Stellar Talent

Privacy Notice

How we handle personal information

This notice explains how Stellar Talent collects and uses personal information, and the rights you have. It is provided in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA).

Who we are

Stellar Talent conducts executive search. The responsible party is Dagmar Artz, trading as Stellar Talent. Our Information Officer can be reached at privacy@stellar.africa.

What information we hold, and where it comes from

We build a professional profile of candidates for senior and executive roles. The information comes from your public professional profile, which we access through the platform's own export feature. It includes your name, career history, education, skills, and role details. We also generate a strengths-based assessment of your professional profile.

We do not collect special personal information such as race or ethnic origin, and we do not hold adverse predictions about you.

Candidates who apply to advertised roles. Where you apply to a role we have advertised (for example on PNet), we collect the personal information in your application and CV directly from you, with your consent given at the point of application. We process it to assess you for that role, may share it with our client for the vacancy, and retain it in our talent database for up to 24 months to consider you for similar future opportunities. You may ask us to consider you only for the role you applied to, and you may withdraw consent, access, correct, object to, or delete your information at any time by contacting privacy@stellar.africa.

Why we hold it

We process this information to identify and assess suitable candidates for our clients' executive mandates. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in conducting executive search, balanced against your rights. Because the information is drawn from what you have published professionally, the impact on you is limited, and we take steps to keep it that way.

Who we share it with

We may present a candidate profile to a client for a specific mandate, and only after a Stellar consultant has approved it for that purpose. Client presentations are anonymised by default. We use trusted service providers to store and process data on our behalf under written agreements. Some of these providers operate outside South Africa, so your information may be transferred across borders under contractual protections that meet POPIA's requirements.

How long we keep it

We keep candidate records only as long as necessary for executive search, after which they are removed.

Your rights

You may ask us to:

tell you what information we hold about you (access);
correct information that is wrong (correction);
delete your information (deletion); or
stop processing your information (objection).

To exercise any of these, email privacy@stellar.africa. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to complain to the Information Regulator of South Africa (inforegulator.org.za).

Last updated: July 2026