following information, your –
- name and surname;
- email address;
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Information we collect or receive when you use our website or social
media platforms
We collect information when you use websites or social media platforms
by using cookies, web beacons and other technologies. Depending on how
you access and use websites, we may receive:
- log information;
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information we infer about you based on your interaction with
products and services;
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device information (for example the type of device you're using,
how you access platforms, your browser or operating system and your
Internet Protocol ("IP") address);
- location information.
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Information from third-party sources
We may receive additional information about you that is publicly or
commercially available and combine that with the information we have
collected or received about you in in other ways.
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How we use the information we collect and receive
We use the information we collect and receive for the following general
purposes:
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To provide you with information, products or services you request from
us;
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In order to refer you to an appropriate third-party service provider;
- To communicate with you;
- To provide you with support; and
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To provide effective advertising (for example to be provide you with
news, special offers and general information about other goods, services
and events which we offer, that are similar to those that you have
already hired or enquired about).
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How we share the information we collect and receive
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We don’t sell your personal information to third parties for their
marketing purposes.
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We may share information with:
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we may disclose your personal information to a limited number of
our employees and third party service providers (other than those
who we refer you to), who we assist you to interact with;
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our business partners. We may share non-personally identifiable
information with select business partners;
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other parties in response to legal process or when necessary to
conduct or protect our legal rights;
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companies that provide services to us. Companies that provide
services to us or act on our behalf may have access to information
about you. These companies are limited in their ability to use
information they receive in the course of providing services to
us or you; and
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third-parties where you provide consent. In some cases,
third-parties (often advertisers) may wish to attain information
about you in order to promote their products to you, or for
whatever other reason. We may share information with third-parties
where you provide consent in the form of an explicit opt-in.
Before we ask you to opt-in, we will endeavour to provide you with
a clear description of what personal information would be shared
with the third-party. Remember that once you have opted in to allow
us to send your information to the third-party, we cannot control
what they do with your personal information; therefore, be sure to
investigate their privacy policies before providing permission
for us to share your information.
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Your rights
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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.
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Our websites use cookies. If you wish to reject our cookies, you can
configure your browser to do so.
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We want to make sure that any personal information we hold about you is
up to date. So, if you think your personal information is inaccurate, you
can ask us to correct or remove it.
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Retention of personal information
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary
for the purposes set out in this privacy policy or to comply with our legal
obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and
policies.
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Our commitment to security
The security of your personal information 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 unauthorized
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.
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Transfer of personal information
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We are based in and operate from South Africa. Your information,
including personal information, may be transferred to and maintained on
servers located outside of your country of residence, where the data
privacy laws, regulations and standards, may not be equivalent to the
laws in your country of residence.
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We might transfer your personal information to places outside of South
Africa and store it there, where our suppliers might process it. If that
happens, your personal information will only be transferred to and
stored in country that has equivalent, or better, data protection
legislation than South Africa or with a service provider which is
subject to an agreement requiring it to comply with data protection
requirements equivalent or better than those applicable in South
Africa.
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Your use of our website, followed by your submission of information to
us, represents your consent to such transfer.
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We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal
information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy
policy.
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Links to other websites
Our website or social media platforms 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.
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Changes to this privacy policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes that we may
make to our privacy policy will be posted on our website and will be
effective from the date of posting.
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Access to your personal information
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You may at any time request:
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confirmation that we hold your personal information;
- access to your personal information;
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the identities or categories of third parties to whom we have
disclosed your personal information; or
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that we correct or delete any personal information that is
incomplete, misleading, inaccurate, excessive or out of date.
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Requests may be made in writing to
InformationOfficer@implats.co.za
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