Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Interessant ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, stores and protects personal information collected through https://interessant.co.za, in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA). Under POPIA, Interessant is the "responsible party" for the personal information described below.

We collect information you give us directly, primarily through the Start a Project and contact forms on this site, which may include:

• Your name, company name and job title
• Email address, phone number and (if provided) website address
• Your industry and the services you're enquiring about
• Project details you share with us: description, objectives, budget range, preferred timing and how you heard about us

We may also collect limited information automatically when you browse the site — such as pages visited, referring site, device and browser type, and approximate location derived from IP address — typically via analytics tools (see "Cookies and analytics" below).

We process personal information for purposes including:

• Responding to enquiries and preparing proposals or quotes
• Communicating with you about a project, before or during our engagement
• Understanding and improving how this website is used
• Meeting our legal, tax and accounting obligations

We do not sell personal information, and we do not use enquiry details for unrelated marketing without your consent.

Information is stored using reputable hosting, email and business-software providers. Some of these providers may process or store data outside South Africa; where that happens, we rely on providers that apply appropriate safeguards. We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose it was collected, or as required by law.

We may share personal information with service providers who help us operate this website and respond to enquiries — for example, email-delivery, hosting, analytics and customer-management providers — strictly to the extent needed for them to perform that service. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own independent marketing purposes.

This site may use cookies or similar technologies to understand how it's used and to improve it over time — for example, to see which pages are popular or how visitors reach the site. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings; doing so may affect some site functionality but will not prevent you from browsing or contacting us.

Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:

• Be informed about what personal information we hold and why
• Request access to the personal information we hold about you
• Request that we correct or update inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request that we delete personal information we no longer have a valid reason to keep
• Object to certain processing, or withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Lodge a complaint with South Africa's Information Regulator if you believe your information has been mishandled

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details below.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, but we work to keep information appropriately protected.

We may update this policy from time to time — for example, as the site, our tools, or the law change. We'll update the "last updated" date above when we do.

For questions about this policy, or to exercise any of your rights above, contact us at flippie@interessant.co.za. See also our Terms of Use.