Who we are
Our website address is: https://yeisa.org.
YEISA PRIVACY POLICY
- Introduction
1.1. YEISA respects your privacy and your personal information and takes all
reasonable measures to protect your personal information and to keep it
confidential.
1.2. This Privacy Policy complies with the principles outlined in Protection of
Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) and describes how YEISA handles
Personal Information that we collect from you:
• electronically,
• telephonically,
• when you make use of our website,
• when you apply for and use our services.
1.3. By submitting your details to YEISA, registering with YEISA, using the YEISA website https://yeisa.org or
the services we provide, you accept the terms and conditions of this Privacy
Policy and explicitly consent that YEISA may collect, collate, process, use,
disclose and store your Personal Information in the manner set out in this Policy.
1.4. If you do not agree with the provisions of this Privacy Policy or are concerned
about any aspect relating to the protection of your Personal Information,
please do not continue to use the website or register with YEISA or apply for or
use YEISA services And we Provide and work as Non Profit Organization.
1.5. The Privacy Policy must be read together with YEISA’s General Terms and
Conditions. To view YEISA’s general Terms and Conditions please visit
https://www.yeisa.org - What Is Personal Information?
2.1. “Personal information” as defined in Section 1 of POPIA, means information
relating to an identifiable, living, natural person and where it is applicable,
an identifiable juristic person, including but not limited to –
• Information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status,
national, ethnic or social origin, color, sexual orientation, age, physical or
mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture,
language and birth of a person;
• Any information relating to an identifying number, symbol, e-mail address,
physical address, telephone number or other particular assignment to a
person;
• Information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or
employment history of a person;
• The blood type or any other biometric information of a person;
• Personal opinions, views or preferences of a person;
• The views or opinions of another individual about the person;
• The name of a 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,
• Correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private
or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the
contents of the original correspondence; 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. - Personal Information That We Collect
3.1. Personal Information collected may include:
• General identification and contact information,
• Your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, gender, marital
status, family status, date of birth, passwords and activity records,
• Identification numbers issued by government bodies or agencies,
• Financial information and account details,
• Bank account number and account details, credit history, credit score and
other financial information,
• Current or former physical or mental or medical condition, health status,
injury or disability information, medical procedures performed, personal
habits (for example, smoking or consumption of alcohol, prescription
information and medical history),
• Recordings of telephone calls, emails or videos to and from our
representatives, affiliates and call center’s.
3.2. We may obtain information about your criminal record or civil litigation
history in the process of preventing, detecting and investigating fraud or in
the employment process.
3.3. We may also obtain sensitive information if you voluntarily provide it to us. - From Whom We Collect Personal Information
4.1. Personal information will be collected directly from you, except if:
• The information is contained in a public record or has deliberately been
made public by you.
• You have consented to the collection of the information from another
source or in accordance with the YEISA terms and conditions of service;
• Collection of the information from another source would not prejudice a
legitimate interest you may have.
• 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 enforce a law imposing a pecuniary penalty;
– to enforce legislation concerning the collection of revenue as
defined in relevant local legislation;
– for the conduct of proceedings in any court or tribunal that have
commenced or are reasonably contemplated; or
– in the legitimate interests of national security. - Update Of Your Personal Information
5.1. It is your responsibility to ensure that we have your correct Personal
Information on our system.
5.2. If you ever need to update or correct any of your Personal Information held
by us, you can update and correct your information by contacting YEISA via
email or telephonically or to visit our Website https://www.yeisa.org - How We Collect Your Personal Information
6.1. YEISA collects your Personal Information when you:
• apply for or use the services provided by Yeisa org,
• access our website https://yeisa.org
• register on our website https://yeisa.org
• complete an application form via our website https://yeisa.org or in our branches.
