Data Sharing Agreement

Definitions

We, us and our

refer to GetGo Home Loans (Proprietary) Limited, a private company with limited liability registered under the company laws of the Republic of South Africa, registration number 2009/023885/07, and where applicable its subsidiaries. The principal place of business of the GetGo Home Loans Group is 251 Durban Road, Bellville, Cape Town, 7530.

Business Partner
refers to any real estate agency or other business partner that shares a 3rd Party’s personal information in any form with GetGo Home Loans.
3rd Party
refers to any customer of a Business Partner or other data subject whose personal information is shared by the Business Partner with
3rd Party’s personal information
refers to personal information about the 3rd Party or any of his or her, or their spouse or dependants (as relevant). It includes information about financial status, gender, age, contact numbers and addresses.
Processing of information
means the automated or manual activity of collecting, recording, organising, storing, updating, sharing, distributing and removing or deleting personal information.

Purpose of this Data Sharing Agreement

The purpose of this Data Sharing Agreement, as read with our Privacy Statement, is to set out how the GetGo Home Loans Group collect, uses, shares and otherwise processes all 3rd Party personal information, in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (“POPIA”). This Data Sharing Agreement will be effective from 1 July 2021.

After contacting any 3rd Party, the GetGo Home Loans Group will only further process personal information of the 3rd Party in terms of a specific mandate with the 3rd Party, should the 3rd Party enter into such a mandate with the GetGo Home Loans Group. Any such mandate will be subject to the GetGo Home Loans Group Privacy Statement. Should the 3rd Party not conclude a mandate with a member of the GetGo Home Loans Group, then the GetGo Home Loans Group will not retain any personal information of the 3rd Party unless required by law.

GetGo Home Loans Group commitment to privacy and POPIA compliance

Binding nature of this Data Sharing Agreement

Should you share a 3rd Party’s personal information with any member of the GetGo Home Loans Group, then the GetGo Home Loans Group will comply with the terms of this Data Sharing Agreement and the GetGo Home Loans Group Privacy Policy. This undertaking is given in your favour and in favour of the 3rd Party. The 3rd Party may rely on the undertakings given by us in terms of the GetGo Home Loans Group Privacy Policy.

Acceptance is voluntary

Any 3rd Party has the right to object to the processing of his or her personal information. It is voluntary for the 3rd Party to accept the terms and conditions of the GetGo Home Loans Group Privacy Policy. A 3rd Party may withdraw their consent at any time.

Purpose for processing a 3rd Party’s personal information

We undertake in favour of our Business Partner (and the 3rd Parties) that we will only process the 3rd Party’s personal information for the following purposes:

1. Applying for home loan finance on behalf of the 3rd Party and any home loan / home related and personal lines insurance products;
2. Applying for any other product or service specifically requested by the 3rd Party or by the Business Partner;
3. Advising the 3rd Party about related products and services that he or she may qualify for as offered by:

• Any company in the GetGo Home Loans Group;
• Any third-party provider that offers related products and services.

We will ensure that any such third-party provider has agreed to keep the information confidential and that same can only be used for a specific agreed purpose.

Privacy Preferences

We will not use 3rd Party personal information for a different purpose than the one stated when you provided the data to us. A 3rd Party may opt out of communications about updated information, new services and marketing messages at any time.

Authority to act for other people

You warrant that when you give us personal information about your spouse, your dependants and your family, which may include a person under 18 (a minor) you have received their permission or the necessary permission from the guardian of the minor person to share their personal information with us. You understand that when you include your spouse or dependants on any GetGo Home Loans Group form, we will process their personal information for the purposes of your being a customer of the GetGo Home Loans Group, including applying for a home loan, credit check, insurance, account opening, FICA, as the case may be and to pursue their legitimate interests. We may furthermore process their information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Statement and other related purposes.

We keep personal information confidential

We will keep the 3rd Party personal information confidential, notwithstanding the source it is collected from, i.e. from our Business Partner, the 3rd Party or any other source.

Sharing of personal information

If a third party asks us for any of 3rd Party personal information, we will share it with them only if:

1. The 3rd Party has given consent for the disclosure of this information to that third party for the provision of the GetGo Home Loans Group Services, for example financial institutions, lenders, insurance companies, deposit taking institutions and FICA verification agencies;
2. Any person or organisation that has a legal right to access the information, for example, regulators, and/or any party entitled to such information in terms of a contract with the 3rd Party.

Sharing for research and improvement purposes

While the GetGo Home Loans Group may share and combine all 3rd Party personal information for market, statistical and academic research purposes, in such cases the personal information will be de-identified.

Direct Electronic Marketing and opting out

The GetGo Home Loans Group will not use information provided by a Business Partner for Direct Electronic Marketing unless it has obtained the 3rd Party’s consent to that. Additionally, the GetGo Home Loans Group will always permit a 3rd Party to opt out of any communications from the GetGo Home Loans Group.

3rd Parties have the right to know what personal information we have

All 3rd Parties have the right to know what personal information we hold about them and have the right to ask us to update, correct or delete their personal information. Where we cannot delete their personal information, we will take all steps to make it anonymous.

Examples of where we may not be able to delete personal information include where the law requires us to keep it.

The following are examples of laws that require us to collect and keep personal information:

• The Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECT)
• The Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA)
• The Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS)
• The National Credit Act (NCA)
• The Consumer Protection Act (CPA)
• Long-term Insurance Act (LTIA).
• Financial Sector Regulation Act (FSRA)

Transferring personal information outside South Africa

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any country, company or person to which we pass personal information (for example, for the use of cloud services) agrees or is obliged by law in that jurisdiction to treat personal information with the same level of protection as required by the laws of South Africa.

Changing this Data Sharing Agreement