We are a boutique law firm of professionals with specialised skills, vast legal knowledge & experience. Our clients have come to trust that they can lean on us for strategic & innovative legal solutions. We are a law firm that provides services across many aspects of corporate & commercial law, which include corporate governance, drafting of agreements & structuring business solutions. We also offer dispute resolution services through commercial & civil spheres. Our clients can rest assured that our law firm will remain dedicated to understanding their personal & business needs, which will enable us to provide the highest possible standard of legal services that will help the client in eliminating or minimising any legal & regulatory risks that may arise. At Ngidi SS & Co, we go above & beyond to assist our clients in achieving their goals.

Use of Website

The use of this website constitutes an acceptance of these Terms & Conditions of Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys. If the user does not accept these Terms & Conditions, they must exit the website as continued use will be construed as consent to be bound by these Terms & Conditions.

 

Communications

All communications regarding this website should be addressed to admin@ngidilaw.co.za

 

Copyright

The content and design of the website pages are subject to copyright owned by Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys or used under license from third party copyright owners. Pages may be printed for personal use, but no part of the website may be reproduced or transmitted for any other purpose.

 

Advice

This website includes content related to the law and legal developments. Such content is intended to provide general guidance and should not be regarded as a substitute for taking legal advice in relation to user’s particular circumstances. Content relating to the law and legal developments, featured on this website, is based upon the laws of South Africa unless otherwise expressly stated.

 

No Warranties

This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website.

While Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys makes every effort to ensure this website is operational and accurate, it does not warrant that the website will be continuously available or available at all.

 

Limitations of Liability

This website is made available for public viewing on the basis that Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys excludes, to the extent lawfully permitted, all liability whatsoever for any loss or damage (whether direct, indirect or consequential) howsoever arising out of the use of the website or reliance upon the content of this website.

Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys is a personal liability incorporated in accordance with the company laws of South Africa. The user agrees not to bring any claim personally against the directors or employees of Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys, in respect of any losses the user suffers in connection with this website. The warranties and limitations of liability in these Terms & Conditions apply equally to the directors and employees of Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys.

 

Amendments To Terms And Conditions

Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys reserves the right to amend or update these Terms & Conditions from time to time. Amendments or updates to the Terms & Conditions will become effective upon such changes being posted to the website. It is the user’s obligation to check for changes or updates. The user’s continued use of the website following the posting of changes or updates will be considered notice of the user’s acceptance to abide by and be bound by these Terms & Conditions, including such changes and updates.

 

Links To Other Websites

Through this website users may be able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys. Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys has no control over the nature, content and availability of third-party websites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorsement of the views expressed within those websites.

 

Protection of Personal Information

Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys may be subject to obligations prescribed by law when processing personal information obtained from users accessing this website and will take all reasonable steps to protect the privacy and personal data of the users, but Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys makes no warranty in respect thereof. The user indemnifies and holds Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys harmless from any liability from Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys’ failure to protect the privacy and personal data of users.

 

Security

Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys has taken all reasonable steps to secure the content of this website but does not make any warranties or representations that the content shall be safe and secure.

Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys is under no obligation to encrypt any content or communications from and to the website and is also under no duty to provide digital authentication of any page on the website.

 

Users may not deliver or attempt to deliver, whether intentionally or negligently, any damaging code or virus to the website or the server and computer network that support the website. Any user, who delivers any damaging code or virus to the website, whether intentionally or negligently, shall, without any limitation, indemnify and hold Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys harmless against any and all liability, damages and losses Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys or its agents or affiliates may suffer as a result of such damaging code or virus.

 

Reasonableness

The user agrees that the warranties, exclusions and limitations of liability set out in this website’s Terms & Conditions are reasonable.

 

Unenforceable Provisions

If any provision of this website’s Terms & Conditions is found to be unenforceable under applicable law, it will not affect the enforceability of the other provisions of this website’s Terms & Conditions.

 

Disputes & Applicable Law

This website is hosted, controlled and operated from South Africa and therefore South African law governs the use or inability to use the website, its content, services and these Terms & Conditions. Any dispute arising out of the use or publication of this website is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of South Africa.           

