Privacy Policy

DATA PRIVACY NOTICE FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS
(For Clients, Suppliers, Vendors, ANY THIRD PARTY where we collect personal information from the company’s employees)

Manpower South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“Manpower”) processes personal and/or confidential information regarding individuals who work for the companies with whom Manpower does business for, inter alia, the following purposes ‑

1. to establish and maintain a business relationship with such a  company;
2. to inform company personnel about additional business opportunities; and
3. for customary internal Manpower purposes, such as finances and accounting functions, legal functions, management functions; and
4. for the management and defense of legal claims and actions, compliance with court orders and other legal obligations and regulatory requirements.

Manpower processes sensitive personal and/or confidential information only if required to meet its legal obligations, or with the individual’s consent.

Manpower reserves the right to disclose personal and/or confidential information obtained from Manpower’s business partners as needed to further the objective of the business relationship.  These disclosures may be made to other Manpower entities, job candidates, and other business partners, subcontractors who perform services on Manpower’s behalf, and where Manpower are otherwise required to do so by law.  Personal and/or confidential information may be transmitted to locations outside of South Africa, including to countries that do not have comprehensive privacy laws.  In each case, Manpower shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that all confidential information transmitted abroad receives reasonable protection.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Manpower cannot be held responsible for any loss, action, expense, claim, harm or damage of whatsoever nature suffered or sustained pursuant to the disclosure of any information transmitted abroad in terms hereof.

For the purposes of this notice “personal and/or confidential information” means any information which by its nature or content is identifiable as confidential and/or proprietary to the disclosing party or which is provided or disclosed in confidence and which the disclosing party or any person acting on behalf of the disclosing party may disclose or provide to Manpower or which may come to the knowledge of the Manpower by whatsoever means.  Personal and/or confidential information specifically excludes information or data which is lawfully in the public domain at the time of disclosure thereof to Manpower, subsequently becomes lawfully part of the public domain by publication or otherwise, becomes available to Manpower from a source other than the disclosing party which is lawfully entitled without any restriction on disclosure to disclose such confidential information to Manpower or is disclosed pursuant to a requirement or request by the operation of law, regulation or court order.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the onus shall at all times rest on the disclosing party to establish that such information falls within the ambit of personal and/or confidential information as defined herein. You can access and update your personal information, or obtain further information or lodge a compliant, by contacting us on (011) 706 5559 or by writing to us at P.O. Box 2410, Randburg, 2125.

DATA PRIVACY NOTICE FOR WORKERS
(Including Candidates, Temporary Workers and Employees)

The Manpower family of companies cares about your privacy and is committed to processing your personal information in accordance with our Global Data Privacy Policy and standards of fair information practices.

Manpower South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“Manpower”), processes your personal and/or confidential information as necessary for, inter alia, the following purposes ‑

1. to establish and maintain an employment or staffing/placement relationship with you;
2. to assess your suitability for a position or task, to notify you of relevant opportunities, provide you with training opportunities and career transition services, and arrange employment or assignments for you;
3. for the performance of our master vendor relationships, on-site management services and outsourcing arrangements;
4. for personal improvement, selection and appraisal purposes;
5. to tell you about other services that we provide; and
6. for the business risk management, resolution and defense of legal claims and actions, compliance with court orders and other legal obligations and regulatory requirements.

Manpower processes sensitive personal and/or confidential information marked (*) only if required to meet its legal obligations, or with your consent.  (Sensitive personal information means information revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, and health or sex life.)

(The fields marked (**) are obligatory.  Without this information Manpower cannot effectively process your application.)  (The fields marked (***) are facultative.  This information allows Manpower to more effectively process your application).

Manpower may disclose your personal and/or confidential information to its clients, other Manpower entities, subcontractors who perform services on Manpower’s behalf, and where Manpower is otherwise required to do so by law.  Personal and/or confidential information pertaining to you may be transmitted outside of South Africa, including to countries that do not have comprehensive privacy laws.  In each case, Manpower shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that all confidential information transmitted receives reasonable protection.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Manpower cannot be held responsible for any loss, action, expense, claim, harm or damage of whatsoever nature suffered or sustained pursuant to the disclosure of any information transmitted in terms hereof.

