Privacy Notice

M&C SAATCHI ABEL PROPRIETARY LIMITED (“M&C Saatchi”), a company registered in South Africa and carrying on business at 9, 8th Street, Houghton, Gauteng, 2198 and at Media Quarter, 5th Floor, cnr. Somerset and de Smit Streets, De Waterkant, Cape Town, Western Cape.

We are committed to complying with applicable data protection laws and set out below details regarding our approach to data protection in all our operations. We want you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information.

Information we collect from customers

We collect names, contact details, postal and physical addresses, team members’ birthdays, financial and tax information, for the purposes of onboarding you as a customer, managing your account, delivering the services we provide, invoicing you and performing the contract we have with you.

Information we collect from suppliers and professional service providers

We collect names, contact details, postal and physical addresses, company registration number, ID number if supplier is an individual, team members’ birthdays, bank details, financial and tax information from suppliers and professional service providers so that we can place orders/instruct you and make payment in respect of any goods or services we receive. We do this on the basis of the intention of contracting with you or for the performance of a contract we have with you.

Information we collect from you when you visit our website

Our website uses automatic systems of data collection, such as cookies. A cookie is a device or piece of information transmitted to the hard disk of a user, stored directly on the computer that you are using. Cookies do not contain intelligible information but allow linking between you and your personal information, such as your IP address and other information about your experience on the website. We and our service providers use the information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, to display information more effectively, and to personalise your experience. We also gather statistical information to continually improve design and functionality. The information and data are gathered directly and automatically by the website. We process information collected by cookies in a collective and anonymous way in order to optimize the website for the needs and preferences of the users. Please access the information on your Internet browser if you wish to delete cookies after using the website. If you have started the procedure of deleting cookies, we can’t ensure that all of our web pages will be displayed and that all of our services will be available to you. Please consult our Cookie Policy for further information.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help a website’s operator analyse how users use the site. The non personal information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers located around the world. Google will use this information for evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by them. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your web browser; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the website. By using the website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set forth above. Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website usage trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you use the website. For more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881. For more information on the Google Privacy Policy, visit https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Information we collect from you when you apply for a job

We process the information you provide in your curriculum vitae, in our application form and supporting documentation/information during the recruitment process purely for the purposes of assessing your suitability for the role, for contacting you to progress your application, to take up any references you have provided and conduct mandatory criminal checks (subject to you signing written consent thereto). The basis for the processing of this information is that a potential employment contract may be concluded,depending on the outcome of our assessment and we have a legitimate interest in finding candidates for roles that we have. In the event that you are successful, this data will form part of your employee file.

Processing, protecting and transferring personal information

Personal information held by us is processed by appropriate members of staff for the purposes for which the information was provided. We may share your personal information within our organisation and with other members of the M&C Saatchi group of companies in South Africa.

We may share your information with third parties such as professional advisors such as accountants, lawyers and insurance brokers, IT Providers, direct marketing providers, HR providers and government bodies/regulators.

We share your information for the purposes of:

• Complying with a legal obligation
• Performing the contract we have with you;
• Our legitimate interest in the effective running of our organisation.

All our third party service providers and other entities within the organisation are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with our policies. We do not allow our third party service providers to use your personal information for their own purposes. We only permit them to process your personal information for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

We may disclose your personal information to a prospective buyer or seller in the event that we intend selling or buying any of our business or assets, or in the event of any reorganisation, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or shares (including in connection with any insolvency, bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

Retention of your Data

We will not retain your personal information longer than the period for which it is needed and in compliance with applicable law. We determine retention periods in respect of information we hold based on:

• Legal obligations relating to minimum periods to retain data
• The purposes for which we process the personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means
• Whether the information is required for reporting and analysis purposes relating to our operations
• The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information
• The potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of the personal information.

General Description of Information Security Measures

We take appropriate technical and organisational steps to ensure the security of your personal information including policies and procedures around use of technology and devices, IT security, document retention and destruction and data breach procedures. Only persons within our organisation which require your personal information for the performance of their work have access to that information and we do not transfer your information outside of the organisation or your resident country unless we are satisfied that the personal information will be afforded an equivalent level of protection.

We employ up to date technology to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the personal information under our care. Measures include, but are not limited to:

• Firewalls.
• Virus protection software and update protocols.
• Encryption where possible.
• Electronic and physical access control.
• Secure setup of hardware and software making up the IT infrastructure.
• All implemented security controls as managed internally.
• Policies and procedures are implemented to ensure the security of your information.
• Ongoing security awareness training of employees and contractors.

Your rights in relation to your information

Subject to certain limitations on certain rights, you have the following rights in relation to your information:

• Request access to your personal information (commonly known as a data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
• Request correction of the personal information that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
• Request erasure of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below).
• Object to processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
• Request the restriction of processing of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of personal information about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it.
• Withdraw consent to our use of your information at any time where we rely on your consent to use or process that information. Please note that if you withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of our use and processing of your information on the basis of your consent before the point in time when you withdraw your consent.