POPIA
About Blaque Sapphire
Blaque Sapphire is a leading stakeholder engagement consultancy specialising in social facilitation for large-scale development projects.
What is Personal Information?
Personal Information refers to identifying information pertaining to a natural person or a juristic entity.
Blaque Sapphire utilises personal information to pursue its legitimate business interests in a manner that is adequate, relevant, and not excessive.
Blaque Sapphire may collect Personal Information, subject to the Protection of Personal Information Act No 4 of 2013 (“POPI”), in the following ways:
Directly
Indirectly when a person accesses the Blaque Sapphire website
Where lawful and reasonable, from third parties and publicly available sources
Use of your Personal Information
Blaque Sapphire may use personal information for the following purposes:
To identify a natural or juristic person
To respond to enquiries made through the Site’s forms
To act in accordance with consents provided in application forms by our members and/or gas practitioners
To respond directly to written requests for information, including registrations for newsletters or other specific requests
To communicate about conferences or events hosted or co-sponsored by Blaque Sapphire or its partners, including event content, logistics, payment updates, and post-event follow-up
To post testimonials on the Blaque Sapphire website, with prior consent from the stakeholder
To detect and prevent fraud and crime
To carry out statistical analysis
To pursue the legitimate interests of Blaque Sapphire
- To comply with legislative requirements
Retention of your Personal Information
Blaque Sapphire will retain personal information for as long as necessary, based on the purpose for which it was collected and processed, or for the retention period allowed by law.
Consent to Transfer
In the event of trans-border flow of personal information (i.e., processing outside of South Africa), Blaque Sapphire undertakes to comply with the provisions of Section 72 of POPI.
Links to other Websites
The Blaque Sapphire website may contains links to websites not operated by Blaque Sapphire. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any website you visit.
Changes to this Policy
Blaque Sapphire may update this policy from time to time. You are advised to review this policy periodically for any changes. Changes to the policy are effective once posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you wish to access or verify any personal information we have on record, please contact us via:
Email: info@bsapphire.co.za
Phone: +27 (0)10 007 5151
