The information regulator will serve an infringement notice to a responsible party that the regulator believes has breached a provision of POPIA. No responsible party wants to receive an infringement notice or enforcement notice. It is even more intimidating than [...]
If you have less than 50 employees and your processing of personal information does not pose a significant risk to people, here is what you should and shouldn't do. Most importantly, don't panic. No one is going to jail. There [...]
As a member of the Michalsons data protection programme, you’ve conquered the mountain by raising awareness, planning your steps to protect personal information, and implementing those steps. Now you’re enjoying your mountain’s view and walking the scenic contour path [...]
When are photos biometric data under data protection law? This is a hot question at the moment because data protection laws attach stricter principles to the processing of biometric data which falls under sensitive data. Biometric photos are processed [...]
1 July 2021 was the POPIA deadline in South Africa. After the POPIA commencement date or effective date (which was 1 July 2020) there was a 12-month grace period - so the POPIA deadline was at the end of [...]
How come I am still getting emails? We’re getting asked this question a lot. And it’s a good one. There is much misinformation out there about if and how you can communicate with existing and potential clients. So it is [...]
1 July 2021 is a milestone in South Africa and you have an important role to play into the future. For the protection of personal information, we move out of the grace period and into a world where the [...]
The information regulator has published its annual performance plan for 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. It has also presented them in different formats to different audiences. For example, the regulator held a readiness stakeholder engagement on 15 June [...]
Now there is a good question. Many people ask us how much does data protection compliance (or more specifically GDPR compliance or POPIA compliance) cost. I'm afraid there is no simple answer but I can give you some guidance to [...]
The information regulator has published a guidance note on information officers and deputy information officers to provide guidance, procedures and forms to enable responsible parties to do various things required by law. To save you time, we have summarised [...]
The POPI commencement date (or POPI effective date) is 1 July 2020. The President has proclaimed 1 July 2020 to be the date. It is important because a grace period of one year starts running from the commencement date [...]
Many organisations are trying to implement POPIA. They're trying to assess the impact of POPIA on their organisation and then analyse the gap. This makes a lot of sense because you need to understand the impact and the gaps before [...]
