Data Protection & Privacy

Nexsis protects personal information in accordance with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Institutions retain control over their data.

Information We Collect & Use

Nexsis Academic acts as a Responsible Party under POPIA. We collect necessary information from individuals, client institutions, and lawful public or professional sources. This may include contact, identity, academic, employment, financial, and system usage records.

We use this information to deliver and support our services, communicate with users, secure and improve our systems, and meet legal obligations.

Security & Retention

We protect data through secure hosting, encryption, access controls, monitoring, and backups. Information is kept only as long as needed for its purpose or to meet legal and contractual obligations. International transfers follow applicable privacy laws and safeguards.

Your Rights

Under applicable privacy laws, you may access your information, request correction or deletion, object to processing, withdraw consent where applicable, or lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.

Website Analytics

We use Microsoft Clarity to understand website usage and improve the experience. Clarity may use cookies and similar technologies to collect page interactions, scrolling behaviour, and usage patterns. See Microsoft’s privacy statement for details.

Full Privacy Statement

Download our Privacy & POPIA Statement (PDF) for full details of our data protection practices.