by VDT Attorneys | May 15, 2018 | Business, Company, Compliance, Data Protection, Information, POPI
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”) aligns South Africa with the international position in respect of information and data protection. Although POPI has not yet fully come into operation, it is only a matter of time before it does. An...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 6, 2018 | Commercial, Compliance, Information, POPI
Your views and frustrations are shared by many consumers, and you are correct to note that the Information Regulator has again delayed the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”) from coming into operation. Although we don’t know when POPI will...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 7, 2018 | Company, Compliance, Information, POPI
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”), although signed into law, has not yet fully come into effect. It is expected to become effective during 2018, once the office of the Information Regulator has been fully set up, and will then apply to all...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 16, 2017 | Commercial, Compliance, Consumer, Corporate, Information, POPI
Firstly, it should be noted the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”) was signed into law on 19 November 2013, but has, to date, not yet fully come into effect. POPI protects persons from suffering damage and harm by requiring entities and persons...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 7, 2017 | Business, Information, Personal, POPI
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”), which has been signed into law, but has not yet come fully into effect, protects our rights to privacy by setting conditions and requirements for the processing of ‘personal information’, which is any...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 9, 2017 | Consumer, POPI
One of the objectives of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”), which has been signed into law, but has not yet fully come into effect, is to regulate the manner in which personal information may be processed. POPI achieves this goal by setting...
