Post date: Oct 5, 2015 6:26:41 AM
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act continues to generate a great deal of debate and media coverage within South Africa. Internationally the subject of data privacy and protection also receives wide coverage, partly driven by the continuing stream of reported data breaches and security compromises across the globe. A further driver is the widely held expectation that the new European Union General Data Protection Regulation will be finalised in the coming months.
"These factors combined have seen the Twitter profile @sapopitalk grow to over 300 tweets during October 2015" says Dr Peter Tobin, the person behind the @sapopitalk profile. "I expect to see even more coverage in the months ahead as the new Information Regulator is established and the POPI Act is fully commenced" says Dr Tobin.
In the past two years PTC has grown a strategic partnership with IACT-Africa to meet the demand for products and services to address the need to affordable achieve compliance with the POPI Act. "@sapopitalk is one way we keep in touch with our customers about developments in the data privacy and protection space" adds Dr Tobin, "along with over a dozen conference presentations and workshops facilitated by myself and IACT-Africa CEO John Cato during that time".
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