Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we handle your Personal Data. If
you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Website, Platform and/or related
Services. This Policy does not cover the practices of companies we do not own or control.
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Gondwana Plus (Pty) Ltd t/a Sebenza is a private company incorporated in the Republic
of South Africa. Our company registration number is 2018/399310/07 and our registered
office is Block E, Meadowbrook Business Park, 0A Jacaranda Ave, Olivedale,
Randburg,.
1.2. In this Privacy Policy “Sebenza”, “us”, “we” and “our” means Gondwana Plus (Pty) Ltd
t/a Sebenza.
1.3. We strive to ensure that our use of the Personal Data of data subjects is lawful,
reasonable, and relevant to our business activities, to improve your experience as a User
and customer, or prospective customer.
1.4. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into our Terms and Conditions. All capitalized terms
used but not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meanings assigned to them in the
Terms and Conditions. Other defined terms used in this Policy are explained in
Annexure A.
• agree to this Privacy Policy and authorise us to process and share such data as
set out in this Policy; and
• authorise Sebenza, our Service Providers and other listed third parties to Process
your Personal Data for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy.
2. CONTACT US
We have appointed an Information Officer responsible for overseeing questions concerning this
Privacy Policy. You may contact our Information Officer, Calvin Le Mottee, at calvin@sebenza.taxi
or call us on 062 677 6517 to discuss this Privacy Policy, your rights under data protection laws
applicable to you, and to raise any complaints with us.
3. OUR SERVICES
3.1. We own and operate the www.sebenza.taxi website and WIFI facilities (“Platform”)
which, among others:
• provides commuters with a WIFI connection and limited access to the internet;
• allows Advertisers to advertise and market products and services to Users as well
as generate customer leads;
4.1. This Privacy Policy explains how we protect and use your Personal Data.
4.2. This Policy applies to all external parties with whom we interact, including but not limited
to:
• Advertisers; and
4.3. This Privacy Policy must be read together with our Terms and Conditions, and any other
documents, agreements or privacy notices that describe how we collect or use Personal
Data about you using the Platform.
• We will collect, acquire, receive, record, organise, collate, store, update, change,
retrieve, read, process, analyse, use and share your Personal Data in the manner
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described in this Privacy Policy. When we perform one or more of these actions, we are
“Processing” your Personal Data.
• We obtain Personal Data about you through the means discussed below when you use
the Services through the Platform. We need certain types of data to provide the Services
to you. If you do not provide us with such data, or ask us to delete it, you may no longer
be able to access or use part or all our Services.
5.1. Data you provide directly to us
• We collect a variety of Personal Data that you provide directly to us. For example,
we collect data from you when you:
o watch advertisements and other content, and you indicate that you are
interested in the advertised products or services;
• The types of Personal Data we collect will depend upon the Services you use, how
you use them, and the data you choose to provide. The types of data we collect
directly from you include:
o Location details: such as your GPS coordinates when using the Platform;
o Taxi operator: if you are a taxi operator, we will also collect your driver’s
license information, vehicle registration, model, colour and make to monitor
and protect our equipment installed in your taxi.
o we collect and process technical and usage data such as your IP address,
mac address, browser types and version, and login data.
o Through cookies and similar technologies, we and our service providers use
web server logs, cookies, tags, SDKs, tracking pixels, and other similar
tracking technologies.
• We may receive limited Personal Data about you as a User (such as online
identifiers and cookies) from the following sources:
• When we collect your Personal Data from third parties it is either because you have
given us express consent to do so, your consent was implied by your actions, or
because you provided consent, either explicit or implicit, to the third party that
provided this data to us.
6.1. Consent
• Based on your consent:
o we will collect, store, use and share Personal Data provided by you as
described in this Policy and the relevant consent form to carry out, improve,
and manage the Services;
o where required by law, we may process your contact data for direct marketing
and advertising purposes based on your consent.
• You may withdraw your consent at any time after giving it as described in this
Policy.
