Privacy Notice

Global Talent Connection (Pty) Ltd (registration number 2024/417470/07) is a specialist recruitment consultancy registered and headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. We operate as a Responsible Party under POPIA, meaning we determine the purpose and means for processing your personal information.

2.1 Identity and contact information

• Full name, surname, and date of birth
• South African ID number or passport number
• Mobile number, alternative number, and email address
• Current residential province and city

2.2 Professional and employment information

• Current and previous job titles, employers, and employment status
• Years of experience in your trade or profession
• Trade-specific skills, certifications, and equipment experience
• Notice period, availability, and shift work preferences
• Expected and current salary information
• Willingness to relocate and travel requirements

2.3 Qualifications and certifications

• Educational qualifications (school grade, tertiary, trade test)
• Professional registrations (SETA, ECSA, SACPCMP, and similar bodies)
• Compliance certifications (medical fitness, drug and alcohol testing)

2.4 Documents

• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Certified copies of qualifications and certifications
• South African ID document or passport copy

2.5 Demographic information

We collect gender and, where voluntarily provided, race. This information is collected solely for the purpose of Employment Equity compliance reporting and to assist clients in meeting their legislative obligations under the Employment Equity Act. It is never used to disadvantage any candidate and is not shared with clients without your consent.

2.6 Platform and consent data

• Consent timestamp, IP address, and version of this Privacy Notice accepted
• Platform login activity and document access logs (for signed clients)

We collect and process your personal information for the following purposes:

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share your information only in the following circumstances:

4.1 Prospective employers (clients)

We share your profile with clients who have signed a Service Level Agreement with Global Talent Connection. Before sharing your full profile, we present an anonymised candidate card that shows your trade, skills, location, and experience — but not your name, contact details, or CV. Your full profile is only shared once a client has signed our SLA and we have assessed a genuine match with their vacancy.

4.2 Reference contacts

We contact your nominated referees to verify your employment history and performance. We will always ask you for referee consent before initiating any reference check.

4.3 International clients

Global Talent Connection places candidates with clients in South Africa and internationally. If you are being considered for an international placement, your information may be shared with an employer based outside South Africa. We take reasonable steps to ensure that any country or organisation receiving your data maintains data protection standards equivalent to or exceeding those required under POPIA. We will inform you before any cross-border data transfer occurs.

4.4 Service providers

We use the following service providers who may process your data on our behalf, under strict data processing agreements:

• Airtable — secure cloud database for candidate records
• Supabase — platform authentication and document storage
• Zapier — automated workflow processing
• Microsoft 365 — email communications

All service providers are contractually bound to process your data only for the purposes we specify and to maintain appropriate security standards.

4.5 Legal obligations

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, regulation, or court order.

After the applicable retention period, we will securely delete or anonymise your personal information. You may request deletion at any time — see Section 7 below.

We take the security of your personal information seriously. Our technical and organisational safeguards include:

• Encrypted cloud storage with access controls and private storage buckets
• Role-based access — only authorised GTC personnel and contracted clients can access your data
• Signed document URLs that expire after one hour — documents are never publicly accessible
• Multi-factor authentication on all internal systems
• Data minimisation — we collect only what is necessary for the stated purpose
• Regular reviews of data held to remove outdated or unnecessary records

No method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. While we take all reasonable steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Under the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013, you have the following rights:

To exercise any of these rights, contact our Information Officer at recruitment@globaltalentconnection.co.za. We will respond within 30 days.

By submitting your information to Global Talent Connection — whether via a skills form, application form, or any other means — you confirm that:

• You have read and understood this Privacy Notice
• You consent to GTC collecting, processing, and storing your personal information for the purposes described in this notice
• You consent to GTC sharing your anonymised profile with prospective clients before a full profile is shared, and your full profile with clients who have signed the GTC Service Level Agreement
• You consent to GTC conducting reference checks with your nominated referees
• You understand that you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at recruitment@globaltalentconnection.co.za

Your consent is recorded electronically at the time of submission. The record includes your typed name, the date and time of submission, the IP address from which the submission was made, and the version of this Privacy Notice that was in effect at the time.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the platform functions correctly and to provide a secure login experience. We do not use tracking cookies for advertising purposes. The cookies we use are limited to:

• Session cookies — required for platform login and to maintain your session while you browse
• Security cookies — required to protect against unauthorised access

You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but doing so may prevent you from accessing authenticated areas of the platform.

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or platform features. When we do, we will update the version number and date at the top of this document. If we make material changes that affect your rights, we will notify you by email before the changes take effect. The current version of this notice is always available on our website at www.globaltalentconnection.co.za.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests relating to your personal information or this Privacy Notice, please contact our Information Officer:

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa if you believe your rights under POPIA have not been respected: