07 Apr 2021
POPI: Where businesses should be right now if they are to achieve compliance by July 2021
After what seemed like an interminably long wait, South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) came into effect in July 2020. On 1 July this year, its year-long grace period comes to an end, meaning that organisations in breach of the act should start facing sanctions within the next few months, says Stergios Saltas, Operations Director, Striata.