POPI Act – No more excuses
The legislation that aims to promote the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies and seeks to balance the right to privacy against other rights, such as access to information, […]
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The POPI Act Glossary – 15 important terms to understand your obligations better
Media update’s Aisling McCarthy recently took readers through a list of 15 terms that you’ll need to know in order to fully understand the POPI Act. The Protection of Personal Information Act or […]
The POPI Act Glossary – 15 important terms to understand your obligations better
Media update’s Aisling McCarthy recently took readers through a list of 15 terms that you’ll need to know in order to fully understand the POPI Act. The Protection of Personal Information Act or […]
POPI and social media
The purpose of the POPI Act is to ensure 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 […]
POPI – More regulations published
The Information Regulator in SA published the final Protection of Personal Information (POPI) regulations on 14 December 2018. The purpose of the POPI Act is to ensure all South African institutions conduct themselves in a […]
Client Confidentiality
Client Confidentiality when transferring business A recent Moneyweb article highlighted the importance of treating client information with great circumspection. A product house included personal client information in court documentation in an urgent application. […]
POPI Information Officer Obligations
The Protection of Personal Information Act adds yet another obligation on businesses in the financial services sector. Draft regulations, published on 8 September 2017, set out what will be required. Section 4 outlines the duties […]
Addressing Assumptions about POPI
We are not Google, so why should we care about data privacy? Let’s not beat about the bush. Complying with data privacy laws can be expensive and POPI is no exception. So it […]
POPI Awareness Training
Moonstone Business School of Excellence (MBSE), in collaboration with Compliance Online, now offer a nine-module online training course for businesses that will be required to comply with the requirements of the Protection of […]
POPI challenges for financial services industry
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) applies to all industries, but some industries will be more affected than others. Financial services is one of them. Why? Firstly, FSPs collect very sensitive information. […]
To POPI or not to POPI
Why complying with the Protection of Personal Information should be a priority By now you have probably been targeted by a newsletter or blog from a law firm telling you to become POPI […]
Possible POPI Commencement Dates
ITWeb recently printed an article titled Regulatory quagmire awaits SA’s IT businesses which provides, inter alia, some idea of what we can expect in terms of the roll out of the Protection of […]
POPI becomes a Reality
The proposed amendments to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA), which is still awaiting signature by the President, takes on significant meaning in view of the court action instituted by the Minister of […]
POPI and the FSP – Part II
On Monday we discussed the rationale behind the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI” or “the Act”), some important definitions and the role of the information officer. This article deals […]
POPI and the General Code of Conduct
An article in FAIS Newsletter 20 titled Bulk transfers by FSPs and Insurers contains a section under the sub-heading: Protection of Personal Information Act: Furthermore the FSPs are required to comply with Protection […]
Latest on POPI
The Protection of Personal Information Act features fairly regularly in the news, and training offers are abundant, but not yet really necessary, in our view, as the Act only takes effect one year […]
Do not wait for POPI
Even a genuine mistake can be costly these days. A FSP recently settled for a fine of R50 000 for not obtaining proper authorisation before disclosing confidential client information to a third party. […]
