1. Introduction
Toyota Boshoku South Africa (TBSA) regards the protection of the user’s personal information and privacy as an issue of utmost importance. TBSA is committed to protecting the privacy of users of its website and services. To better inform you of our policy concerning user privacy, we have adopted the following terms, which adhere to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which is the European Union’s laws on data protection and privacy; and the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) 4 of 2013 which is the South African regulatory framework for protection of personal information. This policy enables the user to understand how we collect, use and store of your personal information.
This privacy policy applies when the user visits or uses our website. This privacy policy may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms or notices provided to you. TBSA owns and administers this website and as identified therein, is the primary controller of your personal information provide or collected. We will indicate within any registration processes and/or visit or use of our website what type of personal information are required and those that are optional/requested. You may choose not to submit the requested information, but that may limit or prohibit the services that TBSA is able to provide to you. This policy also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
2. The Information TBSA Collects
The personal information that TBSA collects will depend on how you are using our Website. To enable your access to the TBSA’s website, we may collect information concerning the institution’s internet protocol address, your username and password, or other authentication methods. In connection with your use of the recruitment link, we collect personal information such as full names, contact details, username, and password, as well as other information you may provide.
We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows or Mac), and the domain name of your Internet service provider. We may collect personally identifiable information through correspondence you send to us through optional surveys.
3. Data Integrity and use of the Information
We use the personal information collected in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it is intended to be used: to enable your use of the TBSA’s Website; to respond to your inquiries; recruitment purposes; for system administration; customer support, and troubleshooting purposes.
TBSA will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is relevant to its intended use, accurate, complete, and current. If you wish to opt out of our use of your personally identifiable information, see the "Your Consent; Opting out" section below.
4. Use of Cookies & Behavioural Targeting
TBSA website uses "cookie" technology. Cookies are small pieces of text that are stored on your computer and act as a tool for controlling certain system variables and storing system configuration information in the website environment. TBSA uses cookies to store user preferences for viewing and printing, regional and geographical information connected to an IP address, and to store authentication information. We do not use cookies to identify what other sites you have visited; however, we do use certain tools to
understand the flow of traffic to and from TBSA website.
You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website. Third party service providers may use cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site, but those cookies are not covered by our privacy policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies, if used. Different cookies serve different purposes. While some cookies are used to control basic functions of the site, some cookies store basic user information in certain ways.
Some cookies that are essential to your use of the TBSA site have already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from the site, but access to certain sites may not be possible without cookies.
TBSA uses the following types of cookies:
Authentication and Security
These cookies are used when a user is seeking to access content or create or log into a user account. The cookies are also used to prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and ensure security of user data.
These cookies contain information regarding the user's institution through which the user has access and/or the user's IP address including regional geographic information connected to such IP address.
Preferences
These cookies contain information concerning features of relevant TBSA’s website to allow users to customize the way they interact with such site.
Examples when a user account has an option to save the user's login information for future use as well as other dynamic website features.
Analytics with Third Party Cookies
These cookies are used to collect information about how users interact with each of the TBSA’ site. This information is also used to compile reports to help TBSA improve the respective site, including reports on the number of visitors to the site, where the visitors have come from and what pages the users visit on the site. Third party cookies may also be used to assist users with support and diagnose identified issues with TBSA site.
5. Your Consent: Opting Out
By using TBSA’s Website, you consent to the collection and use, in accordance with this policy, of the information you provide to us. We will remove you and your personally identifiable information from our records or refrain from using your personally identifiable information in connection with certain services on request if you contact us with your requests at TBSA.Info@toyota-boshoku.com. Please note that this may prevent you from accessing the TBSA’s website if we require this information in order to perform in terms of our service level agreement and/or policy regulations.
6. Security
We use SSL (Secure Socket Layer: an industry-standard security function that encrypts and transmits information online) to ensure that personal information sent from individuals via the website is kept secured. We protect your personal information from unauthorised access and disclosure through the use of passwords, physical security measures and managerial measures. We nonetheless recognise that third parties may obtain access to information through unlawful actions, and thus do not guarantee that your information will always remain private, despite our efforts and the importance we place on maintaining your privacy.
In addition, TBSA will not be held responsible for information collected by or from other website links to or from TBSA’s Website. In the event that we discover or are notified of a security breach where personal information is at risk, we will notify you electronically if we have your email address. If you do not wish to be notified you may opt out.
7. Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active, and not longer than it is necessary to achieve the purpose for which the information was collected for or as required by law. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
8. Contact Us
If you have any inquiries about this Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact
us at TBSA.Info@toyota-boshoku.com.