PRIVACY POLICY

INTRODUCTION

1. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) relates to the submission and processing of personal information by Leigh Patterson Attorneys via the website currently hosted at www.patterson.co.za.
2. Leigh Patterson Attorneys 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, 2013 (“POPIA”).
3. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how your personal information will be treated. We may update this policy from time to time, and you should therefore refer to the website periodically to check for updates.
4. By using this website, you agree to Leigh Patterson Attorneys, its consultants, employees, agents and subcontractors, affiliates and/or third parties processing (which will include collecting, using and disclosing) your personal information for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our processing activities described in this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website.
5. We will not use your personal information for any purposes not mentioned in this Privacy Policy without your consent.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

1. Personal information is information which identifies, or could reasonably be associated with you.
2. Information you provide to us:
   1. The personal information we collect and process may include, but is not limited to, the information submitted via our website contact forms, details submitted to register for any newsletter, 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, etc).
   1. You are not obliged to provide any personal information on the public areas of our website but you may choose to do so by completing application forms to receive our newsletter and to contact us.
   1. We confirm we will only collect that personal information which may reasonably be deemed necessary for the intended purpose of the collection.
3. With each visit to 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.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. We will only collect, use, disclose or otherwise process your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the requirements of POPIA.
2. When you provide us with your personal information, we will use that information to make contact with you, send you newsletters which you have subscribed to receive and generally communicate with you to provide the services as set out on our website.
3. We will not retain your personal information for longer than is necessary to achieve the purpose for which we collected your personal information, unless we are required to do so by any applicable laws.

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. We may disclose your personal information to our third-party service providers, where necessary. We require that our service providers take appropriate, reasonable, technical and organisational measures to keep your personal information secure. Our service providers may not use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than providing the services on our behalf.
2. We may also disclose your personal information when such disclosure is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of Leigh Patterson Attorneys, its 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.
3. 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). Should that happen, 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.

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

1. We will take reasonable steps to keep your personal information accurate and complete.
2. 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 your personal information if we are no longer required to retain it by law or for a legitimate purpose.
3. Requests to access personal information held on you in accordance with this Privacy Policy can be made to info@patterson.co.za.

CONTACT

1. If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal information in terms of this Privacy Policy, please email us at info@patterson.co.za
2. If you currently receive marketing information from us which you no longer wish to receive, please email us info@patterson.co.za.