Protection of Personal Information Act

POPIA prescribes eight specific principles for the lawful processing and use of personal information. In a nutshell, the POPIA principles are

• The processing of information is limited which means that personal information must be obtained in a lawful and fair manner.
• The information can only be used for the specified purpose it was originally obtained for.
• The POPI Act limits the further processing of personal information. If the processing takes place for purposes beyond the original scope that was agreed to by the data subject, the processing is prohibited.
• The person who processes the information must ensure the quality of the information by taking reasonable steps to ensure that the information is complete, not misleading, up to date and accurate.
• The person processing the personal information should have a degree of openness. The data subject and the Information Regulator must be notified that data is being processed.
• The person processing data must ensure that the proper security safeguards and measures to safeguard against loss, damage, destruction and unauthorised or unlawful access or processing of the information, have been put in place.
• The data subject must be able to participate. The data subject must be able to access the personal information that a responsible party has on them and must be able to correct the information. The person processing the data is accountable to ensure that the measures that give effect to these principles are complied with when processing personal information.

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