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6.2. Contract
We process your Personal Data if it is necessary to enter or perform under a contract
that we have with you as a User, or to provide a solution to you as a User. This includes:
• to provide you with the Services, technical support and solutions they have
requested;
• to communicate with you about the Services, your use of the Services, or your
inquiries related to the Services and send you communications on behalf of third
parties using the Services to meet your needs.
• to respond to User enquiries and complaints;
• to meet record-keeping obligations;
• transferring limited and necessary Personal Data to our contracted service
providers (such as server hosts and technical support) in performing our
obligations to you;
• for security and identity verification, and to check the accuracy of your Personal
Data; and
• for any other related and lawful purposes.
6.3. By law
We process your Personal Data if the law requires or allows it. This includes:
• verifying your identity to comply with legislative, regulatory, professional, risk and
compliance requirements;
• to fulfil reporting requirements and data requests;
• to meet record-keeping obligations;
• for any other related purposes.
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o reporting on aggregated statistics regarding, for example, the effectiveness of
digital advertising campaigns.
• We may also process Personal Data for other legitimate interests such as:
o to optimise and protect the Platform and our systems:
▪ to prevent against fraud, security breaches, misuse, and other
prohibited or illegal activity, claims and other liabilities;
▪ to maintain the safety, security and integrity of our Platform, our
Services, equipment, products, databases, networks and other
technology assets;
▪ for analytics, to gather metrics to better understand how Users and
Advertisers use the Platform, and to evaluate and improve our Services
▪ to enforce and defend legal claims;
▪ to manage business continuity situations and emergencies;
o for other related and lawful purposes disclosed to you at the time of collection.
• We use your Personal Data only for the purpose for which it was originally collected
by the relevant Responsible Party and strictly following their instructions and
authorisation.
For the purposes discussed in this Privacy Policy, we may combine the data that we
collect through the Services and use and share such combined data following this
Privacy Policy.
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We will not collect other categories of Personal Data or use the Personal Data we
collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing
you and our customers notice.
7.1. We may provide access to and disclose your Personal Data for legitimate business
purposes, following applicable law and subject to applicable regulatory requirements on
confidentiality and appropriate data protection measures.
o We may anonymise your Personal Data so that you are not individually
identified, and provide that information to Advertisers. We may also provide
aggregate usage data to Advertisers, who may use such information to
understand how often and in what ways people use our Services, so that
they, too, can provide you with an optimal online experience. However, we
never disclose aggregate usage data to an Advertiser in a manner that would
identify you personally, as an individual.
o Where we collect your Personal Data through our own forms, surveys and
questionnaires (and not those supplied directly by Advertisers), we may
share that data to the Advertiser(s) or categories of Advertiser(s) which
include, but are not limited to, Betting Companies, Financial Services
Providers, NGO’s, Entertainment, Insurance or Education.
▪ for example, we might use the fact you are located in Johannesburg
to show you ads or offers for Johannesburg businesses, but we will
not tell such businesses who you are; or
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respond to that ad, the advertiser may conclude that you fit the
description of the audience they were trying to reach.
o We provide limited access to or share your data with Service Providers who
use the data to perform part of the Services on our behalf, and whose help
we need to conduct our business operations (such as server hosts and
technical support) and that:
(a) have agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy and our Data Protection
Policy or by similar terms offering a similar or higher level of protection;
and
• Business transfers
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We may buy, merge, partner with or be acquired by other companies. In such
transactions, (including in contemplation of such transactions) User data may be
among the transferred assets. If a part or all our assets are sold or transferred to
a third party, User data (including your contact and identifying data) would likely
be one of the transferred business assets. If such transfer is subject to more
mandatory restrictions under applicable laws, we will comply with such restrictions.
8.1. Where we must process certain Personal Data by law, or in terms of a contract that we
have entered directly with you, and you fail to provide such Personal Data when
requested to do so, we may be unable to perform in terms of the contract in place or are
trying to enter into with you. In such a case, we may have to terminate the contract and/or
relationship with you, upon due notice to you, which termination shall be done per the
terms of that contract and any applicable legislation.
