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South Africa: Introduced Protection of Personal Information Bill (B9-2009) including data protection requirements

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Introduced Protection of Personal Information Bill (B9-2009) including data protection requirements

On 24 August 2009, the Protection of Personal Information Bill (B9-2009) was introduced to the National Assembly. The Bill requires entities to obtain consent for the processing of personal information, enabling justifications such as contractual pe…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2009-08-24
under deliberation

On 24 August 2009, the Protection of Personal Information Bill (B9-2009) was introduced to the Nati…

2013-08-20
adopted

On 20 August 2013, the Protection of Personal Information Bill (B9-2009) was adopted after being pa…

2020-07-01
in force

The operative provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act (2013) including a new data …

2021-06-22
adopted

The South African Information Regulator published the guidance on awarding exemptions from the cond…

2021-06-22
adopted

The Information Regulator has confirmed that the deadline for the registration of Information offic…

2021-07-01
in force

On 1 July 2021, the Protection of Personal Information (POPIA) was fully implemented after Section …