TOBY SHAPSHAK: Privacy protection arrives at long last
The much-heralded Popi Act will finally bring meaningful legislation to protect SA’s digital privacy and our personal data
01 July 2021 - 05:00
Thursday was a great day for South Africans. It was the day the Protection of Personal Information (Popi) Act 4 of 2013 finally came into effect. The act is a great piece of long-overdue legislation.
It’s not as aggressive or punitive as Europe’s far-reaching General Data Protection Regulation legislation. But Popi is a much-needed dam wall to prevent the exploitative data mining of our personal information — mostly by US tech and social media firms...
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