What is POPI?

Q: What is POPI?

POPI refers to South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act which seeks to regulate the Processing of Personal Information.POPI governs the way personal information is collected, stored, used, disseminated and deleted. The data subject must consent to the processing of personal information except in certain circumstances. The most common of these is where processing is necessary to conclude or perform a contract with the data subject.

POPI refers to South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act which seeks to regulate the Processing of Personal Information.POPI governs the way personal information is collected, stored, used, disseminated and deleted.

The data subject must consent to the processing of personal information except in certain circumstances. The most common of these is where processing is necessary to conclude or perform a contract with the data subject.