1. DEFINITIONS
“biometrics”: means a technique of personal identification that is based on physical, physiological or behavioural characterisation including blood typing, fingerprinting, DNA analysis, retinal scanning and voice recognition;
“child”: means a natural person under the age of 18 years who is not legally competent, without the assistance of a competent person, to take any action or decision in respect of any matter concerning him- or herself;
“competent person”: means any person who is legally competent to consent to any action or decision being taken in respect of any matter concerning a child;
“data subject”: means the person to whom personal information relates and for the purposes of RAPOO STORE, this will include but not be limited to – visitors to the various RAPOO STORE websites, customers who have previously bought goods via RAPOO STORE, employees, external service suppliers, suppliers of products and all associates of RAPOO STORE;
“direct marketing”: means to approach a data subject, either in person or by mail or electronic communication, for the direct or indirect purpose of – a) Promoting or offering to supply, in the ordinary course of business of RAPOO STORE, legal services to the data subject; or b) Requesting the data subject to make a donation of any kind for any reason;
“deputy information officers”: means CHARNE LUYANE GIBSON;
“electronic communication”: means any text, voice, sound or image message sent over an electronic communications network which is stored in the network or in the recipient’s terminal equipment until it is collected by the recipient;
“filing system”: means any structured set of personal information which in the case of RAPOO STORE consist of physical files kept in the offices of RAPOO STORE together with the data filed on the various software systems used by RAPOO STORE;
“RAPOO STORE”: for purposes of this Policy document means the company registered as RAPOO STORE (PTY) LTD, Registration Number 2015/181834/07 which includes various shops within the RAPOO STORE brand such as, but not limited to ShopCandy, ShopAcer, 3dStore, DJI, Fittime with operational offices situated at the district office park, 8 Kikuyu Rd Sunninghill, 2157;
“Information officer”: of RAPOO STORE will mean JD O’CONNOR;
“operator”: means a person who processes personal information for a responsible party in terms of a contract or mandate, without coming under the direct authority of that party;
“person”: means a natural person or a juristic person;
“Personal information”: means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person, including, but not limited to: Information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person; Any identifying number, symbol, e-mail address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person; The biometric information of the person; The personal opinions, views or preferences of the person; Correspondence sent by the person that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence if the message is of a personal or confidential nature; The views or opinions of another individual about the person; and The name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person;
‘‘private body’’ means—
(a) a natural person who carries or has carried on any trade, business or
profession, but only in such capacity;
(b) a partnership which carries or has carried on any trade, business or profession; or
(c) any former or existing juristic person, but excludes a public body
“processing”: means any operation or activity or any set of operations, whether or not by automatic means, concerning personal information, including – a) The collection, receipt, recording, organisation, collation, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, alteration, consultation or use; b) Dissemination by means of transmission, distribution or making available in any other form; or c) Merging, linking, as well as restriction, degradation, erasure or destruction of information;
“Promotion of Access to Information Act”: means the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000);
“public record”: means a record that is accessible in the public domain and which is in the possession of or under the control of a public body, whether or not it was created by that public body.
“record”: means any recorded information – a) Regardless of form or medium, including any of the following: I. Writing on any material; II. Information produced, recorded or stored by means of any tape-recorder, computer equipment, whether hardware or software or both, or other device, and any material subsequently derived from information so produced, recorded or stored; III. Label, marking or other writing that identifies or describes anything of which it forms part, or to which it is attached by any means; IV. Book, map, plan, graph, or drawing; V. Photograph, film, negative, tape or other device in which one or more visuals images are embodied so as to be capable, with or without the aid of some other equipment, of being reproduced; b) In the possession or under the control of a responsible party; and c) Regardless of when it came into existence;
“Regulator”: – means the Information Regulator established in terms of Section 39 of the POPIA;
“responsible party”: means a public or private body or any other person which, alone or in conjunction with others, determines the purpose of and means for processing personal information;
“restriction”: means to withhold from circulation, use or publication any personal information that forms part of a filing system, but not to delete or destroy such information;
“special personal information”: means personal information as referred to in Section 26 of the POPIA which includes Information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person;
“this Act”: means the Protection of Personal Information Act, No. 4 of 2013.
“unique identifier”: means any identifier that is assigned to a data subject and is used by a responsible party for the purposes of the operations of that responsible party and that uniquely identifies that data subject in relation to that responsible party.
