This Privacy Notice has been updated in accordance with the latest requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“POPIA”) and other applicable South African data protection legislation as of June 2025. Sovereign Food Investments (Pty) Ltd (“Sovereign”), including all subsidiaries such as Crown Chickens (Pty) Ltd, is committed to processing your Personal Information lawfully, fairly, and transparently, and to providing you with clear information regarding your rights and our obligations under current law.
In line with the latest legislative requirements, Sovereign ensures that Personal Information is collected only for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes, and is not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes. We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure your Personal Information against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Where required, data breaches will be reported to the Information Regulator and affected data subjects in accordance with Section 22 of POPIA.
You have the right to access, correct, update, or erase your Personal Information, as well as the right to object to or restrict certain types of processing. Requests to exercise these rights can be made to Sovereign’s Information Officer using the contact details provided below. Furthermore, any direct marketing communications will only be sent with your prior consent, and you may opt out at any time as per Section 69 of POPIA.
Sovereign will continue to review and update this Privacy Notice to remain compliant with all legislative changes and to ensure the highest standards of data privacy and protection for all stakeholders.
This Notice is also published on our website www.sovereignfoods.co.za, and applies to the Personal Information of all Sovereign’s employees, customers, suppliers, contractors, agents, visitors and any other natural or juristic person engaging with Sovereign in any manner whatsoever.
When used in this Notice, “Personal Information” has the meaning given to it in the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“POPIA”). Personal information is any information that can be used to personally identify a natural or juristic person. Special personal information is any information that is considered by law to be particularly sensitive information. This includes information related to your health, sex life, race, ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, political persuasion and criminal behaviour and biometric information.
When engaging, in whatever capacity, with Sovereign and by submitting any Personal Information and/or special personal information to Sovereign you hereby voluntarily consent that Sovereign may collect, use, store, process, further process and deal (retain, disclose, destroy, etc.) all your Personal Information, and if applicable special personal information, as required and provided for under POPIA. This information includes but is not limited to name of legal entity, addresses, contact information, financial and tax related information, authorised signatories. The Personal Information may be collected by your express voluntarily written consent or contractual engagement (mandatory), any trade application and placing or acceptance of orders in the normal course of business.
In the event that you do not agree with this Privacy Notice, or any parts thereof, you should not submit your Personal Information to Sovereign or if submitted in the past instruct Sovereign in writing to delete your Personal Information, in which instance Sovereign may at its sole and absolute discretion decide whether to engage with you or not. It should be noted that processing and use of your personal data may be required to give effect to your contractual relationship with Sovereign or where such processing is required in terms of a law or where it is necessary to protects Sovereign’s or a third party’s legitimate interest.
The consequence of withholding consent or Personal Information is that Sovereign will not be able to further engage you with or supply any of Sovereign’s products or services.
All Personal Information collected and processed by Sovereign will be used solely for conducting legitimate business, to meaningful engage or contract with you as a contract party, protecting of a legitimate interest of Sovereign or a third party or you as the data subject, an obligation by a law. Your Personal Information will be securely stored and either upon your instruction or through the effluxion of prescribed time limits will be destroyed in accordance with the prescribed manner.
In terms of Section 11 of the POPIA, you have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information. Sovereign will upon receipt of your objection not further process any of your Personal Information, in which instance any delay in or cancellation of the engagement with Sovereign will be solely at your risk. Objections must be sent to Sovereign’s Information Officer, as per the contact details below.
You confirm that you understand your rights to privacy and processing of your Personal Information in terms of POPIA; and that you are entitled to exercise such rights at any time; and that you have the obligation to keep your Personal Information up to date. In this regard Sovereign requires you to ensure that your Personal Information supplied is complete, accurate and up to date. It is your responsibility to advise Sovereign of any changes to your personal information as and when these may occur.
You also have the right, to request that Sovereign provides you with the details of your Personal Information which were collected and for what purposes were processed by Sovereign. Should you wish to do so you may send the request to Sovereign’s Information Officer.
Should you have any complaints you may lodge these to Sovereign’s Information Officer or the Information Regulator at POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za on the prescribed form available at www.inforegulator.org.za
Sovereign is entitled to disclose your Personal Information internally or with a third party who use or process the Personal Information on Sovereign’s behalf. You furthermore consent that Sovereign may disclose your Personal Information to any other third Party as maybe allowed by law.
You herewith indemnify Sovereign from any loss, damage, injury, costs, etc. you may suffer as result of any unintentional disclosure of your Personal Information to an unauthorised third party.
For further information, complaint or Personal Information requests kindly contact Sovereign’s Information Officer at:
Tel: +2741 995 1700; or
E-Mail: InfoOff@sovfoods.co.za