A 3-part article series covers POPIA compliance, solutions, implementation, and management in South Africa. The article notes that the range of information protected by POPI is extremely wide, and that any person or company in South Africa that receives, stores, uses or distributes personal information is obliged to comply with POPIA, which went into effect in July 2020. Responsible parties have been given until July 1, 2021 to ensure that their processing systems and procedures are compliant. The CEO (or equivalent) of every responsible party is automatically designated as the “information officer” of that body and is responsible for ensuring that the responsible party complies.
