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Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)

South Africa's comprehensive privacy law, enforced by the Information Regulator.

Quick facts

  • Code: POPIA
  • Jurisdiction: South Africa
  • Region: Africa
  • Enforcement:
    Administrative fines up to R10M and/or imprisonment
  • Official source
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POPIA establishes eight conditions for lawful processing and creates significant duties for responsible parties and operators. We provide POPIA readiness, manual development and operator-agreement frameworks.

Key principles & obligations

Accountability
Processing limitation
Purpose specification
Further processing limitation
Information quality
Openness
Security safeguards
Data-subject participation
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