POPI Compliant

By viewing this website you hereby acknowledge that you have read and accept the following Protection of Personal Information (POPI) disclaimer.

Pro Talent shall take all reasonable measures to protect the personal information of users and for the purpose of this disclaimer “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act, Act 2 of 2000 (“PAIA”) and the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of2013 (“POPI”).

The PAIA and POPI Acts are available online at www.gov.za/documents/acts. As per the PoPI Act personal information refers to information that identifies or relates specifically to you as a person or data subject, for example, your name, age, gender, identity number and your email address.

For Pro Talent / Pro Appointments to assist you in finding suitable employment, we require your authorisation for the following:

  • TAKE AND DISTRIBUTE PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VIDEO CONTENT (obtained from social media)
  • EMAIL MY CV TO CLIENTS
  • EMAIL / DELIVER MY CV TO CLIENTS
  • REFERENCE CHECK MY COMPETENCIES AND PERSONALITY
  • CRIMINAL CHECKS
  • CREDIT (ITC) CHECKS
  • DRIVERS LICENCE CHECKS
  • QUALIFICATION CHECKS
  • STORE MY INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE POPI ACT FOR UP TO 3 YEARS
  • TO ALLOW FOR NEWSLETTERS OR UPDATES TO BE EMAILED TO ME

Employee and Contractor Information

To Remunerate the person;

  • To comply with laws authorising or requiring such processing, including (but not limited to) the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997; the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995; the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998; the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993, the income Tax Act 58 of 1962 and the VAT Act 89 of 1991;
  • To Admit the person to the Pension Fund and/or Medical Aid providers, if applicable;
  • To conduct criminal, credit, employment reference and other related reference checks;
  • To provide value-added services such as human resource administration, training, performance reviews, talent management and other reasons related to the management of employees and/or contractors.

Sources of Personal Information

Personal information may be collected from the following sources:

  • Directly from the person when he/she applies for any related employment, provide services to ProTalent, submit forms requests or transactions, use our websites or make use of any of the ProTalent services;
  • From public registers, credit bureaus and law enforcement agencies and any other organisation from which Pro Talent may acquire your information;
  • From people and entities employed by Pro Talent to provide services to Pro Talent which may be legally entitled to provide Pro Talent with personal information.

The Storage of Personal Information

All personal information collected by Pro Talent will be stored as follows:

  • In a secure and safe manner according to strict information security principles with safeguards to ensure its privacy and confidentiality;
  • For no longer than is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected unless further retention is
    • Required by law or contractual obligation;
    • Otherwise reasonably required by Pro Talent for lawful purposes related to its functions and activities;
    • Retained further with the person’s consent
    • After which the information will be de-identified and disposed of as per the Pro Talent Control of Records policy.

Sharing of Personal Information

Any information supplied to Pro Talent will be treated as confidential and Pro Talent will not disclose information unless legally permitted thereto. No information will be transferred to a Third Party without the explicit consent of the data subject unless legally obliged thereto. By providing the personal information, the data subject agrees that Pro Talent may transfer the information to the following people and organisations in pursuit of the data processing purposes set out in our Privacy Policy:

  • To the clientele who are hiring, including directors, employees, contractors, agents, auditors, legal and other professional advisors who are authorised to process this information;
  • To financial and government organisations who may request information from Pro Talent, in which case the data subject will be notified in advance; the provision of such information, including banks, governmental, judicial, regulatory ad law enforcement bodies including the South African Revenue services and the National Credit Regulator;
  • To persons employed by Pro Talent to provide services on our behalf and that adhere to principles similar to Pro Talent regarding the treatment of personal information;
  • To any person to whom Pro Talent cede, delegate, transfer or assign any of our rights or obligations pertaining to products and/or services provided to the person or contracts concluded with the person;
  • To any person who acts as legal guardian, executor of an estate, curator or in a similar capacity;
  • To any person or persons who may be permitted by applicable law or that you may consent to, including persons or entities who may request such information to evaluate the creditworthiness of the person.

Your Rights regarding your Personal Information

A data subject (employee, contractor, supplier and/or customer) has the following rights to his/her personal information collected, processed and stored by Pro Talent :

  • Right of access to and the right to rectify or update the personal information collected;
  • The right to object at any time to the processing of the personal information in which event the consequences of the objection will be explained to the data subject.
  • The right to request Pro Talent to no longer process the personal information of the data subject should the information not be required for further processing or by law.

General Conditions pertaining to Personal Information

Pro Talent accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss, damage (whether direct, indirect, special or consequential) and/or expenses of any nature whatsoever which may arise as a result of, or which may be attributable directly or indirectly from information made available on these pages or links, or actions or transaction resulting therefrom.

The Laws of the Republic of South Africa will govern all terms and conditions of any products and services contained in these pages. Should you request products or services through the Pro Talent Website you hereby consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the South African courts in regard to all proceedings, actions, applications or the like instituted by each party against the other, and in any way arising from any stated terms and conditions.