Privacy Policy By using this ProcurementPortal or any other branded Procurement Portal that is powered by SCNet (Pty)Limited, you give your consent that all personal data that you submit may beprocessed by Supply Chain Network in the manner and for the purposes describedin the following Privacy Policy. Definitions The terms"Supply Chain Network”, "SCNet (Pty) Ltd", “SCNet”,"we", "us", "our" and "ours" when usedin these Terms and Conditions mean SCNet (Pty) Limited. The terms"you", "your" and "yours" when used in theseTerms and Conditions mean any user of this website. The term “PersonalData” refers to personally identifiable information about you, such as yourname, job title, email or mailing address, as well as the information providedin relation to your business. About your privacy We are committed tosafeguarding the privacy of registered Procurement Portal users whilstproviding the highest possible quality of service. We will only use theinformation that we collect about you lawfully in accordance with the SouthAfrican Data Protection Bill and the Protection of Personal Information Act. If you have anyquestions concerning your personal information or regarding our practices,please contact: The Managing Director, SCNet, 95 Umhlanga Rocks Drive, DurbanNorth, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Postal Address P O Box 595 Umhlanga Rocks 4320,Telephone +27-86-127-2638 or send us an email to info@scnet.co.za . Collection of personal data We collectinformation through your registration process and from any email messages youmay send to us. When you use this Procurement Portal to register to receiveadditional information or support from us, we ask you for contact informationlike your name, job title, company details, telephone number and email address. We may also collectemail addresses via marketing events such as trade shows and exhibitions. Insuch cases, we assume that people providing their email addresses are opting into receive email messages from us. Therefore, we do not include an emailopt-out mechanism when collecting event leads. If, at any time, youwish to opt out of receiving information from SCNet via email, send us an emailto info@scnet.co.za or contact us on08612-72638. Anonymous data collected through this Procurement Portal We also use softwaretools to collect information automatically about your visit to our ProcurementPortal. The information obtained in this way, which includes demographic dataand browsing patterns, is only used in aggregate form and, as such, cannot beused to identify you personally. Such aggregate information helps us to auditusage of our Procurement Portal and improve the service provided. Cookies In order to collectthe anonymous data described above, we may use temporary "cookies"that collect the domain name of the user and the date and time you visited thisProcurement Portal. Cookies by themselves cannot be used to discover theidentity of the user. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent toyour browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies do not damageyour computer. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookieand this enables you to decide if you want to accept it or not. Use of personal data We process yourpersonal data only for specific purposes defined in various areas of this ProcurementPortal. We ask only for data that is adequate, relevant and not excessive forthose purposes. When we ask you for personal data, we tell you the purposes forwhich we will process that data. Some of these purposes include: · Providing you with informationabout our products or services, special offers and events or articles and casestudies we think will be of interest to you · Sending you regular newslettersby email or by post · Providing you with product orservice information and promotional material that you have specificallyrequested · Processing any other requeststhat you make · To summarise usage behaviourfor advertisers and partners, and to describe our service and performance. Thisis not based on individual behaviour, but is generic · Conducting marketing research. Protection of Private Information (POPI) Act 4 of 2013 By using theProcurement Portal you acknowledge that your company profile information is inthe public domain and accessible to other users of the Procurement Portal. TheProcurement Portal is a marketing platform for your company to reach buyers ofother companies and by registering as a member you acknowledge that yourcompany profile is in the public domain. In terms of the POPIAct SCNet warrants that all confidential information such as personalidentification numbers of directors and company banking details will be maskedand only made available to an authorised administrator. Furthermore SCNetwarrants that your company information will not be provided to any third partyfor the purposes of bulk unsolicited marketing communication. SCNet may makeyour company information available to its partners for the purposes of marketresearch. My being a member ofSCNet you also accept that SCNet communicates with its members from time timethrough email, letters, facsimles and direct telephone calls. The purpose ofthis communication serves many purposes from keeping you up to date on latestdevelopments on the Procurement Portal solutions, as well as discounted offers and solutions available to youthrough our Partner network. At anytime you can choose to opt out of thismember communication by contacting the Call Centre on 08612-72638. Disclosure of your personal data We do not share,sell or distribute your personal data with unrelated third parties, exceptunder the following limited circumstances: Personal data mayoccasionally be transferred to third parties who act for or on behalf of SCNet,or in connection with the business of SCNet for further processing inaccordance with the purposes to which you have subsequently consented. We may share ortransfer the information in our databases to comply with a legal requirement,for the administration of justice, to protect your vital interest, to protectthe security or integrity of our databases or this Procurement Portal, to takeprecautions against legal liability, or in the event of a corporate sale, merger,reorganisation, dissolution or similar event. Data integrity and security We keep yourpersonal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes forwhich it was collected or to comply with any applicable legal or ethicalreporting or document retention requirements. In order to preventunauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical,electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information wecollect online. Our servers and our databases are protected by industrystandard security technology, such as industry standard firewalls and passwordprotection. The employees whohave access to personal data have been trained to handle such data properly andin accordance with our security protocols and strict standards ofconfidentiality. Although we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse,unauthorised disclosure, alteration or destruction of data, we try to preventsuch unfortunate occurrences. Data access and corrections At any time you canprint a report on all the personal data forming part of the registrationprocess. Should you need to request confirmation of any additional data held onyou or your organisation, we will disclose to you the personal data we holdabout you upon receipt of your written request addressed to The AdministrationManager at the address given above. We will also correct, amend or delete anypersonal data that is inaccurate and notify any third party recipients of thenecessary changes. Links to other websites This Privacy Policyapplies only to www.scnet.co.za. The Procurement Portal contains hyperlinks towebsites that are not operated by SCNet. These hyperlinks are provided for yourreference and convenience only and you should note that we do not have anycontrol over these other websites. We cannot, therefore, be responsible for theprotection and privacy of any data which you provide whilst visiting such sitesand such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercisecaution and review the privacy statement posted on any site you visit beforeusing the site or providing any personal data about yourself. Updates and changes to privacy policy We reserve theright, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify thisPrivacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update or modification on thiswebsite. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediatelyupon posting on the site. Governing law These Terms andConditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of of theRepublic of South Africa. You agree to submit any dispute arising out of youruse of this website to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republicof South Africa.
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