PRIVACY POLICY

1. INTRODUCTION
Noise Republic respects the right to privacy and confidentiality of our potential and existing clients’ personal information.

The Protection of Personal Information Act describes personal information as information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person. This includes data such as names, contact details and identity numbers.
This Policy explains how we obtain, use, and disclose our clients’ personal information, in accordance with the requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act (“POPIA”) and the Electronic Communications and Transaction Act (“ECTA”).

At Noise Republic, we are committed to protecting our clients’ privacy and to ensure that their personal information is collected and used properly, lawfully, and transparently.

Noise Republic reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy or add provisions to it at any time by publishing an updated version on our website.

2. OBJECTIVE
The objective of this Policy is to ensure compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act and the Electronic Communications and Transaction Act by:

Setting out our strategy to uphold the rights to privacy and confidentiality of our clients’ personal information.
Notifying data subjects how we will handle personal information that we obtain.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Noise Republic collects personal information in various instances, including when:

Data subjects contact Noise Republic or request information or services;
Noise Republic provides services to data subjects;
Persons apply for employment at Noise Republic;
Persons use Noise Republic website or engage with Noise Republic through social media;
Noise Republic may collect the information directly from a data subject or from third parties (such as regulators, government authorities and registries), or
Personal and proprietary client information is submitted for business purposes.

The interaction with Noise Republic on the Noise Republic’s website will result in the collection of information regarding the person’s activities on the website. Similarly, when anyone engages with the Company via any one of Noise Republic’s media platforms. This information includes, but is not limited to, the person’s name, contact details and information regarding the matter with which they need assistance.
In the course of engaging with clients, Noise Republic will naturally be exposed to and collect personal and proprietary information which includes the data subject’s name, ID/Passport number, addresses, contact details, and financial information as well as other necessary information.

As part of its recruitment processes, Noise Republic collects information from graduates and employment applicants. This information includes educational information as well as employment history. By inquiring regarding employment opportunities at Noise Republic or applying for employment, applicants are deemed to provide their consent to Noise Republic’s processing of their personal information for recruitment purposes, which may include screening as well as background and reference checks.

4. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Noise Republic may process personal information:

to provide services to clients;
to comply with legal or regulatory obligations;
if a data subject has provided their consent, or
if the processing is allowed by law.

The purposes for which Noise Republic processes personal information include, but are not limited to:

marketing and promotion of Noise Republic services;
providing and improving services to clients;
improving users’ experience when using the Noise Republic website;
enabling Noise Republic’s internal operations;
supplier onboarding, or,
client credit applications and information.

5. INFORMATION SECURITY
We are legally obliged to provide adequate protection for the personal information we hold and to stop unauthorised access and use of personal information. We will, on an on-going basis, continue to review our security controls and related processes to ensure that our client’s personal information remains secure.

Our security procedures cover:

Physical security;
Computer and network security;
Access to personal information;
Secure communications;
Retention and disposal of information;
Acceptable usage of personal information;
Governance and regulatory issues;
Monitoring access and usage of private information, and;
Investigating and reacting to security incidents.

6. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
We may disclose your information:

where we have a duty or a right to disclose in terms of law, industry codes or a Court Order; or,
where we believe it is necessary to protect our rights.

The third parties to whom we disclose personal information include, but are not limited to:

third party service providers to Noise Republic or its clients;
government authorities and registries, organs of state, regulators, courts, tribunals, and law enforcement agencies.

7. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information collected by Noise Republic may be transferred to persons in other countries. Those countries’ laws might not protect personal information in the same way or at the same level as the law in the data subject’s country. However, Noise Republic will take reasonable steps to ensure that recipients in other countries have appropriate privacy measures in place.

8. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Noise Republic retains personal information for as long as may be reasonably necessary in accordance with applicable law.

9. COOKIES
Noise Republic’s website makes use of cookies.
A website visitor may disable or decline cookies. However, if the visitor does so, their user experience on the site may be diminished.

10. DIRECT MARKETING
Noise Republic may send marketing and promotional communications and material to persons. Recipients may opt-out from receiving such communications by contacting Noise Republic at the details provided below.

11. CLIENT’S RIGHTS
11.1 ACCESS TO INFORMATION
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. To do this, simply contact us at the numbers/address as provided on our website and specify what information you require. We will need a copy of your ID/Passport document to confirm your identity before providing details of your personal information.
Please note that any such access request may be subject to a payment of a legally allowable fee.

11.2 CORRECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
You have the right to ask us to update, correct or delete your personal information. We will require a copy of your ID/Passport document to confirm your identity before making changes to personal information we may hold about you. We would appreciate it if you would keep your personal information accurate.

11.3 RIGHT TO OBJECT
In terms of Section 11(3) of the Protection of Personal Information Act you have the right to object to our processing of your personal information.

You may object by sending a request in writing to info@ageragroup.co.za

11.4 RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator should you feel that your personal data was not handled in a responsible manner.

The complaint can be sent to the Information Regulator at:

JD House
27 Stiemens Street,
Braamfontein,
Johannesburg, 2017
2001

P.O Box 31533,
Braamfontein,
Johannesburg,
2017

Or
complaints.IR@justice.gov.za

12. HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any queries about this Policy, need further information about our privacy practices, wish to withdraw consent, exercise preferences or access/correct your personal information, please contact us at the numbers/addresses listed on our website.

Last updated: 11 December 2020

PRIVACY NOTICE

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at “Noise Republic”. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at info@noiserepublic.co.za.

When you visit our website, and more generally, use any of our services, we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it.

This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our Services which, as described above, includes our Website, as well as, any related services, sales, marketing or events.

In Short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfilment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect or receive:

To facilitate account creation and logon process. If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and logon process for the performance of the contract.

To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our Website that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the content of the testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete your testimonial, please contact us at info@noiserepublic.co.za and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.

Request feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Website.

To enable user-to-user communications. We may use your information in order to enable user-to- user communications with each user’s consent.

To manage user accounts. We may use your information for the purposes of managing our account and keeping it in working order.

To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

To protect our Services. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe
and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).

To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements or in connection with our contract.

To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.

Fulfil and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfil and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Website

Administer prize draws and competitions. We may use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when you elect to participate in our competitions.

To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.

To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may use your information to respond toyour inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.

WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfil business obligations.

DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Website. If we learn that personal

information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account
and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware
of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at
info@noiserepublic.co.za.

WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

Account Information – If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at info@noiserepublic.co.za.

PRIVACY POLICY

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