Privacy Policy

As a law firm, we collect, use and disclose information on a daily basis in order to render our services in consultation, litigation and transaction. We are committed to protecting your privacy

and accordingly, we have developed this policy to explain how we obtain, make use of, and disclose the personal information that you submit to us, in accordance with the requirements of the Protection of Personal information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPI Act”).

 

“Personal Information” when used herein has the meaning ascribed to it in the POPI Act – it refers to inter alia information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and in certain instances, an identifiable, existing juristic person (like a company), for example information relating to gender, date of birth, physical address, telephone number, financial information, and history etc.

 

Reading this Privacy Policy will help you make informed decisions about sharing your Personal Information with us.

 

The Personal Information we collect will be used for legitimate business purposes We collect your personal information so that we can communicate with you in response to your questions, to provide better advice and services in general. Where necessary we will also share your personal information to comply with any applicable law or legal process served on us.

 

We do our best to collect and process Personal Information in a manner that is reasonable, relevant, non-excessive and purpose-specific.

 

We have implemented certain reasonable security measures to protect the security and integrity of any Personal Information we collect and process. This is to prevent loss of, damage to, or unauthorised destruction of Personal Information and unlawful access to, and processing of, Personal Information. We will continuously review our security controls which include regular testing of protocols and measures put in place to combat cyber-attacks on the Company’s IT network. Should you be particularly concerned about the safety of specific personal information you intend to send to us, you should liaise with your contact person at the firm regarding the appropriate communication platform to be used.

 

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

 

You can contact us about this policy by using the details as provided under our “contact us” page on our website.