The PoPI Act plays an important part in increasing consumer protection and information control in a world where information abuse and exploitation is rampant. Ever receive unsolicited calls from call centres to sell you a product or service, text messages at all hours of the night and day, unsolicited email communications (a.k.a. SPAM) attempting to […]
According to the Act, personal information may not be retained any longer than is necessary for achieving the purpose for which the information was collected or subsequently processed. There are several exceptions to this rule though so it would be best to seek legal advice to confirm your specific obligations depending on your type of […]
Under PoPI you have the right to ask any company or entity if they hold any personal information about you and they must then in turn confirm or deny this, free of charge. Customers can request companies to provide them with the record, or a description of the personal information, held by them including information […]
Once you become the custodian of someone’s personal information you also have a responsibility to maintain their records and take reasonable, practical steps to ensure that the information is complete, accurate, not misleading and remains updated where necessary. The extent of your responsibility will depend on the purpose for which the personal information was collected […]
Under the PoPI Act, entities collecting personal information from you the “data subject”: may only collect personal information directly from you (the owner) must inform you when they are about to collect personal information and obtain your consent must have a good enough reason for collecting this information, i.e. it must be something they need […]
The consequence of non-compliance to the PoPI Act could result in fines of up to R10 million and/or up to 10 years in jail time for some offences. As a result the act has serious implications for representatives such as company directors as well as compliance- and information officers. An Information Regulator (who will be […]
The Act lists the following eight “conditions for the lawful processing of personal information”, each containing their own sections: Accountability Processing limitation Purpose specification Further processing limitation Information quality Openness Security Safeguards Data subject participation These conditions and their implications for business are discussed in more detail in the following sections along with some practical […]
In simple terms, the purpose of the PoPI Act is to ensure that all South African institutions conduct themselves in a responsible manner when collecting, processing, storing and sharing another entity’s personal information by holding them accountable should they abuse or compromise your personal information in any way. The PoPI legislation basically considers your personal […]
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