Last updated on 14 January 2023

This Privacy Policy applies to the website(s) and mobile applications (together, the “Sites”) provided by Native North, a company headquartered in Pretoria (“Native North”, “we”, “us”) who act as data controllers with respect to the personal data you share with Native North under this Policy.

The Sites include www.nativenorth.co.za and additional websites or mobile applications produced and managed by Native North. Native North knows that your privacy is important to you and takes user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data (i.e. any information you provide to us from which you can be identified) in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Native North reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to alter and update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We therefore invite you to review the current version of the Privacy Policy each time you return to our Sites.

Some terms are defined throughout this Policy. Simply click on the terms in bold to obtain their definition or refer to the definitions at the bottom of this Policy.

Native North might collect personal data from you such as your name, contact details, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region/country, relationship to Native North, reason for contacting Native North, topics you are interested in and any other information you choose to share. By browsing our website or sending us information, you explicitly consent to Native North processing your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Native North might use your personal data to fulfil your request, send you marketing communications or process your job application.

We may use cookies or other technology (“cookies”) to obtain certain types of information when you browse our website. You can find information about what data is collected and how it is used in our Cookie Policy.

We may share your personal data with other third parties that might be located in a different country than your country of residence. Native North will not share or sell your data to any third party for their own use.

We may share your personal data with others, such as:

  • carefully selected third party service providers, such as marketing service providers (if you have subscribed to our marketing communications), IT systems providers, recruitment service providers, background check providers, data cleansing providers or event organizers, so they can provide services to Native North;
  • our advisors;
  • law enforcement authorities or other government bodies when we are required to do so.

Third parties, other than law enforcement authorities or government bodies, will only handle your personal data on behalf of Native North for the purposes described in this Policy. Native North will not sell or otherwise share your personal data with such third parties for their own use.

Our website may contain links to third party websites that are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. Native North does not bear any liability and responsibility for the content or your use of these websites.

Our website may contain links to third party websites, including social network sites. Such websites are governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies, which you should review before browsing or submitting information to them. Native North is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. In addition, a link to a third party website does not mean that Native North endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such website. Native North shall not bear any liability and responsibility for such content or for your use of these websites.

Native North has implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Such measures include anonymizing or pseudonymizing data where possible. Authorized Native North personnel and third parties mentioned above will only have access to your personal data to the extent they need it to do their job or provide their services. Despite these precautions, however, Native North cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your information.