PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Coaction would like to welcome you to its website.

By viewing this website you hereby acknowledge that you have read and accepted the following Protection of Personal Information (POPI) disclaimer.
You understand and agree that all information provided, whether personal or otherwise, may be used and processed by the “owner” of this website, and such use may include placing such information in the public domain.

Further by continuing to access this website you specifically agree that the Company will use such information provided by you, irrespective of the nature of such information.

Coaction shall take all reasonable measures to protect the personal information of users and for the purpose of this disclaimer “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act, Act 2 of 2000 (“PAIA”) and the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”).

The PAIA and POPI Acts are available online at www.gov.za/documents/acts.

As per the POPI Act personal information refers to information that identifies or relates specifically to you as a person or data subject, for example, your name, age, gender, identity number and your email address. A definition of personal information can be found in the Coaction’s POPI policy.

The collection of personal information

Employee and Contractor Information

• To Remunerate the person;
  • To comply with laws authorising or requiring such processing, including (but not limited to) the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997; the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 as amended; the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998; the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993, the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 and the VAT Act 89 of 1991;
  • To Admit the person to the Pension Fund and/or Medical Aid providers, if applicable;
  • To conduct criminal, credit, employment reference, and other related reference checks;
  • To provide value-added services such as human resource administration, training, performance reviews, talent management and other reasons related to the management of employees and/ or contractors.

Customer Information

• To render customer-related services and administration of customer accounts;
  • To conduct criminal, credit, reference, and other related reference checks.
  • To authenticate the customer;
  • To provide the customer with information which Coaction believes may be of interest to the customer, such as information relating to public awareness campaigns and matters of general public interest in which Coaction is involved or has decided to lend its support to.

Supplier and Third Party Contractor/Service Provider Information

• To secure the products and services of the supplier/service provider or contractor as part of
  Coaction’s product and service offering;
  • To manage the Coaction supply chain and relationship with the supplier and/or contractor for any purposes required by law by virtue of the relationship between the supplier and Coaction;
  • To render services relating to the administration of supplier/service provider or contractor accounts;
  • To provide the supplier/service provider or contractor with information which Coaction believes may be of interest, such as information relating to public awareness campaigns and matters of general public interest in which Coaction is involved or has decided to lend its support to.

Sources of personal information

Personal information may be collected from the following sources:

• Directly from the person when he/she applies for any Coaction’s related employment, provide services to Coaction, submit forms requests or transactions, use our websites or make use of any of the Coaction services;
• From public registers, credit bureaus and law enforcement agencies and any other organisation from which Coaction may acquire your information;
• From people and entities employed by Coaction to provide services to Coaction which may be legally entitled to provide Coaction with personal information.

The Storage of Personal Information

All personal info