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Ngidi SS & Co Attorneys is a law firm that cares about the privacy of every person and business.

This Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, retain and protect your personal information, in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and other relevant laws to give effect to the constitutional right to privacy, by safeguarding personal information when processed by our firm.

Street Address:

127 Johannes Nkosi Street

Greyville

Durban

KwaZulu-Natal 4001

Business phone: 076 272 7676

Business email: admin@ngidilaw.co.za

Website: www.ngidilaw.co.za

DEFINITIONS

• • Data subject: A natural or juristic person;
  • Direct Marketing: Approaching a data subject, either in person or by mail or electronic communication, for the direct or indirect purpose of:
    • promoting or offering to supply, in the ordinary course of business, any goods or services to the data subject; or
    • requesting the data subject to make a donation of any kind for any reason.
  • Operator: The person, or party who processes personal information for the responsible party by contract or mandate without coming under his/her/its direct authority.
  • Personal information: Information about an identifiable natural living person / an identifiable existing juristic person, including, but not limited to:
    • information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person;
    • information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person;
    • any identifying number, symbol, email address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person;
    • the biometric information of the person;
    • the personal opinions, views or preferences of the person;
    • correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence;
    • the views or opinions of another individual about the person; and
    • the name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person.
  • Processing: Any operation or activity or any set of operations, whether or not by automatic means, concerning personal information, including:
    • the collection, receipt, recording, organisation, collation, storage, updating or modification, retrieval, alteration, consultation or use;
    • dissemination by means of transmission, distribution or making available in any other form; or
    • merging, linking, as well as restriction, degradation, erasure or destruction of information.
  • Responsible party: A public or private body or any other person which, alone or in conjunction with others, determines the purpose of and means for processing personal information.

HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION

• • Our operators collect and process personal information about you and any other person whose details you provide to us in accordance with the relevant laws, either:
    • through direct marketing from you when you complete a product or service application form electronically, telephonically or by way of a hard copy;
    • from employers and other contracted entities in the context of group insurance policies; and
    • where relevant, from third-party sources, such as other entities and or divisions within Ngidi SS And Co, public databases, data aggregators, other financial institutions, credit bureaus, and fraud prevention agencies.
  • You passively provide us information through technology. Some of this information may be linked to you personally and helps our websites work correctly and supports our marketing and analytics efforts to the extent permissible under applicable laws through:
    • Device Information: We collect technical information when you visit our websites. This includes information such as Internet Protocol (IP) address, your device operating system and browser type, the address of referring websites, the path you take through our websites, and other information about your session on our websites.
    • Browsing Information: We use our own and third-party technologies such as cookies, web beacons, and mobile device identifiers to collect information about the use of our websites. We use these tools to provide an integrated and more personalized experience for you.

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION FROM THIRD PARTIES

We receive information about you from other sources to help us correct or supplement our records, improve the quality or personalization of our services and marketing to you, and prevent or detect fraud. We collect personal information from consumer reporting agencies in conjunction with products or services that involve risk to us. We do not control the collection or use of personal information by third parties and this Policy does not apply to third parties. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for third-party policies or your use of a third-party software application, platform or service. We will only provide data to third-party information exchange services with your consent.

CORRECTNESS OF INFORMATION

We require information in order to provide you with our products and services. Failure to provide us with the necessary information, will result in us being unable to provide you with fair and correct products and services. Where such services include product or professional advice, the appropriateness of the advice may be compromised if you do not provide complete and accurate information. You are responsible for informing us if your information changes.

