Effective date: October 2025

Entity: More Beyond (Pty) Ltd, Pretoria, South Africa (“More Beyond”, “we”, “us”, “our”)

Applies to: This Site (www.sonjablignaut.com) and our related services (coaching, workshops, organisational practice, digital offers, and newsletters).

Contact: connect@sonjablignaut.com

1  Commitment & legal bases

We respect your privacy and handle personal information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) of South Africa and GDPR-aligned principles for international users.

Our legal bases for processing include:

• Consent
• Contractual necessity
• Legitimate interests
• Legal obligations

2 Information we collect

We may collect and process the following categories of information:

• Identity & contact: name, email address, role, organisation, phone number, country.
• Transactional: bookings, invoices, payments (processed via third-party providers), attendance, purchased products.
• Participation: form responses, questionnaires, workshop inputs, and feedback or testimonials (with consent).
• Technical: IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring pages, approximate location, and cookies or similar technologies.
• Media: recordings or photos where clearly notified; consent obtained where required.
• Communications: emails, messages, and subscription preferences (e.g., newsletter opt-ins).

3 How we use your information

We process personal data to:

• Provide and personalise 1:1, team, organisational, and digital offerings.
• Manage bookings, payments, confirmations, certificates, and access to materials.
• Send service-related messages (e.g., reminders, updates) and marketing communications (only if you opt in).
• Improve our content, Site experience, and safety; develop frameworks and practices (using anonymised insights where possible).
• Meet legal and regulatory obligations (e.g., tax, accounting, reporting).

4 Marketing & newsletters

We may use reputable third-party platforms (e.g., Substack, ConvertKit, Mailchimp) to deliver newsletters and updates.

You will only receive marketing communications if you have explicitly opted in (e.g., ticking a box or subscribing).

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in each email or by contacting us directly.

5 Cookies & analytics

We use cookies and analytics tools to improve Site performance and understand aggregated visitor behaviour.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings or our cookie banner (where available). Disabling certain cookies may affect your browsing experience.

6 Payment processing & third-party providers

Payments are processed through trusted third-party platforms (e.g., PayFast, Stripe).

We do not store or have access to your card details.

We may share limited personal data with vendors who support our operations (e.g., website hosting, email delivery, forms, analytics, event management).

All such providers are bound by confidentiality and data-protection obligations and act only under our instructions.

7 Partners & external links

Partnered offerings and external sites (e.g., Triskel, Harmonise, Embodied Wayfinding Journeys, or other collaborations) operate under their own privacy policies.

We are not responsible for their content or practices. Please review their privacy notices before sharing personal data.

8 International data transfers

Your data may be stored or processed in South Africa and/or other countries via reputable cloud providers.

Where data is transferred internationally, we apply appropriate safeguards such as contractual clauses and industry-standard security measures.

9 Security

We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures, including:

• Secure hosting and encryption in transit
• Access controls and least-privilege principles
• Periodic security reviews

No system is 100% secure, but we take all reasonable steps to protect your data from loss, misuse, or unauthorised access.

10 Data retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined above and to meet legal requirements (e.g., tax and accounting).

After this period, we delete or anonymise data in accordance with best practice.

11 Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data and request a copy
• Correct inaccuracies
• Request deletion (where data is no longer needed or consent is withdrawn)
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Withdraw consent at any time (without affecting prior lawful processing)
• Request data portability (where applicable)

To exercise these rights: email connect@sonjablignaut.com.

We will respond within the timeframes required by law.

If you believe your rights are infringed, you may lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa or your local authority (if outside South Africa).

12 Children

Our Site and services are not directed to individuals under 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.

13 Recordings, photos & testimonials

We will notify participants before recording sessions or photographing events.

Consent will be requested for the use of identifiable recordings, photos, or testimonials for learning or promotional purposes.

You may decline without affecting your participation (unless recording is essential to the event format).

14 Organisational engagements

For team or organisational work, we may process work-related information (e.g., business email, role, workshop contributions) within the agreed scope.

We encourage setting clear privacy expectations with participants at the start of each engagement.

15 Updates to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

Material changes will appear here with a revised Effective Date.

Continued use of the Site or services after an update constitutes acceptance of the new Policy.

16 Contact

Privacy questions or requests: connect@sonjablignaut.com

More Beyond (Pty) Ltd, Pretoria, South Africa