2. NTRODUCTION
RAPOO STORE operates within the ONLINE SHOPPING space where customers can purchase third party goods via the RAPOO STORE website, make payment of such purchases online and where after RAPOO STORE arranges for delivery of the goods to the customer.
RAPOO STORE with many role players in the online shopping space and in delivering its online services to its customers, always collects personal information from such customers and shares such information with third party suppliers of RAPOO STORE.
RAPOO STORE acknowledges that most of its communications with customers, product suppliers and services suppliers are done electronically via the internet, per email and other electronic methods. In recognizing the international risk of data breach and also to ensure that lawful conditions exist surrounding its data subject’s information, RAPOO STORE accepts that all its South African based data subjects’ Constitutional Right to Privacy is of utmost importance. RAPOO STORE further accepts that its data subjects based in other parts of the world are entitled to equal rights to privacy in terms of Regulations applicable to such data subjects in the countries in which they are based. As such, RAPOO STORE is committed to comply with South Africa’s POPIA. RAPOO STORE is further committed to the education of its data subjects in respect of their rights to privacy and will make all operational amendments necessary.
3. OBJECTIVE
Although is not possible to ensure 100% mitigation against data breaches, the objective of this Policy is to ensure adherence of RAPOO STORE to the provisions within POPIA together with its Regulations aimed at protecting all RAPOO STORE’S data subjects from harm as wide as possible by protecting their personal information, to ensure that data subjects’ Consent is obtained as provided for in POPIA, to ensure that data subjects’ information is not unlawfully shared with third parties unless Consent for such sharing is obtained, to stop identity fraud and generally to protect privacy. RAPOO STORE takes its responsibilities in terms of POPIA seriously and intends to continue developing its internal and external processes.
This Policy constitutes the EXTERNAL SET OF PRIVACY RULES applicable to the information collected and processed by RAPOO STORE and sets out the standard for suitable protection of personal information as required by POPIA.
4. POPIA CORE PRINCIPLE
In its quest to ensure the protection of data subjects’ privacy, RAPOO STORE fully commits as follows:
- To continue developing and maintaining reasonable protective measures against the possibility of risks such as loss, unauthorised access, destruction, use, alteration or revelation of personal information.
- To regulate the manner in which personal information may be processed, by establishing conditions, in harmony with international standards, that prescribe the minimum threshold requirements for the lawful processing of personal information;
- To ensure that the requirements of the POPIA legislation are upheld within RAPOO STORE. In terms of sections 8, 17 and 18 of POPIA, RAPOO STORE confirms that it adheres to an approach of transparency of operational procedures that controls collection and processing of personal information and subscribes to a process of accountability and openness throughout its operations.
- In terms of the requirements set out within sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 14 and 15 of POPIA, RAPOO STORE undertakes to collect personal information in a legal and reasonable way, for a specific reason and only if it is necessary for its operations and to process the personal information obtained from clients, employees, visitors and services suppliers only for the purpose for which it was obtained in the first place.
- Processing of personal information obtained from owners, occupiers, visitors and service suppliers will not be undertaken in an insensitive, derogative discriminatory or wrongful way that can intrude on the privacy of the particular data subject.
- In terms of the provisions contained within sections 23 to 25 of POPIA, all data subjects of RAPOO STORE will be allowed to request access to certain personal information and may also request correction or deletion of personal information within the specifications of the POPIA. Data subjects should refer to FORMS 1 & 2 attached hereto for these purposes.
- To not request or process information related to race, religion, medical situation, political preference, trade union membership, sexual certitude or criminal record unless this is lawfully required and unless the data subject has expressly consented. RAPOO STORE will also not process information of children unless the specific consent provisions contained within POPIA have been complied with.
- In terms of the provisions contained within section 16 of POPIA, RAPOO STORE is committed that data subjects’ information is recorded and retained accurately.
- To not provide any documentation to a third party or service provider without the express consent of the data subject except where it is necessary for the proper execution of the service as expected by the data subject.
- To keep effective record of personal information and undertakes not to retain information for a period longer than required.
- In terms of sections 19 to 22 of POPIA, RAPOO STORE will secure the integrity and confidentiality of personal information in its possession. RAPOO STORE will provide the necessary security of data and keep it in accordance with prescribed legislation.
