Privacy Notice

Last updated: 8 November 2026

Dumalisile V Attorneys respects your privacy. This notice explains what personal information we collect through this website and when you contact us, why we collect it, how we protect it, and the rights you have under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA).

1. Who we are

Dumalisile V Attorneys (“we”, “us”) is the responsible party for the personal information described in this notice.

2. Our Information Officer

Our Information Officer is Mr V. Dumalisile, Director. Please send all privacy questions and requests to info@dumalisileattorneys.co.za with “Privacy request” in the subject line. Requests sent to this address are passed on to the Information Officer.

3. What information we collect

  • Information you give us when you contact us by phone, email or through a form on this website: for example your name, telephone number, email address and a short description of your legal matter.
  • Information about your matter if you become our client, which may include identity details and information about an accident, injury, medical treatment, employment or family situation. Some of this is special personal information (such as health information), which we process only as allowed by POPIA, for example to establish, exercise or defend a right or obligation in law.
  • Technical information collected automatically when you visit the website, such as your browser type and the pages you view, through cookies and similar tools used by our website platform.

4. Why we use your information

  • To respond to your enquiry or appointment request.
  • To assess, advise on and handle your legal matter if you become our client.
  • To meet our legal and professional obligations, including those under the Legal Practice Act and the rules of the Legal Practice Council.
  • To keep our website working properly and secure.

Giving us your information is voluntary. However, if you do not provide the details we ask for, we may not be able to respond to your enquiry or assist with your matter.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it to send you marketing without your consent.

5. Who we share it with

We share personal information only where it is needed for the purposes above, for example with:

  • Advocates, medical and other experts, actuaries, the Road Accident Fund, courts, sheriffs and other parties involved in your matter, where this is needed to handle it.
  • Service providers who host our website and email, under obligations to keep the information secure and confidential.
  • Authorities, where the law requires us to.

Some of our service providers may store information on servers outside South Africa. Where this happens, we take reasonable steps to ensure the information receives a level of protection that meets the requirements of POPIA.

6. How we protect and keep your information

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, damage and unauthorised access. We keep personal information only for as long as we need it for the purpose it was collected, or for as long as the law or our professional rules require us to keep records.

7. Your rights

Under POPIA you have the right to:

  • ask whether we hold personal information about you and request access to it;
  • ask us to correct or delete information that is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete or unlawfully obtained;
  • object to the processing of your information on reasonable grounds; and
  • lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.

To exercise these rights, contact us at info@dumalisileattorneys.co.za. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request.

8. Complaints to the Information Regulator

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your personal information, you may contact the Information Regulator:

9. Changes to this notice

We may update this notice from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.