WEBSITE USER AGREEMENT

Introduction

The terms and conditions set out in herein shall regulate access to, use or browsing of, and registration on, the website accessible though the URL www.arcelormittalsa.com (Website) and any applications, software and services available via the Website, and constitute an agreement between ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited, registration number: 1989/002164/06, its subsidiaries and any person using or browsing the Website (User Agreement).

In this User Agreement any reference to “ArcelorMittal”, “we”, “us” or “our” shall mean ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited and its subsidiaries and “data subject” “user” “you” or “your” refers to the person accessing, using or browsing, or otherwise interacting with the Website in an individual or representative capacity.

We operate the Website to provide online access to information about ArcelorMittal, including but not limited to policies, management, operations, products, as well as financial, shareholder, procurement, and career information.

In this User Agreement, we set out, amongst others, the terms and conditions in terms of which we may obtain, use, and/or disclose your personal information, in accordance with the data protection/privacy laws.

You are therefore requested to carefully read the terms and conditions set out in this User Agreement before proceeding to use or browse the Website. If there is anything in the terms and conditions that you do not understand, you must ask us to explain it to you before you accept or continue using the Website.

You may also be requested to accept the terms and conditions contained in the User Agreement before accessing or logging into certain webpages on the Website. Should you choose not to accept the terms and conditions, you will not be able to access, view, use or browse such webpages.

Some areas of the Website may be restricted to specific users, such as customers of ArcelorMittal and will require the user to register and provide, amongst others, their personal information, such as names and contact details, in order to obtain access credentials.

NB: By accessing or using, browsing or registering on the Website, you explicitly acknowledge that you have read, understood, agree to be bound by, and comply with, the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement.

To the extent that any of our webpages or applications that are accessible through the Website are governed by additional or different terms and conditions, such terms and conditions will be accessible on such webpages.

Modifications

We reserve the right to change or update these terms and conditions at our sole discretion and at any time without prior announcement by posting any changes or updates on the Website. The new terms will be effective immediately once they are posted on the Website, and by continuing to use this Website, you will be deemed to have accepted the new or updated terms and conditions.

You acknowledge that this Website is the property of, and is published by, ArcelorMittal. The Website is intended to provide an overview of the businesses of ArcelorMittal, its subsidiaries and/or its associated companies. You may only use the Website for lawful purposes, and you warrant that you will not use the Website and the contents therein in violation of any law or regulation.

You represent that you have full legal capacity to agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this user agreement, and your access to the Website is granted in reliance on that representation. The benefits of these terms and conditions extend to each of the ArcelorMittal Group companies without notice of acceptance, which you are deemed to have waived.

General Disclaimer

The information presented here has been compiled by ArcelorMittal from internal and external sources and is provided on an "as is” basis. However, no representation is made or warranty given, either express or implied, as to the completeness, reliability, security, timeliness, or accuracy of such information or the non-existence of any viruses on the Website.

In particular, you should be aware that this information may be incomplete, may contain errors or may have become out of date. You should therefore verify information obtained from this Website before you act upon it by contacting ArcelorMittal or the external sources concerned

Financial Disclaimer

Nothing contained in the Website shall be deemed to be either advice of a financial nature to act or not to act in any way whatsoever or an invitation to invest or deal in any form of investment, whether listed or unlisted, in ArcelorMittal or its affiliates
Intellectual Property

The Website, the intellectual property, and all software are protected by copyright.  All rights in the ArcelorMittal trademarks, computer code, logos and other graphics, tools, calculators and devices remain the sole property of ArcelorMittal or its affiliates. We do not grant you any licence or right to use any of our trademarks or other intellectual property on this Website by virtue of your use of or access to the Website. Unauthorised use of any copyrighted materials, trademarks or any other intellectual property without the express written consent of ArcelorMittal is strictly prohibited.

The above-mentioned content may not be sold, distributed, transmitted, copied, modified or decompiled, in any way, without the prior written consent of ArcelorMittal. Any unauthorised use of the content is expressly prohibited and may constitute a violation of copyright law, trademark law, patent law or other industrial property rights.

