PRIVACY POLICY
INTRODUCTION
African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited (“AEEI” or “we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of our users and we are committed to protecting Your privacy and the privacy of the personal information of our visitors and we subscribe to the principles as described in the Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013.
This Website Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard the Personal Information that you provide to us when you visit our website https://aeei.co.za or that we collect from you whilst you visit our website, including any other media form, media channel related or connected thereto. Please read this Website Privacy Policy carefully before using the website or submitting any Personal Information.
We reserve the right to make changes, update, add, remove and/or amend any of the provisions of this Website Privacy Policy. Such changes, updated, additions, removals or amendments will become effective from the date of their publication on this website. You are, accordingly, encouraged to periodically review this Website Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Website Privacy Policy by your continued use of our website after the date such revised Website Privacy Policy is posted.
By using the website, you agree to have read the terms of this Website Privacy Policy.
DEFINITIONS
Data means information in electronic form.
Data subject means the person to whom personal information relates.
IP address means a unique address that identifies a device on the internet or a local network.
Personal information means any information linked to you or information that can identify you, including but not limited to (i) information relating to your gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, age, language; (ii) information relating to your education or your financial, criminal or employment history; (iii) your identity number, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number, location information or online identifier; (iv) your personal opinions, views or preferences; (v) correspondence sent by you which is of a private or confidential nature; (vi) the views or opinions of others about you; and (vii) your name if it appears with other personal information relating to you, or if the disclosure of your name on its own would reveal further personal information about you.
"Process" means, in relation to Personal Information, any operation or activity or any set of operations, whether or not by automatic means, including (i) the collection, receipt, recording, organisation, collation, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, alteration, consultation or use of that information; (ii) dissemination by means of transmission, distribution or making available in any other form; or (iii) merging, linking, as well as restriction, degradation, erasure or destruction of that information.
COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Where Personal Information is submitted to the website by the user, for example through sending an e-mail or filling in required fields, the following principles are observed in the handling of that information:
Our website only collects, Processes and stores only such Personal Information regarding users as is necessary to (i) enter into a contract with you; (ii) perform any obligations under a contract with you; (iii) comply with a legal obligation; (iv) protect a legitimate interest of yours; (iv) to pursue our own legitimate interest or the legitimate interest of a third party who we are sharing the information with (unless you have specifically objected to all or some of the processing activities on reasonable grounds); (v) process Personal Information for direct marketing purposes; (vi) present content to you in the most effective way; (vii) customise and display content; (viii) to notify you about changes to the website; and (ix) to contact you regarding orders and deliveries. The specific purpose for which information is collected is apparent from the context in which it is requested.
Our website will not Process the Personal Information submitted for any other purpose not listed in clause 2.1, without obtaining the prior written approval of the user or unless required to do so by law.
When Processing Personal Information on our website AEEI shall –
- comply with all laws, contracts or regulations;
- not act unreasonably. This means that we will collect and Process your Personal Information in a way that you can reasonably expect and in a way that is fair;
- respect your right to privacy at all times;
- ensure that the Personal Information that is collected and Processed is and remains relevant to the identified purpose/s for such Processing and that such information is and remains adequate, but not excessive, for achieving the identified purpose/s;
- ensure that the Processing activities we choose to apply are proportionate to achieving the identified purpose/s and that no less privacy invasive measures are available to achieve the same purpose/s; and
- ensure that, regardless of the stated purpose/s for Processing Personal Information, your rights and interests will not be unnecessarily prejudiced or infringed, unless it cannot be avoided, and then in such cases, we shall ensure that our own rights and/or interests justify such prejudice or infringement taking place.
Our website will keep records of all personal information collected and the specific purpose for which it was collected for (i) a period of one year from the date on which it was last used; or (ii) for no longer than its necessary to achieve the specific purpose of which it collected such information unless –
- AEEI is required by law to keep a record of such information for a longer period of time; or
- AEEI needs to keep a record of such information for another lawful purpose; or
- AEEI has a contractual obligation to keep a record of such information; or
You have consented to your information being kept for a longer period
Our website will not disclose any personal information regarding a user to any third-party unless (i) such third party performs certain Processing activities on behalf of AEEI; (ii) the prior written agreement of the user is obtained; or (iii) the website is required or permitted to do so by law.
If information is released with the user's consent, this website will retain a record of the information released, the third-party to which it was released, the reason for the release and the date of release, for a period of one year.
Where AEEI is no longer authorised to retain a record of any Personal Information, AEEL shall either (i) ensure that it destroys or deletes any personal information under its control which has become obsolete as soon as practicable; or (i) return the information to you or transfer it to a third party, if requested by you in writing to do so.
