Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI or POPIA)

The increasing cases of theft and misuse of people’s personal information has led to the need to promulgate regulations to protect personal information and one’s right to privacy. The POPI Act sets out the minimum standards regarding accessing and ‘processing’ of any personal information belonging to another. The Act defines ‘processing’ as collecting, receiving, recording, organizing, retrieving, or the use, distribution or sharing of any such information.