5. CONSENT
When data subjects’ information is collected, processed or shared online or manually by RAPOO STORE during the process of RAPOO STORE delivering its online shopping services, RAPOO STORE recognizes its obligations to explain the reasons for the collection of information from the particular data subject/s and obtains the required Consents to process and where required the sharing of the information pursuant to such explanation and using the information for limited marketing purposes.
If personal information is used for any other reason than the original reason of it being collected, the specific Consent for such purpose must be obtained from the data subject. SPECIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION may be collected from data subjects without specific Consent if:
- Processing is carried out with a prior consent of the data subject;
- Processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of a right or obligation in law;
- Processing is for historical, statistical or research purposes.
RAPOO STORE has amended its standard documentation and online terms with references to the Act and will obtain all clients’ general Consent in each transaction.
6. COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
RAPOO STORE collects and processes personal information from its data subjects for a variety of reasons and in a variety of ways. Customers who wish to place orders via the RAPOO STORE online platform may register as members or may purchase items as a guest of RAPOO STORE. In both instances, customers are obliged to complete necessary information to successfully register. In this way, personal and special information are collected from data subjects who place online orders via the RAPOO STORE website, and the information is then shared with the relevant delivery suppliers of RAPOO STORE in order to arrange delivery of the orders.
By submitting personal and special personal information details to RAPOO STORE, all data subjects acknowledge the following:
- Personal information collected by RAPOO STORE will be collected directly from the data subject, unless –
- The information is contained or derived from a public record or has deliberately been made public by the data subject.
- Collection of the information from another source would not prejudice a legitimate interest of the data subject.
- Collection of the information from another source is necessary –
- To avoid prejudice to the maintenance of the law by any public body, including the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution, and punishment of offences.
- To comply with an obligation imposed by law or to enforce legislation concerning the collection of revenue.
- For the conduct of proceedings in any court or tribunal that have commenced or are reasonably contemplated.
- In the interest of national security.
- To maintain the legitimate interests of RAPOO STORE or of a third party to whom the information is supplied.
- Compliance would prejudice a lawful purpose of the collection.
- Compliance is not reasonably practicable in the circumstances of the case.
- Personal information is collected for a specific, explicitly defined, and lawful purpose related to a function or activity of RAPOO STORE.
- Steps will be taken to ensure that the data subject is aware of the purpose of the collection of the information.
- RAPOO STORE will take reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the personal information is complete, accurate, not misleading and updated where necessary, having regard to the purpose for which the personal information is collected and further processed.
- Where personal information is collected form a data subject directly, RAPOO STORE will take reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the data subject is aware of: –
- The nature of the information being collected and where the information is not collected from the data subject, the source from which it is collected.
- The name and address of RAPOO STORE.
- The purpose for which the information is being collected.
- Whether or not the supply of the information by the data subject is voluntary or mandatory.
- The consequences of failure to provide the information.
- Any particular law authorising or requiring the collection of the information.
7. STORAGE OF INFORMATION
RAPOO STORE acknowledges the risks facing data subjects with the storage of personal and special personal information on the RAPOO STORE’s software systems as well as filing copies of the physical information sheets containing personal information physically in an office. To ensure that its best attempts are made to minimize data subjects from suffering loss of personal information, misuse or unauthorised alteration of information, unauthorized access or disclosure of personal information generally, it will:
- Store personal information in databases that have built-in safeguards and firewalls to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of your information.
- Constantly monitor the latest internet developments to ensure that the systems evolve as required. RAPOO STORE tests its systems regularly to ensure that our security mechanisms are up to date.
- Continue to review its internal policies and third party agreements where necessary to ensure that these are also complying with the POPIA and Regulations in line with RAPOO STORE’s Policy rules.
8. DISPOSAL OF DATA SUBJECTS’ INFORMATION
RAPOO STORE is responsible to ensure that necessary records and documents of their data subjects are adequately protected and maintained to ensure that records that are no longer needed or are of no value are disposed of at the proper time. These rules apply to all documents which are collected, processed or stored by RAPOO STORE and include but are not limited to documents in paper and electronic format, for example, e-mail, web and text files, PDF documents etc.
RAPOO STORE does not discard or dispose of the telephone numbers, email addresses of data subjects and electronic communications with data subjects with whom it has previously dealt but will do so on request by the data subject..
