Namola - Privacy Policy

NAMOLA EMS GROUP (Reg: 2016/317798/07)

This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") governs the collection, management and disclosure of Personal Information that Namola collects through the Application as well as the Control Room. We respect Your rights to responsible management of Your Personal Information under the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013. Your use of the Application is subject to this Privacy Policy. By using this Application, You signify Your consent or if You are younger than 18 (eighteen), You acknowledge that You have obtained consent from a parent or guardian and that You are not in any way obscuring the duty to obtain such consent, to processing of Your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Namola may amend this Privacy Policy at any time. All amended terms shall be effective immediately upon the revised Privacy Policy being made available and any subsequent activity in relation to the Application shall be governed by such amended terms and conditions of usage.

if You do not agree with any term in this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Application or submit any personally identifiable information through this application.

You are advised to regularly check the Namola Website for any amendments or updates.

This Agreement was last revised on 06 April 2020. Enquiries: privacy@namola.com

1 DEFINITIONS

In this Agreement the following definitions apply:

“Act” shall mean the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013.
"Application" shall mean software designed to help a User perform specific tasks, and for purposes of this Agreement shall pertain to the Namola Application.
"Child" shall mean a natural person under the age of 18 (eighteen).
"Competent Person" shall mean a person who is legally competent to consent to any action or decision being taken in respect of any matter concerning a child.
"Control Room" shall mean the Namola incident response coordinating call centre.
“Namola” shall mean Namola EMS Group, a company registered and operating in South Africa, in terms of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, with registration number 2016 / 317798 / 07.
1. Alternate words pertaining to Namola, in regard to this Privacy Policy, include “Our”, “We” and “Us”.
"Personal Information" shall mean personal information as defined in the Chapter 1 of the Act, including information relating to
1. the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person;
2. information relating to the education or the medical, financial criminal or employment history of the person;
3. any identifying number, symbol, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person;
4. the biometric information of the person;
5. the personal opinions, views or preferences of the person;
6. correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence;
7. the views or opinions of another individual about the person; and
8. the name of the person if it appears with other Personal Information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person.
“Processing” shall mean processing as defined in the Chapter 1 of the Act.
“Record” shall mean record as defined in the Chapter 1 of the Act.
"Special Personal Information" shall mean personal information as defined in the Protection of Personal Information Act, South Africa including information relating to:
1. the religious or philosophical beliefs, race or ethnic origin, trade union membership, political persuasion, health or sex life or biometric information of the person; or
2. the criminal behaviour of a data subject to the extent that such information relates
  1. to the alleged commission by the person of any offence; or
  2. any proceedings in respect of any offence allegedly committed by the person or the disposal of such proceedings.
"User/s" shall mean any individuals who make use of or access the Application.
1. Alternate words pertaining to the User, in regard to a reader of this Privacy Policy, include “You” and “Your”.

2 UNDERSTANDING PERSONAL INFORMATION

The term "Personal Information" has the meaning given to it in the Act. Generally, it is any information that can be used to personally identify You. This may include Your name, surname, address, telephone number and/or email address. Should the information We collect personally identify You, or You are reasonably identifiable from it, the information will be considered Personal Information. Your Personal Information will not be shared, sold, rented or disclosed other than as described in this Privacy Policy.

The processing of Personal Information shall include the collection, receipt, recording, organisation, collation, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, alteration, consultation, use; dissemination by means of transmission, distribution or making available in any other form; or merging, linking, as well as blocking, degradation, erasure or destruction of information.

Namola strives to ensure that the conditions set out in the Act and all the measures that give effect to such conditions, are complied with when processing Personal Information. In particular, Namola strives to ensure that Personal Information and Special Personal Information is processed in a manner that is lawful, adequate, relevant and not excessive given the purpose of collection.

