About POPIA
POPIA has been around for many years but has only been fully implemented on the 1 July 2020. This created certain expectations from the established Information Regulator which has to be finalised by all Private- and Public Bodies by not later then 30 June 2021.
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In short, POPIA ‘‘aims to introduce measures to ensure that personal information of an individual or juristic person (data subject) is safeguarded when it is processed by a responsible party’”
Therefor encompasses employees, suppliers, customers, stakeholders
There are eight conditions that have to be complied with:
- Accountability
- Processing Limitation
- Purpose Specification
- Further Processing Limitation
- Information Quality
- Openness
- Security Safeguards
- Data Subject Participation
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The Information Office assist with awareness and training to ensure that these Acts are understood and provide guidance in dealing with compliance and third party requests.
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About PAIA
PAIA also needs to be implemented by the end of June 2021. The Act has been around for more than 20 years but has received very little attention over these years and this is primarily because there has been no enforcement to deal with it by Government. This Act will now also fall under the ambit of the Information Regulator and should get the attention it deserves.
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PAIA deals with openness and transparency
* CONSTITUTION OF THE RSA, 1996

* • Chapter 2: Bill of Rights

Section 32 Everyone has the right of access to
(1) any information held by the State
(2) any information that is held by another person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights
* • Enabler

Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No.2 of 2000.) The Act provides you with the means to apply for this information.
The Information Office assist with awareness and training to ensure that these Acts are understood and provide guidance in dealing with compliance and third party requests.
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