At the end of June 2019 the Information Regulator announced that the process of putting the Protection of Personal Information Act into effect is “going very slowly” and that:

  • A CEO started on 1 June 2019;
  • A CFO started on 1 July 2019;
  • Other executives are being appointed;
  • They are now at a point where

Although the Information Regulator is not yet fully operational, it has already received numerous complaints relating to the unlawful processing of personal information under the Protection of Personal Information Act 2013 (POPI). POPI itself is not yet fully in force. We are currently awaiting publication of a revised draft of the regulations following the closure

The Information Regulator published draft regulations under the Protection of Personal Information Act 2013 (POPI) for public comment by 7 November 2017.

The regulations cover various procedural items, including:

  • the manner of objecting to the processing of personal information;
  • requests for correction or deletion of personal information;
  • the application form for industry codes of conduct;