Privacy Policy

MGI Bass Gordon’s commitment to Protect your Personal Information

Our clients’ privacy is of vital importance to MGI Bass Gordon and we take seriously our responsibility to protect your personal information. As such MGI Bass Gordon has strict compliance procedures in place dealing with how MGI Bass Gordon collects and processes your personal information.

By engaging with MGI Bass Gordon you consent to our Privacy Policy as set out hereunder.

What Personal Information We Collect

The type of personal information MGI Bass Gordon collects depends on the type of service we are engaged to render to you.

How We Collect your Personal Information

The personal information we collect is usually supplied directly by you or via this Website (if you are a prospective employee). There are certain situations in which we will be required in terms of our mandate to collect personal information about you from public sources, related companies, your organisation, your representatives and information service providers.

Why We Collect your Personal Information

We collect personal information about you in order to carry out your mandate to MGI Bass Gordon or to consider you as a prospective employee of MGI Bass Gordon.

Who We Share your Personal Information With

MGI Bass Gordon is committed to keeping your personal information safe and secure. MGI Bass Gordon has engaged the services of third-party systems aggregators who operate under strict instructions and who are only permitted to process your personal information for the purpose intended. This means your personal information may be stored outside South Africa, and any government authorities which have jurisdiction over them may be entitled to access any personal information provided.

MGI Bass Gordon may use or disclose your personal information with your express consent following a notification to you of the intended use or disclosure.  MGI Bass Gordon  may be required by law to disclose your personal information, which may include assisting law enforcement agencies.

Third party aggregators to whom MGI Bass Gordon discloses your personal information are located in South Africa; and abroad, for example in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

For Your Protection

Please take care not to provide MGI Bass Gordon with more of your personal information than is requested.

MGI Bass Gordon will retain your personal information always in compliance with South African laws.

Even though MGI Bass Gordon monitors the system processing your personal information, it is not entirely impossible that the system may be breached. MGI Bass Gordon will immediately advise you should a system compromise affecting you come to our attention.

Destruction of Personal Information

Your personal information will be destroyed by MGI Bass Gordon always in compliance with South African law.

Information Regulator

For further information about the Protection of Personal Information in South Africa, or if any of your concerns are not resolved to your satisfaction, you may contact the Office of the Information Regulator whose responsibility it is to ensure that businesses, such as MGI Bass Gordon, manage your personal information responsibly. The Information Regulator is located at SALU Building, 316 Thabo Sehume Street, Pretoria, Tel: 012 406 4818, Fax: 086 500 3351, Email: inforeg@justice.gov.za.

Third Party Sites

This Website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties (such as MGI Worldwide). Be aware that this Privacy Policy only applies to MGI Bass Gordon and that we are not responsible for the collection, storage and/or processing of personal information by any such third-party websites. You should review the Privacy Policy of any third-party website you may visit.

Outside South Africa

This website is a South African based website.

This Privacy Policy is governed by South African law, irrespective of where you may be located when accessing this website.

This website, under the domain name MGI Bass Gordon – MGI (www.bassgordon.co.za), is licensed to MGI Bass Gordon and Legacy Financial Management Services (Pty) Ltd, registration number 1996/017317/07 of Suite 1502, 15th Floor, Portside, 4 Bree Street, Cape Town, 8001.