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Apr 11, 2014 · The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 aims: to promote the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies; to introduce certain conditions so as to establish minimum requirements for the processing of personal information;
Act No. 4 of 2013 Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 ‘‘personal information’’ means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person,
The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA or the PoPI Act) is a piece of legislation which governs the law of data protection and privacy in South Africa.
You can read a summary of POPIA, attend a POPI workshop, read POPIA judgments and cases, get a POPIA compliance framework or join a Data Protection Programme and working through the POPIA lens to help you take the necessary action to comply.
Protection Of Personal Information Act, 2013 13 Act No. 4 of 2013 SCHEDULE Laws amended by section 110 CHAPTER 1 DEFINITIONS AND PURPOSE Definitions 1. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise— ‘‘biometrics’’ means a technique of personal identificationthat is based on physical, physiological or behavioural characterisation
The Protection of Personal Information Act No.4 of 2013 commonly known as “POPIA” came into full force and effect on 1 July 2021. POPIA seeks to protect natural and juristic persons from harm by protecting their personal information.
The purpose of this Act is to— (a) give effect to the constitutional right to privacy, by safeguarding personal information when processed by a responsible party, subject to justifiable limitations that are aimed at— (i) balancing the right to privacy against other rights, particularly the right of access to information; and (ii) protecting ...
