Privacy & Cookie
Policy Framework.
How Chambers collects, safeguards, and processes personal information in compliance with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
1. Commitment to Data Protection
Advocate Maluleke Masenyani Thomas and Chambers are committed to safeguarding personal information and maintaining strict professional confidentiality in accordance with South African law, including the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
2. Information We Collect
When you submit an inquiry through our consultation booking portal or WhatsApp assistant, we collect identifiers required for professional communication, including:
- Full name and professional affiliation (instructing attorney or client).
- Contact telephone number and email address.
- Matter classification, urgency level, and summary overview.
3. Purpose of Processing
Collected data is processed strictly for legitimate professional purposes: evaluating conflict of interests, scheduling consultation appointments, responding to instructing attorney briefs, and facilitating Chambers communications.
4. Cookie Policy & Tracking
This portal utilizes lightweight, essential session cookies and local storage tokens solely to ensure secure form processing, CSRF protection, and smooth interactive navigation. We do not employ invasive third-party advertising trackers. Future cookie consent banners will be dynamically managed in accordance with evolving regulatory standards.
5. Information Security
Hosted on secure LAMP stack server infrastructure managed via cPanel with SSL encryption, all data transmissions through our booking scripts are protected against unauthorized interception or disclosure.
6. Your Rights
You have the right to request access to any personal information held by Chambers, request correction of inaccurate data, or object to processing. Inquiries should be directed to info.maluleke@advocatemt.co.za.