Crux Karoo Observatory / Legal

POPIA Notice

A concise POPIA summary for Crux Karoo Observatory website users, including responsible party details, Information Officer details, user rights, and privacy contact routes.

Responsible entity: Crux Pty Ltd — Reg. No. 2026/474141/0
Website: cruxkaroo.com
Legal contact: studio@cruxdesign.co.za
Last updated: 20 June 2026
Important: These legal pages are are close to publication stage, and are currently under review. Crux Karoo is under active development. When we are ready for publication, these pages will be finalized, and this warning will be removed.

1. Overview

This POPIA Notice summarises privacy information for users of cruxkaroo.com under South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”). It should be read with the full Privacy Policy.

2. Responsible Party

The responsible party is intended to be Crux Pty Ltd, registration number 2026/474141/0, unless a separate agreement identifies another responsible party.

Registered / business address: 99 2nd Avenue, Glenlily Estate, Parow, 7500, Western Cape, South Africa.

3. Information Officer

Information Officer: Heinrich Botha. Contact: heinrich@cruxdesign.co.za.

General legal and privacy enquiries may also be sent to studio@cruxdesign.co.za.

4. Personal Information

Crux may process contact details, enquiry text, submitted capture package details, planning tool context, communication records, subscription preferences, and technical server/security logs as described in the Privacy Policy.

5. Processing Purposes

Personal information may be processed to receive and respond to enquiries, operate and secure the website, manage project communications, understand future dataset or guest-programme interest, maintain records, prevent abuse, and comply with legal obligations.

6. Data Subject Rights

Subject to POPIA and applicable limitations, users may request access to personal information, correction, deletion, objection to processing, restriction of unlawful processing, or withdrawal of consent where consent is the applicable basis.

Requests should be sent to the contact details above with enough information for Crux to identify the relevant record.

7. Complaints

Users may contact Crux first so that a privacy concern can be reviewed. Users may also have the right to complain to the Information Regulator South Africa.

Information Regulator website: inforegulator.org.za.

8. Operators and Service Providers

Crux may use operators such as hosting providers, email systems, IT support, developers, backup services, security systems, and professional advisers. Operators should process personal information only as necessary and subject to appropriate confidentiality and security safeguards.

9. Security Measures

Crux takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information. No internet transmission, email, hosting environment, or website can be guaranteed completely secure.

10. Planning Calendar Note

Before launching a public Planning Calendar, availability layer, provisional hold system, account feature, or payment function, Crux should review whether this POPIA Notice and the Privacy Policy need expanded language or additional consent controls.