Last Updated Thursday 11 April 2022.
Atang Solutions, hereinafter referred to as ATANG, is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the ATANG website and governs data collection and usage. By using the ATANG website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
ATANG collects the following information for individuals who register for membership:
• Personal Details
• Contact Information
• Qualifications
• Employment History
• Skills and Competencies
• References
ATANG collects the following information for companies that register for membership:
• Company Details
• Contact Information
• Ownership and Control
• Products and Services
• Experience
There is also information about your device hardware and software that is automatically collected by ATANG. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses.
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
• Internal record keeping.
• To operate the ATANG website
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We use your information to connect you to the opportunities provided by ATANG subscribers.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
ATANG subscribers include potential employers, mentors, training providers, clients, customers and business partners. These subscribers present the following opportunities to ATANG members:
• Jobs
• Training Opportunities
• Mentorships
• Subcontracting Opportunities
• RFPs, RFQs and RFIs
ATANG subscribers are provided with access to your data to enable them to identify the members that best fit the opportunities they provide.
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies enable the ATANG website to respond to you as an individual so that it may tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better experience, by enabling us to manage information about your session thus allowing you a continuous and persistent engagement with the ATANG website without having to constantly keep logging in. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may result in you having a disjointed user experience.
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
As an ATANG user you have full authority to access, edit and delete your information using the operations provided by the ATANG website.
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
The Protection of Personal Information Act, no 4 of 2013 promotes the protection of personal information by public and private bodies. The Protection of Personal Information (POPIA) Act has been signed into law by the President on 19 November and published in the Government Gazette Notice 37067 on 26 November 2013. All the information stored on the ATANG website is subject to protection in line with the POPI Act. All members of the ATANG website will have their own username and password in order to safeguard their information.
We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
Contact Information
Questions about this Privacy Policy should be sent to us at info@atang.africa