How Bezuidenhout & Steyn Incorporated approaches the privacy of visitors to this website.
Last updated: 7 July 2026
Bezuidenhout & Steyn Incorporated ("Bezuidenhout & Steyn", "the firm", "we", "us" or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy and to processing your personal information lawfully, transparently and securely. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share and safeguard personal information through this website (bsing.co.za) and in the course of providing our accounting, auditing, taxation, estate and advisory services, in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 ("POPIA").
For the purposes of POPIA, Bezuidenhout & Steyn Incorporated is the responsible party. By using this website or engaging our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Policy.
Our Information Officer (as required by POPIA) can be reached using the details above, marked for the attention of the Information Officer.
We collect and process personal information that is necessary for the purposes set out below. Depending on how you interact with us, this may include:
This is a static, information-only website. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies and we do not operate web-analytics profiling. Our web server may record limited technical data (such as IP address, browser type and the pages requested) in its logs, for security and to keep the site running reliably. This website loads fonts from Google Fonts, which may receive your IP address in order to serve those fonts.
We process personal information only where the law allows us to, including on one or more of the following bases: your consent; the performance of a contract or mandate with you; compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation; or our legitimate interests (or those of a third party). We use your information to:
We treat your information as confidential and we do not sell it. We may share personal information, where necessary, with:
We take appropriate, reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, damage and unauthorised access, in line with section 19 of POPIA. Where any operator stores or processes information outside South Africa, we will only allow this where the transfer is permitted under POPIA and subject to appropriate safeguards.
We keep personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, and thereafter for the periods required by law, for example the record-retention periods imposed by the Companies Act, the Tax Administration Act and FICA (generally at least five years). When information is no longer required, we securely destroy or de-identify it.
Subject to the requirements and exceptions in POPIA, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, contact our Information Officer using the details in section 1. A formal request for access to a record may be made using our Request for Access to Record form, and further information is set out in our PAIA Manual.
If you believe we have not handled your personal information in accordance with POPIA, you may lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa):
Information Regulator (South Africa)This website is not directed at children. Where we process the personal information of a child (for example in relation to an estate or tax matter), we do so only where the law permits and, where required, with the consent of a competent person.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will always be published on this page, with the "last updated" date shown above. Please review it periodically.
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we handle your personal information, contact us at [email protected] or 018 297 5457, or write to us at 11 Retief St, Potchefstroom, 2531.