Information collected about users through their use of this website is the property of the website owner.
COLLECTION OF ANONYMOUS DATA
In order to provide the best possible and most relevant service, our website may use standard technology to collect information about the use of this site. This technology is not able to identify individual users but simply allows this website to collect statistics.
We are the sole owners of the information collected on our website. We only have access to collect information that you voluntarily give us via email, electronic communication or other and direct contact from you. We will not sell this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us.
Our website utilises cookies. A cookie is a small file that is transferred by a webserver to the user's hard drive and thereafter stored on your computer-in order to keep a record of a user's interaction with this website. The types of information a Cookie collects includes your name, the date and time of your visits to the website, your browsing history and your preferences.
Cookies from this website allow us to (i) distinguish you from another user on the website; (ii) remember your last session when you return to the website; (iii) estimate the website's audience size and usage patterns; (iv) store information about your preferences, which allows us to customize the website and tailor services to your displayed preferences; and (v) speed up searches on the website. The website may use third-party cookies from an ad server for this purpose. We cannot and do not control or access Cookies used by third party service providers and we take no responsibility therefor.
Cookies by themselves cannot be used to personally identify users but will be used to compile anonymised statistics relating to use of services offered or to provide us with feedback on the performance of our website.
If a user does not wish cookies to be employed to customise his or her interaction with our website you have the right and ability to either accept or decline the use of Cookies on your computer's web browser. Please note that, if this is done, you may limit your access to certain features on the website and certain services on our website may not be available.
ACCESS TO PERSONAL DATA
Where a user believes that personal data concerning them held by us is outdated or incorrect they may request that such personal data be corrected - please contact us on [email protected]. Any request for such a correction must specify both the incorrect data and the proposed correction and must give full reasons for the request as well as completing the relevant documentation.
Users can request access to any relevant personal data held by us as laid out in the Promotion of Access to Information Act No 2 of 2000 (“PAIA”) and where such access is necessary for them to exercise and/or protect any of their rights. A copy of PAIA can be obtained from [email protected].
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
This website may contain links or references to other websites, including those of advertisers which are not under AEEI's control. We strongly recommend that you review the Privacy Policy of any site you visit before using it further.
The provisions of this Website Privacy Policy are not applicable to third party websites and AEEI shall not be responsible for the information processing practices and/or privacy policies of those third-party websites, or the cookies that those websites may use.
LINKS TO OTHER NETWORKING SERVICES
We use social networking services such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to communicate with the public. When you communicate with us through these services, the social networking service may collect your personal information for its own purposes.
SECURITY
AEEI is committed to protecting the Personal Information in its custody against any loss of, damage to or unauthorised destruction of that information, and to prevent any unauthorised parties from accessing that Personal Information.
AEEI takes steps to continually identify and document any risks to the Personal Information it has in its possession or under its control and that appropriate security safeguards are in place against those risks.
AEEI shall ensure that in any contracts entered into with third party operators who Process Personal Information on AEEI's behalf, the third-party operators shall –
not Process any Personal Information without AEEI's knowledge and authority;
treat all Personal Information given to it as confidential and shall not disclose it to any unauthorised third parties;
establish and maintain adequate security measures which are the same or offer similar protection over the Personal Information as that employed by us;
notify AEEI immediately where there are reasonable grounds to believe that any Personal Information has been leaked to or accessed by any unauthorised person;
if situated in another country, comply with the data protection laws in that country and be able to provide verification that it is so compliant; and
disclose any Personal Information Processed by them on AEEI's behalf to other parties, it must notify AEEI beforehand to enable AEEI and/or individual users to protect their rights if necessary.
AEEI shall ensure that all Personal Information on its systems are properly backed-up and that back-up copies are stored separately from the live files.
While reasonable measures are taken to ensure the security and integrity of information submitted to our website, we cannot under any circumstances be held liable for any loss or other damage sustained by a user or users as a result of the intentional or accidental release of information by an employee or any third party.
CHILDREN'S PERSONAL INFORMATION
AEEI shall not Process any Personal Information relating to a person under the age of 18 years unless AEEI has obtained consent from that person’s parent or legal guardian. If this website is being accessed by the parent or guardian of a child under the age of 18 years, and Personal Information pertaining to that child is being provided by the parent or guardian, then they hereby expressly consent to AEEI Processing such information according to the further provisions of this Website Privacy Policy.
QUERIES
If you have any queries about this Website Privacy Policy, please contact us on [email protected].
DATE OF REVIEW: 8 JULY 2021