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PAIA s14 manual · POPIA s51

POPIA Information Manual

The PAIA section 14 / POPIA section 51 manual for {{LEGAL_ENTITY}}, covering the records we hold and how to request access. Draft for Legal Review — pending attorney sign-off.

Effective date: {{EFFECTIVE_DATE}}

This manual is effective from {{EFFECTIVE_DATE}} and is reviewed periodically.

1. About this manual

This manual is published in terms of section 14 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA), as read with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA). It describes the personal information and records held by {{LEGAL_ENTITY}} in connection with the Serve Station Job Card System, and how to request access to them.

2. Particulars of the body

Legal entity
{{LEGAL_ENTITY}}
Registration number
{{REG_NUMBER}}
Registered address
{{REGISTERED_ADDRESS}}

3. Information Officer (POPIA s55 / PAIA contact)

Information Officer
{{IO_NAME}}
Email
{{IO_EMAIL}}
Telephone
{{IO_PHONE}}
Postal / physical address
{{REGISTERED_ADDRESS}}

The Information Officer is (or will be) registered with the Information Regulator in terms of POPIA.

4. Records held

The following categories of records are processed through the Service:

  • Organisation (tenant) and user account records — names, work emails, roles.
  • Job-card records — job details, site addresses, customer name and contact details, technician notes and checklist results.
  • Media — work photographs and captured customer signatures.
  • Consent records — the immutable consent captured at sign-off.
  • Security records — append-only audit logs (actor, IP address, user-agent, timestamp).

5. Operators & sub-operators (POPIA s20–21, s72)

Customer data is hosted in South Africa (af-south-1). The operators that process personal information on our behalf, and the cross-border basis where applicable, are:

OperatorServiceData locationTransfer basis
SupabaseDatabase, object storage, realtimeSouth Africa — af-south-1 (Cape Town)In-country
ClerkAuthentication / session managementOffshorePOPIA s72
SentryError monitoring (PII scrubbed)OffshorePOPIA s72
VercelApplication hosting / edge networkOffshorePOPIA s72
GitHubSource control / deployment pipelineOffshorePOPIA s72

Offshore transfers are made under section 72 of POPIA on the basis of binding contractual terms. The DPA-signed status of each operator is tracked in the internal sub-operator register.

6. How to request access (PAIA)

  1. Complete the prescribed PAIA request form (Form 2 / the Regulator's current form).
  2. Send it to the Information Officer at {{IO_EMAIL}}, with proof of identity.
  3. Pay the prescribed request and access fees where applicable.
  4. We respond within the periods prescribed by PAIA (ordinarily 30 days), and may extend or refuse access only on the grounds permitted by PAIA.

Data-subject requests under POPIA (access, correction, deletion) are handled per our Privacy Policy within a 30-day service level.

7. Retention

Records are retained for an owner-justified retention period ({{owner-justified period}}) or as required by law, after which the record and any associated stored file are deleted while preserving the audit trail.

8. The Information Regulator

The Information Regulator (South Africa): JD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001. PAIA: PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za · POPIA: POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za.