PRIVACY NOTICE - SLeak APPLICATION
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for SLeak
application. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by
this application. It will notify you of the following:
1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through
the application, how it is used and with whom it may be shared;
2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data;
3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your
information; and
4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Information collection
SLeak
application collects data to operate effectively. We collect the following
types of information:
Information
you provide us directly:
- Basic personal data is collected in the form of a user
registration form to be completed (including your name, e-mail address and
affiliation) and approved by the owners of the application
- User feedback (e.g. comments and suggestions) that you
post on the application. The feedback is used by the developers of the
application to improve content and user experience.
Bigen
Africa Group Holdings (PTY) Ltd are the sole owners of the information
collected from this application. We only have access to / collect information
that you voluntarily submit to us via the application.
The information in this application is acquired
through direct collection of information from individuals in a fair and
transparent manner.
Information use
We will use your information to send service related notifications to
you regarding registration status and new projects linked to your profile.
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to inform
you about new releases of the SLeak application or changes to this privacy
policy.
In addition to some of the specific uses of information we describe in
this Privacy Notice, we may use information that we receive to:
- help you
efficiently access your information after you sign in;
- remember
information so you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next
time you visit the application;
- provide, improve,
test, and monitor the effectiveness of our application;
- develop and test
new products and features;
- monitor metrics
such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns; and
- diagnose and/or fix
technology problems.
Information sharing
We
will not sell or rent this personal data to anyone. We will not share your personal
information with any third party outside of our organisation,
other than the information necessary to fulfil the specific SLeak application’s
purpose.
We
share aggregated demographic information with our clients and partners. This is
not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
Your access to and control over information
You may opt out of any future contact from us at any time. You can do
the following at any time by contacting us via the email address (sleak@bigengroup.com):
·
See what personal data we have about you, if any.
·
Change/correct any personal data we have about you.
·
Have us delete any personal data we have about you.
·
Express any concern you have about our use of your personal data.
Security
In terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2014 (POPI) we
take precautions to ensure that the integrity and confidentiality of your
information is secured through safeguards.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted
online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the
information to perform a specific job (for example reporting or progress
reports) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The
computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are
kept in a secure environment.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should
contact us immediately via telephone at +27 12 842 8700 or via e-mail at sleak@bigengroup.com.
Information storage
Your information collected through
the application may be stored and processed in South Africa, the United States
or any other country in which SLeak application or Bigen Africa Group Holdings (Pty)
Ltd maintain facilities.
For purposes of Bigen Africa Group
Holdings (Pty) Ltd projects and related activities – SLeak application may
transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information
across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or
jurisdictions around the world.
We use commercially reasonable
safeguards to help keep the information collected through the application secure
and take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your
identity before granting you access to your account.
You are responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for
controlling access to emails between you and the SLeak application, at all times.
Use of Cookies
We do not make use of "cookies" in this application.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should
contact us immediately via telephone at +27 12 842 8700 or via e-mail at sleak@bigengroup.com.
END OF PRIVACY NOTICE