POPIA PRIVACY NOTICE
The University of the Free State (“UFS”) is an institution
of higher learning established in terms of the Higher Education Act 101 of
1997 published in the Government Notice 33490 dated 27 August 2010.
The UFS collects and processes personal information for administrative and
academic purposes agreed to with you in terms of the Protection of Personal
Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”). Where necessary
personal information may be retained for legal or research purposes.
UFS may disclose personal information of data subjects to third parties
where we have a duty or a right to disclose in terms of the law and where
we believe it is necessary to protect our rights. We value your privacy and
will take all reasonable measures and use all reasonable efforts in order
to ensure that any personal information in our possession or which we
process, is kept confidential, stored in a secure manner and processed in
terms of POPIA and South African law.
It is your responsibility to ensure that all information provided to the
UFS is true and correct, and it remains your responsibility to inform us of
any change of your personal information (such as, for example, updated
contact details) from time to time.
Please further take note that you are welcome to request reasonable access
to the personal information held on your behalf in accordance with sections
23 and 24 of POPIA, as well as request the correction, reduction or
deletion thereof, as the relevant circumstances may require. To do so,
simply contact the Deputy Information Officers at DIO@ufs.ac.za and specify
what information you require, subject to a payment of a legally allowable
fee.