1. INTRODUCTION
BUROTECH CONSULTING ENGINEERS CC (hereinafter referred to as “BUROTECH”) respects your privacy and personal information.
Please read our privacy policy to understand how BUROTECH collects, use and protect your personal Information with reference to our website, www.burotech.co.za .
2. DEFINITION
“Personal information” means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person and where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person, as defined in terms of section 1 of the Protection of Personal Information Act of 2013 (“POPI Act”).
Please refer to the POPI Act for a detailed definition and various categories of personal information.
3. CATEGORIES OF DATA AND PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
BUROTECH only collects general personal information (some of which may be publicly available) for business purposes.
BUROTECH collects the following personal information:
a) Clients – such as name, contact details, email, physical and postal addresses, general business information (company name, address and contact details, banking details, VAT number), B-BBEE Certificate and related information).
b) Website visitors – such as name, contact details, email, physical and postal addresses, etc where such information if voluntarily provided and through the use of cookies.
c) Stakeholders (professional team members, sub-consultants, contractors etc) such as name, contact details, email, physical and postal addresses, general business information (company name, address and contact details, banking details, VAT number), B-BBEE Certificate and related information).
4. HOW PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED
Your personal information is obtained when you complete a form, email communications, and telephonically, with your consent or electronically.
5. PURPOSE FOR COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
BUROTECH collects personal information:
a) To provide you with services requested and offered.
b) To understand specific needs and requirements,
c) To communicate with professional teams/stakeholders, and
d) in order to improve BUROTECH services.
6. RECIPIENTS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The personal information collected is used by BUROTECH only, its members and employees in the rendering of our services. We will not release personal identifiable information to third parties without your knowledge.
7. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
BUROTECH values the information that you provide to us and will therefore take reasonable steps to protect your personal information.
We will take every effort to preserve user privacy but we may need to disclose personal information if required to do so and where we have good faith that such action is necessary to comply with by law.
BUROTECH is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of websites of other institutions to which it may link you to. The use of other third-party websites and the contents thereof, is at your sole discretion. BUROTECH does not regulate or control how third parties use your personal information. You should always read the privacy policy of any third party
8. STORAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND RETENTION THEREOF
Personal information is stored on BUROTECH’s server which is located on site and in the cloud (whichever the case may be) and which is accessed by BUROTECH employees only.
9. COOKIES
We use Cookies to save certain information about users on the website and visitors who visit our website. You can choose to turn-off all cookies through your browser settings. By doing so, it won’t affect the user’s experience.
10. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
BUROTECH may change this policy from time to time. The most current version of our Policy will be displayed on BUROTECH’s website.
11. APPLICABLE LAWS
This policy will be governed by the laws off the Republic of South Africa and BUROTECH undertakes to comply with the provisions of the POPI Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 of 2000 (“PAIA”).
To Download our Privacy Policy click here BuroTech Privacy Policy.