PRIVACY STATEMENT
Introduction
Please read the following Privacy Statement (the “Statement”) carefully to understand how and why our web servers use your personal data in order for you to access and browse our website (the “Website”).
ARCHIPELAGO CONSULTING
This website is owned and administered by Archipelago Consulting Pty Ltd, a company registered in South Africa.
Purpose of this Statement
We are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy at all times. We will not sell, rent, transfer, or otherwise make available to others any information about any person visiting our Website except as expressly provided for in this Statement.
When reading and considering this Statement, it is important to bear in mind that when we mention “you” in this Statement, we are referring to any party/ person using the Website AND when we mention “your” we are referring to the personal data and information of the person/ party using the Website and any personal data and information of any party/ person whose personal data and information is provided by the party using the website, for any purpose as noted in this Statement.
Please note that Personal Information about someone else should only be provided with that individual’s express permission to share his/her Personal Information with us. Therefore, before providing us with Personal Information about someone else, you must (unless we agree otherwise) tell that individual about the content of this statement and obtain their permission (where possible) to share his/her Personal Information with us.
The purpose of this Statement is to:
- set out the type of personal data we will collect from you and how we will use your personal information – in particular see section A “Personal Data we collect from you”.
- the basis on which any personal data is shared and processed by us and our suppliers – see sections B “How we use your information” and C “Legal basis for processing”.
- make you aware of we will handle your personal data;
- clarify our obligations under the data protection regulations with regards to processing your personal data lawfully and responsibly; and
- inform you of your data protection rights – see section K “Your rights as a data subject”.
We process your personal data in an appropriate and lawful manner, in accordance with applicable data protection regulations and the General Data Protection Regulation EU 2016/679 (the “GDPR”).
We will comply with local data protection laws in jurisdictions we operate in and to do so the personal information we hold about you must be:
- used by us lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way;
- collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes;
- relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes;
- accurate and kept up to date;
- kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about; and
- kept securely.
This Statement should be read in conjunction with our Cookie Policy and any other Privacy Statement we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data.
- PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU
By means of this Website, you may contact our representatives and obtain information relating to the residence and/or citizenship programs or the services offered by us and our suppliers and start the process of obtaining any of the services in which you may be interested. You may also contact us if you are looking for a career opportunity, or wish us to provide you with further information to support your press/media work. You may also contact us for general inquiries or if you are planning to be a supplier to us.
We will collect and process the following personal data about you:
- Information You Give Us
These are personal details and include your first name, last name, nationality, country of residence, email address and phone number. They will also include information on which services you are interested in or details about your enquiry. The information you give us may also include data about any marketing preference.
Such information may be provided by you in the following circumstances: (i) by filling in an enquiry form on the Website; (ii) by corresponding with us by post, phone email or otherwise when you apply for our services; (iii) subscribe to our services or publications; (iv) request marketing to be sent to you; (v) give us some feedback or (vi) to start negotiations for or entering into a contract to supply goods and/or services to us.
To the extent you engage our services or where you might apply for a job opportunity you may be required to provide further information. Where you are a business user, we may also require further information before we enter into a commercial relationship with you.
Such further information may include payment details such as banking information, VAT number and/or tax ID in order for us to process payments in relation to our services. We may also require you to provide us with information that might be needed to establish and serve as proof of your identification such as copies of your passport or national ID.
Where we are required to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the services as agreed or we may not be able to enter into a contract with you but we will notify you if this is the case at the time. We may have to terminate that contract with you as a result.
- Information We Collect About You from Our Website
Whenever you visit our Website, we may automatically collect the following:
- Technical information: including the IP address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our Website (including date and time) as well as other information regarding your experience on our Website such as page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page.
- Location Information: We may receive information about your location. We may determine your location through your IP address and, when accessing the Website through a mobile device, by using the data that we collect from this device. This includes information about the wireless networks or cell towers near your mobile device at the time of access.
Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps ensure that we provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie Policy.
- Information we receive from other sources
We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and publicly available sources as set out below:
- Technical Data from Google Analytics Advertising Features, including Google AdWords, Facebook Pixel’s, Google Tag Manager, Amiando, Microsoft Dynamics, LinkedIn, Gmail and other Adhoc paid media partnerships.
- Identity, Contact and Background Data from publicly available sources, compliance databases and/or compliance and due diligence service providers within and outside the EU so we can confirm you are a suitable client of or supplier to us.
- HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
- Information you give to us
We shall use this information:
- to facilitate the provision of services which you request and where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you. This may include sharing your information, where necessary, with a third-party service provider or supplier in order to reply to your request and/or provide services to you, either directly, or indirectly, via a supplier;
- where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests;
- where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation;
- to resolve any issues which you have reported and provide support related services; or
- manage the supplier relationship you have with us.
- Information we collect about you from our Website
We shall use this information:
- to administer our Website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting and in order to keep our Website safe and secure;
- to improve our Website to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you; and
- to ensure that content displayed on the Website is presented in a user-friendly manner.
- Information we collect about you from our Website
We will combine information we receive from other sources with information you provide to us and information which we collect from you. We will use your information only for purposes as described in the paragraphs above.
- LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
We shall only process and/or share your personal data with suppliers insofar as this is necessary for us to be able to provide the services we offer and/or for the purposes indicated in this Statement.
We may also process your personal data on the basis of any legitimate interest or in order to comply with any legal obligations at law. This may include the exercise or defense of legal claims or in order to comply with an order of any court, tribunal or authority or disclosure to a government or regulatory entity.
Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data. However, where your consent is required, we will provide you with a form requesting (explicit) consent to do so.
