by Ben Pieters | Sep 3, 2022 | Protection of Personal Information Act
In order for responsible parties to comply with their notification obligations under section 22 of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA),the Information Regulator (IR) has published a set of guidelines along with a prescribed notification template which...
by Ben Pieters | Aug 22, 2020 | PoPI Act requirements
How have businesses structured their compliance with PoPI? Everywhere you turn you find companies offering you a download of something in exchange for your contact details. Social media companies collect more data than ever before, and analytics is turning that...
by Ben Pieters | Aug 18, 2020 | Lawful processing of personal information
The processing of personal information is an important compliance matter for all businesses these days. By now most people know that the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (the “PoPI Act”) is the law with effect 1 July 2020. Every public and private...
by Ben Pieters | Aug 4, 2020 | Protection of Personal Information Act
To become compliant with the PoPI Act does not happen overnight. Here are the ten things you must do now (in no specific order). You have to work at it. You also do not have much time left before the full force of the Act kicks in. The areas of our biggest concern...
by Ben Pieters | Aug 1, 2020 | Protection of Personal Information Act
Compliance with the PoPI Act is required by 1 July 2021. The PoPI-RAM toolkit will help you to comply with the Act. PoPI RAM is the acronym for the PoPI Readiness Assessment Module. All businesses need to assess the relative level of compliance readiness of all...
by Ben Pieters | Jul 30, 2020 | PoPI Act requirements
We believe that the aim of the PoPI Act is to balance the right to privacy with the right to access the personal information of individuals and businesses. A difficult balancing act at the best of times. Legal compliance by all businesses is for a very good reason. ...
