Reflection of its vision and aligned with the goal
of operating responsibly in the community in which it is inserted and in the
relations with its clients, the protection of privacy and personal data and its
transparent and straightforward handling comprise essential values for the
entire svm engineering, construction and projects.
For this reason, all companies integrating the svm
engineering, construction and projects handle personal data based on the
following principles:
1. Personal data handling is carried out in a legal,
loyal and transparent manner;
2. The respective collection is made only for
duly determined, explicit and legitimate purposes, according with applicable
legislation;
3. Data collected are limited to the strictly
necessary and for the time necessary for the purposes for which they are
handled;
4. Only workers, employees and Group partners whose
jobs require so can access personal data;
5. Personal data are handled confidentially.
Personal data
According with legislation
on data protection, personal data are any information concerning a natural
person identified or identifiable (data holder). A natural person that can be
identified, direct or indirectly, is considered identifiable, especially by
reference to an identifier such as name, identification number,
location data, electronic identifiers or one or more specific elements of the
physical, physiologic, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity
of that natural person.
Handling responsible
The responsible for handling personal data will be
the svm engineering, construction and projects company with which the data
holders relate to.
Handling conditions
The companies comprising the svm engineering, construction
and projects will only handle personal data if one of the conditions foreseen
in the legislation on data protection occur, namely:
1. If the data owner gave is consent for the handling
of his/her personal data;
2. If handling personal data is required to execute a
contract of which the data holder is part of, or because of pre-contract
proceedings following a data holder request;
3. When its handling is required to comply a legal
obligation to which the svm engineering, construction and projects is subject
to;
4. If the handling is required to guarantee svm
engineering, construction and projects legitimate interests.
Personal data conservation
period.
In line with the principles mentioned above, the
personal data handled by the svm engineering, construction and projects are
kept for the period of time strictly required for the purposes for which they
have been gathered. The determination of these periods is made based on
information retention criteria established and adjusted to each handling and
respecting the Group’s legal and regulatory obligations.
Rights of personal data holder
The svm engineering, construction and projects
ensures that the data holder can exercise the rights granted to him/her by the
legislation on data protection, namely:
– Right to access personal data (the personal
data holder can obtain confirmation about if his/her personal data are handled
and access information about them);
– Right to rectification (the personal data
holder may request its rectification or completion);
– Right to erasure (the data holder may request to
erase his/her personal data under certain situations (i) if personal data are
no longer required for the purpose which motivated its collection or handling,
(ii) if the holder withdraw his/her consent on which the data handling is based
and when there is no other legal basis for it, (iii) if the holder opposes to
its handling and there are no prevailing legitimate interests, (iv) if the
personal data were illegally handled, (v) if the personal data have to be
erased under a legal obligation or (vi) if personal data were collected in the
context of services offer);
– Right to limit its handling (the holder of
personal data is entitled to request the limitation of its handling when (i)
its accuracy is contested and during a period of time that enables to verify
its accuracy, (ii) consider that the handling is illegal, (iii) if the data are
no longer required for handling purposes, but continue being necessary for
purposes of declaration, exercise or defense of a right in a legal process or
(iv) if the personal data holder opposes to the handling and there is no
prevalent legal interest);
– Right to data portability (when the handling
is based on consent or execution of a contract and Is carried out by automated
means, the personal data holder may request the delivery, in a structured
format, of current use and automatic reading, of personal data concerning
him/her and that were provided, as well as request the personal data
transmission to other officer, as long as technically possible);
– Right to object (at any moment the personal
data holder is entitled to oppose to its handling when (i) the handling is
based on the legitimate interest of the person responsible for the handling or
(ii) the handling is carried out with purposes different of those for which the
data have been gathered);
– Right of not being subject to individual
decisions exclusively automated (under certain circumstances, the personal
data holder is entitled to request the human intervention when decision are
made based on solely automated handling);
– Right to withdraw consent (the data holder is
entitled to withdraw the consent provided in order to handle personal data);
– Right of complaint before the National Data
Protection Commission (on any subjects related with handling their
personal data);
If you intend to exercise any of the rights
referred or clarify issues related with privacy and personal data protection by
the svm engineering, construction and projects, you can do it by letter or
e-mail to the contacts made available in the “contacts” section of this
website.
Safety measures
The companies comprising the svm engineering, construction
and projects have at their disposal safety, technical and organization measures
that guarantee the protection of personal data against personal data breach
(“personal data breach”: security breach that causes, in an accidental or
illicit manner, the destruction, loss, change, disclosure or access, not
allowed, to personal data transmitted, kept or subject to any other type of
handling) and against any other manner of illicit handling.
The commitment undertaken with personal data
protection also implies that, whenever personal data are transmitted to other
entities, they are obliged to adopt technical and organization measures that
guarantee the same level of protection.
Communication of personal data
to other entities
While performing their activity, the companies
comprising the svm engineering, construction and projects may have to inform or
provide to other entities access to their personal data, always guaranteeing
that they present technical and organization measures that properly protect the
personal data.
Personal data can only be accessed or shared with
the following entities:
– Companies belonging to the svm engineering, construction
and projects;
– Entities providing services to the company, in
terms of computer support, documental management, legal support, human
resources;
– Clients of svm engineering, construction and
projects companies.
– Public Authorities (the Tax and Customs Authority
for example).
Additional Information
If you wish, you can access detailed information on
privacy and personal data handling, through the e-mail address
info@svmengineeeirng.co.za
The privacy policy of the svm engineering, construction
and projects cab be subject to changes at any moment. In this case, the changes
will be dully announced and disclosed in the respective website.