Webinar | The Information Regulator’s priorities for 2025 | Public

Responsible parties in South Africa need to cooperate with the Information Regulator. To facilitate this, Michalsons has arranged a public webinar with the regulator. Join us to find answers to your questions.

The regulator and Michalsons share the goal of protecting people from harm and accountability through transparency. Michalsons specialises in providing our clients with legal know-how and support to comply with data protection and access to information laws. In South Africa, the regulator is responsible for enforcing the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) by overseeing their implementation.

Plan your strategic roadmaps for the year ahead.

Because the regulator is working hard to put measures in place to enforce POPIA and PAIA, there will always be steps in your journey that will require you to engage with the regulator. For example, a change in the law, a court judgment, enforcement action, a regulator section 89 assessment, registering your information officer, obtaining prior authorisation, or a data breach involving personal data.

Michalsons is passionate about making the law accessible, empowering, and helpful. That is why we are partnering with the regulator on a webinar to help answer your questions and make it easier for you to interact with the regulator to resolve your queries. Interacting with the information regulator can provide your business with valuable insights into best practices for data protection and access to information, and assist with the management of any data-related disputes or complaints.

Outcomes

• Empower your organisation’s team by getting insight into the regulator’s processes.
• Work smarter by understanding the benefits of working with the information regulator.
• Minimise your administrative workload when dealing with the regulator by aligning your processes with the regulator’s rules and practices.

Panel

• Michalsons: John Giles and Refilwe Motsoeneng
• Information Regulator: Alison Tilley

Attendees

This event is open to the public – anyone may attend, including members of the Michalsons programmes.