Privacy Policy.

Introduction

Please make sure that you read through and understand our Privacy Policy for the Shamla Pather Attorneys website.

• This Privacy Policy relates to the submission and processing of personal information by Shamla Pather Attorneys “SPA” via the website currently hosted at www.shamlapatherattorneys.co.za
• SPA is committed to protecting your privacy and recognises its obligations to collect and process your Personal Information in accordance with the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, no 4 of 2013 (POPIA) when you make use of this website.
• You may read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how your Personal Information will be treated and take note that we may update this policy from time to time, and you are requested to refer to the website periodically to check for updates.
• By accessing our Website, you agree to SPA, its proprietor, attorneys, paralegals and staff, consultants, employees, agents and subcontractors, affiliates and/or third parties to process (which will include collecting, using, and disclosing) your Personal Information for the purposes stated in this policy. If you do not agree with our processing activities described in this policy, please do not use the Website.
• We will not use your personal information for any purposes not mentioned in this policy without your specific consent.

Personal Information we may collect

• Personal Information is information which identifies or could reasonably be associated with you.
• Information you provide to us:

– The Personal Information we collect, and process may include, but is not limited to, the information (including metadata) submitted via our website contact forms, details submitted to register for any newsletter or subscription-based service, or contact details provided to us (such Personal Information may include your name, identity or passport numbers, email address, physical address, telephone numbers, information relating to your occupation, gender, dietary requirements etc).

– You are not obliged to provide any such Personal Information on the public areas of our Website. However, you may choose to do so by completing application forms of the various sections of our Website, including publications and newsletter subscriptions; seminars and other events; and to contact our directors and other employees.

– We confirm we will only collect that Personal Information which may reasonably be deemed necessary for the intended purpose of the collection.

• Every time you access our Website, we may also automatically collect and store certain information about you. This includes, but is not limited to, technical information, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address which is used to connect your computer to the Internet, operating system and browser type and platform for system administration; and information about your use of our Website including details of your visits such as pages viewed and the resources that you accessed. Such information includes traffic data, location data and other communication data.

Use of your Personal Information

• We will only collect, use, disclose or otherwise process your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy in fulfilment of the requirements of POPIA.
• When you provide us with your personal information (in terms of clause 2 of this Policy), we will use your information to contact you, send you publications and newsletters which you have subscribed to receive and generally communicate with you to provide the services as set out on our website.
• We will not retain your Personal Information for longer than is necessary to achieve the purpose for which we collected it, unless we are required to do so by any act, regulation, or bylaw or by an order from a judicial or regulating body such as a court or tribunal.

Sharing of your Personal Information

• We may disclose your Personal Information to our third-party service providers, where necessary and for specific purposes only.
• We require that our service providers take appropriate, reasonable, technical, and organisational measures to keep your Personal Information secure.
• In addition, our service providers may not use or disclose Personal Information for any purpose other than providing the services on our behalf.
• We may also disclose your Personal Information when such disclosure is necessary to protect the legitimate interests (safety, property, or other rights) of SPA, is proprietor, employees, consultants, or any other person, or where required or permitted by law; or if we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information in order to comply with any legal obligation.
• There is a possibility that the Personal Information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside of the Republic of South Africa (for example, by a third-party data hosting service provider).
• Insofar as your information may be transferred outside of South Africa, we will take reasonable organisational and/or contractual measures to ensure that your personal information is processed by such third-party service providers for the purposes for which it has been provided to us and that the required levels of protection have been implemented by such third-party service providers to safeguard your Personal Information.
• You agree that once your Personal Information has been de-identified (i.e. we delete any information that identifies you) such de-identified information may be shared in the following circumstances:

– To our agents, advisers, service providers and suppliers (this may include our CRM provider; search engine optimisation agency, creative, brand, digital and media agencies, Microsoft, Google, and other research agents).

– To monitor web traffic: web servers serving the Website automatically collect information about you in relation to the Website pages you visit; and

– For statistics purposes: we may perform statistical analyses to measure interest in the various areas of the Website.

Safeguarding of your Personal Information

•  We will take all appropriate, reasonable, technical, and organisational measures to safeguard your Personal Information to prevent loss of damage to or unauthorised destruction of your Personal Information or unlawful access to or processing of your Personal Information.

How to Access and Update your Personal Information

• We will take reasonable steps to keep your Personal Information accurate and complete. We suggest that you regularly update your Personal Information.
• You can request access to any of your Personal Information that is held by us at any time and for any purpose, including to request that we correct your Personal Information if it is inaccurate or delete the Personal Information if we are no longer required to retain it by law or for a legitimate purpose.
• Requests to access Personal Information held on you in accordance with this Policy can be made to: reception@lawspa.co.za 

Use of IP Addresses

• We will only collect, use, disclose or otherwise process your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy in fulfilment of the requirements of POPIA.
• When you provide us with your personal information (in terms of clause 2 of this Policy), we will use your information to contact you, send you publications and newsletters which you have subscribed to receive and generally communicate with you to provide the services as set out on our website.
• We will not retain your Personal Information for longer than is necessary to achieve the purpose for which we collected it, unless we are required to do so by any act, regulation, or bylaw or by an order from a judicial or regulating body such as a court or tribunal.

Contact

• If you have any questions regarding the processing of your Personal Information by MG Law in terms of this Policy, please email us at reception@lawspa.co.za
• Further, if you currently receive marketing information from us which you would prefer not to receive in the future please email us at reception@lawspa.co.za