Privacy and Legal Notice
Kevin Lester | SkyBlue Africa Advisory (Pty) Ltd (Reg. No. 2025/004633/07)
1. Who we are
This website is operated by Kevin Lester, the public identity of an advisory practice conducted through SkyBlue Africa Advisory (Pty) Ltd (Reg. No. 2025/004633/07), with its registered address at 21 Scott Street, Waverley, Johannesburg, 2090, and its business address at Care of Cape Town Collective, 7th Floor, 38 Wale Street, Cape Town.
Contact: advisory@kevinlester.co.za | +27 71 883 5253
2. What this notice covers
This notice explains how we handle personal information collected through this website and through the advisory practice. It is issued in compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) as the primary framework, and acknowledges the obligations arising under the following secondary frameworks for data subjects in those jurisdictions:
- UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) — United Kingdom
- Botswana Data Protection Act 2018 — Botswana
- Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) — Brazil
- Privacy Act 1988 (Australian Privacy Principles) — Australia
Data subjects in Canada, Chile, Peru, Angola, Namibia and Zambia are protected under POPIA, which substantially meets the obligations arising in those jurisdictions.
3. What personal information we collect
This website does not operate a contact form. Personal information enters the practice only through the following routes, each of which operates under its own privacy framework:
- Email correspondence to advisory@kevinlester.co.za
- Appointment bookings through OneCal
- WhatsApp messages to +27 71 883 5253
- Direct messages through LinkedIn
The personal information typically collected includes name, organisation, role, contact details and the nature of the enquiry or matter.
4. Why we collect it and how we use it
Personal information is collected and used for the following purposes:
- To respond to enquiries and determine whether the practice may be useful
- To arrange and conduct introductory conversations
- To structure, scope and conduct advisory engagements
- To maintain records required by law or professional obligation
- To comply with the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the practice
Personal information is not used for marketing, shared with third parties for commercial purposes, or processed by automated means.
5. Who we share it with
Personal information is shared only where necessary and only with:
- Elsje Swanepoel Attorneys (Firm No. 59891, 7th Floor, 38 Wale Street, Cape Town) — where a matter requires regulated legal advice
- Beyond Dispute — where a matter requires formal mediation
- Trusted collaborators engaged on a specific mandate, under appropriate confidentiality obligations
No personal information is sold, rented or disclosed to any other party without the data subject’s consent, unless required by law.
6. How long we keep it
Personal information is retained for as long as the advisory relationship requires it and for the period required by applicable law or professional obligation thereafter. Information relating to enquiries that do not result in an engagement is deleted within a reasonable period following the conclusion of the enquiry.
7. How we protect it
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are in place to protect personal information against loss, unauthorised access, disclosure or destruction. Given the nature of the practice, personal information is handled with the same confidentiality as the advisory work itself.
8. Cookies and analytics
This website uses functional cookies necessary for its operation. [Note to Cindy: this section will be updated once Kevin confirms which analytics tool will be used. Leave this placeholder text for now and flag it for update before go-live.]
9. Your rights
Data subjects have the right to:
- Request access to personal information held about them
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion of personal information, subject to legal retention obligations
- Object to the processing of their personal information
- Lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa) or the relevant supervisory authority in their jurisdiction
To exercise any of these rights, contact advisory@kevinlester.co.za.
Information Regulator (South Africa): inforeg.org.za | inforeg@justice.gov.za
UK data subjects may also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.
Australian data subjects may also contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au.
Brazilian data subjects may also contact the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados at gov.br/anpd.
Botswana data subjects may also contact the relevant authority under the Botswana Data Protection Act 2018.
10. Legal practice disclosure
Kevin Lester is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa (Practitioner No. 82188). This is not a legal practice. The advisory practice is strategic and institutional in nature and does not provide regulated legal advice. Where a matter requires regulated legal advice, Kevin Lester acts in his capacity as a consultant attorney through Elsje Swanepoel Attorneys (Firm No. 59891).
11. Mediation disclosure
Where a mandate requires formal mediation, Kevin Lester works with the support of Beyond Dispute.
12. Advisory disclaimer
Nothing on this website constitutes legal or advisory advice, or creates an attorney-client or advisory relationship. Engagement with the practice is subject to a formal written engagement letter. The information on this website is provided in good faith but without warranty as to accuracy or completeness.
13. Changes to this notice
This notice will be updated as the practice develops and as applicable legal frameworks evolve.
Last updated: 28 August 2026