Please be aware of the following regarding the practice’ POPI Act policy but understand that the normal rules of confidentiality of personal information does not apply here as your personal information will be used in a report compiled for you or your attorney for court purposes which will end up in the public domain:
- We collect and store the information about you in order for us to adhere to administrative requirements of the practice.
- We will use your personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and agreed with you.
- We will disclose your personal information to our service providers who are involved in the delivery of services to you (i.e your Attorney and other experts). The report will be shared with any other relevant parties involved in this court case.
- We will, on an on-going basis, continue to review our security controls and related processes to ensure that your personal information remains secure. I am the only person in my office that have access to your information, file and report. The hard copy and digital files are stored for five years and longer if the court case is not settled. It will then be shredded by myself, and all online reports will be destroyed. All my devices such as laptops and external drives, are password secured and encrypted.
- You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. Please note that any such access request may be subject to a payment of a legally allowable fee. The report is the property of the person that requested the evaluation and paid for the report.