POPIA privacy policy

POPIA PRIVACY NOTICE

1. Responsible Party

This website is owned and operated by a sole legal practitioner (“the Practitioner”), who acts as the Responsible Party for purposes of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”).

2. Nature and Purpose of the Website

The website provides general legal opinions, commentary, and summaries of case law for informational purposes only. It does not provide legal advice and does not create an attorney–client relationship.

3. Personal Information Collected

The website may collect and process the following limited categories of personal information:

Name and surname (where voluntarily provided);

Email address (for newsletter subscriptions);

Information voluntarily submitted in comments on posts;

Standard technical information automatically collected by the hosting platform (such as IP address and browser type).

No special personal information as contemplated in section 26 of POPIA is intentionally collected.

4. Purpose of Processing

Personal information is processed strictly for the following purposes:

To administer and distribute newsletters;

To moderate and publish comments submitted on blog posts;

To maintain the security and functionality of the website;

To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

Personal information will not be used for unsolicited direct marketing beyond the newsletter to which a user has expressly subscribed.

5. Lawful Basis for Processing

Processing is undertaken on the basis of:

The data subject’s consent (for newsletter subscriptions and voluntary comments);

The legitimate interests of the Practitioner in operating and securing the website;

Compliance with applicable legal obligations.

6. Disclosure of Information

Personal information is not sold or shared with third parties for commercial purposes. Limited disclosure may occur:

To website hosting and email service providers bound by confidentiality and data protection obligations;

Where required by law or lawful request of a competent authority.

7. Retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Newsletter subscribers may unsubscribe at any time, whereafter their details will be removed from the mailing list within a reasonable period.

8. Security

Appropriate, reasonable technical and organisational measures are implemented to safeguard personal information against loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, or destruction.

9. Data Subject Rights

In terms of POPIA, data subjects have the right to:

Request access to their personal information;

Request correction or deletion of inaccurate or excessive information;

Object to processing on reasonable grounds;

Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent);

Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa.

Requests may be directed to the Practitioner using the contact details provided on the website.

10. Changes

This notice may be updated from time to time. The latest version will be published on this website.