Our Privacy Statement
Thank you for visiting our website. We at Matimba respect your right to privacy. We comply with our obligations under the Protection of Personal Information Act South Africa and with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EEA. Both are designed to protect individuals and their personal data. The purpose of this Privacy Statement is to set out how we deal with personal data provided to Matimba.
Please review this policy before agreeing that we can process your data.
Data Collection
Matimba collects both impersonal and personal data.
Impersonal Data does not enable you to be identified or contacted. It may include:
Personal data enables you to be identified or contacted. It may include:
Why do you collect my personal data?
Matimba recruits IT candidates for multiple IT roles companies and organisations in Ireland and in South Africa. Your personal data will only be collected by Matimba to provide you with recruitment services.
How is my data collected?
Matimba collects personal data directly from you, when you:
We also collect personal data from Third parties, including:
We will ask your consent or inform you of reasons for enquiry if collecting information from a third party.
How will my data be stored?
We will store your application data in our recruitment system which is only accessible by our recruitment team. Your data is securely stored in the system. Our consultants search and process this data solely to provide you with recruitment services.
What do you do with my data?
Matimba may use and disclose your personal data for the following reasons; to:
Matimba may also disclose your personal data to third parties, where relevant; to:
Unless required or permitted to do so by law, Matimba will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of your personal data without your consent.
Data Security, Integrity
Matimba’s security procedures protect data from being misused, misplaced, or accessed, changed or disclosed by unauthorised people. Your data can only be accessed by authorised personnel in order to provide you with recruitment and recruitment-related services.
Matching candidates with employers for new roles, is a matter of timing. For this reason we would normally retain relationship data on our database for a period of 3 years.
To further ensure the integrity of your data, you can get in touch with us at any time at anne@matimba.com, to:
Transfer to/from EEA
Matimba operates in South Africa and in Ireland. We will inform you if we need to transfer data into (if a South African candidate) or out of (if an EEA candidate)the EEA, based on jobs you are applying for in or outside the EEA.
Website security
Our website issues cookies to your computer. Most browsers allow cookies to be turned off but doing so may restrict use of our site. Any links to other external websites are clearly identifiable as such, and Matimba has no responsibility for the content or the privacy policies of these other websites.
Thanks again for visiting us. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions at: anne@matimba.com
Thank you for visiting our website. We at Matimba respect your right to privacy. We comply with our obligations under the Protection of Personal Information Act South Africa and with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EEA. Both are designed to protect individuals and their personal data. The purpose of this Privacy Statement is to set out how we deal with personal data provided to Matimba.
Please review this policy before agreeing that we can process your data.
Data Collection
Matimba collects both impersonal and personal data.
Impersonal Data does not enable you to be identified or contacted. It may include:
- Data analytics e.g. re number of visitors to a website
- Demographics of visitors e.g. country views
- Browser types
Personal data enables you to be identified or contacted. It may include:
- User IP addresses
- Contact information e.g. address and phone number
- ID number (South Africa)
- Work experience and qualifications
- Third party references
- Assessment test results e.g. coding tests
- Notes from meetings/interviews/phone calls with you
Why do you collect my personal data?
Matimba recruits IT candidates for multiple IT roles companies and organisations in Ireland and in South Africa. Your personal data will only be collected by Matimba to provide you with recruitment services.
How is my data collected?
Matimba collects personal data directly from you, when you:
- Engage with Matimba by phone, letter, email or web
- Provide a Resume or other type of application
- Submit any information related to an application
- Complete related assessments/tests
- Subscribe to email updates
We also collect personal data from Third parties, including:
- References
- Competency test providers
- Feedback on performance
- Information from or about you in relation to workplace complaints, accidents
- Any inquiry in which you are involved e.g. insurance, litigation, disciplinary or criminal
We will ask your consent or inform you of reasons for enquiry if collecting information from a third party.
How will my data be stored?
We will store your application data in our recruitment system which is only accessible by our recruitment team. Your data is securely stored in the system. Our consultants search and process this data solely to provide you with recruitment services.
- Recruitment Data - When you apply for a role via our website, a copy of your application and CV will be stored. This is only retained until your application is processed.
- Relationship Data – We store your name and email, when you agree in writing to this Privacy Statement, on our relationship system.
What do you do with my data?
Matimba may use and disclose your personal data for the following reasons; to:
- provide recruitment and related services
- find suitable job opportunities for you
- allow you to submit your Resume, apply for specific jobs or subscribe to our job alerts
- build our recruiting relationship with you
- contact you on occasion with information re career opportunities
Matimba may also disclose your personal data to third parties, where relevant; to:
- prospective employers and parties such as referees
- payroll, if you are being paid via Matimba as a contractor
- professional associations, registration bodies or regulatory/law enforcement agencies
Unless required or permitted to do so by law, Matimba will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of your personal data without your consent.
Data Security, Integrity
Matimba’s security procedures protect data from being misused, misplaced, or accessed, changed or disclosed by unauthorised people. Your data can only be accessed by authorised personnel in order to provide you with recruitment and recruitment-related services.
Matching candidates with employers for new roles, is a matter of timing. For this reason we would normally retain relationship data on our database for a period of 3 years.
To further ensure the integrity of your data, you can get in touch with us at any time at anne@matimba.com, to:
- Request access to your data
- Keep your personal data up to date
- Remove your data from our database
Transfer to/from EEA
Matimba operates in South Africa and in Ireland. We will inform you if we need to transfer data into (if a South African candidate) or out of (if an EEA candidate)the EEA, based on jobs you are applying for in or outside the EEA.
Website security
Our website issues cookies to your computer. Most browsers allow cookies to be turned off but doing so may restrict use of our site. Any links to other external websites are clearly identifiable as such, and Matimba has no responsibility for the content or the privacy policies of these other websites.
Thanks again for visiting us. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions at: anne@matimba.com