1. Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is complementary to, and should be read and understood together with, the general terms and conditions of use set out in the website.

The General Principles of Our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy covers how we treat your personal information collected electronically when you use the Site, register, or apply online for any Safesite OHS Consulting products or services, or when you contact Safesite OHS Consulting electronically.

Safesite OHS Consulting respects your privacy and your personal information and for this reason, we take care to protect your personal information and to keep it confidential.

When dealing with your personal information we apply the following:

Safesite OHS Consulting will only disclose, collate and process (“use”) your personal information with your express written permission unless we are legally required to do so;

Safesite OHS Consulting will not use your personal information for any other purpose, other than that which we disclosed to you, unless you give Safesite OHS Consulting your express written permission to do so, or unless Safesite OHS Consulting is permitted or required to do so by law.

What do we mean by Personal Information?

Personal information refers to information that identifies or relates specifically to you, for example, your name and identity number or any information you use to register for the site. Any information provided to Safesite OHS Consulting as the authorized representative for a Company will also be regarded as personal information.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Information

Whenever you use the Site, complete an application form, contact Safesite OHS Consulting electronically, or use one of the products, services, facilities, tools or utilities offered by Safesite OHS Consulting on the Site, Safesite OHS Consulting will collect your personal information.

Safesite OHS Consulting do make use of Cookies to obtain a variety of information which provides us details as to what product and information interest our visitors. Cookies can also be used to protect your information. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser. We can see what pages you click through, plus store items in your Shopping Cart between visits. The ‘Help’ portion of the toolbar on most browsers will instruct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, and/or how to disable cookies altogether. Please note that disabling cookies will prevent you from using many of our services.

4. Why We Collect and Use Personal Information

In order to make your use of the Site and the products, services, facilities, tools or utilities offered on the Site as informative and successful as possible, it is necessary for Safesite OHS Consulting to find out exactly what you need and want. The following are some of the reasons (i.e. disclosed reasons) why Safesite OHS Consulting would collect your personal information:

For Safesite OHS Consulting to process your instructions or requests; or

For Safesite OHS Consulting to ensure that we meet your needs, Safesite OHS Consulting may collect and analyze your personal information and combine all the information that we have about you for research and statistical purposes. We may also use your personal information to personalize and tailor our services to meet your needs; or

Once Safesite OHS Consulting has collected and analyzed your personal information, Safesite OHS Consulting may send you promotional material or details which we think may be of interest to you.

To conduct market research;

To conduct academic research which may be used to evaluate and improve Safesite OHS Consulting’s product offerings. You are advised that information may be shared with third parties such as academics and researchers. All such information collected will be kept strictly confidential and all data will be depersonalized to the extent possible and where appropriate. No personal information will be made available to a third party unless such third party has agreed to abide by strict confidentiality protocols. If we publish the results of this research, you will not be identified by name.

Your privacy is important to us and we will therefore not sell, rent or provide your personal information to unauthorized third parties for their independent use, without your consent. If at any stage after you have given Safesite OHS Consulting your consent you no longer wish Safesite OHS Consulting to use or share your personal information, you may at any stage withdraw your consent.

You accept that we may store your personal information outside of the region or country that you may submit or use it in.

5. Protection of Your Personal Information

Safesite OHS Consulting values the information that you choose to provide and will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration. The information SafesiteOHS Consulting has concerning Safesite OHS Consulting clients is stored in databases that have built-in safeguards to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of that information.

When you use the products, services, facilities, tools, or utilities provided by Safesite OHS Consulting on the Site, you may be given an access number, username, password and/or personal identification number (PIN). You must always keep your username, password and/or PIN a secret and ensure that you do not disclose it to anyone.

6. Correction of Personal Information

If you ever want to update or correct any of your personal information held by Safesite OHS Consulting, you can either update certain information on the Site or e-mail us or you can phone our contact centre.

Personal Information held by or disclosed by you or Safesite OHS Consulting to a third party because Safesite OHS Consulting is not responsible for any representations or information or warranties or content on any third party website (including third party websites linked to this website, websites facilitated by us or websites that serve as social networks like Facebook or Twitter), Safesite OHS Consulting does not exercise control over the privacy policies of these third parties and you should refer to the privacy policy of these third parties to see how they protect your privacy.

Safesite OHS Consulting may enter into arrangements with its partners and other third-party suppliers in order for them to provide services to you. Those arrangements may require us to disclose your personal information to them, whether in person or by means of an application. You hereby consent to Safesite OHS Consulting disclosing your personal information to those partners and third parties for this purpose, and you also consent to receiving data about yourself from them. If at any time, after you have given Safesite OHS Consulting your consent, you no longer wish to have your personal information disclosed to these partners or third parties, you may withdraw your consent.

7. Changes To This Privacy Policy

Safesite OHS Consulting may amend this privacy policy from time to time. We will give you notice of any material changes within a reasonable time; however, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with this privacy policy regularly.

The current version of this privacy policy will govern the respective rights and obligations between you and Safesite OHS Consulting each time that you access and use the Site.

8. Which Laws Apply To This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and you consent to the jurisdiction of the South African courts in respect of any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the formation, interpretation, substance, or application of this privacy policy

South African CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT NO. 68 OF 2008 (CPA) laws shall supersede any Safesite OHS Consulting terms and conditions which conflict with the Act or any other laws in the Republic of South Africa.

South African ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSACTIONS ACT NO. 25 OF 2003 (ECT ACT) shall supersede any Safesite OHS Consulting data privacy policies which conflict with the Act or any other laws in the Republic of South Africa.

South African PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT NO. 4 OF 2013 (POPI ACT) shall supersede any Safesite OHS Consulting data privacy policies which conflict with the Act or any other laws in the Republic of South Africa.