8.2. The voluntary or compulsory nature of data requested directly from you by our
Advertisers will be clear from the relevant form, survey or questionnaire at the point of
collection. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies and notices of our
Advertisers when supplying your data directly to them through the Platform.
We do not use your Personal Data to make any automated decisions about you.
10.1. We reserve the right to generally transfer to and/or store your Personal Data on servers
in a jurisdiction other than where it was collected, or outside of South Africa in a
jurisdiction that may not have comparable data protection legislation.
10.2. Where data is transferred or stored outside of South Africa and the location does not
have adequate data protection laws, we will take reasonably practical steps, including
the imposing of suitable contractual terms and conduct a due diligence to ensure that
your Personal Data is adequately protected in that jurisdiction.
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11. SECURITY AND INTEGRITY
11.1. We will take appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect all
Personal Data held by us in line with industry best practices, including protection against
accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss or alteration, and unauthorised
disclosure or access. This includes the following:
• keeping systems secure (such as monitoring access and usage);
• storing records securely;
• controlling the access to our premises, systems and records;
• safely destroying records;
• encrypting and/or password protecting sensitive data;
• protecting our servers using firewalls and limiting access to Personal Data on a
strictly need to know basis;
• testing the security of our Platform and IT systems regularly;
• periodically reviewing our collection, storage and processing practices, including
physical and digital security measures
11.2. However, no data transmission over the internet or electronic can be guaranteed
to be 100% secure. As such, you acknowledge and accept that we cannot
guarantee the security of your data transmitted to or through our Platform or via
the internet and that any such transmission is at your own risk. However, we are
subject to POPIA which we comply with.
11.3. We will notify you and the relevant regulatory authorities of any data breaches where we
are legally required to do so and within the prescribed period.
11.4. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to
access the Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask
you not to share your password with anyone. Please note that any data you share in
public areas (such as community forums) may be viewed by any User of the Services.
12.1. We will only keep your Personal Data for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes
explicitly set out in this policy, unless:
• retention of the record is needed or authorised by law; or
• you have consented to the retention of the record for a specified period.
12.2. The length of time for which we keep data depends on the purposes for which we
collected and use it and/or as needed to comply with applicable laws.
12.3. If there are no other lawful grounds for us to continue processing your Personal Data,
we will destroy such data using secure methods.
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12.4. Data that is transferred to us by Advertisers will be destroyed after a maximum period of
three months or earlier if Advertisers select to delete and update their data on the
Platform.
13.1. Where we act as a Responsible Party, we are required to take all necessary steps to
ensure that your Personal Data is accurate, complete, not misleading and up to date.
13.2. Anyone about whom we keep Personal Data may request to inspect and, if appropriate,
correct the Personal Data held by us. It is your responsibility to inform us should your
Personal Data be incorrect, incomplete, misleading or out-of-date by contacting us. We
may require other data from the requesting party to confirm the legitimate basis for the
request and the identity and authority of the requestor. Upon receipt and verification of
the corrected Personal Data, we will adjust our data or records accordingly.
13.3. A request for correction/deletion of Personal Data or destruction/deletion of a record of
Personal Data must be sent using the prescribed Form 2 which is available on the
Information Regulator’s website or our Access to Information Manual.
14.1. Data protection laws may grant you, among others, the following rights:
• Request access to your Personal Data – enabling you to receive a copy of the
Personal Data kept about you;
• Request the correction of your Personal Data – to ensure any incomplete or
inaccurate Personal Data is corrected;
• Request erasure of your Personal Data – where there is no lawful basis for the
retention or continued processing of your Personal Data you may request the
deletion of your account profile with us;
• Object to the processing of your Personal Data for a legitimate interest (or
those of a third party) – under certain conditions where you feel it affects your
fundamental rights and freedoms;
• Request restriction of processing of your Personal Data – to restrict or
suspend the processing of your Personal Data to limited circumstances;
• Withdraw consent given in respect of the processing of your Personal Data
at any time – withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing
carried out before your withdrawal notice. But may not affect the continued
processing of your Personal Data in instances where your consent is not needed.
