Net Value Privacy Policy

Last Updated 1 July 2021

This policy includes Net Value Services (Pty) Ltd (“Net Value”, or the “Responsible Party”)’s Data Protection and Information Security Policy.

Net Value is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our website without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this Privacy Policy explains data collection and use in those situations.

This Privacy Policy only applies to Net Value; it does not apply to other online or offline websites, products or services. Please read the complete Privacy Policy.

COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT, ACT 4 OF 2013 AS AMENDED (PoPI ACT)

This Privacy Policy is subject to the PoPI Act and requires the implementation of the Eight Conditions for the Lawful Protection of Personal Information in terms of the Act.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (Personal Information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you subscribe to our e-mail newsletters, signing up for an event or training, or when purchasing and/or registering for any of our products or services. Personal Information collected by the Responsible Party often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other Personal Information when needed to provide a service you requested.

Net Value also collects certain information from your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Responsible Party’s website.

Net Value also collects Information about which pages our customers visit within our website. This website visitation data is identified only by a unique I.D. number, and it is never linked with Personal Information unless a user consents as described below.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

1. To ensure our website is relevant to your needs.
2. To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, or other services that you request or purchase.
3. To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
4. To alert you to service upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services from the Responsible Party, if you so request.
5. To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our website, as appropriate.

We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some instances, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your Personal
Last Updated 1 July 2021
Information to provide you with personalised content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalised service and will not merge your Personal Information with site-visitation data.

Net Value may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

1. conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on the Responsible Party or the website;
2. protect and defend the rights or property of the Responsible Party and its website; or
3. act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of the Responsible Party’s employees, users of our products or services or members of the public.

CONTROL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you give us Personal Information, the Responsible Party will not share that Information with Third Parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

Net Value may send out periodic e-mails informing to inform its clients of services or issues related to a service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen.

If you are not a client of Net Value, you will be able to unsubscribe from any e-mails that you have previously subscribed to which you no longer desire to receive.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will provide you with the means to ensure that your Personal Information is correct and current. You can access your Personal Information by contacting the Responsible Party as described at the bottom of this statement.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Net Value is committed to protecting the security of your Personal Information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the Personal Information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S PERSONAL INFORMATION

Net Value is a general audience website and does not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children.

USE OF COOKIES

When someone visits our website, a cookie is placed on the visitor’s machine (if the visitor accepts cookies) or is read if the visitor has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.

We also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter links have been clicked on by recipients. This information is used to ensure we are sending information that recipients want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your Personal Information.

ACCURACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

In the event of any changes to the Personal Information of a Data Subject, the Data Subject is under an obligation to inform Net Value of the said changes within a reasonable period of time.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

Net Value will occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. For material changes to this Policy, the Responsible Party will notify you by placing prominent notice on its website.

Net Value reserves the right to amend, alter and terminate this Privacy Policy at any time.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Net Value welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact us by e-mail or postal mail.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Net Value welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact us by e-mail or postal mail.