SA Local Intelligence Business Directory
Responsible Party: SA Local (Pty) Ltd
Company Registration: 2026/797370/07
Website: https://salocal.co.za
Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Privacy Contact: admin@salocal.co.za
Last Updated: 20 October 2026
1. Introduction
SA Local (Pty) Ltd, trading as SA Local Intelligence Business Directory (“SA Local”, “we”, “us” or “our”), respects your privacy and is committed to processing personal information responsibly in accordance with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA), and other applicable legislation.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share and protect personal information when you visit or use salocal.co.za.
SA Local is being developed as an online directory for discovering businesses, services and places across South Africa. Some services described in this policy are planned features and may not yet be available.
2. Personal Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website and which services are active, we may collect:
- Names, email addresses, telephone numbers and contact details.
- Account registration details and login-related information.
- Business names, addresses, descriptions, categories, websites and listing information.
- Information supplied when submitting, claiming or managing a business listing.
- Advertising enquiries, billing details and transaction records.
- Messages and correspondence sent to SA Local.
- Technical information such as IP addresses, browser and device details, and security logs.
- Cookie preferences and website usage information where applicable.
We aim to collect only information reasonably necessary for legitimate and specified purposes.
3. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information to:
- Operate, maintain and secure the website.
- Respond to enquiries and provide customer support.
- Create and manage user accounts when registration is enabled.
- Verify, publish and maintain business directory listings.
- Manage advertising and premium services when available.
- Process payments and maintain accounting records when payment functionality is enabled.
- Prevent spam, fraud and unauthorised website activity.
- Improve website functionality and visitor experience.
- Meet legal and regulatory obligations.
- Send marketing communications where permitted by law.
We process personal information only where permitted by applicable law, including where consent is required, where processing is necessary to provide requested services, or where another lawful justification applies.
4. Business Directory Listings
SA Local is intended to provide information about businesses, services and places operating in South Africa.
Directory listings may contain publicly available business information or details submitted by business owners and authorised representatives.
Business contact details and other information included in published listings may be accessible to website visitors and search engines.
Business owners should ensure that submitted information is accurate and that they are authorised to provide any personal information included in their listings.
Requests to correct or remove listing information may be sent to admin@salocal.co.za. Requests will be considered in accordance with applicable law.
5. User Accounts
When registration features become available, users may be required to provide information needed to create, verify and manage their accounts.
Users are responsible for protecting their login credentials. SA Local may restrict accounts where necessary to protect website security and prevent misuse.
6. Business Reviews and Ratings
Business reviews and ratings are not planned to be enabled during the initial public launch.
If these features are introduced later, SA Local will review its privacy practices and relevant website rules to address the collection, publication and moderation of review information.
7. Advertising and Paid Services
SA Local may offer advertising placements, premium business listings and other paid services.
When these services are enabled, we may process advertiser contact information, order details, billing information and payment records.
Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers. Applicable provider privacy notices will govern their independent processing activities.
8. Cookies and Analytics
Our website may use essential cookies and similar technologies for security, website functionality and user preferences.
Additional technologies, including Google Analytics, may be used if enabled in the future. We do not represent that such tracking is currently active.
Where legally required, visitors will be offered appropriate cookie choices through our consent management system.
Further information will be available in our separate Cookie Policy.
9. Sharing Personal Information
We may share personal information with service providers assisting with website hosting, security, maintenance, communications, payments and other necessary operations.
Information may also be disclosed where required by law or where necessary to protect legal rights.
We do not sell personal information submitted to SA Local to unrelated third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
10. International Data Transfers
Some technology and service providers may process information outside South Africa.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will assess the requirements of POPIA and apply appropriate safeguards as required by law.
11. Information Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
Although we work to protect personal information, no website or internet-based service can guarantee absolute security.
Where required by POPIA, we will notify affected persons and the Information Regulator of security compromises.
12. Retention of Personal Information
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may differ for user accounts, directory listings, correspondence, financial records and security information.
When personal information is no longer required, we will take appropriate steps to delete, destroy or de-identify it, subject to applicable legal obligations.
13. Your Rights Under POPIA
Subject to applicable law, you may request:
- Confirmation of whether SA Local holds personal information about you.
- Access to personal information held about you.
- Correction or deletion of inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive or unlawfully processed information.
- Objection to certain processing activities.
- Withdrawal of consent where processing depends on consent.
Privacy requests may be submitted to admin@salocal.co.za. We may request reasonable identity verification before responding.
You may also lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa through its official website: https://inforegulator.org.za.
14. Children’s Personal Information
SA Local is a general business directory and is not designed to collect personal information directly from children.
We do not intentionally process children’s personal information without an appropriate lawful basis and any authorisation required by applicable legislation.
15. Information Officer and Contact Details
Responsible Party: SA Local (Pty) Ltd
Trading Name: SA Local Intelligence Business Directory
Company Registration: 2026/797370/07
Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Website: https://salocal.co.za
Privacy and Information Officer Enquiries: admin@salocal.co.za
Registered Business Address: SA Local (Pty) Ltd operates from its registered address in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. For privacy-related enquiries, please contact our Information Officer at admin@salocal.co.za.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, technology or legal obligations change.
The current version will be published on this website with its latest update date.