Michalsons attended the media briefing given by the Information Regulator in Cape Town on 13 February 2017. We were pleased to engage with this newly appointed, energetic, and committed team. A few key points from their presentation follow: They have [...]
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. [...]
Often when a new law (like a data protection law) is enacted all organisations are on the same timeline with the same deadline. They’re all on the same journey of meeting the compliance requirements to lawfully process personal information and [...]
Today, 7 September 2016, the South African National Assembly voted in favour of the appointment of the Information Regulator for POPI and PAIA. Parliament voted for the five nominated candidates to run the newly-formed office of the Information Regulator. This is not [...]
