This privacy policy sets out how Berkowitz Cohen Wartski (BCW) Attorneys uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website: https://berklaw.co.za/.
Berkowitz Cohen Wartski is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
As a prominent legal practice operating within South Africa, our processing of your information strictly aligns with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) (https://popia.co.za/), which provides the regulatory framework for personal data protection in South Africa.
Berkowitz Cohen Wartski may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page regularly to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
Because this website does not feature user registration, account logins, or online comment/review submissions, we do not capture user-profile credentials or comment-related metadata. Providing your information via our website communication and inquiry channels is optional; however, certain formal inquiries or evaluation services may not be fully available to you if you choose not to provide it.
Through our website inquiry forms and consultation portals, we may collect the following information:
We also collect aggregated and anonymized data generated by our systems as they track traffic through our site. This information does not identify you personally.
We require this information to understand your unique legal needs, evaluate your potential legal claims, and provide you with a better, more efficient professional service, and in particular for the following reasons:
We are firmly committed to ensuring that your electronic security and personal information are secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, helping analyze web traffic and letting us monitor which pages you find useful.
We will not sell, distribute, share, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your explicit permission or are required by law to do so. Your information may be securely hosted with a web service provider under strict agreements that protect your data from unauthorized use. Non-personally identifiable aggregated data may be shared with third parties or business partners for analytical purposes.
We only retain your submitted personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes highlighted in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law for administrative, compliance, legal, or security purposes.
Our website may contain links to external web resources or articles of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide while visiting such sites, as they are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and review the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
You always have the option to restrict or opt out of the collection or use of your personal information for direct marketing or generic informational distributions:
Under applicable data protection law (including POPIA), you have the right to request details of the personal information we hold about you, request an exported file of your data, or ask that we correct or erase any incorrect, incomplete, or outdated information.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the data practices of this site, or if you would like to request access to or correction of your personal data, please contact us at:
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