Legal

POPIA Notice

Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 • Last updated: 3 July 2026

Our commitment

The Bearded Chef is committed to protecting the privacy of our clients, suppliers and website visitors. We process personal information lawfully, for defined purposes, and in a manner that respects the eight conditions for lawful processing set out in POPIA: accountability, processing limitation, purpose specification, further processing limitation, information quality, openness, security safeguards and data subject participation.

Responsible party & Information Officer

Responsible party:: The Bearded Chef
Information Officer:: Marc
Telephone:: 065 891 6711
Email:: info@thebeardedchef.co.za
Address:: Centurion Gate Office Park, 124 Akkerboom Street, Centurion, Pretoria

Your rights as a data subject

In terms of POPIA, you have the right to:

Be notified when your personal information is collected, or when it has been accessed by an unauthorised person;
Request confirmation, free of charge, of whether we hold personal information about you;
Request a record or description of that personal information;
Request correction, destruction or deletion of personal information that is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading or unlawfully obtained;
Object, on reasonable grounds, to the processing of your personal information;
Object to processing for purposes of direct marketing, and to not receive unsolicited electronic communications;
Not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing;
Institute civil proceedings regarding alleged interference with the protection of your personal information;
Complain to the Information Regulator.

How to make a request

Send your request to our Information Officer at info@thebeardedchef.co.za, stating clearly what information the request concerns and what you would like us to do. We may ask for proof of identity to protect your information before acting on a request. We aim to respond within a reasonable time and in any event within the timeframes prescribed by POPIA.

The Information Regulator

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your personal information or your request, you may complain to the Information Regulator (South Africa):

JD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg

Website: inforegulator.org.za

Email: enquiries@inforegulator.org.za / POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za