HOW WE USE INFORMATION

• • We are required by various laws to maintain service records and we need to collect, use and disclose information to the extent permissible under applicable laws to:
    • provide you with our services, and maintain our relationship with you;
    • conclude and administer your application, which may include underwriting;
    • assess, check, and process;
    • detect and prevent unlawful activities, fraud, money-laundering and loss, including as part of party due diligence required under applicable laws and in terms of our policies;
    • record and/or monitor and have access to your telephone calls (i.e. voice recordings), correspondence and electronic communications to/with us (or any of our employees, agents or contractors) in order to accurately carry out your instructions and requests, to use as evidence and in the interests of crime prevention;
    • conduct statistical analysis and for research purposes;
    • conduct audits and for record-keeping purposes;
    • use for purposes of proof and legal proceedings;
    • enhance your experience when interacting with us and to help us improve our offerings to you;
    • conduct market research and provide you with information about our products and services from time to time via email, telephone or other means;
    • process your marketing preferences (where you have unsubscribed from certain direct marketing communications, keeping a record of your information and request to ensure that we do not send such direct marketing to you again);
    • information which you provide will be used and/or retained only for the purposes for which it is collected, where after it will be permanently destroyed. We will only retain personal information for longer than the purpose for which it was collected if it is required by law or where you have given consent for us to retain such information for an extended period.

SHARING INFORMATION

• • All of the categories of information that we collect may be shared with third parties, including those within our corporate family and its divisions, for a business purpose. We will not sell or rent your information for financial gain. We will only share your information with third parties if there is a legitimate reason to do so. We may share and disclose the information you provide to us to the following entities:
    • Our third-party service providers and other entities or divisions who are involved in the delivery and/or administration of financial products and services;
    • Other third parties in relation to the purposes set out under the previous section (How we use information);
    • Other insurers, public bodies and law enforcement (either directly or through shared databases) for fraud detection and prevention.
  • We will share and disclose the information when lawfully required to do so:
    • to comply with any relevant legislation;
    • to comply with any legal process;
    • by any regulatory authority; and
    • on occasion, we may, for legitimate purposes, share aggregated information with its stakeholders and business partners in a manner that does not identify the persons to whom the information applies. However, we will not disclose your information to third parties unless there is valid processing ground as set out in section 11 of POPIA.

TRANSFER OF INFORMATION ACROSS BORDERS

Where we need to transfer your information outside the borders of South Africa, we will ensure that we only transfer the information to countries that have similar privacy laws to those applicable in South Africa or to a party who is contractually bound to comply with data protections obligations which impose no lesser legal requirements than those imposed by the POPI Act.

SECURING INFORMATION

• • The security and confidentiality of your information is important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative, and physical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access or disclosure and improper use. Access to your information is restricted to only those operators and employees who need the information to perform a specific job and task. All employees with access to information are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. After a new policy is added, these employees are notified and reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to enhance protection of information. We are committed to ensuring that our security measures which protect information are continuously reviewed and updated where necessary.
  • Whilst we will do all things reasonably necessary to protect information, we cannot guarantee nor do we accept any liability of whatsoever nature for any unauthorised or unlawful disclosure and/or use of information, either by employees and/or made by any third parties (including third party service providers) who are not subject to our control, unless such disclosure and/or use is as a result of our gross negligence.

YOUR RIGHTS

• • The Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) coupled with POPIA offer you the right to access information held by a public or private body in certain instances.
  • In accordance with POPIA, you may object to our processing of your information on reasonable grounds relating to your particular situation, unless legislation provides for such processing.
  • You may object to receiving direct marketing from us at any time.

COMPLAINTS

• • If at any time, you feel that your information has been processed by us without your consent or that your rights in terms of the POPIA and PAIA have been violated in any way, you may send a complaint through to our Information Officer.
  • Siyabonga Ngidi
  • Contact Number: 076 272 7676
  • Email Address: admin@ngidilaw.co.za
  • 127 Johannes Nkosi Street
  • Greyville
  • Durban, 4001
• • Although we would appreciate the opportunity to first address any complaints regarding our processing of your information, you have the right to complain to the Information Regulator, whose contact details are:
  • Postal address:
  • P.O. Box 31533
  • Braamfontein
  • Johannesburg, 2017

• • Street address:
  • JD House
  • 27 Stiemens Street
  • Braamfontein
  • Johannesburg 2001
  • Complaints email: complaints.IR@justice.gov.za
  • General enquiries email: inforeg@justice.gov.za
  • Website: https://www.justice.gov.za