Privacy Notice

This is a Privacy Policy which sets out the practices we follow to respect the privacy of all visitors to this site. The organisation is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

Please read the Privacy Policy and understand that acceptance of this occurs once you first use the website. If you do not accept and agree with our Privacy Policy, you should stop accessing the website immediately.

The website is owned by Droogfontein Solar Power (RF) (Pty) Ltd, registered in South Africa under company number 2009/002635/07, registered address: 5th Floor, Sunclare Building, 21 Dreyer Street, Claremont, 7708, South Africa; VAT number 4160261790. The website is managed by Globeleq South African Management Services (Pty) Ltd, which forms part of the Globeleq group of companies, including Globeleq Africa Limited (collectively referred to as “Globeleq”).

PRIVACY POLICY

Third-party links

The website, www.droogfonteinsolar.co.za, contains links to third party sites, including sites maintained by Globeleq that are not governed by this privacy policy.  We do not make representations or warranties regarding how your information is stored or used on third party services. We recommend that you review the privacy statements of each third party site linked to our website to determine the use of your personal information.

Controlling your personal information

If you are a visitor to this website, we do not collect any personal information about you, except to the limited extent using cookies (Read our Cookie Policy here); or should you make an enquiry and fill out the “Contact” form in the “Contact” section of the website.

Globeleq does not intentionally collect any special categories of personal data via the website.  The data you provide via the website is shared only with authorized employees of Globeleq. Access to your information is limited by need and those who have access to the data have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

Globeleq does not collect or compile personal information provided on our website for distribution or sale to external entities.  Information collected from visitors to the website will only be kept in order to provide the required service.  Once the service has been completed, all information will be destroyed in accordance with .

What data is collected?

Depending on your use of the website, we may collect some or all the following data:

  • Name;
  • Date of birth;
  • Gender;
  • Address;
  • Email address;
  • Telephone number;
  • Job title;
  • Profession;
  • Information about your preferences and interests.

How is personal data used?

According to South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (2013), Globeleq South African Management Services (Pty) Ltd. must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. Your personal data may be used for one of the following purposes:

  • Communicating with you; or
  • For job applications.

How long do you keep personal data?

We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary based on its collection purpose and according to our .

How and where do you store or transfer personal data?

We may share your data within the group of companies of which we are a part. Where this involves the transfer of personal data outside of South Africa, Globeleq will ensure that personal data is protected by requiring all companies within the group to follow the same rules with respect to personal data usage.

Globeleq South African Management Services (Pty) Ltd, part of Globeleq Africa Limited, receives data transfers in the normal course of its business, which data transfers are subject to confidentiality constraints in accordance with Globeleq’s corporate confidentiality policies. Insofar as it is applicable, Globeleq South African Management Services (Pty) Ltd adopts measures and protections to the data that it receives which are compliant with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Sharing personal data

We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, unless we may be legally required to do so, should we be involved in legal proceedings or to comply with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

How can I access my personal data?

If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email address below.

Changes to this privacy statement

Globeleq may change this Privacy Statement as needed and will update the website no more than 30 days after the update has been implemented. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.

Contact us

If you have any questions or you do not feel that your concerns have been addressed in this Privacy Policy, or that you are concerned about an alleged breach of privacy law or other data protection regulation by Globeleq please contact us via privacy@globeleq.co.za and a member of Globeleq’s team will be made available to answer your question and/or investigate your concern.

If you are not satisfied with the way in which Globeleq has resolved your complaint, you have the right to complain to the data protection authority in your country.  You may also refer the matter to a court of competent jurisdiction.

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