- The Johannesburg High Court held that applicants launching applications for an appeal against a refusal of a request for access to information of a private body under Section 82 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (PAIA), must first submit a complaint to the Information Regulator regarding the refusal, before launching court proceedings.
Victoria Pillay
Information Regulator issues guidance on POPIA data breach notifications
By Rosalind Lake (ZA) & Victoria Pillay on
The Information Regulator published Guidelines on 12 August 2022 regarding security compromise notifications in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).
POPIA governs data breaches by ‘responsible parties’ who, alone or in conjunction with others, collect and process personal information for purposes and by means determined by them. They…