Privacy Policy<\/span><\/p>\n Last updated on 28 March 2023<\/em><\/p>\n This Privacy Policy applies to the website “Site” provided by Halo Consulting (“Halo”, “We”, “Us”), a company headquartered in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, who act as\u00a0<\/span>data controllers<\/a><\/strong>[1]<\/sup> with respect to the personal data you share with Halo under this Policy.<\/p>\n The Sites include\u00a0<\/span>www.haloconsulting.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and additional websites or mobile applications produced and managed by Halo.<\/p>\n Halo knows that your privacy is important to you and takes user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your\u00a0<\/span>personal data<\/a><\/strong>[2]<\/sup>\u00a0(i.e. any information you provide to us from which you can be identified) in accordance with this Privacy Policy.<\/p>\n Halo 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.<\/p>\n Some terms are defined throughout this Policy. Please refer to the definitions at the bottom of this Policy.<\/p>\n Halo might collect personal data from you such as your name, contact details, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region\/country, relationship to Halo, reason for contacting Halo, topics you are interested in and any other information you choose to share. By browsing our Sites or sending us information, you explicitly consent to Halo processing your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Halo might use your personal data to fulfil your request, send you marketing communications or process your job application.<\/strong><\/p>\n Halo collects personal data from you when you request information from Halo and\/or supply, information through the Sites, such as when you fill out a query form or consulting contact request, opt in to receive emails from Halo, agree to participate in surveys, or apply for a role at Halo.<\/p>\n Personal data we collect might include your name, e-mail address, title, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region\/country, relationship to Halo, reason for contacting Halo, topics you are interested in, any other background information provided with an application and any other information contained in messages you send us.<\/p>\n We might also collect information about how you use our Sites in accordance with our Cookie Policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n By browsing our Sites and submitting this information to us, you explicitly agree to Halo using your personal data for the purposes and in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not send us any information you do not wish Halo to use.<\/p>\n Halo will use your personal data to fulfil your request, provide you with the information you requested and\/or send you marketing communications. If you have applied for a job at Halo, your data will be processed for the purposes of evaluating and processing your application and candidacy for the position to which you have applied. We may also use your information to analyze and improve our recruiting and onboarding processes as well as to communicate with you about Halo events and to send you publications that we think may be of interest to you. More detail can be found in the Job Applicants section.<\/p>\n Halo may collect personal data and may disclose such information to third party service providers in aggregate for marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to personally identify you.<\/p>\n You do not have to provide us with any personal data.\u00a0 However, if you do not, we may be unable to handle your request or to provide you with the services you are requesting.<\/p>\n Halo will keep your personal data for as long as needed to handle your request or for as long as we have a relationship with you. If you have applied for a role with Halo, Halo will keep your personal data associated with your application for a period of up to five years.<\/p>\n Please note that Halo is not responsible for any information you may disclose publicly in any chat rooms, message boards, or similar web pages, including those hosted on or linked to our Sites. You should keep in mind that, whenever you publicly disclose information about yourself online (for example, via message boards or chat rooms), such information could be collected and used by people whom you do not know. In addition, certain message boards and similar user forums may display IP addresses along with the message poster’s name and message. Halo bears no responsibility for any action or policies of any third parties who collect any information users may disclose on the message boards, chat areas or other user forums, if any, on the Sites.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We may use cookies or other technology (\u201ccookies\u201d) to obtain certain types of information when you browse our Sites. You can find information about what data is collected and how it is used in our Cookie Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n We may share your personal data with third parties that might be located in a different country than your country of residence. Halo will not share or sell your data to any third party for their own use.<\/strong><\/p>\n We may share your personal data with others, such as:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Third parties, other than law enforcement authorities or government bodies, will only handle your personal data on behalf of Halo for the purposes described in this Policy. Halo will not sell or otherwise share your personal data with such third parties for their own use.<\/p>\n The third parties we share your information with may be located in other countries, including countries that do not offer the same protection to your personal data as the country in which you reside. Where that is the case, Halo ensures that your personal data is protected by using appropriate legal mechanisms. If you reside in the European Union, such mechanisms include using contracts or wording approved by the European Commission (called \u201cStandard Contractual Clauses<\/a><\/strong>\u201d)[3]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our Sites may contain links to third party websites that are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. Halo does not bear any liability and responsibility for the content or your use of these websites.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Sites 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. Halo is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. In addition, a link to a third party website does not mean that Halo endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such website. Halo shall not bear any liability and responsibility for such content or for your use of these websites.<\/p>\n Halo has implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction.<\/strong><\/p>\n Halo 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<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>[4]<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>pseudonymizing<\/a><\/strong>[5]<\/sup> data where possible. Authorized Halo 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, Halo cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your information.<\/p>\n To exercise your rights, please submit to info@haloconsulting.com<\/a> with the subject line “Data rights”.