It has been announced that certain sections of the Protection of
Personal Information Act (POPI) came into effect on 11 April 2014.
The relevant sections deal with the establishment of the
information regulator, the procedure for making regulations and the
nature of the regulations which the Information Regulator may make
with regards to POPI (including how complaints will be submitted,
investigations, administrative fines and the responsibilities of
the information officer of a company), amongst others.
The fact that the provisions allow for the establishment of the
Information Regulator before the remaining provisions of POPI
become effective means that companies cannot rest on a belief that
the establishment of the regulator will cause further delays with
regards to the implementation of this legislation.
