Are you looking for a POPI compliance manual? Or possibly a POPI implementation guide? We have the perfect solution for you. If you are, you’re not alone. Now that POPIA is here, many people are searching for a manual or guide that they can use to implement the necessary controls or take the necessary action to comply with POPIA.

A legal textbook isn’t going to help you and neither is the actual final text of POPIA itself. You need something practical – something that will empower you to actually do it yourself. There are multiple GDPR compliance checklists but not really any POPI compliance checklists. A POPI compliance manual isn’t a POPIA compliance framework, which is something different.

POPI compliance manual or guide

We have developed a POPI compliance manual in the form of our POPI programme. It will help protect people from harm by helping you comply with the POPI Act in your organisation. It is for organisations that need to comply with South Africa’s data protection law.

It is a manual in that we have broken down what needs to be done into about 50 modules, each tackling a particular issue. It will take you through the steps of raising your awareness, helping you plan, empowering you to implement and then also sustain your protection of personal information efforts.

Each module contains:

  • The written content on the topic
  • Useful resources
  • Actions to take
  • A recorded webinar on the topic

POPIA does not require a POPI manual (POPIA Manual) as PAIA does

Some people are looking for a POPI manual (or POPIA Manual) thinking that POPIA requires every organisation to have a POPIA manual the same way that PAIA requires organisations to have a PAIA manual. The good news is that POPIA does not require you to have a POPI Manual – POPI does probably mean that you need a privacy policy – but not a manual. You shouldn’t have one all-encompassing PAIA and POPI Manual – they are two different subjects that need to be dealt with separately.

POPIA does not require you to have a POPIA Manual

What form does the POPI implementation guide take?

It is a website-based, interactive, subscription service in the form of a programme.

Find out more

Find out more and get with our POPI programme or find out more about our other programmes.