Post date: May 23, 2017 8:33:41 AM
In late March 2017 over 100 delegates attended a full morning workshop covering multiple aspects of the POPI Act. Speakers included Lucien Pierce of Phukubje Pierce MasithelaAttorneys, Michiel Jonker and Oupa Mbokodo of Grant Thornton Johannesburg and a practical demonstration of hacking by technical specialists from Mimecast South Africa. Two presentations on aspects of the POPI Act, a health-check and case studies, were contributed to the event by Dr Peter Tobin, founder of PTC. "The level of interest in compliance with the POPI Act has definitely grown since the Information Regulator team came into place in December 2016" says Dr Tobin, "and there is now a sense of urgency to get ready ofr full commencement of the Act".