by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2024 | Privacy Impact Assessments, Privacy Law Reform
When is prior authorisation to process personal information applicable? POPIA requires a responsible party to obtain authorisation from the Information Regulator before they process the following categories of personal information (Section 57 and read with Section...
by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2024 | Privacy Impact Assessments, Privacy Law Reform
Published guidelines to develop codes of conduct Relating to the aspect of enabling compliance, POPIA makes provision for codes of conduct to be issued. Chapter 7 of POPIA sets out the framework details for the issuing of codes of conduct and the Information Regulator...
by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2024 | Data Protection Officer, Privacy Law Reform
Who is the information officer? In terms of South African law, the role of the information officer stems from the Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 3 of 2000 (‘PAIA’) which, at its core, aims to uphold the right to access information (Section 32)...
by VDT Attorneys | May 1, 2024 | Certification, Privacy Impact Assessments, Privacy Law Reform
In order to process certain categories of data, South African organisations require ‘prior authorisation’ from the national Information Regulator (‘the Regulator’) in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act 4 of 2013)...
