Business Readiness Hub

POPIA Collection Notice

Version:
2026-07-12.v1
Effective date:
12 July 2026
Responsible party:
Business Readiness Hub
Registered company details:
Available on written request via email.

Draft document. This document is subject to final legal review before public release. It is published in draft form so that users of the Business Readiness Hub platform are informed while final review is completed.

1. Who is collecting your information

Business Readiness Hub (Registration number available on request), trading as Business Readiness Hub, of available on written request via email, is the responsible party collecting the personal information described below.

2. What information we collect

  • Contact details (name, email address, and where you choose to provide it, a phone number).
  • Business profile information you enter.
  • Quick Assessment and Comprehensive Assessment answers.
  • Assistance-request and funding-support request information.
  • Records of consent, and technical information required for platform security and operation.

3. Why we collect it

  • To register and authenticate your account.
  • To calculate your readiness scores and generate your reports and action plans.
  • To respond to your assistance and funding-support requests.
  • To send operational communications about the services you have requested.
  • To comply with our legal obligations and to keep the platform secure.

4. Whether providing information is mandatory

Some information is mandatory to provide the service you have requested (for example, an email address is needed to create an account). Where information is voluntary, this will be indicated. If you choose not to provide mandatory information, we may be unable to complete the related request.

5. Who may receive your information

Personal information may be processed by our trusted service providers for hosting, authentication, database services and operational email delivery. These providers act on our instructions and are contractually required to keep the information confidential.

6. Your rights

  • Access, correction, objection, restriction, deletion, destruction and withdrawal of consent.
  • Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa.

Please contact info@businessreadinesshub.co.za to exercise your rights. Also see the full Privacy Notice.

7. Cross-border processing

Some of our service providers may process personal information outside South Africa. Where this occurs, we rely on appropriate safeguards required by POPIA.