We collect information on-line primarily to make it easier for you to use our services. Depending on the services you are accessing you may be requested to provide personal information such as your name, email address and information on your current shareholdings. We will use this information to maintain your account, process any requests and to provide you with the best possible service. We may, for example, use your information to update your details across several holdings in your portfolio. Information will be held and only disclosed in accordance with current legislation.
We will not use your information for any purpose for which you would not reasonably expect us to use it. Although we may share your information with other companies within the Computershare Group, to other people who help us to provide our services to you and to the company in which you have invested, we will not sell or disclose your personal information to anyone outside these parties for unsolicited marketing purposes.
If you access an online service maintained by Computershare or one of its subsidiaries (for example, Investor Centre which is maintained by Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd), we may use a tool called "Google Analytics" which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use the information we receive from Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google.
We may share the information we collect via cookies and Google Analytics with our related entities within the Computershare Group including entities located outside of South Africa who assist us in supplying our services including through data storage solutions, back-up services and IT support. These entities are generally located in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. We may also disclose it to others if required to do so by law.