- MARKETING
You will receive marketing communication if you have requested such marketing information from us by providing us with your details through this Website and have consented and opted-in to receiving such information. Where we have entered into a business relationship with you, we may inform you about our activities, offers or other information which we believe would be useful to you in accordance with our legitimate interest.
We will centralize the provision of marketing communications through either us, or a single supply chain partner. The purpose of doing so is to ensure that you receive the marketing communications you have consented to, and that no further marketing information is sent to you.
We will not share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
You have the right to withdraw consent or to object to receive marketing information at any time by contacting us. If you choose not to consent or to object to any one of the purposes listed herein or withdraw your consent at any time, we will still be able to provide our services, however, we would not be able to provide you with the full range of services which we offer and it may affect the efficiency with which we provide the services you request.
- DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal data to any persons or organizations or subcontractors or business partners with whom we cooperate in order to provide you with our services and/or may provide administration, controls and reporting services.
We may need to share personal data with government agencies and authorities in the country where you seek to obtain residence or citizenship. We shall only provide the necessary information in order to perform services under our contract with you.
We may require to share your data with local agents or other service suppliers or parties with whom we cooperate which is necessary for us to provide the services you request. These local agents and suppliers or parties with whom we cooperate, store and process your data on the basis of their own data protection policies and processes.
We may also share your data with other third parties in their capacity as data controllers such as legal, tax, real estate, immigration, investment, education, security, luxury concierge or other advisors and consultants, (international) banks for payment details or third parties providing other or additional services or goods to you such as real estate agencies/owners/developers or other professionals or who you might wish to engage with under separate terms and conditions between you and such third parties.
These third parties will be processing your data in their own right as data controllers and their data protection policies and processes shall be become applicable.
We may also disclose your data if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data to comply with any legal obligation, judgment or under an order from a court, tribunal or authority. We may also disclose your data to enforce our Terms of Use, or to protect our rights, property or safety, that of our partners or other users of our Website.
This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of Anti-Money Laundering/KYC checks, Anti-Bribery/Corruption Laws compliance and/or fraud protection.
- TRANSFERS OF DATA TO THIRD COUNTRIES
Where we share your personal data with internal or external third parties, this may involve transferring your data outside the EEA.
You may address any issues, queries or concerns which you may have by sending an email with ‘Data Protection’ in the subject line to the following email address: [email protected].
- THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We work closely with third parties in order to provide you the services you request on our Website. These third parties include legal or physical persons who we cooperate with in order to provide you with our services as well as cloud storage providers, analytics providers and search engine information providers.
- DATA SECURITY
Please note that no method of transmission of data is one hundred percent (100%) secure and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
- DATA STORAGE
We shall only store your data as long as is strictly necessary for the purposes for which it was collected i.e. to provide you our services or for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. This period of retention enables us to use the data for defending potential legal claims, taking into account the applicable limitation periods under relevant laws, as well as, if applicable, to comply with Anti-Money Laundering/KYC laws and regulations, Anti-Bribery/Corruption Laws and regulations, accounting and tax laws, applicable to certain jurisdictions which we
- YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT
You are entitled to exercise the following rights under the GDPR:
- Right to Access Information
You have the right to request information as to whether or not your personal data is being processed by us as well as information as to how and why it is processed, and/or shared with product suppliers. You may send an email to [email protected] requesting information as to the personal data which is undergoing processing. You shall receive one (1) electronic copy free of charge via email. We may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive in which case we may also refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
- Right to object
You may contact us at any time at [email protected] to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes e.g. receiving information from us about upcoming events, newsletters and publications and your data will no longer be processed for such purposes.
- Right to correction
You have the right to obtain correction of any inaccurate personal data about you that we have processed, update any data which is out-of-date and the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.
- Right to erasure
You have the right to obtain the erasure of personal data we have concerning you when your personal data is no longer required where:
- you withdraw your consent to us processing your personal data;
- your personal data no longer needs to be processed; or
- your personal data has been unlawfully processed.
- Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to restrict our processing activities where:
- you contest the accuracy of this personal data, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the same personal data;
- our processing is deemed unlawful, and you oppose the erasure of your personal data and request restriction of its use instead;
- we no longer need your personal data for the purposes stated in this Statement, but you require it for the establishment, exercising or defending of legal claims; or
You have objected to our processing pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of our processing activities overrode those pertaining to you.
- RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT
Where you may have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal information for a specific purpose eg marketing, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time or you may withdraw your consent to this Statement. To withdraw your consent, please contact [email protected].
This will not affect the lawfulness of processing which we carried out on the basis of such consent before its withdrawal. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for that purpose unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law. Withdrawal of consent to this Statement will result in us having to terminate our services immediately.
- QUALITY OF WEBSITE AND OVERALL EXPERIENCE
So as to improve the quality and overall user experience of the Website, we may use Google Analytics Advertising Features, or other systems and methods.
If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics for display advertising, you may do so by using the Ads Preference Manager.
In addition, there is also a Google Analytics Opt-Out browser add-on that you can download at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You may withdraw your consent given for any of the purposes listed above at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of your personal data for these purposes prior to your withdrawal. You may send us an email at [email protected] indicating your withdrawal of consent and specify which processing activities such withdrawal relates to.
- COMPLAINTS
We welcome any comments, complaints and queries in relation to data protection. As indicated above you may contact us at [email protected] and we shall try our best to deal with any issue or concern you may have.
If we fail to address your concerns you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant national supervisory authority on all data protection matters.
- CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
Any changes we make to this Statement in the future will be posted on this page, and where appropriate.
If you have any questions regarding this Statement, or if you would like to send us your comments, please contact us today or alternatively write to us at [email protected].
Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this Statement.