How will POPI affect direct marketing in South Africa? The Protection of Personal Information Act (the “POPI Act” or “POPIA”) was signed into law in November 2013. Certain sections of the Act relating to the establishment of an Information Regulator and the development of Regulations to the Act have since commenced, and South Africa is […]
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Every time you use a service, buy a product online, go to your doctor, pay your taxes, or enter into any contract or service request, you are required hand over some of your Personal Information. Even without your knowledge, information about you is being generated and processed by companies that you may have never interacted
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The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) was signed into law in November 2013, but a commencement date for the Act has not yet been published. This is expected to happen in the first quarter of 2018. Once a commencement date for POPI has been published, businesses will only have 1 year to become fully
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The fundamental activity underpinning the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (‘POPI’ or ‘the Act’) is the processing of personal information. The Act’s very purpose is the protection of personal information processed by private and public bodies. POPI contains many similarities to the UK Data Protection Act, 1998 (DPA) and it is likely that authorities
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Humans are curious creatures by nature. But what if information you gather about yourself is scarier than anticipated, or has such a dramatic impact on immediate family relations, your employment opportunities or insurability that it creates enormous tension? Would you still like to know? A study by the University of Michigan Health System, published in
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As a specialist in the Consumer Protection Act, I often hear suppliers complaining that the Act was just not written for their industry as it doesn’t accommodate their particular circumstances, customs and constraints. Section 82 of the Consumer Protection Act empowers an industry to put a code of conduct in place for the industry, which,
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PROMOTION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT, 2 OF 2000 Does the Promotion of Access to Information Act (“the Act”) affect our business? Yes, the Act applies to all private bodies including sole proprietors, close corporations and companies. What is the purpose of this Act? The Act was drafted to give effect to the constitutional right
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