Privacy Notice

How we collect, use and protect your personal information

Last updated: 2 November 2026

EasyComply (Pty) Ltd, trading as ThinkForGrowth ("EasyComply", "we", "us"), respects your privacy. This notice explains how we handle personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA). It applies to visitors to our website, people who contact us, and our clients.

1. Who we are

Responsible party: EasyComply (Pty) Ltd t/a ThinkForGrowth
Registration number: 2025/446772/07
Address: WeWork, 173 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196
Information Officer: Christopher Ndebele
Deputy Information Officer: Phomolo Faith Phiri-Ndebele
Email: info@thinkforgrowth.online
Phone: +27 73 036 2005

2. Information we collect

When you contact us or book a consultation: your name, email address, phone number, company name and the details you include in your message.

When you become a client: depending on the services you use, this may include:

Identity and contact details, such as ID or passport numbers and addresses
Tax reference numbers and SARS, CIPC and other registration details
Financial information, such as bank statements, invoices, income and expense records
Company, director, shareholder and beneficial ownership information
Employee information needed for payroll, such as salaries, leave and tax details

We collect this information directly from you, or from third parties you authorise, such as your bank, SARS or CIPC.

3. Why we use your information

To respond to your enquiries and arrange consultations
To provide the accounting, tax, payroll and company secretarial services you engage us for
To meet our legal obligations, including those under tax and company law
To invoice for our services and manage our client relationship

We only use your information for these purposes, or for purposes compatible with them.

4. Who we share it with

We never sell your personal information. We only share it where needed to provide our services or where the law requires it:

Government bodies such as SARS, CIPC and the Department of Employment and Labour (for UIF), when we submit returns or registrations on your behalf
Service providers we use to run our practice, such as cloud accounting and payroll software (for example Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, SimplePay and Draftworx), email and document storage (Google Workspace and Microsoft 365), WhatsApp, Calendly and our website host
Others you authorise, such as your bank, auditor or attorney

Our service providers may only use your information to provide their services to us, and must keep it secure and confidential.

5. Information stored outside South Africa

Some of our software providers store information on servers outside South Africa. We only use providers that are subject to laws, binding rules or agreements that give your information a level of protection similar to POPIA.

6. How we protect it

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to keep your information safe, including restricted access to client information, password-protected cloud systems from reputable providers, secure document sharing, and confidentiality obligations for everyone who works with us.

7. How long we keep it

We keep personal information only for as long as we need it, or as the law requires. Tax records are generally kept for at least five years after the relevant return is submitted, and company records for at least seven years. After that, information is securely deleted or destroyed.

8. Your rights

Under POPIA, you have the right to:

Ask whether we hold personal information about you, and request a copy of it
Ask us to correct or update information that is wrong or out of date
Ask us to delete information we no longer have a lawful reason to keep
Object to how we use your information, or withdraw consent you have given
Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator

To use any of these rights, email info@thinkforgrowth.online. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request.

Requests for access to records are handled in line with the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA). You can download our PAIA Manual (PDF), or request a copy by email.

9. Our website

You can browse our website without giving us any personal information. Our website does not use tracking cookies or analytics. Our contact form does not store your information on our website. If you choose WhatsApp, it opens WhatsApp with your message and you choose whether to send it. If you choose email, your message is emailed directly to us at info@thinkforgrowth.online and is not kept on the website. If you subscribe to our monthly newsletter, we use your email address (and first name, if you give it) only to send you the newsletter. Every newsletter includes a way to unsubscribe, and you can also ask us to remove you at any time by emailing info@thinkforgrowth.online. When you use WhatsApp, Calendly or other linked websites, their own privacy policies also apply.

10. Complaints

If you have a concern about how we handle your information, please contact our Information Officer or Deputy Information Officer first so we can put it right. You may also lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa through its website, www.inforegulator.org.za.

11. Changes to this notice

We may update this notice from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page, with the date it was last updated.