Privacy Policy for SA Gov Jobs
Effective date: 10 October 2024
Last updated: 13 June 2026
SA Gov Jobs (“we”, “us” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information in line with South African privacy law, including the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“POPIA”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect personal information when you use https://sagovjobs.co.za/.
1. Who we are
SA Gov Jobs is an independent public-sector job information website. We publish and organise government vacancy information, DPSA circular information, provincial vacancy information and career guidance for job seekers.
For privacy enquiries, access requests, correction requests or deletion requests, contact us at info@sagovjobs.co.za.
2. Personal information we may collect
Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:
- Contact information: such as your name, email address, telephone number and message content when you contact us or submit a form.
- Newsletter information: such as your email address and subscription preferences if you sign up for updates.
- Advertising enquiries: such as business contact details and message information if you contact us about advertising.
- Technical and usage information: such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, approximate location, referring URLs, timestamps and website interaction data.
- Cookie and advertising data: such as cookie identifiers, consent choices, analytics identifiers and advertising-related identifiers where applicable.
- Information you voluntarily provide: any other information you choose to send to us by email, forms or other website features.
SA Gov Jobs generally does not need your ID number, banking details, passwords or highly sensitive information for you to browse job listings. Do not send sensitive personal information unless it is specifically required and you are sure you are using an official application process controlled by the relevant employer or department.
3. How we collect information
We may collect information directly from you when you complete forms, email us, subscribe to updates or interact with the website. We may also collect information automatically through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, advertising technologies and security tools.
4. Why we use personal information
We may process personal information to:
- operate, maintain and secure the website;
- respond to enquiries, correction requests and support messages;
- send newsletters or updates where you have subscribed or otherwise permitted us to do so;
- understand website traffic, performance and user behaviour;
- display, measure and improve advertising;
- detect spam, abuse, fraud, technical issues and security risks;
- maintain records of consent, enquiries and communications;
- comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.
5. Legal basis for processing
Where POPIA applies, we process personal information on appropriate legal grounds, which may include your consent, performance of a requested service, compliance with legal obligations, protection of legitimate interests, and the proper operation and security of the website.
6. Cookies, analytics and advertising
We use cookies and similar technologies to help the website function, remember preferences, measure traffic, understand how visitors use the site, improve content and display advertising.
Our website may use services such as Google Site Kit, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Google AdSense or other advertising and analytics tools. These services may collect or receive information from this website and elsewhere on the internet and may use that information to provide measurement services, personalised or non-personalised ads, fraud prevention and reporting.
You can manage cookie consent through the cookie banner or settings on the website where available. You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Some features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
For more detail, please see our Cookie Policy.
7. Sharing personal information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share personal information with:
- service providers that help us host, secure, maintain, analyse or improve the website;
- email, newsletter, form, analytics, advertising, anti-spam and security providers;
- professional advisers where needed;
- authorities, regulators or other parties where required by law or necessary to protect rights, safety or security.
If you click an official application link, department website, advertisement or external link, you will leave SA Gov Jobs and the third party’s own privacy policy and terms will apply.
8. International processing
Some service providers, analytics providers, advertising partners or hosting-related systems may process or store information outside South Africa. Where this happens, we take reasonable steps to use providers and safeguards appropriate for the nature of the information and the service.
9. Data retention
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. For example, contact messages may be kept for follow-up and record purposes, analytics data may be retained according to analytics tool settings, and security logs may be kept to protect the website.
10. Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. No website, email system or internet transmission is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Your rights
Subject to POPIA and other applicable laws, you may have the right to:
- ask what personal information we hold about you;
- request access to your personal information;
- request correction or deletion of inaccurate, excessive, outdated or unlawfully processed information;
- object to certain processing;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- unsubscribe from marketing communications;
- complain to the Information Regulator if you believe your rights have been infringed.
To exercise privacy rights, email info@sagovjobs.co.za. We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
12. Children
This website is intended for job seekers and general public-sector career information. It is not aimed at children. Children should not submit personal information to us without appropriate parent or guardian involvement.
13. Third-party websites
The website links to official government websites, department portals, PDFs, application systems, advertisers, social media platforms and other external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites.
14. Information Regulator
The Information Regulator (South Africa) is the authority responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with POPIA and PAIA. You can find more information at https://inforegulator.org.za/. The Regulator also provides complaints information at https://inforegulator.org.za/complaints/.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will be posted on this page with the updated date.
16. Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process personal information, contact us at info@sagovjobs.co.za.