Privacy Policy

This policy explains how Athari Advisory & Ventures (Pty) Ltd. ("Athari", "we", "us" or "our") handles personal information when you use this website or contact us. We aim to process personal information lawfully, fairly and transparently in line with South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).

1. Who is responsible for your information?

Athari Advisory & Ventures (Pty) Ltd. is the responsible party for personal information collected through this website. Privacy questions and requests may be sent to moss.mojapelo@athariventures.org.

2. Information we collect

We may collect:

• your name, email address, organisation and area of interest;
• the information you include in an enquiry or email;
• business correspondence and records relating to a potential or active engagement; and
• basic technical information generated when the website is used, such as device, browser, security and server-log data.

Please do not send confidential, sensitive or special personal information through the enquiry form unless we have agreed on a secure way to receive it.

3. Why we use it

We use personal information to:

• receive, assess and respond to enquiries;
• identify the right Athari contact for a potential mandate or venture;
• prepare proposals and manage business relationships;
• operate, secure and improve the website;
• maintain appropriate business and legal records; and
• comply with applicable law or protect legitimate rights.

4. Our basis for processing

Depending on the circumstances, we process information with your consent, to take steps at your request before entering into an agreement, to perform an agreement, to meet a legal obligation, or where our legitimate business interests do not unjustifiably affect your privacy.

5. Enquiry delivery and service providers

The website uses third-party technology providers for hosting, security and enquiry delivery. Information submitted through the enquiry form is transmitted through FormSubmit so that it can be delivered to Athari by email. These providers may process information on our behalf and may operate infrastructure outside South Africa. We require service providers to handle information only for the relevant service and apply appropriate safeguards where reasonably possible.

6. Cookies and analytics

This website does not currently use advertising cookies or behavioural profiling. The hosting platform may use essential technical storage or security data needed to deliver and protect the site. If we introduce analytics or marketing cookies, we will update this policy and provide any consent controls required by law.

7. Sharing your information

We do not sell personal information. We may share it with Athari personnel who need it, service providers acting for us, professional advisers, or authorities where disclosure is required or permitted by law. We disclose only what is reasonably necessary for the purpose.

8. Security and retention

We use reasonable organisational and technical measures to protect personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure. No internet service is completely secure. We keep information only for as long as it is reasonably required for the purpose collected, an active relationship, legitimate record-keeping, dispute resolution or a legal obligation, after which it is deleted or de-identified where reasonably practicable.

9. Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may ask whether we hold your personal information, request access or correction, object to certain processing, withdraw consent, or ask for deletion where retention is no longer justified. Email your request to moss.mojapelo@athariventures.org. We may need to verify your identity before acting.

10. Complaints

Please contact us first so that we can try to resolve the concern. You may also lodge a complaint with South Africa's Information Regulator.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as our website, services or legal obligations change. The latest version will appear on this page with its update date.