Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains how PGH Attorneys collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information through this website and through any online enquiry, contact form, recruitment form, or other website function. Non-essential analytics are disabled by default.

This policy applies to website visitors, persons who contact us through the website, prospective clients, clients, suppliers, service providers, and job applicants.

This policy must be read with our POPIA Policy and with any mandate, engagement letter, privacy notice, or other terms that may apply when we act for you.

Submitting information through this website does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship. We only act for you once we have agreed to do so in writing.

Please do not send confidential, sensitive, or legally privileged information through the website unless we have first agreed to receive it.

We may collect and process:

1. your name and surname;
2. your email address, telephone number, and other contact details;
3. your organisation, position, or job title;
4. information you provide in an enquiry, form, email, or other communication;
5. information relevant to a legal enquiry or possible instruction;
6. recruitment information, if you apply for a position;
7. technical information about your use of the website, including your browser, device, IP address, and website usage data; and
8. any other information you choose to provide to us.

We may collect personal information:

1. directly from you when you contact us, complete a form, apply for a position, or otherwise communicate with us;
2. automatically through cookies or similar website technologies;
3. from website, hosting, email, IT, cybersecurity, analytics, or administration service providers; and
4. from other lawful sources where needed to assess or respond to an enquiry.

We process personal information through the website to:

1. respond to enquiries;
2. assess whether we can assist;
3. communicate with you;
4. conduct conflict checks and preliminary risk checks;
5. arrange consultations;
6. consider employment applications;
7. maintain, secure, and improve the website and our IT systems;
8. detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, cyber incidents, unlawful conduct, or misuse of the website; and
9. comply with legal, regulatory, professional, and administrative obligations.

We process personal information only where POPIA or another law permits us to do so.

Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information because:

1. you have consented to the processing;
2. processing is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract;
3. processing is necessary to perform a contract;
4. processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation;
5. processing protects a legitimate interest of ours, our clients, you, or a third party;
6. processing is necessary for legal advice, legal claims, litigation, dispute resolution, or investigations; or
7. processing is otherwise required or permitted by law.

We do not sell personal information.

We may share personal information where necessary and lawful with:

1. our attorneys, candidate attorneys, consultants, and employees;
2. service providers who assist with website hosting, email, IT, cybersecurity, cloud storage, analytics, document management, and administration;
3. advocates, correspondent attorneys, experts, and other professional advisers, where needed for an enquiry or matter;
4. courts, regulators, professional bodies, law-enforcement bodies, and public bodies, where required or permitted by law; and
5. any other person where disclosure is required or permitted by law.

Some service providers or systems may be located outside South Africa or may store information outside South Africa.

Where we transfer personal information outside South Africa, we will do so only where POPIA permits it and where appropriate safeguards are in place.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.

When personal information is no longer required, we will delete, destroy, de-identify, or archive it in a lawful and secure manner.

Newsletter and bulk mailing are disabled on this website. We do not operate newsletter sign-ups, campaign lists, or bulk mailing automation from this platform.

If we later introduce legal updates or similar direct marketing, that workflow must use separate consent, clear unsubscribe controls, and an updated privacy notice before launch.

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies.

Cookies help the website function, improve user experience, measure website usage, and protect the website against misuse.

Please read our Cookie Policy for more information.

We take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect personal information.

No website or electronic communication is completely secure. You should take care when sending information through the internet.

Subject to POPIA, PAIA, legal privilege, professional duties, and other applicable laws, you may have the right to:

1. ask whether we hold your personal information;
2. request access to your personal information;
3. request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information;
4. request deletion of personal information where we are no longer entitled to retain it;
5. object to certain processing of your personal information;
6. withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
7. object to direct marketing; and
8. complain to the Information Regulator.

For more detail, read our POPIA Policy.

Our website is not directed at children.

We will not knowingly collect personal information from a child through the website without the consent of a competent person, unless the law permits us to do so.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. You should read the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information to it.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

The latest version will be published on our website.

For questions about this Privacy Policy or the way we process personal information, contact us through our contact page.