Data Privacy Resources

  Jeroen Seynhaeve     2022-11-01 Data Privacy Resources

Data privacy is protected by means of a wide web of international, national, regional and industry-specific regulations. In South Africa, the most important reference for data protection is the Protection of Personal Information Act (“POPIA”). Like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), POPIA regulates how personal information may be collected and used. But unlike the GDPR, South Africa’s POPIA must be read and interpreted in conjunction with South Africa’s Constitution, regulations, guidance notes, and African treaties.

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1. Protection of Personal Information (POPIA)

Regulation

  1.   Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
  2.   Regulations relating to the Protection of Personal Information, 2018
  3.   Guidance Note on Information Officers and Deputy Information Officers, 1 April 2021
  4.   Guidance Note on the Processing of Personal Information in the Management and Containment of Covid-19 Pandemic
  5.   Guidance Note on Exemptions from the Conditions for Lawful Processing of Personal Information
  6.   Guidance Note on Processing Personal Information of Children
  7.   Guidance Note on Processing of Special Personal Information
  8.   Guidance Note On The Processing Of Personal Information Of A Voter By A Political Party

Codes of Conduct

  1.   View list of Codes of Conduct

Information Officers

  1. Template C for IOs
  2. template B for DIOs
  3. Register online (POPIA online registration portal)
  4. Download the official POPIA registration PDF form and e-mail to Registration.IO@inforegulator.org.za

Requests

  1.   Form 4 : Application for the Consent of a Data Subject for the processing of Personal Information for the purpose of Direct Marketing in terms of Section 69(2) of POPIA
  2.   Application for processing of special personal information
  3.   Application for processing of personal information of children

Complaints

  1.   Form 1 Objection to the Processing of Personal Information in terms of Section 11(3) of POPIA
  2.   Form 2 Request for Correction, Deletion or Destruction of (records of) Personal Information in terms of Section 24(1) of POPIA
  3.   Form 5 (Part 1) : Submit a Complaint to the Information regulator regarding Interference with the Protection of Personal Information in terms of Section 74(1) of POPIA

 

2. Access to Information (PAIA)

Regulation

  1.   Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000
  2.   PAIA Amendment Act, 2019
  3.   (Draft) Regulations relating to the Promotion of Access to Information, 2021

PAIA Manual

  1.   PAIA Manual Template: Private Body

Requests

  1.   Form C Request for Access to Record of Private Body in terms of Section 53(1) PAIA
  2.   Form E Automatically Available Records and Access to Such Records in terms of Section 52 PAIA

SAICA Retention of Records Guide

  1.   SAICA Retention of Records Guide 2021

 

3. International Resources