PAIA gives effect to the constitutional right of access to any information in records held by public or private bodies, which is required for the exercise or protection of any rights. The Act sets out the procedural requirements with regards to requests for information, the requirements that requests must meet as well as the grounds for refusing requests.

All organisations that process any information that identifies an individual or juristic entity must implement information security measures.

The Company recognizes the constitutional rights of a person/s to privacy and acknowledges that it is of the utmost importance, as required by law, to protect the personal information pertaining to the relevant parties concerned. The danger of invading a person’s privacy and the abuse of personal information has been considered and acknowledged internationally and precautionary measures to protect this confidential information has been documented.

A privacy policy is a document contained on a website that explains how a website or organization will collect, store, protect, and utilize personal information provided by its users. The exact definition of personal information will vary depending on the piece of legislation but, generally, the following are included: Names, Dates of birth, Addresses (postal and email), Payment details (credit card numbers), Location (IP address, geolocalization)

DataTech Solutions needs to gather and use certain information about individuals. These can include customers, suppliers, business contacts, employees and other people the organisation has a relationship with or may need to contact. This policy describes how this personal data must be collected, handled and stored to meet the company’s data protection standards — and to comply with the law.

The purpose of this policy is to provide a framework for destruction of records and information created, maintained, used and held by DataTech Solutions in the course of business and service delivery.