POPIA | SA FCP

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”)

RESPONSIBLE PARTY:

GROUPS R US (PTY) LIMITED
E-mail: compliance@groupsrus.co.za
Phone: 0861 27 3342
Information Officer: Mr. Rigert du Toit

Groups R Us (PTY) Limited (“GRU”) understands that your personal information is important to you, therefore your privacy is just as important to GRU and we are committed to safeguard and process your information in a lawful manner.

CONSENT FOR THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF FACILITATING THE SERVICES IN TERMS OF SECTION 69(2) OF POPIA

THE SERVICES:

In terms of Long-term Insurance Products, Long-term Insurance Category I

To verify your identity;
To process your application and future claims;
To confirm, verify and update your details;
To use your Personal Information in GRU’s risk models and building personal profiles to enhance the overall risk management of your insurance offering;
To comply with any legal and regulatory requirements;

DISCLOSURES IN TERMS OF POPIA

YOUR RIGHTS:

To be notified that personal information is being collected or that your personal information has been accessed or acquired by unauthorised persons;
To request access to your personal information held by any Responsible Party;
To request the correction, destruction or deletion of your personal information;
To object to the processing of your personal information; (please note that your application cannot proceed should you object to the collection and processing of your personal information)
Not to have your personal information processed for purposes of direct marketing by means of unsolicited electronic communication;
Not to be subject to a decision solely based on the basis of automated processing of your personal information;
To submit a complaint to GRU’s Information Officer. Should you not be satisfied with the outcome you are entitled to submit your complaint to the Information Regulator;
To institute civil proceedings regarding the alleged interference with the protection of your personal information.

PURPOSE:

Your personal information is collected, processed, recorded and stored in order to enable your funeral cover application as well as maintaining and risk managing your funeral insurance.

INFORMATION SHARING:

Groups R Us (PTY) Ltd. will not share your information with any third party unless it is for purposes of facilitating the conclusion of this application for insurance and managing your insurance. GRU may therefore with your permission, disclose your information to any of our legitimate business partners should it be necessary for the purpose of maintaining your insurance.

Where information is shared we will take all precautions to ensure that the third party will treat your information with the same level of protection as required by us. Your information may be hosted on servers managed by a third-party service provider which may be located outside of South Africa.