Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 1 March 2026
1. COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
Hertha Consultants operates the website hertha.co.za. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal and corporate data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our contact forms, or book a discovery meeting, in strict compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) of South Africa.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect personal and organizational information from you in various ways, including:
Personal Identifiable Information: Name, business email address, phone number, and physical location details when voluntarily provided through our "Book a Discovery Meeting" or "General Inquiry" forms.
Business Operational Data: Company name, description of current tech stacks, fragmented operations, and bottlenecks that you voluntarily share to help us evaluate your workflow optimization needs.
Automated Technical Data: IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, access times, and pages viewed directly before and after accessing our website, collected automatically via cookies and the underlying Odoo platform infrastructure.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We process your information for legitimate business purposes, including to:
Schedule, manage, and prepare for your "Book a Discovery Meeting" consultation.
Analyze your business infrastructure gaps to propose custom technical solutions.
Send you operational insights, blog updates (e.g., Workflow Engineering, System Optimization), or responses to your queries.
Maintain, protect, optimize, and improve the performance and security of our Website.
Comply with applicable South African legal and regulatory obligations.
4. DATA SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We treat your operational and personal data with strict confidentiality. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share information only under the following limited circumstances:
Strategic Partnership with Freya Studios: With your explicit operational consent, we may collaborate and share high-level project requirements with Freya Studios (our partner digital agency handling creative front-end and brand ecosystems) to deliver seamless end-to-end solutions.
Third-Party Service Providers: We share data with trusted infrastructure providers, such as Odoo (our website builder and web hosting infrastructure provider), to host and maintain our Website.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information if required to do so by South African law, or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., regulatory bodies or law enforcement).
5. DATA SECURITY
Given that our practice specializes in technical data migrations and backend systems, we understand the critical nature of data security. We implement robust technical, administrative, and organizational security measures to protect your personal and corporate data from unauthorized access, loss, alteration, destruction, or misuse. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER POPIA
In terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), you possess specific rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
Request confirmation of whether we hold personal information about you and request a copy of that data.
Request the correction, updating, or deletion of inaccurate, outdated, or unnecessary personal data.
Object to the processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our team via the email address listed below.
7. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Our Website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve user experience, map platform speed, and analyze website traffic. You can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer, though this may impact your ability to utilize certain features of the booking system.
8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
9. CONTACT OUR PRIVACY OFFICER
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled under POPIA, please contact us:
Email: info@hertha.co.za
Corporate Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 1 March 2026
1. COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
Hertha Consultants operates the website hertha.co.za. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal and corporate data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our contact forms, or book a discovery meeting, in strict compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) of South Africa.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect personal and organizational information from you in various ways, including:
Personal Identifiable Information: Name, business email address, phone number, and physical location details when voluntarily provided through our "Book a Discovery Meeting" or "General Inquiry" forms.
Business Operational Data: Company name, description of current tech stacks, fragmented operations, and bottlenecks that you voluntarily share to help us evaluate your workflow optimization needs.
Automated Technical Data: IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, access times, and pages viewed directly before and after accessing our website, collected automatically via cookies and the underlying Odoo platform infrastructure.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We process your information for legitimate business purposes, including to:
Schedule, manage, and prepare for your "Book a Discovery Meeting" consultation.
Analyze your business infrastructure gaps to propose custom technical solutions.
Send you operational insights, blog updates (e.g., Workflow Engineering, System Optimization), or responses to your queries.
Maintain, protect, optimize, and improve the performance and security of our Website.
Comply with applicable South African legal and regulatory obligations.
4. DATA SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We treat your operational and personal data with strict confidentiality. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share information only under the following limited circumstances:
Strategic Partnership with Freya Studios: With your explicit operational consent, we may collaborate and share high-level project requirements with Freya Studios (our partner digital agency handling creative front-end and brand ecosystems) to deliver seamless end-to-end solutions.
Third-Party Service Providers: We share data with trusted infrastructure providers, such as Odoo (our website builder and web hosting infrastructure provider), to host and maintain our Website.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information if required to do so by South African law, or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., regulatory bodies or law enforcement).
5. DATA SECURITY
Given that our practice specializes in technical data migrations and backend systems, we understand the critical nature of data security. We implement robust technical, administrative, and organizational security measures to protect your personal and corporate data from unauthorized access, loss, alteration, destruction, or misuse. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER POPIA
In terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), you possess specific rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
Request confirmation of whether we hold personal information about you and request a copy of that data.
Request the correction, updating, or deletion of inaccurate, outdated, or unnecessary personal data.
Object to the processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our team via the email address listed below.
7. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Our Website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve user experience, map platform speed, and analyze website traffic. You can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer, though this may impact your ability to utilize certain features of the booking system.
8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
9. CONTACT OUR PRIVACY OFFICER
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled under POPIA, please contact us:
Email: info@hertha.co.za
Corporate Location: Pretoria, South Africa