• Not another POPIA white paper: 10 years, 10 lessons

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    It has been a decade since talk of the Protection of Personal Information Act started. Ten. Years. And finally we have an effective date. It is 1 July 2020. That’s right; it...

  • POPIA is coming, look busy.

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    Why the face? The Information Regulator asked the President to announce 1 April 2020 as the commencement date for the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). 1 April is also an auspicious date...

  • Hacking data breaches: We need a new breed of compliance officer

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    R58.4 million. This is the average cost of a data breach today according to IBM. It is no surprise then that cyber resilience is top of mind for CEOs the world over. But...