South Africa: Implemented Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) including Data Protection Authority Governance
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Implemented Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) including Data Protection Authority Governance
On 11 April 2014, section 1, Part A of Chapter 5, section 112 and section 113 of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) concerning the establishment and duties of the Information Regulator entered into force. Notably, the Information Reg…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2009-08-24
under deliberation
2013-08-20
adopted