Access to information

PAIA Manual

How to request access to records held by PowderedPurple (Pty) Ltd.

Version 1.0 | Published 31 July 2026 | English

Important status notice
This manual provides a public request route and names PowderedPurple's PAIA and privacy contact. It does not itself prove Information Officer registration or independent legal review. Verify the registered officer against the Information Regulator's certificate or official register before relying on that status; the supporting evidence is maintained privately and updated when official confirmation is available.

1. Purpose

This manual is published under the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) and supports requests for access to records held by this private body, including requests for personal information under POPIA where applicable.

2. Responsible party and contact

Private body: PowderedPurple (Pty) Ltd
Registration number: 2026/583153/07
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
PAIA and privacy contact: privacy@powderedpurple.com
Editorial contact: editor@powderedpurple.com

3. Records that may be available without a formal request

  • Public website pages, Journal articles and policy pages.
  • Affiliate Disclosure, AI Content Disclosure, Privacy Policy, Terms and this PAIA Manual.
  • Public contact details and published company information.

4. Record categories that may be held

  • Corporate and compliance: company, policy, security, PAIA/POPIA and affiliate-compliance records.
  • Website operations: hosting, access-log, security, cookie-consent and technical incident records.
  • Editorial and intellectual property: research sources, claim reviews, asset-rights evidence, licences and corrections records.
  • Communications: enquiries voluntarily sent to PowderedPurple and related response records.
  • Commercial: advertiser/programme approval, tracked-link testing and affiliate evidence records.
  • Personnel and financial: records required for business administration, subject to lawful grounds for refusal and privacy protection.

5. How to make a request

  1. Email privacy@powderedpurple.com with the subject line PAIA access request.
  2. Describe the record requested and the right you seek to exercise or protect. Include enough detail to identify the record.
  3. State your preferred form of access and provide contact details. We may ask for reasonable proof of identity or authority before releasing personal information.
  4. Use the Information Regulator's prescribed PAIA request form where required. We will acknowledge the request and explain any applicable fee, extension, refusal ground or remedy.

6. Fees, outcomes and remedies

Any fee will follow the PAIA regulations applicable to private bodies and will be communicated before it is charged. Access may be granted, partly granted or refused only on a lawful basis. If you disagree with an outcome, you may use the remedies described by PAIA and POPIA, including a complaint to the Information Regulator or other lawful remedy.

7. Assistance and complaints

The Information Regulator provides PAIA/POPIA guidance, request forms and complaint routes. Contact the Regulator at inforegulator.org.za, enquiries@inforegulator.org.za or 010 023 5200.

8. Review and availability

This manual is available on this website. A printable copy or reasonable alternative format may be requested at privacy@powderedpurple.com. It will be reviewed after Information Officer registration, PAIA/POPIA regulatory guidance, a material processing change or at least annually.

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