PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. IT EXPLAINS THE RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF BOTH THE COMPANY AND YOU AS THE DATA SUBJECT/CLIENT/SERVICE PROVIDER. IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN AS TO THE MEANING OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS, YOU ARE TO DISCONTINUE USE OF ANY SERVICES OFFERED BY THE COMPANY UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO CONFIRM YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF AND AGREEMENT HERETO.
(a) information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health,well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person;
(b) information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person;
(c) any identifyingnumber, symbol, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number, locationinformation, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person;
(d) the biometric information of the person;
(e) the personal opinions, views or preferences of the person;
(f) correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence;
(g) the views or opinions of another individual about the person; and
(h) the name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person orif the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person;
Our Privacy Notice applies to all Personal Information we collect, use, share or otherwise process through our business activities, both online and offline, which display, link or refer to this Privacy Notice, including:
You can prevent us from doing this through a setting on your browser. Cookies only store information from your browser and cannot access data on your computer.
Throughout this document, we will refer to our interaction and activities as "Services".
You should be aware of the fact that in rendering services there may be third party involvement which are not controlled by us and which are not covered by this Privacy Notice. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these third parties. As these third parties may collect your Personal Information, we suggest that you consult the privacy policies of these third parties to learn more about their use of your Personal Information.
Further, when using our Services, please always also read our Terms and Conditions.
Our websites make use of cookies. For more information on this subject, please also consult our Cookies Policy.
We process your Personal Information for the below listed purposes on the basis of your consent, unless stated otherwise. In some cases, where required by POPI, we may ask for your explicit consent for processing your Personal Information for a specific purpose.
We only collect, use, disclose or otherwise process your Personal Information where it is fair and lawful to do so.
In many cases providing your Personal Information to us is necessary for the performance of your contract with us; if you do not wish to provide your Personal Information to us, we may not be able to provide you with the services you have requested from us.
Firstly, we may obtain your Personal Information from you directly, e.g., when you request our services, sign up for our newsletters, register on our Sites, solicit our services, fill out a survey, make a comment or enquiry, post something on our social media pages, subscribe to direct marketing etc.
Personal Information collected this way may include:
In such cases, we assume that you have the authority to share any personal information you provide to us about them;
Some Personal Information may be collected automatically when you visit or use our Sites (and those of our third-party service providers acting on our behalf), such as information collected by cookies and other technologies (such as web analytic tools and pixel tags) on our websites. Please also consult our Cookies Policy for more information on how we make use of cookies and other automated means of data collection.
Personal Information collected this way may include:
We may also collect Personal Information about you from other sources. These other sources may include:
Personal Information collected this way may include your interests such as hobbies and pets, consumer and market research data, purchase behaviour, publicly observed data or activities such as blogs, videos, internet postings and user generated content.
This Privacy Notice sets out the legal grounds on which we rely in order to process your Personal Information. In such cases, our use of your Personal Information is permitted by law because:
We may create anonymous data records from Personal Information by excluding information (such as your name) that make the data personally identifiable to you. We use this anonymous data to analyse our services. We reserve the right to use such anonymous data for any purpose and disclose anonymous data to third parties, including but not limited to our research partners, in our sole discretion.
Intra-group sharing
Your Personal Information may be shared between the different companies and brands of our group, for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. As we have stated above, this Privacy Notice applies to all these companies’ and brands’ use of your Personal Information. For more information about us, our companies, our brands and our presence in your jurisdiction, please visit https://www.a3architects.co.za/
Third party service providers
We may share your Personal Information with trusted third-party service providers who work on our behalf, such as marketing agencies, market research companies, e-commerce fulfilment partners, software, data hosting and other IT service providers, payment processors, etc. These third-party service providers are required not to use your Personal Information other than to provide the services requested by us or otherwise in accordance with our instructions.
Other trusted third parties
We may also share your Personal Information with other trusted third parties, such as our business partners, advertisers (where we are permitted to do so) and data exchanges, so that we can offer you tailored content, including more relevant advertising for services which may be of interest to you. These third parties may set and access their own cookies, web beacons and similar tracking technologies on your device in order to deliver customized content and advertising to you when you visit our websites.
Our websites and/or applications may also allow you to log in using a social network or other third-party account. An example of a third-party login is “Log in with Facebook”. Logging into one of our sites with your social network or other third-party account may allow us to gather information that you give us permission to access from that social network or third party. The login feature may also transfer information to the social network or third party, such as your username and password, to authenticate you. The social network or third party may also automatically collect information such as your IP address, information about your browser and device, and the address of the web page you are visiting on our site. The login feature may also place and read cookies from that third party that may contain a unique identifier the social network or other third party assigns to you. The functionality of, and your use of, the login is governed by the privacy policy and terms of the party that provided the login functionality, rather than this Privacy Notice.
