Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

This website, https://arcelormittalsa.com (the "website") is operated by ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited ("we” or "us" or "our” or “ArcelorMittal”). We are a listed company registered in South Africa under company registration number: 1997/017998/07, and our registered office is at Delfos Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark, 1900, South Africa.

We are a member of the ArcelorMittal Group, consisting of our ultimate holding company, ArcelorMittal S.A, incorporated under Luxembourg law and has its registered office at 19, avenue de la Liberté, L-2930, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and is registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under the number B 82.454, and all its subsidiaries.

Protecting your privacy and personal data is important to us. In this regard, ArcelorMittal has adopted a data protection policy which provides simplified legal basis for all databases and applications sharing personal data within the group.

We understand that you may be concerned about security and confidentiality of transacting over the Internet. We take the security of your personal information very seriously and take all reasonable steps to protect our computer network and systems against intrusion or any other form of attack or compromise.

While we take every effort to ensure that all information provided on this website is accurate and up to date, we take no responsibility for any error or omission relating to information provided on this website. In this regard, will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by on the basis of you use of the website or reliance on the information provided on this website.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use personal data obtained through the website.

How We Use The Information We Receive

We use the information we receive or collect:

  • To improve the content of our website;
  • To contact you with e-mail notifications;
  • To respond to a specific enquiry you may have posted on the website.

Personal Data

In general, you are not required to disclose your personal data as a condition of using this website. No personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, or e-mail address, is automatically collected from your visit to the website.

However, there pages on this site with various registration and log-in requirements (e.g. customer sites and career sites) that may request that you provide certain personal information (such as your name, address and contact details) and profile data (such as curriculum vitae). In many cases, you choose the amount of information you wish to supply (e.g. when sending us information through the website, you may choose to include only an e-mail address for replies). There may be instances, however, where some of the information requested is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. In such cases, if you do not provide mandatory personal information with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.

In order to protect your privacy, we recommend that you do not disclose your username and password to any other person if you have subscribed to any of our e-mail notification services.

If you no longer wish to receive e-mail notifications, simply unsubscribe from the service on the form provided. Your details will be deleted from our database. In addition, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to you confirming that your AMSA account has been discontinued on your instruction.

If you request information through this website and supply AMSA with your e-mail address or your name and address, you accept that this data will be used for the purpose of providing the requested information and that AMSA may use this data in the future to provide other information about AMSA that might be of interest to you. Please note that in order to process your query, your personal data may be shared by various AMSA subsidiaries and affiliates around the world.

ArcelorMittal may disclose user information in special cases when we have reasons to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with ArcelorMittal’s rights or property, other users of the website, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.

Personally identifiable information is never sold or leased to any third parties outside of ArcelorMittal group. We may share information provided by you with service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf. In this case, the service provider is committed to use your data only for ArcelorMittal purposes.

Careers

If you apply for jobs through the Web Site, you accept that the application will be processed either by ArcelorMittal or by the relevant subsidiary within the ArcelorMittal Group. ArcelorMittal or the relevant subsidiary will use the personal data supplied by the applicants for the purpose of processing the application. Applicants have the right to consult their personal data, to correct the personal data, if necessary, and to withdraw their consent to the use of their personal data. For this purpose applicants may contact the recipient of the application at the e-mail address to which they have sent the application.

Cookie Policy

Cookies are small pieces of information that a website transfers to the browser’s device and are stored on the device for record-keeping purposes. Cookies are used to improve the user experience by remembering user preferences, login information, and browsing history. There are different types of cookies, including session cookies, persistent cookies, and third-party cookies. Persistent cookies remain on a user's device for a set period of time specified in the cookie, while session cookies are temporary and deleted when the browser is closed.

Our websites use only session cookies to enhance the navigation experience. We do not use persistent cookies or third-party cookies. Since the website uses only session cookies, there is no long-term retention of cookies on the user's device.

We do not collect any data in cookies. Our session cookies are used solely to improve the functionality of our website and to make it easier for you to use. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is not collected or stored in our cookies.

You can manage your cookie settings in your browser to control how cookies are used on your device.

Security

Security for all personally identifiable information is extremely important to us. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our online information practices. When changes are made to this Policy it will be posted to the website and the "last updated" date at the top of this policy will be revised. We also encourage users to periodically check this Policy to understand how ArcelorMittal protects and uses your information.

Consent

By using this website, you agree to the collection and use, consistent with applicable laws, of information available on or through this site (including your personally identifying information) by ArcelorMittal South Africa.

Should a change to our privacy policy occur, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of the nature of the information we collect, how we use it, and the circumstances under which we disclose it.

Unless otherwise required or permitted by applicable law, we do not intend to use your personally identifiable information collected through this site in ways not described here without first providing you the opportunity to discontinue your subscription.

Contact:

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of our website, or your dealings with our website, you can contact us on za.cybersecurity@arcelormittal.com.

Information provided by you via general e-mail inquiries to us such as your e-mail address is used only to respond to your inquiries in the ordinary course of business, and is never shared with third parties.

Jurisdiction

Please be informed that any proceedings arising out of or relating to your use of this web site, its content and services will be subject to the laws of the Republic of South Africa and the courts in the Republic of South Africa shall have exclusive jurisdiction.