Protection of Information Act (POPIA), Act No. 4 of 2013
Welcome to the MEH Sülter & Son’s privacy notice. We respect your right to privacy and are committed to the protection thereof.
This privacy notice provides information on how we collect and process your personal information when you engage us to perform professional land surveying services. The provision of your personal information by you is voluntary. However, if you do not provide us with the requisite personal information, we may not be able to deliver the services for which you have engaged us to deliver.
CONTACT DETAILS OF RESPONSIBLE PARTY
Full name of legal entity: MEH Sülter & Son
Name or title of Information Officer: Peter Sülter
Email address: peter@surveyec.co.za or kyle@surveyec.co.za
The personal information we collect about you
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal information about you as follows:
- Identity Data (i.e., name and surname).
- Contact Data (i.e., email address, physical address, and mobile number).
- Data relating to your ownership of property.
How we collect your personal information
When you engage us to provide professional land surveying services, we will collect your personal information directly from you.
Purpose for which personal information is collected
We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it. This includes the following:
- To deliver our services to you.
- To manage your relationship with us.
- To ensure payment of our accounts.
How we share your personal information
We may share your personal information with local municipal departments in the process of delivering our services to you. For example, in many circumstances, we will need to share a copy of your title deed with the Town Planning Department to effectively perform in terms of the agreement we have with you to deliver services.
We may also share your personal information with debt collectors or legal advisors if we are struggling to receive payment from you.
International transfers
We do not intend to transfer your personal information outside of the Republic.
Your legal rights
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013. These rights include:
- The right of access to your personal information
- The right to rectify your personal information
- The right to object to the processing of personal information
- The right to lodge a complaint to the Information Regulator.
Further details
If you are looking for more information on how we process your personal information including on information relating to security measures retention periods, please email peter@surveyec.co.za.