POPIA & PRIVACY ACT

POPIA Act

Welcome to the Protection of Personal Information Act (often called the POPI Act or POPIA). This is POPIA (or the POPI Act) as enacted by the South African Parliament.

You can read a summary of POPIA, attend a POPI workshop or join a programme to help you take the necessary action to comply.

Please note that we are not the Information Regulator who regulates POPIA. You can visit their website or email them.

The commencement date of POPIA

It was 1 July 2020 and the one year grace period to comply ended on 30 June 2021. Parliament assented to POPIA on 19 November 2013. The commencement date of section 1, Part A of Chapter 5, section 112 and section 113 was 11 April 2014. The commencement date of the other sections was 1 July 2020 (with the exception of section 110 and 114(4). The President of South Africa has proclaimed the POPI commencement date to be 1 July 2020.