Trust travels with responsibility.

Southern Rise is the network operator for the KINARA platform and coordinates with participating chapters, country structures, service providers and payment partners. Depending on the activity, one of these organisations may act as the responsible party for information it collects directly.

For South African processing, this notice is designed around the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Members in other jurisdictions should use their local legal rights as well; the platform records your home jurisdiction so requests can be reviewed against the appropriate framework.

• Account and membership details to authenticate you and administer chapter participation.
• Business, sector and market signals when you choose to publish them for introductions and opportunity matching.
• Learning, event and engagement records to provide programmes and measure impact.
• Payment and transaction references to reconcile SR-PAY activity and meet financial obligations. Payment card details are handled by the payment provider, not stored as a member profile field.
• Consent and data-rights records to demonstrate choices, respond to requests and maintain an accountable audit trail.

Your profile discovery setting is private by default for new privacy controls. Chapter visibility enables trusted local discovery; network visibility enables broader discovery across Southern Rise. Cross-border discovery is a separate choice. Private identity, compliance, document and payment records remain restricted by role and purpose regardless of your public business settings.

Southern Rise is a multi-jurisdiction network. We limit cross-border disclosure to a defined purpose, use the minimum relevant business information, respect your cross-border discovery setting, and record the action where a controlled workflow requires it. Officers should not export member lists or sensitive records outside approved platform workflows.

Where a service provider processes information outside your home jurisdiction, Southern Rise expects an appropriate contractual, security and legal transfer basis. A data-rights request can ask us to explain a specific transfer or restrict future sharing.

We retain information only for as long as it supports the stated purpose or a legal, accounting, dispute or security obligation. Some records, including payment reconciliation and audit records, may need to be retained after a profile is closed; where deletion is not legally possible, we restrict access and anonymise where appropriate.

Access is controlled through authentication, role-based permissions, chapter scope and purpose-specific records. No online service can promise zero risk. If you suspect unauthorised access, contact the platform team promptly so the incident can be investigated.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may ask to access, correct, delete, export, restrict or object to processing, or withdraw optional consent. Sign in to the Privacy centre to submit a request and see its status. We may need to verify identity before releasing information, and we will explain any lawful reason a request cannot be completed in full.

We will publish material changes with a new notice version and record the version linked to your preferences. For privacy questions or an escalation, contact the Southern Rise platform team through your chapter officer or the support channel made available in your member account.