• contact us electronically or telephonically or by our site contacts. - How We Use Your Personal Information
7.1. You agree that we may use the information, including the Personal Information
we hold about you, in the following ways:
• To identify you,
• In order for us to process your instructions or requests,
• In order for us to ensure that we provide you with the best possible service
at all times,
• To collect and analyze your personal information and combine all the
information that we have about you to compile a profile of you in order for
us to personalize and tailor our services to meet your specific needs;
• In aggregate form for purposes of generating statistics and developing
strategic and marketing plans, to allow you to participate in interactive
features of our services, when you choose to do so,
• To carry out any contracts that may exist between us,
• To notify you about changes to our services or introduce you to new
services.
7.2. Once we have collected and analyzed your Personal Information, we may
send you promotional material or details which we think may be of interest to
you.
7.3. If any of this promotional information relates to products, promotions, news or
services of an affiliate party and only if you indicate that you would like more
information, we may inform the affiliate party to contact you directly. You
have the option to opt out of receiving any marketing or other material from
an affiliate or us at any stage. - Protection Of Your Personal Information
8.1. We value the information that you choose to provide us with and we will take
reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse or
unauthorized alteration or access.
8.2. The information we maintain is stored in databases that have built-in
safeguards to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of that information. Once
we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security
features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
8.3. However, the transmission of information via the Internet or electronic mail is
not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your
information transmitted to our website or via electronic mail. Any transmission
of your information to our website or via electronic mail is entirely at your own
risk.
8.4. When you use the services provided by us, you may be given a user name and
password. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy and confidentiality
of your user name and password. Please do not share your username and
password with anyone. - Confidential Information
9.1. Confidential information shall not include information that:
9.1.1. Is or becomes publicly known, other than through any act or omission of
the receiving Party;
9.1.2. Was in the other Party’s lawful possession before the disclosure;
9.1.3. Is lawfully disclosed to the receiving Party by a third party without
restriction on disclosure;
9.1.4. Is independently developed by the receiving Party, which independent
development can be shown by written evidence; or
9.1.5. Is required to be disclosed by law, by any court of competent jurisdiction
or by any regulatory or administrative body.
9.2. We shall hold Confidential Information in confidence and, unless required by
law, not make the other’s Confidential Information available to any third party,
or use the other’s Confidential Information for any purpose other than the
implementation of this Policy and any subsequent Agreement entered
between us.
9.3. We shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that Confidential Information, to
which it has access, is not disclosed or distributed by our employees or agents
in violation of the terms of this Policy. - Data Protection
10.1. We may need to provide, collect, use, store or process Confidential
Information or Personal Information and you hereby authorize such collection,
use, storage and processing where the need arises.
10.2. We shall only provide, collect, use, store or process Personal Information:
10.2.1. in compliance with the applicable legislation;
10.2.2. as is necessary for the purposes of this Policy, and
10.2.3. in accordance with lawful and reasonable instructions of the Party
providing the Personal Information.
10.3. We are responsible to obtain written consent from all applicable data
subjects, for the collection, use, storage, processing or transfer of such data
subjects’ Personal Information whenever this is required for the purposes of this
Policy you warrant that it will be done so. - Your Consent And Disclosure of Your Personal Information
11.1. You agree that Personal Information may be shared under the following
circumstances:
• With our employees and/or third party service providers who assist us to
interact with you via our website https://yeisa.org , email or any other method, and
therefore need to know your personal information in order to assist us to
communicate with you properly and efficiently,
• With our affiliates and/or partners and/or corporate sponsors (including
their employees and/or third party service providers) in order for them to
interact directly with you via email or any other method for purposes
providing services to you,
• To monitor web traffic: web servers serving the website automatically,
collect information about pages you visit and this information is used for
internal review, to tailor information to individual visitors and for traffic
audits;
• For statistics purposes: we may perform statistical analyses in order to
measure interest in the various areas of the website for product
development purposes;
• Where necessary in order to give effect to agreements signed between
you and ourselves,
• When required by the laws of the Republic of South Africa and in the
public interest,
• Under special circumstances where we have reason to believe that such
disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
a party who may be breaching our website terms and conditions or may
be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or
unintentionally) our rights or property, other users, or anyone else that
could be harmed by such activities.