3 COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Namola collects and processes information that can be used to identify You personally that is necessary to provide, facilitate and maintain the Application and associated services.
Subject to consent, We collect Personal Information/Special Personal Information from the following entities:
1. natural persons over 18 (eighteen);
2. natural persons under the age of 18 (eighteen), We collect Special Personal Information with the consent of the parent, legal guardian or Competent Person;
3. Registered Application users; and
4. people who send enquiries or requests to our contact email address.
As a parent, guardian or Competent Person, on behalf of the child, You consent to the collection, processing, sharing and storage of Special Personal Information for the purpose of facilitating access to the Application.
Personal Information that may be collected by Namola includes:
1. First and last name;
2. Age;
3. Country of residence;
4. Location information;
5. Province;
6. Physical address;
7. Mobile phone number;
8. Email address;
Namola collects and processes Personal Information that is provided to them by Users and or parents, guardians and/or Competent Person in the following instances:
1. On registration for use of the Application and associated services;
2. Upon use of the Application;
3. Upon requesting emergency assistance; and
4. Via correspondence via email, fax, telephone and post.
Namola retains records for a period that is longer than is required by law and You hereby consent to such retention of Personal Information/Special Personal Information.
There may be instances where We may also collect some information that is not Personal Information/Special Personal Information because it does not identify You or anyone else (We may collect anonymous answers to surveys or aggregated information about how You use our Application). For example, the following information may be logged for statistical purposes:
1. Your internet protocol address;
2. The date and time of your visit to our site;
3. the pages that you accessed on the Namola website and the documents downloaded (if applicable); and
4. The type of browser you were using
We use cookies on our website for identification, analysis and advertising purposes. By clicking 'Accept' on the cookies pop-up on our website, you consent to the storing and accessing of cookies on your device. For more information, see our Cookies section below.
If You use our Application, We use tracking technologies to collect information such Your activity or the information You request. This information collected is kept confidential. The use of tracking technologies enables us to provide the emergency response service.

4 USE AND PURPOSE OF COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION

The primary purpose for collecting and processing Your Personal Information is to enable us to provide You access to the Application and the emergency response service. Namola also collects and processes Personal Information in order:
1. to identify the User to effect the Application registration process;
2. to provide information to emergency response operators when assistance is requested;
3. to re-confirm user information whenever the User logs onto a new device;
4. to communicate with the User;
5. to verify the User's identity;
6. to process and respond to any complaint made by You;
7. to enable ease of use of the Application;
8. to assess the performance of the Application and emergency response service;
9. to engage in legitimate electronic communications and transactions with You;
10. to provide feedback on any related enquiries;
11. to provide You with direct marketing material;
12. to update our records and keep Your contact details up to date;
13. to comply with any law, rule, regulation, lawful and binding determination, decision or direction of a regulator, or in cooperation with any governmental authority of any country.
We are also able to use the information collected, including the voice recordings, to improve our internal technical and business processes. We research users' habits, measure traffic patterns in the aggregate, analyse trends, administer the Application, track users' actions and gather broad demographic information.
In some instances, Namola may also collect sensitive information about users, such as information about their racial or ethnic origin. Consent is obtained for the collection of such information.

5 CONSENT FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION

By using the Namola Application, You hereby consent to Your Personal Information (including Special Personal Information) for the above mentioned purposes, associated purposes and to (a) update our records; (b) keep Your contact details up to date; (c) to comply with any law, rule, regulation, lawful and binding determination, decision or direction of a regulator, or co-operate with any governmental authority of any country.
By Using the Application, You represent that You are of the age of 18 (eighteen) or where You are under 18 (eighteen), a Competent Person has given consent to allow You to utilise this Application. This consent is effective on access to the Application.
You, or a Competent Person in the case of a child, consent/s to the processing of Personal Information/Special Personal Information. As a Competent Person You agree that giving such consent means that You have given Namola permission to collect and process the child's Special Personal Information in the ways described in this Privacy Policy.
You understand that Your consent to the processing of Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information by Namola pertains to the provision of information and the Application; as well as associated purposes.
Personal Information/Special Personal Information may be processed by Namola in the country where it was collected as well as other countries where laws regarding processing of Personal Information differ.
Should You select the option to join the Namola mailing list and receive news alerts, You consent to the receipt of direct marketing communications regarding all business activities and news.
You expressly consent to Namola retaining Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information once Your relationship with Namola has been terminated and using the information for aggregate, statistical and reporting purposes.

