Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 22 March 2026

1. Introduction

Legacy Africa (“we”, “us”, “our”, or the “Responsible Party”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is processed lawfully, in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA) and all other applicable South African laws.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, process, store, share, and protect your personal information when you use our platform (the “Platform”), including any website, mobile application, or related services.

Legacy Africa is the responsible party for processing your personal information. Our contact details are:

• Full legal name: Legacy Africa (Pty) Ltd [9453812363]
• Physical address: 4 Brusiliero Street, Parsons Vlei, Gqeberha, South Africa
• Postal address: Same as physical
• Email: owamhoyi1@gmail.com
• Telephone: 0605821015

Questions about this Policy or our data practices? Contact our Information Officer at 0605821015.

2. Information We Collect

We collect and process the following categories of personal information:

a. Information you provide directly Provided by you during registration or profile creation:

• Full name and email address
• Phone number (optional)
• Social media links (e.g. Instagram, LinkedIn)
• Any other contact details you voluntarily share

b. Profile and Matching Information Used to facilitate relevant connections:

• Skills, interests, expertise, and industry or domain
• What you are seeking (e.g. co-founder, mentor, collaborator, investor)
• Any additional details you include in your profilec) Usage and Technical Data (automatically collected)
• Device information, IP address, and browser type
• Pages visited, time spent, and interactions (e.g. profile views, connection requests)
• Logs of Platform activity

Note: Personal information is collected primarily from you. We do not collect special personal information (e.g. health data, race, religion) unless you voluntarily provide it and it is relevant to your use of the Platform.

3. Purpose and Lawful Basis for Processing

We process your personal information only to the extent necessary for the following purposes:

• Creating and maintaining your user account and profile
• Matching you with relevant users based on skills, interests, and objectives
• Facilitating connections, communications, and collaborations
• Improving Platform functionality, user experience, and security
• Sending service-related communications and updates (you may opt out of non-essential messages)
• Complying with legal obligations, preventing fraud, or enforcing our TermsLawful bases under POPIA Section 11:
• Performance of a contract — your use of the Platform
• Legitimate interests — improving services and enabling matching
• Consent — where expressly required (e.g. certain marketing communications)

Providing most information is voluntary. Failure to supply required fields (e.g. name and email address) may prevent account creation or limit Platform functionality.

4. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

Your profile information (to the extent you choose to make it public) is visible to other registered users to enable matching and connections. We do not sell your personal information.

We may share limited data only with:

• Service providers (e.g. cloud hosting and analytics tools) who are bound by confidentiality and security obligations
• Law enforcement or regulatory authorities, where required by law or to protect rights and safety

We do not transfer personal information outside South Africa unless adequate protections are in place (e.g. binding data processing agreements). Where applicable, we will notify you in advance.

5. User-Controlled Sharing and Off-Platform Interactions

You control which contact details (e.g. phone number, WhatsApp, social media links) appear on your profile. Any communications that take place off the Platform (e.g. via Instagram or WhatsApp) are solely your responsibility. We do not monitor, moderate, or control those interactions.

6. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical, organisational, and physical measures to safeguard your information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, or alteration. These include encryption and access controls.

No system is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. In the event of a security compromise, we will notify you and the Information Regulator as required by POPIA Section 22.

7. Retention of Information

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Policy, or as required by law (e.g. for dispute resolution or statutory obligations). Following account deletion or a period of inactivity, your data will be deleted or anonymised unless retention is legally required.

8. Your Rights under POPIA

You have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction, updating, or deletion of your information (subject to legal retention obligations)
• Object to processing on reasonable grounds
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on your consent
• Lodge a complaint with the Information RegulatorInformation Regulator (South Africa) JD House, 27 Stiemert Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg complaints.IR@justice.gov.za | https://inforegulator.org.za

To exercise any of your rights, contact our Information Officer using the details in Section 1.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. Where changes are material, we will notify you via the Platform or by email. Your continued use of the Platform following notification constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.

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