Privacy Policy

CONFIDENTIALITY

Merit Stocks respects your privacy and is committed to keeping your information confidential. For the purposes of this policy, ‘Merit Stocks’ means Merit Stocks Proprietary Limited and all of its subsidiaries and associated companies.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

You can visit our website without having to divulge any personal information about yourself. However, while using this website you may provide information about yourself and/or it may be collected by Merit Stocks. You may update personal information at any time by e-mailing info@meritstocks.co.za or by modifying your account details. You may also view or request your personal information that Merit Stocks has on record and/or correct it if necessary on written request to Merit Stocks.

THIRD PARTY ACCESS

Access to your personal information held by Merit Stocks may also be requested by third parties. The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (‘PAIA’) regulates and sets out the procedure for such a request and under which circumstances such access may be refused

USE OF INFORMATION

Personal information is used as is appropriate in the normal course of business to provide the products and services you have requested. Merit Stocks may retain any information for purposes of administration, to monitor our site or to communicate directly with you.

SHARING OF INFORMATION

All personal information supplied to Merit Stocks or collected by Merit Stocks is kept strictly confidential. Merit Stocks will disclose or report personal information only if required to do so by law or any regulatory authority, and to its employees, or agents who require such information to carry out their duties.

SECURITY OF INFORMATION

Merit Stocks takes all reasonable steps to protect your personal information, including, where appropriate, the use of encryption technology. Merit Stocks cannot however guarantee the security of any information you transmit to Merit Stocks electronically and you do so at your own risk.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

By visiting this website you consent to receiving communications electronically and agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and all other communications transmitted by electronic means satisfy any legal requirement, including but not limited to the requirement that such communication should be ‘in writing’.