6 HANDLING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Namola endeavours to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to Namola pertaining to information and communications privacy including, but not limited to, the 1996 South African Constitution and the Act. Namola applies the principles of protection of Personal Information under the Act and further legislation referred to in the Act.
Namola seeks to ensure the quality, accuracy and confidentiality of Personal Information in its possession. You warrant that all Personal Information supplied by You is both true and correct at the time of provision. In the event of any aspect of this Personal Information changing post submission, it is Your responsibility to immediately notify Namola of the said changes by email to privacy@namola.com.
You agree to indemnify and hold Namola, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and suppliers harmless from and against any claims, damages, actions and liabilities including without limitation, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of Namola's reliance on Your Personal Information should Your Personal Information contain any errors or inaccuracies.
You warrant that You have the authority, permissions and consent to provide Namola with any third party information submitted to Namola.
Namola will take all reasonable measures in order to ensure Your Personal Information is appropriately safeguarded, these precautions include, but are not limited to: firewalls, access control mechanisms via private keys, and software protection for information security.

7 THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION

Namola may share Your PersonaI Information with authorised third parties such as service providers to Namola. These include, but are not limited to, data hosting service providers.
When emergency assistance is requested via the Application, Namola will share Your Personal Information with third parties such as the emergency responder. You consent to this sharing of information.
Namola does not permit these parties to use such information for any other purpose than to perform the services that Namola has instructed them to provide. All processing is compatible with such purpose.
Namola may appoint certain agents, third parties and/or service providers which operate outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa. In these circumstances Namola will be required to transmit Your Personal Information outside South Africa. The purpose of the trans-border transfer of Your Personal Information may include, but is not limited to: data hosting and storage. You expressly consent to the trans-border flow of Your Personal Information.

8 RETENTION AND RESTRICTION OF RECORDS

On receipt of instructions from You, Namola will destroy or delete a Record of Personal Information about You which Namola is no longer authorised to retain. This is subject to certain exceptions such as retaining Records that Namola is required by law to retain. Namola is entitled to retain de-identified information for authorised or legitimate purposes.
In the event that You wish to revoke all consent pertaining to Your Personal Information and/or You would like Namola to remove and/or delete Your Personal Information entirely, You may contact Namola via email at privacy@namola.com.
Records relating to the provision of information to and/or by You can be retained by Namola in terms of legislative Records retention provisions and includes Your Personal Information and/or Special Personal Information.
Namola retains Records for a period that is longer than is required by law for statistical or research purposes.

9 UPDATING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may request access to any Personal Information/Special Personal Information We hold about You at any time by contacting us on privacy@namola.com.
If You believe that Personal Information/Special Personal Information We hold about You is incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate, then You may request us to amend it. We will consider if the information requires amendment. If We do not agree that there are grounds for amendment or that We cannot amend the information as required, We will retain a note about the request.
Where We hold information that You are entitled to access, We will try to provide You with suitable means of accessing it (for example, by mailing or emailing it to You). We may charge You a fee (as allowed for under the Promotion of Access to Information Act) for our administrative and other reasonable costs in providing the information to You. We will not charge for making the request and will not charge for making any corrections or updates to Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information.
There may be instances where We cannot grant You access to the Personal Information/Special Personal Information We hold. We may need to refuse access if granting access would interfere with the privacy of others or if it would result in a breach of confidentiality. Should this be the case, We will give You written reasons for any refusal.

10 DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Business records relating to the provision of information or the Application to You can be retained by Namola in terms of legislative Records retention provisions and includes Your Personal Information. Records can be retained for operational purposes or for evidential purposes. Where Namola shares Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information with Employees and other Users, Namola does not permit such parties to use the information for any other purpose than those pertaining using, maintaining and/or running to the Application and associated services.
We may disclose Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information to:
1. our employees to enable us to operate;
2. fulfil requests by You, and to otherwise provide information and services to You;
3. suppliers and other third parties with whom We have commercial relationships, for business and related purposes; and/or
4. any organisation for any authorised purpose with Your express consent.
We may further disclose Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information in the following instances:
1. to comply with the law or legal process;
2. to protect Namola's rights, facilities and other property;
3. to protect Namola against any misuse or unauthorised use of the Application; and
4. to protect Users or third parties affected negatively by Your action in using the Application.
We will disclose Personal Information/Special Personal Information to our service providers who use software programmes and hardware devices to monitor usage in order to identify unauthorised attempts to access, upload, damage or alter information that it has stored.
Personal Information is stored on servers both inside and outside of South Africa.
We have placed security safeguards to protect Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information through agreements concluded with third party service providers. We will not be held liable for any illegal activity or other activity that may result in a claim for damages due to lack of protection of Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information whilst under the care of the third party.

