Parliament has stressed that it wants South Africa's data protection law called the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) to commence urgently. We still don't have any specific commencement date or deadline but Parliament said "we need specific timeframes". We [...]
There are media reports that the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act or POPIA) commenced today 1 April 2020. This is incorrect. POPIA has not commenced. The President has not proclaimed the date in the Government Gazette. The Information [...]
The information regulator has consistently said that POPIA will not commence until the information regulator is fully operational. The information regulator has made progress but it has been slow. The information regulator initially said that they were aiming for a [...]
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 [...]
After many years of waiting, 10 drafts and countless hours of deliberation, the National Assembly finally passed POPI on 11 September. The road until now After the Bill was first introduced, almost a decade ago, it is nearing finality at [...]
The PPI Bill or POPI was again debated by the the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Justice on 2 March 2010. Various issues were raised and debated. The final section of the minutes read as follows: "The Chairperson expressed concern over [...]
The passing of South Africa's privacy law - the Protection of Personal Information Bill - has been fast-tracked. The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development invites stakeholders and interested persons to submit written submissions on the Protection of Personal [...]
