Compliance to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), also known as the POPI Act, will be mandatory for most organisations in South Africa.
POPI stands for Protection of Personal Information. Regardless of whether there is a law or not, organisations should be considering what Personal Information they capture, manage and store, and how best to secure this. It make common, logical sense that this information is sensitive, and shouldn’t be exposed. One of the principles that we all should consider is “privacy by design”. This means that we should consider privacy implications in all our processes and systems, and build security and privacy concepts into the day-to-day operation of our organisations. POPI is all about Privacy, and this means security.
(For more information: http://www.popiact-compliance.co.za/popia-information)
