Post date: Apr 14, 2014 5:45:39 AM
The SA Government Gazette has just made the announcement that specific sections of the POPI Act have a commencement date of 11 April 2014 (see attached file for the announcement and a link to the source web site). "This news comes as little surprise to those who have been working on POPI Act compliance for some time, such as PTC and its partner IACT-Africa" says Dr Peter Tobin, "and clearly this will stimulate those who thought that there would be more of the types of delays we have seen earlier in the process of bringing forth Data Privacy legislation in this country". "The commencement date will certainly focus more attention on the intentions of the new Regulator, and this will prompt more demand for our POPI Compliance Assessment and related services", says John Cato, founder of IACT-Africa, and co-author of the POPI Compliance Services which have been jointly developed between PTC and IACT-Africa.
For support in developing and implementing your POPI Strategy please contact one of South Africa’s leading POPI Consultants Dr Peter Tobin on peter@p-t-c.co.za or call +27-83-922-3444