The Argentina Personal Data Protection Act has been Argentina's data protection law since 2000. The country is, however, moving away from this law, and has already drafted a new data protection Bill. The reason for this new Bill is to [...]
POPIA stands for the Protection of Personal Information Act - the South African data privacy and data protection law that was enacted in 2013. Many people use the acronym POPI or POPI Act to refer to it. Some people use PoPI. [...]
Parliament has shortlisted candidates for Information Regulator. This suggests that the Information Regulator will be established in 2016 and that POPI will commence later this year. Who the members of the Information Regulator are is very important. South Africa (both responsible [...]
Many people are waiting for confirmation of the POPI commencement date. For any project, it is always helpful to know your deadline. Parliament and the Minister are yet to give us a clear indication of the POPI timeline. POPI became [...]
Parliament has invited everyone to nominate five people for Parliament to appoint as members of the Information Regulator. Do you want to nominate someone? Do you know anyone who might want to nominate someone? Finding the right members is important to [...]
A class action is quite common in other parts of the world and until recently South African courts haven't properly addressed the issue. This has all changed with the Transnet class action, South Africa's first and largest suit of its […]
What is the impact of POPI on Electronic Document and Records Management Systems (EDRMS)? Will an EDRMS help you to comply with POPI? Does POPI mean that you need an EDRMS even more? Will POPI have an impact on your [...]
Is it an offence to access data that is freely available on the Internet? Many of us would think that it isn’t if the data is accessible to the public. Can a person use public data (that may include public [...]
The President approved (signed) the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) on 19 November and it was gazetted on 26 November, which means it is now law. As we expected, the President did not send it back to Parliament and [...]
Does the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) protect consumers? Consumers in South Africa are currently protected by the Consumer Protection Act. Will POPI add to those protections? How does POPI protect consumers? We frequently get asked questions about this, [...]
Can service providers demand ID numbers, copies of ID books, and other personal information from consumers? What legal protection do consumers have? I was asked this question in a recent radio interview (see www.capetalk.co.za, John Maytham show 5.10pm, 4 June [...]
Are you looking to download the latest version of the Protection of Personal Information Bill? You actually need to look at the Protection of Personal Information Act because the Bill has been enacted and is now an Act. A bill is [...]
