Overview
Kindly review this Policy in order to understand our approach towards the use of your Personal Information. By submitting your Personal Information to us, you will be treated as having given your permission – where necessary and appropriate – for disclosures referred to in this policy. By providing us with your personal information, you acknowledge that you have reviewed the terms of this Policy (the “Policy”) and agree that we may collect, use and transfer your Personal Information in accordance therewith.
If you do not agree with these terms, you may choose not to proceed and not to provide us with any personal information. This Policy forms part of our Terms and Conditions and such shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa. This Policy explains how we obtain, use and disclose your personal information, as is required by the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPI Act). We are committed to protecting your privacy and to ensure that your Personal Information is collected and used properly, lawfully and openly.
African SAP User Group NPC, hereinafter referred to as “AFSUG”. AFSUG is a non-profit company (NPC), Registration Number 2000/0087/08. Accordingly, AFSUG is committed to safeguarding your privacy online and only collects and/or discloses your personal information with your consent or as required or authorised by law.
This AFSUG privacy policy outlines how AFSUG endeavours to handle your personal information, together with some guidelines for the AFSUG Board and Committee and other members to ensure that the Association’s use of personal information is in accordance with AFSUG’s privacy statement.
We collect and process your Personal Information mainly to provide you with access to our services and event, to help us improve our offerings to you and for certain other purposes explained below. The type of information we collect will depend on the purpose for which it is collected and used. We will only collect information that we need for that purpose.
We collect information directly from you when you provide us with your personal details, for example, when you purchase a product or service from us or when you submit enquiries to us or contact us. Where possible we will inform you of what information you are required to provide to us and what information is optional.
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you.
Examples of information we collect from you are:
We also collect information about you from other sources as explained below.
With your consent, we may also supplement the information that you provide to us with information we receive from other companies in a similar industry in order to offer you a more consistent and personalised experience in your interactions with AFSUG.
We may automatically collect non-Personal Information about you such as the type of internet browsers you use or the website from which you linked to our website. We may also aggregate details which you have submitted to the site (for example, the products or services you are interested in). You cannot be identified from this information, and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on this website. We may from time-to-time supply third parties with this non-personal or aggregated data for uses in connection with this website.
We will use your Personal and Non-Personal Information only for the purposes for which it was collected or agreed with you, for example :
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
We may disclose your Personal Information to our service providers who are involved in the delivery of products or services to you. We have agreements in place to ensure that they comply with these privacy terms.
We may share your Personal Information with, and obtain information about you from:
AFSUG will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
We are legally obliged to provide adequate protection for the Personal Information we hold and to stop unauthorised access and use of Personal Information. We will, on an on-going basis, continue to review our security controls and related processes to ensure that your Personal Information is secure.
Our security policies and procedures cover:
When we contract with third parties, we impose appropriate security, privacy and confidentiality obligations on them to ensure that Personal Information for which we remain responsible is kept secure.
We will ensure that anyone to whom we pass your Personal Information agrees to treat your information with the same level of protection as we are obliged to do.
AFSUG has taken strong measures to protect the security of your personal information and to ensure that your choices for its intended use are honoured. We take strong precautions to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. Your information will be stored and processed in South Africa only.
You have the right to request a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you. To do this, simply contact us at the numbers/addresses listed on our home page and specify what information you would like. We will take all reasonable steps to confirm your identity before providing details of your Personal Information.
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may request your personal information be validated by sending us an email to amanda.gibbs@afsug.com
We will then update this information should any of it be wrong. You can then:
You have the right to ask us to update, correct or delete your Personal Information. We will take all reasonable steps to confirm your identity before making changes to Personal Information we may hold about you. We would appreciate it if you would take the necessary steps to keep your Personal Information accurate and up to date by notifying us of any changes we need to be aware of.
According to the POPI Act “Personal Information” means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person and where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person. The POPI Act, which has more specific examples if you need them, can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.za/documents/protection-personal-information-act
Please note that we may amend this notice from time to time. Please check our website periodically to inform yourself of any changes.
If you have any queries about this notice or believe we have not adhered to it, or need further information about our privacy practices or wish to give or withdraw consent, exercise preferences or access or correct your Personal Information, please contact us by email at info@afsug.com or the General Manager direct at amanda.gibbs@afsug.com . Be certain the words Privacy Policy are in the Subject line.
We will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information which we hold about you, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. If, at any time, you discover that information held about you is incorrect, you may contact us to have the information corrected or to obtain access to your own information without having to use the request for access to information procedure in terms of Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2002 (“PAIA”). Any other information required will need to be obtained in accordance with the access to information procedure as set out in PAIA.
In addition, our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us.
Your attention is drawn to the definition of Personal Information contemplated in section 1 of POPI (as may be amended from time to time) and that you are permitted to make a complaint to the Information Regulator in the event of any interference with the protection of your Personal Information. The contact details of the Information Regulator are:
Complaints e-mail : complaints.IR@justice.gov.za
General enquiries e-mail : inforeg@justice.gov.za