Acquisitions
If another company acquires (part of) our company, business, or our assets, that company may acquire all or part of the Personal Information collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Notice. In the unlikely event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, your Personal Information may also be transferred as a business asset, subject of applicable law.
Disclosures
We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary for our legitimate interest or prudent in light of our obligations under applicable law:
• in connection with any legal investigation;
• to comply with relevant laws or to respond to court our authority orders, subpoenas or warrants served on us;
• to protect or defend our rights in legal procedures; or
• to investigate or assist in preventing any violation or potential violation of the law, this Privacy Notice, or any applicable Terms of Use.
We value the trust you place in us.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your Personal Information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access and against all other unlawful forms of processing.
When collecting or transferring Sensitive Personal Information we use a variety of additional security technologies and procedures to help protect your information.
The Personal Information you provide us with is stored on computer systems located in controlled facilities which can only be accessed by a limited number of persons who have a need to know in order to carry out their tasks and any services requested by you.
When we process highly confidential information (such as credit card numbers) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption.
When you become a client, you will be added to our mailing list. We use this mailing list to send you important information about our business, the services we offer, news and event invitations. You can also add yourself to our mailing list on our website.
You can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time which will result in us no longer marketing to you. We include a link in every marketing communication allowing you to unsubscribe from marketing communication and you can email us to ask us to remove you from our mailing list.
If you unsubscribe from our mailing list, we may still contact you in other instances, such as in the course of providing you with services or to collect outstanding fees. In these instances, the relevant practitioner will contact you directly and not through the mailing list.
You have various rights in relation to your Personal Information. In particular, you may have the right to:
If you would like to exercise these rights or understand if they apply to you, please get in touch using the details set out at “how to contact us” below.
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your Personal Information or any privacy query or request that you have raised with us, you have a right to complain to the Information Regulator.
If you believe we are using your personal information unlawfully, please let us know first (on email address marianus@a3architects.co.za or cell number 082 579 3042
You may lodge a complaint to the Information Regulator (South Africa) with the following contact details:
If you are in the European Union or the United Kingdom, the following details may be used for the relevant regulatory authority.
Online complaint procedure:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/about-european-commission/contact/problems-and-complaints/how-make-complaint-eu-level/submit-complaint_en
Address:
European Commission, Secretary-General
B-1049 Brussels, BELGIUM
Fax: 3222964335
Website
https://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
Tel: 0303 123 1113
We will only retain your Personal Information as long as reasonably required for the purposes as set out in this Privacy Notice or otherwise to comply with legal or regulatory requirements applicable to us.
When your Personal Information is processed:
We do not intentionally collect or use personal information of children (persons under the age of 18 years), unless with express consent of a parent or guardian or if the law otherwise allows or requires us to process such personal information.
Will we send your personal information trans-border?
We may transfer your information cross border for our legitimate business purposes, such as for cloud storage and for our billing practices. All information transfers will comply with the applicable laws.
In such cases, where required by POPI we will ensure that there are adequate safeguards in place to protect your Personal Information. Depending on the location of the relevant entity exporting the relevant Personal Information, this adequate safeguard might be a data transfer agreement with the recipient based on standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission. Where we are legally required to do so, further details of these transfers and copies of these agreements are available from us on request.
To the extent required and valid under POPI, you consent to your Personal Information being transferred and processed this way.
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is protected. We protect and manage personal information that we hold about you by using electronic and computer safeguards like firewalls, data encryption, and physical and electronic access control to our buildings. We only authorise access to personal information to those employees who require it to fulfil their designated responsibilities.
Security breach
We will report any security breach to the Information Regulator and to the individuals or companies involved. If you want to report any concerns about our privacy practices or if you suspect any breach regarding your personal information, kindly notify us by sending an email to marianus@a3architects.co.za.
We welcome your feedback. If you have any comments, questions or complaints regarding this Privacy Notice or our processing of your Personal Information or would like to exercise any of the rights set out at “your rights” above that are applicable in your location, you can contact us by sending an e-mail to marianus@a3architects.co.za.
This Privacy Notice was updated on 15 May 2021. This document is a notice to you and not a contract between us. We may occasionally modify or amend it from time to time. When we make changes to this Privacy Notice, we will update the revision date at the top of this Privacy Notice. Where those changes are material, we will take steps to let you know. The new modified or amended Privacy Notice will apply from that revision date. Please always verify whether you have consulted the latest version of the Privacy Notice.
For any questions, click here for access to POPI.