This document serves as the Privacy Policy (“Policy”) of OIM Consulting (Pty) Ltd. We acknowledge that the protection and processing of personal information have become a global phenomenon and pose great risks. We recognise that the right to privacy enshrined in section 14 of the Republic of South Africa Constitution, 1996 (“Constitution”) forms the cornerstone of the protection of personal information and must provide guidance on how we process personal information.
Compliance with POPI is required as of 30 June 2021, and our Team is committed to complying with its provisions in fulfilment of our client’s instructions. We acknowledge our clients’ right to protection against the unlawful collection, retention, dissemination, and use of personal information, subject to justifiable limitations that are aimed at protecting other rights and important interests
‘processing’ means any operation or activity or any set of operations, whether or not by automatic means, concerning personal information, including-
‘record’ means any recorded information-
‘responsible party’ means a public or private body or any other person which, alone or in conjunction with others, determines the purpose of and means for processing personal information;
‘special personal information’ means information relating to the religious or philosophical beliefs, race or ethnic origin, trade union membership, political persuasion, health or sex life or biometric information or the criminal behaviour of a data subject.
Should you have any questions / complaints / suggestions regarding the processing of personal information, we encourage you to contact our firm’s Information Officer(s):
Deputy Information Officer (OIM Consulting)
Ben Nel
083 456 2859
nel@oimconsulting.com
Information Officer (OIM Consulting)
Arjen de Bruin
083 456 2859
debruin@oimconsulting.com
You are further invited to contact our Information Officer(s) regarding issues specifically pertaining to-
Our Information Officer is responsible for encouraging and ensuring compliance with POPI, and will deal with requests relating thereto and work closely with the Information Regulator whenever necessary.
You can also complain to the Information Regulator if you are unhappy with how we have used your Information. Their contact details are as follows:
The Information Regulator (South Africa): JD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001
Complaints email: POPIAcomplaints.IR@justice.gov.za
In addition, thereto, our Information Officer will ensure that:
Our Information Officer and Deputy Information Officers have been duly appointed by resolution and have been registered accordingly with the Information Regulator.
Should you prefer not to contact our offices directly regarding any personal information related issues, you may forward your complaint/request directly to the Information Regulator at: inforeg@justice.gov.za 6
We worked closely with our legal representatives to ensure compliance with POPI and the lawful and secure processing of your personal information. This process involved the following steps:
With the assistance of our legal representatives, we have developed and implemented the following policies regulating the processing of personal information in our business-
OIM Consulting is a business consulting firm specialising in business operations optimisation, organisational development, culture change and leadership development. Furthermore, we offer psychometric/psychological and competency assessments and implement practical solutions through assessments, training, and coaching to develop and manage talent to benefit the individual and organisation. We also gather business performance data to guide interventions and measure the success of our implementation.
Section 18 of POPI requires us to ensure you are aware of the following:
By engaging our services, you, therefore, consent to us processing your personal information in line with the purpose it was provided to us.
You are further advised that your records will be retained by us for a period 5 (five) years from the date of last entry on your file, as required by South African Revenue Service guidelines, after which it will be destroyed and/or deleted and/or destructed and/or de-identified in a manner that prevents its reconstruction in an intelligible form. However, kindly note that we generally hold data in an electronic format, stored securely, as explained under “Security Safeguards” below.
In conducting our Business Activities as described above, we will generally rely on the following grounds as listed in section 11 of POPI to process your personal information:
POPI contains a general prohibition on the processing of special personal information, unless one of the exclusions in POPI apply. The categories of special personal information we may process include-
We are authorised to process the above information based on the following grounds listed in POPI:
The processing of the above information involves greater risk, and as such, we take special care to protect this information. We will only collect special information insofar it is allowed by POPI. Our security measures implemented are discussed under “SECURITY SAFEGUARDS” below.
We have worked closely alongside our legal representatives and IT service providers to identify any risks associated herewith and have implemented the below measures to combat these risks.
Kindly be advised that, as a data subject, you have the right to-
In order for us to properly execute our mandate and provide the best legal assistance possible, we kindly request that you provide us with the accurate and complete personal information required by us to fulfil our mandate. Lastly, we kindly ask that you update us of any changes to your personal information to endorse the same in our records.
Kindly contact our Information Officer to inquire on the following forms:
Once received, you are encouraged to complete these forms and present them to our Information Officer, alternatively the Information regulator, whichever may be applicable.
Our Team is committed to the fulfilment of the following condition imposed by POPI:
Accountability
We are committed to ensuring that your personal information will only be processed in accordance with the provisions of POPI and in line with the purpose for which it was supplied to us.
