POPI Act brings burden to businesses

There could be serious operational, financial and legal implications for businesses that actively outsource a large proportion of their operations to third party service providers, particularly some critical business activities once the new Protection of Personal...

Document management eases GRC concerns

Today, governance and compliance are critical company priorities, particularly in light of the growing regulation and legislation environment relating to how information is retained and disposed of, such as FICA and the upcoming Protection of Personal Information...

The race to POPI compliance begins

With the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act being signed into law, a race against time is about to start for businesses across South Africa. Their mission is to ensure that customer information in their custody is adequately secured – and doing so may...

Controlling the cost of compliance

Controlling compliance costs continues to be one of the top priorities for businesses today. The ultimate challenge is how to keep the right data in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately, legacy solutions often only serve to turn archives into permanent...

JCSE: SA businesses must be POPI-ready

The Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University says that IT businesses need to be aware of the implications of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, signed into law on 26 November 2013. JCSE director Prof Barry Dwolatzky says that...