14.2. If an above request/objection is to be made, please use the contact information in
paragraph 2 above and we will revert within 30 calendar days.
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Please Note: Where allowed by law, we may keep your Personal Data even if you no longer
have a relationship with us or if you ask that we delete or destroy it.
15. CHILDREN
15.1. Our Platform and Services are not targeted at and do not collect Personal Data from
people under the age of 18. On accessing the Platform, we require all Users to verify
that they are 18 years of age or older.
15.2. We will not knowingly collect Personal Data in respect of persons under 18 years of
age without express permission to do so, unless allowed by law.
17.1. Any forms which are available on our website are powered by JotForm who is subject
to the GDPR.
17.2. When you fill out a form, the data that you give will be forwarded to JotForm and will be
collated into an email and sent to us.
17.3. The data that you give via the form will not be stored within our website’s own database
or in any of our internal computer systems.
17.4. Your data will remain within JotForm’s secure database in the European Union for as
long as we continue to use JotForm’s services or until you specifically request removal
by emailing us.
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17.5. We consider JotForm to be a third-party Operator. View their privacy policy here.
18.1. The Platform relies on advertising and marketing to sustainably provide Users with free
wireless access to the internet.
18.2. Sebenza would like to send you information about their product and service offerings we
believe may be of interest to you.
18.3. Sebenza
• We may send Sebenza marketing materials to you as a User by email and by SMS,
only if:
• your name and contact details were obtained in the context of registering on
our Platform and using our products or Services;
• once you have chosen to opt-out, we may send you written confirmation of
receipt of your opt-out request (which may be in electronic form), and we will
thereafter not send any further direct marketing communication to you.
However, you may continue to receive communication from us on matters of
a regulatory nature, which are not marketing related.
18.4. Advertisers
• If Advertisers would like to send their own marketing materials to you, they may do
so if allowed by law and following their own privacy policies and notices (see
heading Privacy and Data Protection Policies of Advertisers below).
19.1. If your Personal Data is collected and processed by third parties (including
Advertisers), you should read their relevant privacy notice, terms and conditions, and
other data protection policies. We are not responsible for their data protection policies
and practices where they act as Responsible Parties. Any Personal Data you give to
those organizations will be dealt with under their privacy notice, terms and conditions,
and data protection policies.
19.2. IF YOU DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL DATA DIRECTLY TO ANY THIRD PARTY
OTHER THAN SEBENZA, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR
DAMAGE, HOWSOEVER ARISING, SUFFERED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR DATA TO SUCH THIRD PARTIES.
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20. COOKIES
20.1. We may place small text files called “cookies” on your device when you visit our Website.
Cookies do not hold Personal Data, but they do contain a personal identifier allowing us
to Affiliate your Personal Data with a certain device. Cookies serve useful purposes for
you, including:
• Remembering who you are as a User of our Website to remember any preferences
you may have selected on our Website, such as saving your username and
password, or settings (“functional cookies”);
• allowing our Website to perform its essential functions. Without these cookies,
some parts of our Website would stop working (“essential cookies”). For example,
data on error messages displayed to Users will be collected and the developer
team will assess and solve it.
• monitoring how our Website is performing, and how you interact with it to
understand how to improve our Website or Services (“site analytics”).
20.2. See our Cookie Statement for more information on our use of cookies.
20.3. Your internet browser may accept cookies automatically and you can delete cookies
manually. However, no longer accepting cookies or deleting them may prevent you from
accessing certain aspects of our Website where cookies are necessary.
20.4. As cookies are stored in the web browser used to access our Website, to disable cookies
Users need to change the settings on that browser.
20.5. Many websites use cookies and more information is available at:
www.allaboutcookies.org.