You may only download, display and print one copy of the Website on your personal computer for private and personal purposes and/or purposes allowed by the applicable law.

Restrictions on the use of the Website

In addition to other restrictions otherwise outlined in this User Agreement, you agree that:

• you shall not disguise the origin of information transmitted through the Website;
• you shall not place false or misleading information on the Website;
• you shall not use or access any service, information, application or software available via the Website in a manner not expressly permitted by ArcelorMittal; and
• the restricted webpages on the Website may be subject to a vetting process before access is granted. In this regard, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your member login and password information and for restricting access to your computer. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your member identification and passwords.

Compliance with laws and limitation of liability

You agree to access and use the Website at your own risk in strict compliance with all applicable laws, rulings, and regulations and in a manner that does not negatively reflect on our goodwill or reputation, and you will take no actions which would cause us to be in violation of any laws, rulings or regulations applicable to us.

We will not be liable for any damages or injury resulting from your access to, or inability to access, this Website, or from your reliance on any information provided on the Website.

By accessing this Website, you agree that we will not be liable for any direct or indirect damages or loss you may suffer or incur arising from your use of the information and material contained in this Website.

Indemnity

You agree, at all times, to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ArcelorMittal, its agents, affiliates and their respective directors and employees against all actions, proceedings, costs, claims, damages, demands, liabilities and expenses whatsoever sustained, incurred or paid by ArcelorMittal directly or indirectly in respect of (i) any information or other content you provide on or through this Website and (ii) your use or misuse of the content of this Website, including without limitation infringement claims.

Data Privacy

We understand that you may be concerned about the 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.

In general, you are not required to disclose your personal information 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 are pages on this Website 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 email 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 ArcelorMittal account has been discontinued on your instruction.

If you request information through this Website and supply ArcelorMittal 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 ArcelorMittal may use this data in the future to provide other information about ArcelorMittal that might be of interest to you. Please note that in order to process your query, your personal information may be shared by various ArcelorMittal subsidiaries and affiliates around the world.

We 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 our 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 the 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 using your data only for ArcelorMittal purposes.

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, we will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by you on the basis of your use of the Website or reliance on the information provided on this Website.

Please refer to our Privacy Statement for more information regarding our privacy practices, policies and procedures, covering amongst others, how we collect personal information, how we process or disclose personal information and your rights of access to the personal information we have about you.

Job applications

If you apply for jobs through the Website, 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 email address to which they have sent the application.

Social Media

When you engage with us through our social media accounts, your personal information may be processed by the social media platform owner. This process is outside our control, and the processing activities may be in a country outside of your home country that may have different data protection laws. For more information about the privacy practices of a social media platform, please refer to and read the terms and conditions of that social media platform before you use it or share any personal information on it.

Cookies

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 Website uses 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 through 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.

Consent

By using this Website, you agree to the collection and use of information accessible or made available on or through this Website (including your personally identifying information) by us consistent with data protection laws and our privacy policies, statements and procedures.

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.

This Website may contain links to Websites not operated, controlled or supervised by ArcelorMittal. These links are solely provided for your convenience. If you follow these links, you’ll leave the Website and will be subject to the terms of use and privacy policy applicable to those Websites. By providing such links, ArcelorMittal makes no judgment or warranty with respect to the Websites accessible through the links, and ArcelorMittal takes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy of the information or material published on these Websites.

You are not permitted to link any other Website to this Website without obtaining our prior written consent, and if we do provide consent, subject to any conditions that we may impose.

Severance

If any term of this User Agreement is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unlawful or unenforceable, it shall not affect the enforceability of any of the remaining terms of this User Agreement.

Waiver

If we do not exercise any right under the terms of this User Agreement, then that shall not constitute a waiver of that right.

Change or Termination

To the full extent permitted by law, we reserve the right to alter, restrict and/or terminate the User Agreement to you in particular, or to the public in general, without notice or reason, or to revise this User Agreement. Such changes will be published on this Website and will be deemed to have been accepted by you if you continue using the Website.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction