Legal & Compliance

Privacy Policy & POPIA Disclosure

Effective Date: 2026•POPIA Compliant

Registered Entity

Vectra Ventures (Pty) Ltd

Trading as The Growth Architects

Company Reg No.2026/456948/07

01. Overview & POPIA Commitment

This Privacy Policy explains how Vectra Ventures (Pty) Ltd (Reg. No. 2026/456948/07), trading as The Growth Architects ("we", "us", "our"), collects, processes, stores, and protects personal information in accordance with South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), Act 4 of 2013.

We respect your rights to data privacy and process all personal information lawfully, reasonably, and in a transparent manner.

02. Information We Collect

We collect information that you directly provide to us, as well as limited technical telemetry generated when you navigate our platform:

Directly Provided Information

Name, corporate email address, telephone number, organisation name, media budget range, and strategic context submitted via contact, briefing, or audit forms.

Automated Site Telemetry

Anonymised IP addresses, browser specifications, referral sources, and page interaction logs processed via Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and essential cookies.

03. Purpose & Lawful Basis (POPIA Sec 11)

We process personal information under valid POPIA lawful grounds:

Pre-Contractual & Contractual Performance: To evaluate project requirements, issue growth proposals, and conduct strategy sessions.
Legitimate Commercial Interest: To maintain website security, optimise user interface workflows, and conduct aggregate analytics audits.
Explicit Consent: To send our weekly newsletter ("The Architect's Brief") where explicitly requested. You may opt out at any time.

04. Third-Party Operators & Cross-Border Transfer

We never sell or rent personal information to third parties. Data is shared exclusively with operator partners (such as cloud hosting infrastructure and CRM tools) strictly required to deliver our advisory services.

Where technical systems reside internationally, cross-border data transfers comply fully with Section 72 of POPIA, ensuring recipient entities adhere to equal or greater data protection standards.

05. Your Data Subject Rights

Under POPIA, you have the statutory right to:

1. Right to AccessRequest confirmation and copies of records held about you.

2. Right to CorrectionRequest updates or correction of inaccurate personal data.

3. Right to DeletionRequest erasure of records where statutory retention no longer applies.

4. Right to ObjectUnsubscribe from direct marketing at any time.

Information Regulator (South Africa)

If you believe your personal data has been handled unlawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator at inforegulator.org.za (POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za).