21.1. Data is only processed to show you the most relevant advertising content and to provide
statistical analytics products and services. If you wish that your location be private, you
can turn the geo-location feature off within the location settings of your device. In addition
to this, you can disable ad tracking on your device so that we and/or any Advertisers will
no longer include device information in audience segments or analytics products and
services.
21.2. The following instructions explain how to turn off ad tracking for Apple and Android
devices:
iOS 6:
Choose Settings > General > About > Advertising
Turn on Limit Ad Tracking
iOS 7 or higher:
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Choose Settings > Privacy > Advertising
Turn on Limit Ad Tracking
22.2. If any provision of this Privacy Policy is determined to be illegal, void or unenforceable
due to applicable law or by order of a court, it shall be deemed to be deleted and the
continuation in full force and effect of the remaining provisions shall not be prejudiced.
23.1. We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time and we will take practical steps to
inform you when changes are made. Without limiting how we may inform you, we may
notify you by email, or when you access our Website.
23.2. The date this Privacy Policy was last revised is found at the top of the document. You
are responsible for periodically monitoring and reviewing any updates to the Privacy
Policy. If we make a material change to the Privacy Policy, we will provide you with proper
notice per legal requirements.
23.3. Your continued use of our Services after such amendments (and notice, where
applicable) will be deemed your acknowledgement of these changes to this Privacy
Policy.
24.1. Sebenza’s product offering and services are not of a nature where it is possible to provide
refunds and returns. Accordingly, Sebenza does not offer any returns or refunds on
products or services purchased through its platform.
25. REWARDS
25.1. From time to time, Sebenza shall run promotions, specials, prizes and/or rewards
(“Rewards”) on its platform. The Rewards will either be associated with a specific brand or
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with Sebenza itself. The Rewards will specify what criteria the User needs to meet to qualify
for said Rewards. If a User does not meet the aforementioned requirements, he/she will not
qualify for the Reward.
25.2. Sebenza will not be held responsible for Rewards that are connected with/associated to a
specific brand and can only be liable for Rewards directly connected to Sebenza.
25.3. The User holds Sebenza harmless from any claim, of any nature whatsoever, arising from,
or connected to, the failure of a brand and/or Sebenza to provide the User with the Rewards
from a promotion.
If you have any questions or complaints about your privacy rights or this Privacy Policy, please
address your concerns to our Information Officer at ian@sebenza.taxi. If you feel our attempts at
resolving the matter have been inadequate, you may complain to the South African Information
Regulator through their website, https://www.justice.gov.za/inforeg/.
ANNEXURE A – DEFINITIONS
Definition Meaning
“Advertiser(s)”
“GDPR” General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679.
“Operator” any person or entity that Processes Personal Data on behalf of a
Responsible Party.
Personal Data information or data relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and
where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person, including, but
not limited to information relating to –
• race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social
origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-
being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and
birth of the person;
• education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of
the person;
• any identifying number, symbol, e-mail address, physical address,
telephone number, location information, online identifier or other
particular assignment to the person;
• the biometric information of the person.
“Platform” the Website and WIFI facilities.
“POPIA” Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013.
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“Responsible the person that decides how and why Personal Data is Processed.
Party” Responsible Parties may instruct Operators to processes Personal Data on
their behalf.
“Services” as defined in clause 3 of this Privacy Policy.
”Service third party providers of various services to us or on our behalf, including,
Provider” billing, sales, shipping, marketing, advertising, analytics, research,
customer service, payment processing, providers of information
technology, communication, file storage, data storage, IT and security,
videoconferencing, fraud prevention, accounting, auditing and legal
services, our insurers and professional advisors.
“Sensitive Personal Data about race or ethnicity, political opinions, religious or
Personal Data” philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health,
sexual life or orientation, any actual or alleged criminal offences or
penalties, or any other data that may be deemed to be sensitive under
applicable law.
“Website” www.sebenza.taxi
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