11 SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take reasonable steps to ensure Your Personal Information/Special Personal Information is protected from misuse, loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We may hold Your information in either electronic or hard copy form. We use third parties who may have access to Your Personal Information and who have undertaken to protect Your Personal Information.
Should an unauthorised person/s gain access to Your Personal Information Namola will contact You within a reasonable time to inform You of such access.
We endeavour to identify all reasonably foreseeable internal and external risks to Personal Information in Our possession or under Our control, and where appropriate, We establish and maintain appropriate safeguards against the risks identified, We regularly verify that these safeguards are effectively implements and We endeavour to ensure that safeguards are continually updated in response to new risks or deficiencies in previously implemented safeguards.
As our Application is linked to the internet, and the internet is inherently insecure, We cannot provide any assurance regarding the security of transmission of information You communicate to us online. We also cannot guarantee that the information You supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the internet. Accordingly, any Personal Information/Special Personal Information or other information which You transmit to us online is transmitted at Your own risk.

12 COOKIES

Like many other websites, we may use “cookies”, which are small text files that are stored on your computer or internet enabled equipment when you visit certain online pages that record your preferences. We may use cookies to track your use of our Website and its features. We may also use cookies to monitor traffic, improve the Website and make it easier and/or more relevant for your use.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but, if you prefer, you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. By not accepting cookies you may not be able to access certain information and certain features on the site may not function as intended.

This website uses the following cookies:

DoubleClick: We may use re-marketing codes to log when users view specific pages, allowing us to provide targeted advertising in the future.
Facebook: We use re-targeting codes to log when users view specific pages, allowing us to provide targeted advertising in the future.
Google AdWords: Using Google AdWords code we are able to see which pages helped lead to contact form submissions. This allows us to make better use of our paid search budget.
Google Analytics: This cookie allows us to see information on user website activities including, but not limited to page views, source and time spent on website. The information is depersonalised and is displayed as numbers, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals. This will help to protect your privacy. Using Google Analytics we can see what content is popular on our website, and strive to give you more of the things you enjoy reading and watching.
MailChimp: We use MailChimp to manage all subscriptions to our mailing lists and to manage the creation and sending of emails to subscribers of those lists. Mailchimp uses a session cookie to track users through the Sign Up process when they submit information via our Sign Up (subscription) form. MailChimp's privacy policy is available at: http://www.mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
Twitter: We use re-targeting codes to log when users view specific pages, allowing us to provide targeted advertising in the future.

You can opt out of off-site and third-party-informed advertising by adjusting your cookie settings. Opting out will not remove advertising from the pages you visit, but, instead, opting out will result in the ads you see not being matched to your interests. Please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org for more information on cookies, or to find out how to disable them.

13 DATA SUBJECT PARTICIPATION

Should You have enquiries concerning Personal Information processed by Namola, You can request feedback that describes the Personal Information held by Namola, and information about third parties, or categories of third parties who provide services to Namola, who have, or have had, access to the information. You may request Namola correct or delete Your Personal Information in its possession or under its control that is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, misleading or obtained unlawfully; or destroy or delete a Personal Information that Namola is no longer authorised to retain. As a User, You have the right to request access, correction or deletion of Your Personal Information.

14 INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold Namola, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and members harmless from and against any claims, damages, actions and liabilities including without limitation, loss of profits, direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of Namola's reliance on Your Personal Information should Your Personal Information contain any errors, inaccuracies or be irrelevant to the use of the Application.

15 CONTACTING US

Should You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or require a correction to be made to Your Personal Information that Namola keeps on record, or a copy of the record itself, or should You feel that You would like to object to the collection, Use or processing of Your Personal Information by Namola, or that You would like us to delete Your personally identifiable information, then kindly send an e-mail to privacy@namola.com. We will endeavour to make the correction, provide You with the record, cease processing of Your Personal Information and/or delete it, in accordance with Your request.
We will treat Your requests or complaints confidentially.