Secure disposal maintains data security and supports compliance with this RAPOO STORE policy. RAPOO STORE acknowledges that electronic devices and media can hold vast amounts of information, some of which can linger indefinitely.
- Under no circumstances will paper documents or removable media (CD’s, DVD’s, discs, etc.) containing personal or confidential information be simply binned or deposited in refuse tips.
- RAPOO STORE undertakes to ensure that all electrical waste, electronic equipment and data on disk drives be physically removed and destroyed in such a way that the data will by no means be able to be virtually retrievable.
- RAPOO STORE will ensure that all paper documents that should be disposed of, be shredded locally and then be recycled.
- In the event that a third party is used for data destruction purposes, the Information Officer will ensure that such third party will also comply with this policy and any other applicable legislation.
- RAPOO STORE may suspend the destruction of any record or document due to pending or reasonably foreseeable litigation, audits, government investigations or similar proceedings. RAPOO STORE undertakes to notify employees of applicable documents where the destruction has been suspended to which they have access to.
- In the event that a document and/or information is no longer required to be stored in accordance with this policy and relevant legislation, it should be deleted and destroyed.
- The Information Officer should be consulted where there is uncertainty regarding the retention and destruction of a document and/or information.
9. INTERNET AND CYBER TECHNOLOGY
The following clauses constitute a summary of the terms contained in the INTERNAL IT/EMAIL/CYBER SECURITY POLICY which applies to all employees when using the RAPOO STORE internet and email services.
- Acceptable use of RAPOO STORE’s Internet Facilities & standard Anti-Virus rules
The repercussions of misuse of RAPOO STORE systems can be severe. Potential damage includes, but is not limited to, malware infection (e.g. computer viruses), legal and financial penalties for data leakage and lost productivity resulting from network downtime.
In order to ensure that RAPOO STORE’s IT systems are not misused, everyone who uses or has access to RAPOO STORE’s systems have received training and internal guidelines in order to meet the following five high-level IT Security requirements:
- Information will be protected against any unauthorized access as far as possible;
- Confidentiality of information will be assured as far as possible;
- Integrity of information will be preserved as far as possible;
- Availability of information for business processes will be maintained;
- Compliance with applicable laws and regulations to which RAPOO STORE is subject will be ensured by the Information Officer as far as possible.
Every user of RAPOO STORE’s IT systems takes responsible for exercising good judgment regarding reasonable personal use.
RAPOO STORE undertakes to ensure that logging into the IT system and software packages is password controlled and shall exercise all caution in allowing unauthorized access to the password. It is a further undertaking that the password/s shall be reviewable from time to time but in particular where GOOGLE based products are used and linked (such as Facebook, Whatsapp and GMAIL based domains).
- RAPOO STORE’s Email Rules
RAPOO STORE acknowledges that most of its communications are conducted via email and instant messaging (IM). Given that email and IM may contain extremely sensitive and confidential FIRM information, the information involved must be appropriately protected. In addition, email and IM are potentially sources of spam, social engineering attacks and malware, so RAPOO STORE must be protected as completely as possible from these threats. The misuse of email and IM can post many legal, privacy and security risks, so it is important for users to be aware of the appropriate use of electronic communications.
It is of use to note that all users of RAPOO STORE’s email system are prohibited from using email to:
- Send, receive, solicit, print, copy, or reply to text, images, or jokes that disparage others based on their race, religion, colour, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, disability, ancestry, or age.
- Send, receive, solicit, print, copy, or reply to messages that are disparaging or defamatory.
- Spread gossip, rumours, or innuendos about employees, clients, suppliers, or other outside parties.
- Send, receive, solicit, print, copy, or reply to sexually oriented messages or images.
- Send, receive, solicit, print, copy, or reply to messages or images that contain foul, obscene, disrespectful, or adult-oriented language.
- Send, receive, solicit, print, copy, or reply to messages or images that are intended to alarm others, embarrass RAPOO STORE negatively impact productivity, or harm morale.
The purpose of these email and IM rules is to ensure that information sent or received via the RAPOO STORE’s IT systems is appropriately protected, that these systems do not introduce undue security risks to RAPOO STORE and that users are made aware of what RAPOO STORE deems as acceptable and unacceptable use of its email and IM.
