WHY DO WE HAVE A POPI ACT?

1. The POPI Act gives effect to our Constitutional right to privacy

2. Peoples personal information has great economic value in the hands of marketers of various services and skills

3. The POPI Act ensures that all citizens conduct themselves in a responsible manner when dealing with (processing) peoples personal information

4. Certain material provisions of the POPI act became effective in July 2020 and requires that all everyone processing person information must conform with the POPI act within 1 year

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION?

5. Personal information covers a very wide range of information that can identify a person or a legal entity and includes sex, gender, marital status, age, financial history, employment history, identifying number, email address, physical address, telephone number, location information, to name a few