POPIA | ASSITEJ South Africa

POPIA Disclaimer

This Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) Disclaimer describes how ASSITEJ South Africa collects, processes, and discloses your personal information, specifically in relation to our website and our membership and newsletter sign-up forms.

We respect your right to privacy and therefore aim to ensure that we comply with the legal requirement of the POPI Act, which regulates the manner in which we collect, process, store, share and destroy any personal information which you have provided to us. You hereby acknowledge that you have read and accept the terms of this POPIA Disclaimer.

For the purposes of this Disclaimer, personal information shall bear the same meaning as defined in POPIA.

Why we collect Personal Information:

We collect personal information in order to liaise with you telephonically, via our website or email so that we may:

Respond to any query or comment received from you;
Enlist you as a member of ASSITEJ South Africa;
Send you newsletters or other information about our services;
Provide a platform for all artists working in the arts with/for/by children and young people to connect with one another and build networks and supportive ecosystems;
To consider applications received in respect of projects, programmes, memberships, productions, and other aspects of our work;
Enable us to process, validate and verify information and requests for the supply of goods and/or services;
For the purposes for which you specifically provided the information;
Generally, to improve your experience on our website and as a member / partner / funder / supporter of our work.

Processing of Information

We will share your personal information:

In order to comply with applicable law or with legal process served on our organisation;
In order to protect and defend the rights or property of our organisation;
With your consent, in order to provide you with further opportunities or connections.

Security Measures

We will:

Treat your personal information as strictly confidential;
Take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that your personal information is kept secure and is protected against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage, alteration, disclosure or access;
Promptly notify you if we become aware of any unauthorised use, disclosure or processing of your personal information;
Provide you with reasonable evidence of our compliance with our obligations under this policy on reasonable request;
We will not retain your personal information longer than the period for which it was originally required, unless we are required by law to do so, or you consent to us retaining such information for a longer period.
The Personal Information processed by us is not routed/transferred to a third country or International organisation.

Your rights

You have the right at any time to:

Rectify the Personal Information collected by us;
Object to the processing of Personal Information (subject to legislation);
Request the return or destruction of Personal Information (subject to legislation);
Lodge a complaint with the organisation.

Limitation of liability

While we take all reasonable measures and precautions in protecting your personal information, ASSITEJ South Africa will not be held liable for any loss or damage, howsoever arising, suffered as a result of the disclosure of your personal information, if the harm suffered is outside of our reasonable control.