Histonet (Pty) Ltd t/a PRAVATA processes personal information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) and the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (“PAIA”). This notice summarises your rights and how to exercise them. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which describes in full how we collect, use and protect personal information.
1. Responsible party
The responsible party for the processing of your personal information is:
Histonet (Pty) Ltd t/a PRAVATA
Email: info@pravata.co.za
Website: www.pravata.co.za
South Africa
2. How we process personal information
PRAVATA processes personal information subject to applicable South African data protection legislation, including POPIA. We process personal information lawfully, for legitimate business purposes connected with our valuation, financial analysis and transaction advisory services, and only where we have an appropriate legal basis for doing so.
Full details of the information we collect, the purposes for which we process it, and the circumstances in which we may share it are set out in our Privacy Policy.
3. Your rights under POPIA
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
- request confirmation of whether we hold personal information about you;
- request access to your personal information;
- request correction or updating of inaccurate information;
- request deletion or destruction of information where legally permissible;
- object to certain processing;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
- lodge a complaint regarding the processing of your personal information.
Certain rights may be limited where we are required or permitted by law to retain or process the relevant information.
4. Exercising your rights
To exercise any of these rights, or to ask a question about how we process your personal information, please contact us at info@pravata.co.za. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.
5. Access to information (PAIA)
PAIA gives you the right to request access to certain records held by PRAVATA, subject to the grounds for refusal set out in that Act. A request for access to information may be made to us using the contact details above. Where required, a PAIA manual describing the records held and the procedure for requesting access is available on request.
6. The Information Regulator
If you are dissatisfied with how we process your personal information, you may contact PRAVATA using the details above. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa):
- General enquiries: enquiries@inforegulator.org.za
- POPIA complaints: POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za
- PAIA complaints: PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za
7. Changes to this notice
We may update this notice from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or to applicable legal or regulatory requirements. The latest version will be made available on our website.