<\/strong><\/p>\n Depending on where you reside, you may be entitled to certain rights regarding the personal data Halo holds about you. For instance, you may have the right to request access to your information, obtain a copy of it as well as information about how we use it. You have the right to request that we correct incorrect, inaccurate or out-of-date information about you. You may also have the right to request that we stop processing your information and\/or withdraw your consent to such processing and to ask us to delete your information.<\/p>\n In the event that Halo holds personal data about you and you no longer wish for this data to be processed as described in this Policy, or if you wish to access, rectify, cancel or oppose such processing, please submit your request using our data subject request process detailed in the section above.<\/span><\/p>\n If you receive marketing communications from Halo, you can opt out of receiving future emails from Halo or unsubscribe from participating in our programs through the by clicking “unsubscribe” which is accessible in every marketing email you receive from Halo. You can also submit an opt-out request by using our data subject request process detailed in the section above.<\/span><\/p>\n If you think we are handling your information unlawfully, we encourage you to get in touch with us using our data subject request process detailed in the section above.<\/span>\u00a0You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority.<\/p>\n Please note that we will take reasonable steps to check your identity before handling your request.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n If you apply for a job at Halo, you will be asked to submit information to Halo such as your name, contact details, information about your education and work history and any other background information that might be relevant for your application or that you choose to share with Halo. If you do not provide this information to us, we might not be able to process your application.<\/p>\n Halo will use this information to assess your application and candidacy for the position to which you have applied. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this may include: (i) evaluating your skills and experience in relation to the qualification required for the job to which you have applied; and (ii) tracking feedback and interactions we have with you throughout the recruiting process. We may also use your information when analyzing our internal recruiting processes to determine (i) which recruit sources to focus on; (ii) how to improve integration and training programs for new hires with different educational backgrounds and work experience; and (iii) how to enhance our interview model to improve hiring quality. The information you provide may also be used to communicate with you about Halo events and to send you publications that we think may be of interest to you.<\/p>\n We might share your personal data with third parties such as recruitment service providers, background check providers and IT system providers. These third parties might be located in a different country than your country of residence. In particular, if you apply for a role, your data will be stored in a third party database hosted in the EU.<\/p>\n We will keep your application data for up to five years. If you no longer wish for Halo to process your data or if you wish to exercise your rights, use our data subject request process detailed in the section above.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Our Sites and services are not directed at children 18 years of age or younger. Halo, therefore, will not intentionally collect information about anyone under the age of 18, and requests that no such information be submitted to us.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Halo handles your personal data, please use our data subject request process detailed in the section above.<\/span><\/p>\n You can also contact Halo’s Data Protection Officer:<\/p>\n Email:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>info@haloconsulting.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Data Retention and the POPIA Act:<\/strong><\/p>\n The POPIA act of 2013 Section 14 stipulates that:<\/p>\n \u201crecords of personal information must not be retained any longer than is necessary for achieving the purpose for which the information was collected or subsequently processed\u201d<\/p>\n Unless:<\/span><\/p>\n To comply with the above requirements Halo will ensure that:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Access to Personal Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n As per the POPIA act of 2013, a data owner may request access to information held by the organisation.<\/p>\n Any requests related to data that is regulated under the guidance of the POPIA act will be handled following the processes as they are defined in Appendix A.<\/span><\/p>\n The data requestor may be charged a fee of R500.00 for their data to be removed. As per The POPIA act of 2013 Section 23<\/span><\/p>\n Data removal and the POPIA act:<\/strong><\/p>\n As stipulated by the act, a data subject may ask for their data to be removed from the responsible party\u2019s possession. Halo will act on this request and remove all data that does not impact the running of the business or conflict with requirements of other laws or regulations. All items that will be removed from the organisation\u2019s records will be communicated to the data subject, and any items that cannot be removed due to the above requirements will be tagged as \u201cRequested to be removed\u201d as per The POPIA act of 2013 Section 24 – 2D.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Service” _builder_version=”4.19.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#CBCECF” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Privacy PolicyHalo Consulting knows that your privacy is important to you and takes user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Privacy Policy Last updated on 28 March 2023 This Privacy Policy applies to the website “Site” provided by Halo Consulting (“Halo”, “We”, “Us”), a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n Suggested text: <\/strong>Our website address is: https:\/\/haloconsulting.co.za.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested text: <\/strong>When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor\u2019s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https:\/\/automattic.com\/privacy\/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested text: <\/strong>If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested text: <\/strong>If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select \"Remember Me\", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested text: <\/strong>Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested text: <\/strong>If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested text: <\/strong>If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested text: <\/strong>If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested text: <\/strong>Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nInformation we collect and how we use it<\/h2>\n
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