This privacy statement provides information to help you understand how we collect, use and share your information when you visit Vodacom website
We may need to update this notice from time to time; if we do, we'll notify you the next time to visit this site.
Last updated: [14- September- 2023]
Who we areVodacom Lesotho is the controller of your personal information that is collected and processed subject to your engagement with Vodacom. We are a member of the Vodacom Group. In this privacy policy: “we/us” means Vodacom; “third party” means someone who is not you or us; and “Vodafone Group” means Vodafone Group Plc and any company or other organisation in which Vodafone Group Plc owns more than 15% of the share capital.
Our registered office is Vodacom Park NO:585 Mabile Road,Maseru Lesotho. We are registered in Lesotho under company number I95/236.
Your opinion matters to us - if you have any questions about our privacy statement, you can write to our privacy team at:
Legal, Regulatory and External Affairs Privacy Office Vodacom Park 585 Mabile Road P.O.Box 7387 Maseru Lesotho
The types of information we collect about you when you visit and interact with this site are: Your contact details such as name and email address where you have contacted us through this site; or If you have agreed to cookies, data such as your site preferences or language settings. We can also use this information in an aggregate manner to understand how our visitors navigate this site so we can make it better.
When we collect your personal information
We collect your personal information when you: Browse and interact with the vodacom.co.ls website; or Use our contact forms to get in touch or register your interest.
Vodacom will process your personal data based on:
How we use your personal information
Maintaining this website and providing you with any services requested through it
For example, when you contact us through this site, we'll use your information to ensure you get the right information and response.
Because of the way this website operates, we may also use information from your browser or browsing activities to personalize the site or route you to relevant information. For example, we may use web-log information, cookies or web beacons in ways that help us maintain some of your site preferences, send you to the right country-specific information or understand how our visitors navigate the site so we can make it better.
You can choose whether or not to allow cookies or web beacons using your browser preferences. To find out more about cookies and your choices, visit the Cookies section of this statement.
Some of the services or information you can request on this site may come from other members of our corporate family. Therefore, we may share your information with other companies within Vodacom Group (for example, your local carrier). The laws of the countries where these companies are based may not be the same as those in Lesotho, but your information will be treated with the same high standard of care wherever it's processed within the corporate family.
We may need to transfer your information to other Vodacom Group companies (for example, if the information you request is delivered by them) or service providers in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of countries in the European Union, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway: they are considered to have equivalent laws when it comes to data protection and privacy. This kind of data transfer may happen if our servers (i.e. where we store data) or our suppliers and service providers are based outside the EEA, or if you use our services and products while visiting countries outside this area.
If Vodacom sends your information to a country that is not in the EEA, we will make sure that your information is properly protected. We will always ensure that there is a proper legal agreement that covers the data transfer. In addition, if the country is not considered to have laws that are equivalent to Lesotho data protection standards then we will ask the third party to enter into a legal agreement that reflects those standards.
We'll store your information for as long as we have to by law. If there's no legal requirement for us to retain the data, we'll only store it for as long as we need to.
We have specialised security teams who constantly review and improve our measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, accidental loss, disclosure or destruction.
Communications over the internet (such as emails) aren't secure unless they've been encrypted. Your communications may go through a number of countries before being delivered, as this is the nature of the internet.
We cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information that is beyond our control.
We'll never ask for your secure personal or account information by an unsolicited means of communication. You're responsible for keeping your personal and account information secure and not sharing it with others.
Our website may provide links to third-party websites. We cannot be responsible for the security and content of such third-party websites. So make sure you read that company's privacy and cookies policies before using or putting your personal information on their site.
The same applies to any third-party websites or content you connect to using our products and services.
You may choose to disclose your information in certain ways such as social plug-ins (including those offered by Google, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest) or using third-party services that allow you to post reviews or other information publicly, and a third party could use that information.
Social plug-ins and social applications are operated by the social network themselves and are subject to their own terms of use and privacy and cookies policies. You should make sure you're familiar with these.
Under the law, you have a number of rights that you can exercise free of charge. We have included a summary of these below; if you would like to discuss or exercise any of these, please contact us through the details provided.
Right to correct personal data If you believe any of the personal data we hold about you is incorrect, you can request we update it
Right to access personal data You have a right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you, and how it has been processed.
Right to object to use of personal data Where we are processing your data for the purposes of direct marketing, or any legitimate interests that Vodacom is reliant upon, you can object at any time to this processing.
Right to restrict use of your data In some circumstances, you can request that we temporarily suspend the processing of your data.
Right to erasure In some circumstances, such as where we no longer have a justifiable reason to continue to process your data, you can request we delete it.
How to lodge a complaint If you have a complaint, you can contact us on the details provided. We'll do our best to help.