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 | 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. ...
by Ben Pieters | Jul 27, 2020 | PoPI Act requirements
By now most individuals know that the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (the “PoPI Act”) is with effect 1 July 2020, law. Every public and private enterprise has to comply with the PoPI Act and a grace period of 1 year applies. By 1 July 2021 the full...
by Ben Pieters | Apr 12, 2020 | In:Sight, PoPI Act requirements, Protection of Personal Information Act
The article written by Lucien Pierce of Phukubje Pierce Masithela Attorneys of Johannesburg was used as input for this summary. It can be found here. The PoPI Act was signed into law in November 2013. However, PoPI isn’t effective yet. The president still has to...