For the purposes of this notice “personal and/or confidential information” means any information which by its nature or content is identifiable as confidential and/or proprietary to the disclosing party or which is provided or disclosed in confidence and which the disclosing party or any person acting on behalf of the disclosing party may disclose or provide to Manpower or which may come to the knowledge of the Manpower by whatsoever means.  Personal and/or confidential information specifically excludes information or data which is lawfully in the public domain at the time of disclosure thereof to Manpower, subsequently becomes lawfully part of the public domain by publication or otherwise, becomes available to Manpower from a source other than the disclosing party which is lawfully entitled without any restriction on disclosure to disclose such confidential information to Manpower or is disclosed pursuant to a requirement or request by the operation of law, regulation or court order.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the onus shall at all times rest on the disclosing party to establish that such information falls within the ambit of confidential information as defined herein.

You can access and update your personal information, or obtain further information or lodge a compliant, by contacting us on (011) 706 5559 or by writing to us at P.O. Box 2410, Randburg, 2125.

WEBSITE PRACTICES

In general, you may visit our website without providing any personal and/or confidential information to us.  If you choose to provide information voluntarily, we will use that information in accordance with this Website Practices Notice.  For more information on our privacy practices, please see the following notices:

AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION

Non-Identifiable Information – Like many other Web Sites, the Web Site automatically collects certain non-identifiable information regarding Web Site users, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP address of your Internet Service Provider, the date and time you access the Web Site, the Internet address of the Web Site from which you linked directly to the Web Site, the operating system you are using, the sections of the Web Site you visit, the Web Site pages accessed and information viewed, and the materials you post to or download from the Web Site.  This non-identifiable information is used for Web Sites and system administration purposes and to improve the Web Site.  Your non-identifiable information may be disclosed to others and permanently archived for future use.

Cookies – The Web Sites uses “cookies”, a technology that installs information on a Web Site user’s computer to permit the Web Site to recognize future visits using that computer.  Cookies enhance the convenience and use of the Web Site.  For example, the information provided through cookies is used to recognize you as a previous user of the Web Site, to track your activity at the Web Site in order to respond to your needs, to offer personalized Web page content and information for your use, to automatically populate online forms with your personal information for your convenience, and to otherwise facilitate your Web Site experience.

Advertisements displayed on the Web Site may also contain cookies or other technologies.  Those advertisements may be provided by third party advertising companies, and Manpower does not have any control over, or any responsibility or liability for, the cookies or other technologies used in the advertisements or for use and disclosure of information collected through advertisement cookies and accordingly, Manpower is not liable in any manner whatsoever for any loss, action, expense, claim, harm or damage of whatsoever nature suffered or sustained by you pursuant or arising out of disclosure of any information via such advertisement cookies.

You may choose to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may affect your use of the Web Site and your ability to access or use certain Web Site features.

INFORMATION USED

Tracking Information – Manpower may use non-personal information to create aggregate tracking information reports regarding Web Site user demographics and the use of the Web Site, and then provide those reports to others.  None of the tracking information in the reports is connected to the identities or other personal information of individual users.

OTHER MATTERS

Security –Manpower works to keep itsservers, applications and databases secure and free from unauthorized access and use, by using physical, administrative and technological measure to protection the information Manpower maintains.  Unfortunately, Manpower cannot guarantee 100% security of the Web Site.  If you have particular security concerns about certain personal information, please do not transmit that information over the Internet and/or this Web Site as Manpower cannot be held liable for any loss, action, expense, claim, harm or damage of whatsoever nature suffered or sustained by you in disclosing any personal and/or confidential information on this Web Site.

Other Web Sites – The Web Site may contain links to other Web Sites or Internet resources.  When you click on one of those links you are contacting another Web Site or Internet resource that may collect information about you voluntarily or through cookies or other technologies.  Manpower has no responsibility, liability for, or control over those other Web Sites or Internet resources or their collection, use and disclosure of your personal information.  You should review the privacy policies of those other Web Sites and Internet resources to understand how they collect and use information.  Manpower is not liable for any loss, action, expense, claim, harm or damage of whatsoever nature suffered or sustained by you pursuant to the disclosure and/or use of any personal and/or confidential information regarding such other Web Sites.

Privacy Notice Changes – Manpower may change, supplement or amend this Notice as it relates to your future use of the Web Site from time to time, for any reason, by posting a revised Notice on the Web Site