Dentsu SSA Website Privacy Notice
Last updated June 2025

1.  Who does this notice affect?

The Notice covers Our People and includes ‘you’, prospective, present and past employees, contractors, agency staff and people connected to you (such as the person you nominate to contact in an emergency), collectively “Workers”. Dentsu SSA and its group of organisations use global HR information systems (‘HRIS’) for employment management and recruitment purposes to capture and store personal data of Our People.

2. Who collects your data?

Dentsu SSA is a global media, creative and customer experience management group made up of several brands. It does business through its subsidiaries and affiliates in and around Sub-Saharan Africa. Your personal data is collected by the dentsu organisation that you entered into an employment contract or relationship or a contract for services with, have applied for a role with, or used to work for. Where applicable, this dentsu organisation is a data controller in relation to the personal data that is collected about you. Where this organisation has a market specific People Privacy Notice, please consult that notice. Your personal data may need to be processed by other dentsu organisations for their own independent purposes. In which case, these organisations are also data controllers of your personal data. If you have questions about which dentsu organisation is a data controller in respect of your personal data, please contact your local HR team or, where applicable, your data protection officer.

3. What is not included?

The Notice is intended to tell you how we use personal information but is not intended to create a contract with you. This Notice does not apply to the information we hold about companies or other organisations, or to other companies or organisations collecting and using your personal information. You should review their privacy policies before giving them your personal information.

4. Information we may collect 

The type of information we collect will depend on the circumstances and the services you are using. Generally speaking, we will collect information relating to you and/or your use of our services in the following ways: 

• Information relating to your use of the website

We collect information about how you use our website. This includes information relating to the pages you visit on our websites, the services or information your search for and the links and content you choose to access. We may also use the personal information you provide through your use of our website to provide you with relevant content and to inform our marketing strategy. This type of activity is known as “profiling” – using automated means to process your personal data to analyse or predict your personal preferences, interest or behaviours. You can object to profiling below.

• Technical data 

We collect information about the device(s) you use to access our site. This includes collecting unique mobile device ID or the internet protocol (IP) address online identifiers, which are numbers that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet. This information is linked to a cookie ID, which we receive and process. You may find more information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them on our separate Cookie Notice. 

• Contact data

We collect contact details when you sign-up to receive email alerts, attend one of our events, download our content, subscribe to our newsletters or where you ask us to respond to a query you have. The personal data we collect includes your name, email address, work address and location. 

• Marketing and communications data 

We collect information about your preferences in receiving marketing information from us and your communication preferences. 

• Children

We do not actively seek to collect information about children aged 18 or under. If you have any concerns about your child’s privacy in relation to our services, or if you believe that your child may have entered personal data onto our website, please contact us at communications.africa@dentsu.com . We will delete such information from our records within a reasonable time. 

5. How we use this information

Except where required by law, we use the personal data you provide for the following purposes: 

• to deliver the specific information or services you have requested;

• to enable the download of our content;

• send you newsletters and information relating to our brands and services;

• respond to your requests and feedback; and 

• analyse and/or improve our services. 

Under data protection law we are required to advise you on the legal basis for processing your personal data. For the most part, the processing of your personal information is based either on a) our legitimate interests related to us providing you services you have requested or otherwise your customer relationship with us, or b) your consent, where requested. 

6. How we secure your information 

We maintain appropriate organisational and technological safeguards to help protect against unauthorised use, access to or accidental loss, alteration or destruction of personal information. Where we use third parties, we also seek to ensure that they do the same.

7. Updates

This Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in law, best practice or a change in our practices regarding the treatment of personal information.  The date of the most recent revision will appear at the top of this page. If you do not agree to the changes, please do not continue to use our services and please refrain from sharing your personal information with us. You should check this notice frequently for updates.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, our approach to privacy or you would like to exercise any of the rights mentioned in this Privacy Notice you can contact our Data Protection Officers in any of the following ways:

Email: Communications.africa@dentsu.com