6 Steps You Need to Take in Popi Compliance Plan
WHAT IS POPI COMPLIANCE? The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI Act”) is a new Act that governs the way in which businesses handle the personal information that they collect from others. As such, POPI Act compliance, also known as POPIA compliance or Protection of Personal Information Act compliance, refers to the processes which need to be followed in order to bring an organization into alignment with the provisions and requirements of the POPI Act. Other than any popi compliance plan can be prepared by these means only. DOES MY ORGANISATION NEED TO BECOME POPI COMPLIANT? The basic rule of thumb is that if your organisation is collecting or passing on any personal information (aka processing) it is required to become POPI compliant. What the above means is that even if you do not have sight of personal information directly, the fact that you have the ability to see such personal information or are simply passing it on requires your organisation to become POP...