PRIVACY POLICY

1.    INTRODUCTION

The Centurion Law Group (“CLG”) recognises the importance of privacy and the protection of personal information provided to it and is dedicated to the safeguarding and preservation of such information. Accordingly, CLG will take appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational steps to prevent unauthorised access to, or disclosure of your personal information.

This Pprivacy Ppolicy’s main function is to explain to the user how CLG collects, uses and discloses personal information or data when you use our service and the choices you have associated with that data. It contains information regarding the rights of natural and juristic persons to whom personal information relates (“data subjects”).

CLG may amend this Privacy Policy and reserves the right to do so, at any stage, without prior notice or consent .

The provisions as set out in this Privacy Policy are in conjunction with the provisions as set out in the Terms of Use of our website as set out above. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information will be treated as data subjects use the website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information provided to CLG in the course of an attorney-client relationships or which is protected by confidentiality, the attorney-client privilege, the attorney work product doctrine or any other applicable protection. Nothing in this Privacy Policy should be understood as creating an attorney-client relationship with visitors to the CLG website or, alternatively, to reduce of the protections resulting from such relationships.

2.    COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

Data subjects are not required to submit any information to the CLG website. However, data subjects may choose to do so by completing our contact forms available on the CLG website. In addition, CLG collects personal information through one of the following means:

  • When a data subjects contacts CLG or requests information or services;
  • CLG provides services to data subjects;
  • Persons applying for job opportunities at CLG;
  • Process and respond to requests, enquiries and complaints;
  • When persons use CLG’s websites or engage with CLG through social media.; and
  • For other purposes and operations which are reasonably related, such as administering, monitoring and improving the CLG website, our products, and services.

CLG may collect the information directly from a data subject or from third parties.
The interaction with CLG on the website will result in the collection of information regarding the person’s activities on the website. Similarly, when anyone engages with CLG on any other social media platforms.

When engaging with clients on matters, CLG will naturally be exposed to and collect personal information which includes the data subject’s name, contact details, financial information as well as information regarding the matters that the firm assists them with.

As part of its recruitment processes, CLG collects information from graduates and employment applicants. This information includes educational information as well as employment history. By enquiring regarding employment opportunities at CLG or applying for employment, applicants are deemed to provide their consent to CLG’s processing of their personal information for recruitment purposes, which may include screening as well as background and reference checks.

3.    BASIS AND PURPOSE FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION

CLG may process and use personal information:

  • Where CLG is required or authorised to do so by law or a court order;
  • In order for CLG to enforce its rights;
  • In order for CLG to provide services to its clients.
  • Third parties who provide research services to CLG or its clients;
  • Third party service providers to assist us with client insight analytics, such as Google Analytics;
  • Government authorities and registries, organs of state, regulators, courts, tribunals and law enforcement agencies.

Please note this list is non-exhaustive and there may be other examples where we need to share personal information with other parties to provide the Services as effectively as we can.

4.    DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information will not be sold to third parties or provided to direct marketing companies or other such organizations without the data subject’s permission.

CLG may release personal information or disclose it to third parties in certain circumstances. These include, but are not limited to:

  • if CLG is required or authorised to do so by law or a court order;
  • In order for CLG to enforce its rights;
  • In order for CLG to provide services to its clients.
  • Third parties who provide research services to CLG or its clients;
  • Government authorities and registries, organs of state, regulators, courts, tribunals and law enforcement agencies.

5.    TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information collected by CLG may be transferred to persons in other countries. Those countries’ laws might not protect personal information in the same way or on the same level as the law in the data subject’s country.

Your Data may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

Please note that we may transfer Data, to the locations of our third-party service providers’ servers and process it as required or necessary.

The data subject’s consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

CLG will take reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of the data subject’s Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

6.    RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

CLG will retain the data subject’s personal information, content and data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Data to the extent necessary to provide our service, for research purposes, to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

7.    RIGHTS

a) RIGHT OF CONFIRMATION
To the extentd granted by the legislator, each data subject shall have the right to obtain from CLG the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to execute this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact CLG.

b) RIGHT OF ACCESS AND INFORMATION
As to the extend granted by the legislator, each data subject shall have the right to obtain from CLG free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, as to the extent granted by the legislator, the data subject shall be given access to the following information:

  • The purposes of the processing;
  • The categories of personal data concerned;
  • The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data hasve been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
  • Where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
  • The existence of the right to request from CLG rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;
  • The existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  • Where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source.

Furthermore, data subjects shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact CLG.

c) RIGHT OF RECTIFICATION AND DELETION

Each data subject has the right to request that CLG corrects, destroys or deletes any of the data subject’s personal information that CLG has processed in accordance with this Policy. The personal information that you may request us to correct, destroy or delete is personal information that is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading, obtained unlawfully or that we are no longer authorised to retain.

d) RIGHT OF WITHDRAW CONSENT

To the extent granted by the legislator, each data subject shall have the right to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact CLG.

8. USE OF IP ADDRESS

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that is automatically assigned to a computer whenever it is connected to the internet. CLG logs IP addresses or the location of computers on the internet. CLG collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use of the website. CLG does not link IP addresses to personal information unless it becomes necessary to enforce compliance with the Privacy Policy or to protect our website or its users.

9. MARKETING MATERIALS AND INFORMATION

CLG may send marketing and promotional communications and material to data subjects. Please note that we will only provide marketing related information to data subjects when we have a previous contractual relationship or a business relationship with the data subject and provided do not opt-out to receive those communications. Data subjects do have the right to opt-out at any time. Besides that, data subjects may opt out by clicking on the opt-out link that will be contained in the relevant electronic communication.

10. SECURITY OF DATA

To protect the data subject’s personal information, CLG takes reasonable precautions and follows industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

11. THIRD PARTY SERVICES

In general, the third-party providers utilised by CLG will only collect, use and disclose the data subject’s information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

Certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either the data subject or CLG. If the data subject elects to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, the data subject’s information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

Once the data subjects leave CLG’s website or are redirected to a third-party website, the data subject is no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms and Conditions.

12. LINKS TO OTHER SITES

CLG’s service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by CLG. CLG has no control over and assumes no responsibility nor any liability for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party website or services.

13.  APPLICABLE LAWS

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and you consent to the jurisdiction of the South African courts in respect of any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the formation, interpretation, substance or application of this Privacy Policy.

14.    CONTACT DETAILS

In order to contact CLG for purposes relating to this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the contact details provided hereunder:

The Compliance Officer

The Centurion Law Group

Suite 24 Katherine & West

114 West Street

Sandton

Johannesburg

South Africa

Telephone: +27 12 432 6000

E-mail: dataprotection@centurionlg.com

Last updated May, 10th 2021