- RAPOO STORE’s Rules related to handheld devices
Many users do not recognize that mobile devices represent a threat to IT and data security. As a result, they often do not apply the same level of security and data protection as they would on other devices such as desktop or laptop computers. This policy outlines RAPOO STORE’s requirements for safeguarding the physical and data security of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices that PC’s and Notebooks.
- RAPOO STORE’s users of handheld devices are expected to diligently protect their devices from loss and disclosure of private information belonging to or maintained by RAPOO STORE.
- In the event of a security incident or if suspicion exists that the security of RAPOO STORE’s systems has been breached, RAPOO STORE shall be obliged to notify the IT support immediately together with the Information Officer or Deputy Information Officer should the Information Officer not be available especially when a mobile device may have been lost or stolen.
- Management of RAPOO STORE is responsible for creating procedures that ensure anti-virus software is run at regular intervals, and computers are verified as virus-free. Any activities with the intention to create and/or distribute malicious programs into RAPOO STORE’s programs (e.g., viruses, worms, Trojan horses, e-mail bombs, etc.) are prohibited.
- It is worth noting that users are discouraged from attempting to remove viruses themselves. If a virus infection is detected, users are expected to disconnect from RAPOO STORE’s networks, stop using the infected computer immediately and notify the IT support.
- It is further worth noting that RAPOO STORE’S users are encouraged to be cautious of e-mail attachments from an unknown source as viruses are often hidden in attachments and RAPOO STORE confirms that all employees have received and will continue to receive internal training in respect of such virus and how to identify them If a virus is suspected, the attachment must not be opened or forwarded and must be deleted immediately.
- All of RAPOO STORE’s premises that include computers and other types of information technology resources will be safeguarded against unlawful and unauthorized physical intrusion, as well as fire, flood and other physical threats. This includes but is not limited to; security doors, key entry areas, external doors that are locked from closing until opening of the building, locked and/or barred windows, security cameras, registration of visitors at entrances, security guards, and fire protection.
Usage Data Usage Data is collected automatically when using the internet services of RAPOO STORE. Usage Data may include information such as data subjects’ device’s internet protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, details of the pages of RAPOO STORE’S website that are visited by data subjects, the time and date of the website visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When data subjects access the website services of RAPOO STORE by or through a mobile device, RAPOO STORE may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device used by the data subject, unique ID, the IP address of the mobile device, the mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser used, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. RAPOO STORE may also collect information that the user’s browser sends whenever RAPOO STORE’s website is visited.
- Tracking Technologies and Cookies
Cookies and similar tracking technologies are used to track the activity on RAPOO STORE’s website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze the efficiency of the website. The technologies which may be used to track may include:
- Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file which may be placed on a data subject’s device. Data subjects can instruct their browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if this function of RAPOO STORE’s website is not accepted, data subjects may not be able to use some parts of the website. Unless the browser settings have been adjusted RAPOO STORE’s website may use Cookies.
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of the website may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about data subjects’ preferences or activity on the website. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how Flash Cookies can be deleted the following process can be followed: “Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?” available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flashplayer/kb/disable-local-shared-objects;
- Web Beacons. Certain sections of the website and emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit RAPOO STORE for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
- Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on data subjects’ personal computer or mobile device even when offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as data subjects’ web browsers are closed.
Data subjects who use the RAPOO STORE website will be subject to the general website terms and conditions available on the website landing page. Customers who register on the RAPOO STORE online platforms confirm that they have read through and understand the terms and conditions associated with the usage of the website.
10. THIRD PARTY OPERATORS
RAPOO STORE recognizes that, in fulfilling its service offering to its customer base and in order to operate efficiently, it is necessary at times to share data subjects’ personal and special personal information with third parties for specific reasons related to RAPOO STORE’s service delivery. As referenced in clauses 5 and 6 above, RAPOO STORE will obtain the necessary Consent where required from the particular data subject.
RAPOO STORE shall moreover and where possible enter into an OPERATORS’ AGREEMENT with the relevant third party with which RAPOO STORE shares data subjects’ information in order to ensure that the third party operator treats the personal information of RAPOO STORE’s data subjects responsibly and in accordance with the provisions contained in the Act and Regulations thereto. RAPOO STORE shall, where possible request copies of the third party operators’ POPIA Policy, rules, internet rules and details of the third party’s Information Officer.
