Privacy Policy

 ASR Legal Consulting (“we, “us”, “our”) takes data privacy seriously and is committed to taking reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy and secure personal information we may collect from visitors to our website, our service providers and/or clients to whom we provide legal consulting services.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website www.asrlegal.co.za.

  1. What personal information we collect about you

We may collect and process different types of personal information in the course of operating our business and providing our services. These may include (but are not limited to):

  • Basic personal details such as your name, age, sex, and job title;
  • Contact information such as your telephone number and postal or email address;
  • Financial information such as payment related information or bank account details;
  • Personal information provided to us by you or generated by us in the course of providing our services, which may, where relevant, include special personal information;
  • Details of transactions or services that we carry out for you as well as records of correspondence or enquiries from you or anyone acting on your behalf;
  • Identification and other background verification information such as a copy of identity documents, passports or utility bills or evidence of beneficial ownership;
  • Any other personal information relating to you that you may provide.
  1. How we obtain the personal information about you

We may collect or receive your personal information where you provide it to us directly, for example by corresponding with us by email, or via other direct interactions with us such as completing a form on our website.

  1. How we use your personal information

We will only use your personal information where we are permitted to do so by applicable law. Under the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA) the use of personal information must be justified under one of a number of legal grounds. The principal legal grounds that justify our use of your personal information are:

  • Contract performance: where your information is necessary to enter into or perform our contract with you.
  • Legal obligation: where we need to use your information to comply with our legal obligations.
  • Consent: where you have consented to our use of your information.

We may use your personal information in the following ways:

  • To provide our legal and other services to you and to conduct our business – – to administer and perform our services, including to carry out our obligations arising from any agreements entered into between you and us  and for record-keeping purposes;
  • To ensure that we are paid – to recover any payments due to us and where necessary to enforce such recovery through the engagement of debt collection agencies or taking other legal action (including the commencement and carrying out of legal and court proceedings).
  1. Who we share your personal information with

We may share your personal information with a variety of the following categories of third parties for the purposes of rendering our services and for the reasons recorded in clause 3 above:

  • Our professional advisers (eg legal, financial, business, risk management or other advisers), bankers and auditors;
  • Third party service providers; and/or
  • Other third-party external advisers or experts engaged in the course of the services we provide to our clients and with their prior consent.
  1. Which countries we transfer your personal information to

Where a third party service provider processes the personal data on our behalf, we will ensure that appropriate measures are in place to ensure an adequate level of protection for your personal information.

  1. How long we keep your personal information

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which this information was collected and any other permitted linked purpose.

  1. How we protect your personal information

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

  1. Access to your personal information 

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (“PAIA”). Fees to obtain a copy or a description of personal information held about you are prescribed in terms of PAIA. Confirmation of whether or not we hold personal information about you may be requested free of charge. If you would like to get access to/obtain a copy of your personal information held by us, please contact us via the details provided in paragraph 9 below.

  1. What rights you have in relation to your personal information

As a data subject, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal information
  • Request correction or deletion
  • Object to processing
  • Withdraw consent
  • Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator

To exercise these rights, contact us at info@asrlegal.co.za

You can object to the processing of your personal information at any time on reasonable grounds. You can withdraw your permission for us to use your information at any time, provided that it does not affect the processing of your personal information:

  • Prior to the withdrawal of consent
  • If that processing is an obligation imposed by any law
  • As required to finalise the performance of a contract in which you are a party
  • As required to protect your, ours or a third party’s legitimate interest.

If you contact us to exercise any of these rights we will check your entitlement and respond within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our use of your personal information or our response to any exercise of these rights, you have the right to complain to the Information Regulator, whose current contact details are set out below:

The Information Regulator
POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za
PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za

  1. How we use cookies and similar technologies

When you visit our website we may send a cookie/s to your computer. You can view and edit your cookies (in particular any permanent, unnecessary or optional cookies) through the cookies’ directory on your browser installation. Please note that if you do not accept some cookies you may not be able to use some of our services. We may also, directly or through third-party service providers, identify and analyse website traffic in order to improve and tailor our website/our services. This may include but is not limited to:

Google Analytics: which you can opt-out of on the website being made available to Google Analytics by installing the browser plug-in available from Google. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page.

  1. How you can contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how we process your personal information, please contact us by sending an email to the Information Officer at info@asrlegal.co.za

  1. How we may update this privacy notice

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage you to review this privacy policy when you visit the website to stay informed of how we are using personal information.