Your personal information may finally be protected

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Your personal information may finally be protected: More than a decade after the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popi) was first tabled, the information regulator says that 2020 is the year it has to come into effect

Popi makes lofty promises to consumers about world-class protection against information-age problems, such as people being pestered by call centres and businesses experiencing data theft.

The regulator had argued that its budget of R45 million for the 2020/21 financial year was far too little. Now, it has undertaken to start doing the work needed to implement the act while continuing with negotiations for more money. Blom said the regulator had published additional regulations and draft guidelines for establishing codes of conduct in various industries. But despite this initial momentum, establishing codes of conduct could take some time. He said compliance would be much easier for professions that were used to observing rules pertaining to confidentiality, such as the medical and law professions. But for other sectors, such as education, the road could be much longer.

 

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