11.2. YEISA will ensure that all of our employees, third party service providers,
divisions, affiliates, partners and corporate sponsors (including their employees
and third party service providers) having access to your Personal Information
are bound by appropriate and legally binding confidentiality and non-use
obligations (save as permitted herein) in relation to your Personal Information.
11.3. We will not sell, rent or provide your Personal Information to unauthorized
entities third parties (other than as provided herein) for their independent use,
without your express consent.
11.4. If at any stage, after you have given us your consent, you no longer wish
for us to use or share your Personal Information, you may withdraw your
consent by contacting us or via our website https://yeisa.org
11.5. When we notify you that your Personal Information has been accessed
or acquired by an unauthorized person, we will provide you with sufficient
information to allow you to take protective measures against the potential
consequences of the compromise. - CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 68 OF 2008 (“CPA”) AND POPIA
12.1. We subscribe to the CPA and the principles outlined Section 11, in which you
have the right to restrict unwanted marketing, which includes your right to
refuse to accept, or require us to discontinue or to pre-emptively block
communication about any marketing from us.
12.2. You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information,
at any time, if the processing is for purposes of direct marketing other than
direct marketing by means of unsolicited electronic communications and
you have not given your consent.
12.3. You have the right not to have your Personal Information processed for
purposes of direct marketing by means of unsolicited electronic
communications from third
parties unknown to you, other than YES’s duly appointed and authorized
third party business partners who may do so on YES’s behalf. - Your Right
13.1. You have the right to request that we correct, destroy or delete any of your
Personal Information that we have processed in accordance with this Policy.
The Personal Information that you may request us to correct, destroy or delete
is Personal Information that has been processed that is inaccurate, irrelevant,
excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading, obtained unlawfully or that we
are no longer authorized to retain.
13.2. You have the right to withdraw your consent for us to process your Personal
Information at any time. The withdrawal of your consent can only be made
by you on the condition that:
• The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the processing of your
Personal Information before the withdrawal of your consent; or
• The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the processing of your
Personal Information if the processing is in compliance with an obligation
imposed on us by law; or
• The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the processing of your
Personal Information where such processing is necessary for the proper
performance of a public law duty by a public body; or
• The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the processing of your
Personal Information as required to finalize the performance of a
contract to which you are a party: or
• The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the processing of your
Personal Information as required to protect your legitimate interests or
our own legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party to
whom the information is supplied.
13.3. You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information
at any time, on reasonable grounds relating to your particular situation,
unless the processing is required by law.
13.4. You can make the objection if the processing of your Personal Information
is not necessary for the proper performance of a public law duty by a
public body, or if the processing of your Personal information is not
necessary to pursue your legitimate interests, our legitimate interests or the
legitimate interests of a third party to which the information is supplied.
13.5. You have the right not to be subjected to a decision, which is based solely
on the basis of the automated processing of your Personal Information
intended to provide a profile of you.
13.6. You have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Regulator regarding
an alleged interference with the protection of Personal Information processed in
accordance with this Policy. - Change Of This Privacy Policy
14.1 We reserve the right, in our sole discretion to amend (including without
limitation, by the addition of new terms and conditions) this Privacy Policy
from time to time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be drawn to your
attention on our website.
14.2 You agree to review the Privacy Policy whenever you visit the YES
website for any such amendments. Save as expressly provided to the
contrary in this Privacy Policy, the amended version of the Privacy Policy
shall supersede and replace all previous versions thereof. - Breach
You agree and consent to endeavor to uphold and apply the terms and
conditions of this Policy and act within the scope and purpose of this Policy. Should
you breach any of the terms and conditions of this Policy, we may proceed to
institute legal action. - How do you Contact Us?
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to amend or update any of
your Personal Information you may contact YEISA on info@yeisa.org
17. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
19. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
20. Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
21. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
22. Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
23. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
24. What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
25. Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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