Published in terms of section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000
Bridgestone South Africa (BSAF) is a subsidiary of Bridgestone. BSAF is head quartered in Vorna Valley, Johannesburg, South African. BSAF specializes in the manufacturing, importing and exporting of vehicle tyres to its franchises and its customers.
BSAF Vorna Valley head office manages the commercial, compliance and strategy of its manufacturing plants, commercial plants and fitment centres across South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
This manual is published on the Company website at https://www1.bridgestone.co.za/bridgestone-paia-manual or alternatively, a copy can be requested from the Group Assurance Manager on the following address:
Bridgestone South Africa Head Office
6 Ridge Road
Vorna Valley
Midrand
1685
Tel: +2711 923 7500
Fax: +2711 974 1865
Duly Authorised Person:
Ms. Scarlate Masiye
Executive Head: Legal, Risk and Compliance
[email protected]
Guides to the PAIA can be obtained and queries directed to:
South African Human Rights Commission
Promotion of Access to Information Act Unit
Research and Documentation Department
Private Bag 2700
Houghton
Johannesburg
2041
Telephone number: (011) 484 8300
Fax number: (011) 484 7146/7
Website: www.sahrc.org.za
E-mail: [email protected]
Guides to the POPI Act can be obtained and queries directed to:
The Information Regulator
JD House
27 Stiemens Street
Braamfontein,
Johannesburg, 2001
Complaints email: [email protected]
General enquiries email: [email protected].
This Promotion of Access to Information Manual (“Manual”) serves the following purposes:
The PAIA and POPI Acts give effect to everyone’s constitutional right of access to information held by private sector or public bodies, if the record or personal information is required for the exercise or protection of any rights. If a public body lodges a request, the public body must be acting in the public interest.
Requests shall be made in accordance with the prescribed procedures, at the rates provided. The forms and tariff are dealt with in section 5.
BSAF operations are centrally controlled from BSAF Head Office domiciled at:
Bridgestone South Africa Head Office
6 Ridge Road
Vorna Valley
Midrand
1685
Tel: +2711 923 7500
Fax: +2711 974 1865
Duly Authorised Person:
Ms. Scarlate Masiye
Executive Head: Legal, Risk and Compliance
[email protected]
BSAF continuously commits to upholding the POPI Act and only process personal information in accordance with the current South African privacy. Accordingly, the relevant personal information privacy principles relating to the processing thereof including, but not limited:
We process personal information for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to the following:
Categories of data subjects and personal information processed by BSAF include the following:
Based on Information Classification and Data Retention Policy supported by our internal Information Transfer Processes, BSAF retains the following types of documents and records:
BSAF’s data will be retained in terms of applicable South African legislative data retention prescription and the European Data Protection Regulation. BSAF will apply the longest duration between the two regulations.
BSAF may share the personal information of our data subjects for any of the purposes outlined in Section 3.1, with: the following:
Bridgestone does not share the personal information of our data subjects with any third parties, except if:
Bridgestone has implemented reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect of personal information processed by BSAF and its Operators i.e., third parties that process personal information on behalf of BSAF.
Bridgestone continuously implements and monitors technical and organisational security measures to protect the personal information we hold, against unauthorised access, as well as accidental or wilful manipulation, loss or destruction. Furthermore, BSAF ensures that operators who process personal information on behalf of Bridgestone apply adequate safeguards as outlined in the Bridgestone POPI Management System and related Operator Agreement
BSAF will only transfer personal information across South African borders if the relevant business transactions or situation requires trans-border processing, and will do so only in accordance with the POPI Act and the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) or under the condition whereby the data subject consents to transfer of their personal information to third parties in foreign countries.
BSAF continuously ensures that operators are bound by laws, binding corporate rules or binding agreements that provide an adequate level of protection and uphold principles for reasonable and lawful processing of personal information, in terms of the POPI Act.
In order for BSAF to facilitate a request for access to information, correction and/or omission, the requester must do the following:
Where Bridgestone has voluntarily provided the Information Regulator with a list of categories of records that will automatically be made available to any person requesting access thereto, the only charge that may be levied for obtaining such records, will be a fee for reproduction of the record in question.
The applicable fees for reproduction as referred to above are:
For every photocopy of an A4-size page or part thereof | R 1.00 |
For every printed copy of an A4-size page or part thereof held on a computer or in electronic
| R 1.00 |
For a copy in a computer-readable form on a compact disc of DVD
| R 100.00 |
A transcription of visual images, for an A4-size page or part thereof | R 70,00 |
For a copy of visual images | R 70,00 |
A transcription of an audio record, for an A4-size page or part thereof | R 70.00 |
For a copy of an audio record | R 50.00 |
The following applies to requests (other than personal requests):
Prescribed forms and fees are published on the Company website or, alternatively, copies can be requested from the Group Assurance Manager (see contact details in section 2). Prescribed forms and fees can be found on the Company website.
BSAF does not have internal appeal procedures. As such, the decision made by the Information Officer is final, and requestors will have to exercise such external remedies at their disposal if the request for information is refused, and the requestor is not satisfied with the answer supplied by the Information Officer.
External remedies are subject to the provisions of the Act, a requestor that is dissatisfied with an Information Officer’s refusal to disclose information, may within 180 days of notification of the decision, apply to a Court for relief. Likewise, a third party dissatisfied with an Information Officer’s decision to grant a request for information, may within 180 days of notification of the decision, apply to a Court with appropriate jurisdiction for relief
Within 30 days of receipt of the request, BSAF decide whether to grant or decline the request and give notice with reasons (if required) to that effect.
BSAF may further extend the 30 day period within which BSAF has to decide whether to grant or refuse the request by a further period of not more than 30 days if the request is for a large number of information, or the request requires a search for information held at another office Bridgestone Office or third party archiving company and the information cannot reasonably be obtained within the original 30 day period. BSAF will notify the requester in writing should an extension be sought.
