YouthPlugSA

Privacy Policy

Data & Privacy Notice: YouthPlugSA is a job advertising and career advising platform that aggregates employment opportunities and professional insights from publicly available online sources; all data is collected and processed in accordance with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), and users or employers may request the immediate removal or correction of their listings at any time by contacting us at youthplugsa@gmai.com.

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT (POPIA) POLICY

Website: YouthPlugSA
Effective Date: 23 June 2026

1. PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY

YouthPlugSA is committed to protecting the privacy of our users and ensuring that their personal information is processed safely, lawfully, and transparently. This policy outlines how YouthPlugSA complies with the Protection of Personal Information Act, No. 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) of South Africa, specifically regarding our operations as a job advertising, career advising, and online opportunity aggregator.

2. HOW WE COLLECT DATA (ONLINE AGGREGATION)

In accordance with Section 12 of POPIA, YouthPlugSA collects and processes personal information under specific legal exceptions.

We gather job advertisements, company details, and professional career insights from publicly available online sources. We only aggregate this data where employers, organizations, or individuals have deliberately made this information public for employment, recruitment, or professional networking purposes.

3. THE CONDITIONS OF LAWFUL PROCESSING

YouthPlugSA ensures compliance with the eight conditions of POPIA:

  • Accountability: We take full responsibility for ensuring that your data is handled lawfully.
  • Processing Limitation: We only process data that is relevant and necessary for providing job advertising and career advising services.
  • Purpose Specification: Data is collected solely to connect job seekers with open career opportunities and to provide educational career guidance.
  • Further Processing Limitation: We do not use the collected data for secondary purposes unrelated to employment or career development.
  • Information Quality: We make reasonable attempts to keep aggregated job postings updated, though users should verify details with primary employers.
  • Openness: We maintain complete transparency regarding our automated aggregation methods.
  • Security Safeguards: We implement strict security measures to protect data from unauthorized access, loss, or destruction.
  • Data Subject Participation: We respect the rights of all individuals and organizations to access, correct, or delete their information from our platform.

4. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER POPIA

As a user, employer, or data subject whose information appears on YouthPlugSA, you hold the following rights:

  • Right to Access: You may request confirmation of what information we hold about you.
  • Right to Correction: You may request that we update, amend, or correct any inaccurate or outdated information.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information at any time.
  • Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): If your public profile, company details, or job listing was aggregated by our system and you wish to have it removed, we will delete it immediately upon request.

5. CONTACT OUR INFORMATION OFFICER

To exercise your right to access, correct, or completely delete your data from YouthPlugSA, please contact our Information Officer directly. We resolve all compliance and removal requests promptly and free of charge.

  • Platform Name: YouthPlugSA
  • Information Officer Email: youthplugsa@gmail.com