The abbreviation stands for Protection of Personal Information Act. The legislation was signed in 2013 and promotes the protection of the personal information by private and public bodies; introduces minimum standards to be exercised when personal information is processed, stored and protected; and generally protects your constitutional right to privacy.
Egis Innovations Financial Services, as an authorised financial services provider, is defined as a responsible party in terms of the Act. Our FSP licence allows us to provide advice and intermediary services for the following financial products: short-term insurance, long-term insurance, investments and medical aid.
Egis Innovations Financial Services is committed to protecting our clients’ privacy and confidentiality and strive to conduct our business responsibly by taking the appropriate measures to securely protect, process, store and retain the personal information in our possession throughout the duration of us rendering financial services to you.
In order to render financial services to you, we require certain personal information from you so that we may assist with the following, on your behalf:
We will share some or all of above personal information with the following entities:
We will only share the minimal amount of personal information with any entity, as is required for them to fulfil their obligations towards you.
We use various mediums to interact and process information, including but not limited to:
Where we share your personal information with third parties, we will ensure that they are contractually bound to apply the necessary security measures.
Some of these service providers may be situated outside of the borders of the Republic of South Africa (RSA). In accordance with POPI Act we will only use service providers that are subject to information protection legislation similar or better than that of the RSA.
We take the necessary reasonable measures to ensure that personal information, in both physical and electronic form, are subject to an appropriate level of security when processed and communicated by us, in order to protect against access and acquisition by unauthorised persons and accidental loss, destruction or damage.
We cannot guarantee the security of information you transmit to us online and you do so at your own risk.
We are legally obliged in terms of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37, of 2002 to retain all verbal and written communications related to the financial services rendered to you for a period of 5 years after termination of the financial product.
In the event that you wish to object, correct and/or request that we destroy the personal information which is in our possession, please complete the Personal Information Objection, Correction or Destruction Request form (available on our website), and email it to our Information Officer
| 1 Name of Information Officer: | Fred Kloppers |
| Physical address of FSP: | 189 Wilison Street, Fairland, Johannesburg |
| Postal address of FSP: | Same as above |
| Contact number: | +27114761016 |
| Email address: | service@innov8fs.co.za |
| Website: | www.innov8fs.co.za |
We would appreciate the opportunity to address any complaints regarding our processing of your personal information, however, you have right to complain to the Information Regulator at:
| Physical address: | JD House, 27 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001 |
| Postal address: | P.O. Box 31533, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017 |
| Complaints email: | complaints.IR@justice.gov.za |
| General enquiries email: | inforeg@justice.gov.za |