A Privacy Policy is a policy that is required to appear on a company’s website and that must be drafted in such a way as to make the following clear to a data subject browsing the website: ● what personal data is collected ● why and how the private data is being stored and processed
The Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 2 of 2000.
72 hours from the moment the company becomes aware of the data breach.
Yes. If a company that is based in South Africa processes the data of EU/UK citizens and residents, it would be expected to comply with both the local legislation (POPI) as well as the GDPR. It is therefore very important that companies are aware of what both sets of legislation require from them.
GDPR defines personal data as any data that relates to, identifies, describes, or could be associated with a person (the ‘data subject’) and includes the following: a person’s name, his/her ID number, a customer code created by the company that processes the data, online information such as IP addresses and/or cookies, GPS or other map
GDPR was enacted by the EU in order to ensure that organizations (located not only in Europe, but anywhere in the world) that process the data of EU state citizens and residents comply with a strict set of data privacy rules. The provisions of the EU GDPR were incorporated directly into UK law at the
GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation.
Yes, a privacy policy on your website deals with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) Please don't forget to install and configure a cookie consent tool that allows you to use capture visitor information via the use of cookies that your website will make use of. Find out what action you need
