CONSENT TO PROCESS PERSONAL INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT NO 4 OF 2013
The purpose of the Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”) includes inter alia, giving effect to the right to privacy, regulating the way in which personal information must be processed and providing rights and remedies in circumstances where the provisions of POPI are contravened.
In view of the promulgation of POPI, African Bank requires the written consent of customers in order to collect, process and distribute their personal information in terms of POPI.
According to POPI, personal information is defined as any information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person and where applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person, including, but not limited to:
- Information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, color, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person.
- Information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person.
- Any identifying number, symbol, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number, location information, on-line identifier or other particular assignments to the person.
- The biometric information of the person.
- The personal opinions, views or preferences of the person.
- 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.
- The views or opinions of another individual about the person; and
- 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.
- The provided information is verified, accurate and truthful
In accordance with the provisions of POPI, African Bank will implement appropriate and reasonable security safeguards in order to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personal information in its possession and/or under its control.
In view of the aforementioned the customer hereby grants consent to share their personal information with African Bank which will be used for the purposes of product on-boarding.
The personal information will be stored by African Bank in accordance with its POPI Policy, which is available upon request.