11. BANKING DETAILS
When orders are placed, customers have a choice of payment methods available to them for payment of their order/s via EFT, debit/credit card payments or paygate options such as Payfast, PayU, Payflex, Walletdoc. Customers are subject to the terms and conditions related to their personal and special personal information which they complete on these payment platforms of such platform suppliers and cannot hold RAPOO STORE liable for a data breach which may occur on any one of these payment platforms.
12. DIRECT MARKETING
RAPOO STORE is committed to not share data subjects’ information with third parties for the sole purpose of such third party marketing to such data subjects. In the event that any associated third party using the data subjects’ information shared by RAPOO STORE with such third party in the fulfilment of its legal services, RAPOO STORE takes no responsibility for any consequences suffered by the data subject which may have been caused by the third party’s actions.
RAPOO STORE sends out regular bulk emails to its database of existing customers. These bulk emails contain new product offerings and other relevant information related to the RAPOO STORE service. These bulk emails will always contain the required OPTING OUT/UNSUBSCRIBE options which allow the recipients of the emails to request a removal of their details from these bulk emails.
13. DATA CLASSIFICATION
All of RAPOO STORE’s employees share in the responsibility for ensuring that RAPOO STORE’s information assets receive an appropriate level of protection as set out hereunder:
- Managers of RAPOO STORE shall be responsible for assigning classifications to information assets according to the standard information classification system presented below.
- Where practicable, the information category shall be embedded in the information itself.
- All employees of RAPOO STORE shall be guided by the information category in their security-related handling of RAPOO STORE’s information. All information of RAPOO STORE and all information entrusted to RAPOO STORE from third parties fall into one of three classifications in the table below, presented in order of increasing sensitivity.
Information Description |
Examples |
Category |
Unclassified Public |
Information is not confidential and can be made public without any implications for RAPOO STORE |
Product brochures widely distributed · Information widely available in the public domain, including publicly available web site areas of RAPOO STORE
Sample downloads of RAPOO STORE’ software that is for Sale · Financial reports required by regulatory authorities · Newsletters for external transmission |
Proprietary |
Information is restricted to management approved internal access and protected from external access. Unauthorized access could influence RAPOO STORE’ operational effectiveness, cause an important financial loss, provide a significant gain to a competitor, or cause a major drop in customer confidence. Information integrity is vital. |
Passwords and information on corporate security procedures
Know-how used to process client information Standard Operating Procedures used in all parts of RAPOO STORE’ activities
All software codes developed by RAPOO STORE , whether used internally or sold to clients |
Client Confidential Data |
Information collected and used by RAPOO STORE in the conduct of its business to employ people, to log and fulfil client mandates, and to manage all aspects of corporate finance. Access to this information is very restricted within RAPOO STORE. The highest possible levels of integrity, confidentiality, and restricted availability are vital. |
Salaries and other personnel data
Accounting data and internal financial reports Confidential customer business data and confidential contracts
Non-disclosure agreements with clients\vendors Company business plans |
14. RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT- FORMS 1 & 2 ATTACHED
- The data subject or competent person where the data subject is a child, may withdraw his, her or its consent to procure and process his, her or its personal information, at any time, providing that the lawfulness of the processing of the personal information before such withdrawal or the processing of personal information is not affected.
- A data subject may object, at any time, to the processing of personal information– a) In writing, on reasonable grounds relating to his, her or its particular situation, unless legislation provides for such processing; or b) For purposes of direct marketing other than direct marketing by means of unsolicited electronic communications.
- A data subject, having provided adequate proof of identity, has the right to – a) Request RAPOO STORE to confirm, free of charge, whether or not RAPOO STORE holds personal information about the data subject; and b) Request from RAPOO STORE a record or a description of the personal information about the data subject held by RAPOO STORE, including information about the identity of all third parties, or categories of third parties, who have, or have had, access to the information – within a reasonable time; at a prescribed fee as determined by the Information Officer; in a reasonable manner and format; and in a form that is generally understandable.
- A data subject may, in the prescribed manner, request RAPOO STORE to – a) correct or delete personal information about the data subject in its possession or under its control that is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading or obtained unlawfully; or b) destroy or delete a record of personal information about the data subject that RAPOO STORE is no longer authorised to retain.
