20. Privacy term

Personal Information 

Your privacy is important to us and Ashburton Investments is committed to ensuring that your personal information is kept confidential. 

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. We may retain any information for purposes of investment transaction and administration to monitor our site or to communicate directly with you, unless expressly directed by you not to do so. 

Information security and quality 

We intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personal information in all respects, including the use of encryption technology. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us electronically and you do so at your own risk. 

Sharing of information 

We will not sell, rent or trade your personal information to any third party and we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that information collected by us is kept strictly confidential. We will only disclose or report personal information when lawfully required to do so and to comply with any relevant legalisation, or regulatory authority or any legal process. 

Changes to the Privacy Notice 

Our Privacy Notice can be found at www.firstrand.co.za We reserve the right in our sole discretion to amend the Privacy Policy from time to time. You agree to review the Privacy Policy whenever you visit this website for any such amendments. Save as expressly provided to the contrary in the Privacy Policy, the amended version of the Privacy Policy shall supersede and replace all previous versions thereof. 

Supplier Privacy Notice

Protecting the personal information or personal data of the Group’s suppliers is important to FirstRand and its subsidiaries. The FirstRand Group Supplier Privacy Notice enables its suppliers to understand how the group collects, uses and safeguards their personal information. Click here to view the Supplier Privacy Notice.