HCSA GROUP PTY LTD

Privacy & data use.

Updated 26 October 2026.

Enquiries and benchmark requests

We collect the details you choose to submit so HCSA can respond to your enquiry or benchmark request. These can include your name, email, organisation, phone number, role, industry, location and message. Required fields are indicated on each form. Please omit ID numbers, payslips and confidential employee information.

Forms are processed and stored using Netlify Forms. The additional Vercel-hosted version forwards enquiries to the same HCSA form service. Enquiry records include the page used, the referring website’s domain if available, and campaign labels from the current link. This helps HCSA understand which pages lead to useful enquiries. We do not add advertising cookies. The optional synthetic calculator is separate from the benchmark intake; its inputs are not attached to enquiries. Pay details are submitted only through the explicit pay-sharing step in the benchmark request.

Optional pay contributions and research

The annual benchmark form may collect role level, employment type, experience, employer-size band, working fraction and responsibilities. If you choose to share your own pay or offer, it also collects the amount, period, pay basis, evidence month and evidence type. We calculate an annual equivalent without silently changing the pay basis or working fraction. We do not request identity numbers, employer names, bank details or document uploads in this form.

Your submission is private, not anonymous: it is linked to the contact details needed to deliver your review and check the annual allowance. HCSA staff review eligibility manually; the website does not automatically authenticate one person per year. Records remain unverified until assessed. Research permission is a separate, unticked choice and is not required for the free service. It allows HCSA to assess the details for de-identification and aggregated research, subject to role matching, usage-rights, duplicate, sample and privacy checks. We do not publish your individual pay or contact details.

Contact us to withdraw optional research permission or request correction or deletion. We assess requests against work already completed and applicable retention requirements. Once information has been irreversibly anonymised and aggregated, it may no longer be possible to identify your contribution. Source records are not made anonymous merely by removing your name. No raw salary records are sent to the AI assistant by this form.

Package requests and payments

Package enquiries include the selected package, displayed price and offer version so HCSA can confirm scope and coverage. They are not paid orders. Online payment is available only after a merchant connection is enabled; card details are handled on the payment provider’s site, not in HCSA enquiry forms. HCSA verifies payment with the provider before delivery.

Illustrative calculators and HawkEye

Public calculator inputs are used in the current page session and are not saved to browser storage by this site. Example salary figures are synthetic and are not verified benchmarks. HawkEye’s public working demonstration is a separate service using synthetic data. Private workspace and owner features require authenticated access. Do not use real employee information in the demonstration.

Website assistant

The website’s AI assistant sends messages and recent conversation through HCSA’s server to NVIDIA’s model service to generate a reply. Avoid personal identifiers, payslips, confidential employee information and sensitive business data. Replies can be inaccurate and should be checked with HCSA.

Website operation

The hosting service processes technical request information to operate and protect the website. Netlify’s configured site analytics may measure website performance. Calculator interactions do not establish an advisory engagement.

Questions and data requests

Email info@hcsagroup.co.za to ask about submitted information, request a correction or deletion, or clarify the records, retention requirements and service providers applicable to your request.