- Upon receipt of a request referred to in clause 14.4, RAPOO STORE will, as soon as reasonably practicable – a) correct the information; b) destroy or delete the information; c) provide the data subject, to his, her or its satisfaction, with credible evidence in support of the information; or d) where an agreement cannot be reached between RAPOO STORE and the data subject, and if the data subject so requests, take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances, to attach to the information in such a manner that it will always be read with the information, an indication that a correction of the information has been requested but has not been made.
- RAPOO STORE will inform the data subject, who made a request as set out in clause 14.5, of the action taken as a result of the request.
15. COVID 19
RAPOO STORE has implemented and continues to apply its Workplace Risk Assessment measures in line with accepted Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines issued by the Departments of Labour and Health and in terms of the Regulations and Directions to the Disaster Management Act. With reference to these assessment measures, RAPOO STORE is and will remain entitled to oblige employees and other visitors to complete a Covid 19 Risk Assessment form upon entering the RAPOO STORE offices provided that the personal and special personal information required to be completed are necessary and limited to the purposes of assessing the risk of Covid 19 exposure. RAPOO STORE may also, where required by statute, share the information with the Departments of Labour and Health especially in the event of someone testing positive and/or where a significant increase of risk exists in the workplace and offices. RAPOO STORE’s delivery service providers will follow their own Covid 19 protocols when making delivery of an order and RAPOO STORE will not be liable for implementation and enforcement of such third party measures.
With the implementation of the RAPOO STORE Workplace Vaccination program, further employee and other relevant data subjects’ personal and medical information may be collected and processed by RAPOO STORE and may be shared with Regulated third parties and internally if the sharing of the information complies with the provisions for the RAPOO STORE Vaccination program Policies.
16. INFORMATION OFFICER
- Appointed Information Officer:
INFORMATION OFFICER: JD O’Connor
Contact details 083 456 7671 / 010 020 8600 |
Email jd@brandhubb.com |
Postal Address: PO Box 2295, Sunninghill, 2157 |
Street Address: The District Office Park, 8 Kikuyu Road, Sunninghill, 2191
DEPUTY INFORMATION OFFICERS: Charne Luayne Gibson |
Contact details 010 020 8600
Email charne@brandhubb.com
Postal Address: PO Box 2295, Sunninghill, 2157
Street Address: The District Office Park, 8 Kikuyu Road, Sunninghill, 2191 |
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- The general responsibilities of RAPOO STORE’s Information Officer and Deputy Information Officer/s where delegated include the following:
- The encouragement of compliance, by RAPOO STORE, with the conditions for the lawful processing of personal information;
- Managing requests made to RAPOO STORE pursuant to POPIA;
- Working with the Regulator in relation to investigations conducted pursuant to prior authorisation required to process certain information of POPIA in relation to the business.
- Continuously perform data backups, store at least weekly backup offsite, and test those backups regularly for data integrity and reliability.
- Review policy rules regularly, document the results, and update the policy as needed.
- Continuously update information security policies and network diagrams.
- Secure critical applications and data by patching known vulnerabilities with the latest fixes or software updates.
- Perform continuous computer vulnerability assessments and audits
- The data breach responsibilities of RAPOO STORE’s Information Officer and Deputy Information Officer/s where delegated include the following:
- Ascertain whether personal data was breached;
- Assess the scope and impact by referring to the following:
- Estimated number of data subjects whose personal data was possibly breached
- Determine the possible types of personal data that were breached
- List security measures that were already in place to prevent the breach from happening.
- Once the risk of the breach is determined, the following parties need to be notified within 72 hours after being discovered:
- The Information Regulator
- Communication should include the following:
- Contact details of Information Officer
- Details of the breach,
- Likely impact,
- Actions already in place, and those being initiated to minimise the impact of the data breach.
- Any further impact is being investigated (if required), and necessary actions to mitigate the impact are being taken.
- Review and monitor
- Once the personal data breach has been contained, RAPOO STORE will conduct a review of existing measures in place, and explore the possible ways in which these measures can be strengthened to prevent a similar breach from reoccurring.
- All such identified measures should be monitored to ensure that the measures are satisfactorily implemented.
17. AVAILABILITY AND REVISION
A link to this Policy is made available on RAPOO STORE company website www.brandhubb.com
This policy will continually be updated to comply with legislation, thereby ensuring that personal information will be secure.