POPIA compliance deadline: 01 July 2021

The 24th of March 2021 marked the start of the 100 days countdown to becoming compliant with the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 04 of 2013 (herein the ”Act”). The Information Regulator (herein the ”IR”), established in terms of the Act, is empowered to monitor and enforce compliance by public and […]

POPIA: All your questions answered

We have come a long way since the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 04 of 2013 (herein referred to as ”POPIA”), was assented to in 2013, but POPIA has officially been proclaimed to have commenced on the 01st of July 2020.   Companies have 12 months, from 1 July 2020 to comply with the provisions of POPIA. In order to become compliant, an […]