Processing limitation
Personal information will only be-
As mentioned above, personal information will only be processed by us on one of the following grounds listed in POPI:
Purpose specification
Data subjects will always be made aware of the purpose for which their personal information is being processed.
As mentioned above, section 18 of POPI requires us to ensure you are aware that your personal information may be processed by us in the execution of our services to you and will be used solely for this purpose. By engaging our services, you, therefore, consent to us processing your personal information in line with the purpose it was provided to us.
Personal information will always be collected directly from the data subject, unless-
Data subjects will be notified by us once their personal information is collected, unless-
The information will not be used in a form in which the data subject may be identified or unless the information is merely for historical, statistical or research purposes.
Further processing limitation
In line with the previous paragraph (‘PURPOSE SPECIFICATION’), any further/subsequent processing of your personal information will still be done in accordance with the original purpose and only when processing thereof is necessary for the circumstances described above.
Information quality
Upon collecting your personal information, our staff will take all steps necessary to ensure the correctness of your personal information. All of your personal information is stored securely for if and when we require same to be processed (refer to “Security Safeguards” below).
In order for us to properly assist our clients, we kindly request that you provide us with the accurate and complete personal information required by us to fulfil our services. Lastly, we kindly request that you update us of any changes to your personal information to endorse the same in our records.
Openness
Security safeguards
Upon collecting your personal information, our staff will take all steps necessary to ensure the correctness of your personal information. All of your personal information is stored securely for if and when we require same to be processed (refer to “Security Safeguards” below).
To properly assist our clients, we kindly request that you provide us with the accurate and complete personal information required by us to fulfil our services. Lastly, we kindly ask that you update us of any changes to your personal information to endorse the same in our records.
Your personal information will be stored in a secure system, as explained later on under ‘SECURITY SAFEGUARDS’. Our goal with this Privacy Policy is to ensure that a data subject is made aware of:
In order to protect our clients’ personal information, our Team will-
Kindly refer to ‘STEPS IN EVENT OF A COMPROMISE’ in the next section.
We have implemented the following physical and software/electronic safeguards-
We work closely alongside our IT service providers to ensure that our safeguarding mechanisms are frequently updated and reviewed.
Data subject participation
Furthermore, all our agreements with third-party operators have been reviewed and/or Operator Undertakings have been provided to ensure compliance by third parties with POPI.
Data subjects can request confirmation from us on whether we hold personal information and/or the correct personal information. Data subjects can further request for such information to be deleted or destroyed.
Our Team will not process special personal information unless expressly provided for in POPI and unless specifically necessary for the purpose it was provided to us for.
The following steps will be taken by us in the unlikely event of a data breach/information compromise:
In conducting our business activities, we may transmit personal information to other countries. The processing of the above information involves greater risk, and as such, we take special care to protect this information. Our security measures implemented are discussed under “SECURITY SAFEGUARDS” below. We have worked closely alongside our legal representatives and IT service providers to identify any associated risks and have implemented applicable measures to combat these risks.
We will ensure that the cross-border transmission of your information complies with the standards set out in POPI, alternatively, a higher standard as required in the destination countries (for example, the General Data Protection Regulation applicable in the European Union)
We will not send your personal information abroad unless-
We do not process the personal information of any children in the ordinary course of our business. We acknowledge that the processing of the above information involves great risk, and such information may only be processed where consent has been provided by a competent person (parent or guardian) or where otherwise authorised by POPI.
We will never sell, obtain or disclose your account number (whether this relates to any sort of bank account details, credit card numbers or credit application numbers) to any person without your consent.
As a client of ours, we will communicate with you as and when required in the ordinary course of business. We will only correspond with you if you are an existing or prospective customer or if you provided consent. Communications will only be sent if we obtain your contact details in the context of the sale of our products or services as in the ordinary course of business. Communications received from us will always clearly identify us as the sender, and should you wish to stop receiving correspondence from us, you are encouraged to notify us thereof.
Our Team is committed to complying with POPI and we acknowledge our clients’ right to protection against the unlawful collection, retention, dissemination and use of personal information, subject to justifiable limitations that are aimed at protecting other rights and important interests.
Kindly contact our Information Officers for any queries relating to the processing of personal information.
The Vineyards Office Park,
The Vineyards Square South,
99 Jip de Jager,
Welgemoed
+27 21 913 8814/5
info@oimconsulting.com
Unit 4, 40 Maud Street, Maroochydore, Queensland
+61 493 732 867
debruin@oimconsulting.com.au
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