The substantive provisions of the Protection of Personal
Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), which spell out the rights and
obligations of persons and companies collecting and using the
personal information of others, are to come into effect from 1 July
2020.
On Monday, 22 June 2020, the Presidency announced the
commencement of substantial sections of POPIA, which will come into
effect on 1 July 2020. The relevant sections are sections 2 to 38,
sections 55 to 109, section 111 and section 114(1), (2) and
(3).
The sections brought into effect place obligations on all
persons or companies that receive and process personal information
in respect of any other person and determine how it is to be
collected, stored, used, disseminated or destroyed.
