Recently, the Information Regulator called upon the President to
proclaim the commencement of the remaining provisions of POPIA.
General consensus is that Responsible Parties should be on
alert around 1 April 2020, from which date it is expected a time
frame of 12 months will be given for Responsible Parties
to comply with POPIA in its entirety.
Your bank knows almost everything about you. Same goes for your
cell phone company. Not much different to your car dealership, or
even your local supermarket. Our private information is out there,
and we hand it over willingly on a daily basis, sometimes without
even knowing it.
"What do you know...and what can you do with it?" is
a three part series by
Zinhle Novazi and
Ian Jacobsberg telling you almost everything you need to know
about the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), the
European Union's General Data Protection Regulations and what
you can expect when the remaining provisions of POPIA come
