{"id":15094,"date":"2021-07-04T14:42:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T12:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=15094"},"modified":"2021-07-05T13:55:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T11:55:06","slug":"getting-ready-for-the-protection-of-personal-information-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2021\/07\/getting-ready-for-the-protection-of-personal-information-act\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is here[:af]Die Wet op Beskerming van Persoonlike Inligting (POPIA) is hier[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2021\/02\/rm22-324-technology-kung-01.-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/>The Protection of Personal Information Act (4 of 2013) (POPIA) is in full effect from 1 July 2021.\u00a0 A brief summary of the POPIA Act is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/InformationGovernance\/Documents\/POPIA%20DIY_POPIA%20Cheat%20Sheet.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To support the University community\u2019s readiness for POPIA, the Division for Information Governance has launched a series of guides and tools at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/privacy\">www.sun.ac.za\/privacy<\/a>, including our institutional privacy regulations, an online privacy impact self-assessment, and channels for reporting incidents or breaches of personal information.<\/p>\n<p>The Division for Information Governance also offers awareness sessions, facilitated privacy impact assessments, and internal advisory and consulting services by request. For more details, contact <a href=\"mailto:privacy@sun.ac.za\">privacy@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also read <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/en\/2021\/04\/popia-how-valuable-is-personal-information\/\">POPIA: How valuable is personal information?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Everlytic, the<\/em> digital messaging platform, also has various of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everlytic.co.za\/category\/popia\/\">helpful articles on its website,<\/a> as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/Documents\/Everlytic-POPIA-Guide.pdf\">a handy POPIA Powerpoint guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[:af]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/files\/2021\/02\/rm22-324-technology-kung-01.-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/>Die Wet op Beskerming van Persoonlike Inligting (4 van 2013) (POPIA) het op 1 Julie 2021 ten volle in werking getree. `n Kort opsomming van die POPIA-wet is beskikbaar<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/InformationGovernance\/Documents\/POPIA%20DIY_POPIA%20Cheat%20Sheet.pdf\"> hier.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ter ondersteuning van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch se voorbereiding om gereed te wees vir POPIA, het die Afdeling Inligtingsoorsigbestuur \u0149 reeks gidse en gereedskap gepubliseer op <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/privaatheid\">www.sun.ac.za\/privaatheid<\/a>.\u00a0 Dit sluit in die institusionele privaatheidsregulasies, \u0149 aanlyn privaatheidsimpak assessering asook kanale om insidente en oortredings in die gebruik van persoonlike inligting aan te meld.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vir meer inligting volg asb. die skakel na <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/privacy\">www.sun.ac.za\/privacy<\/a>.\u00a0 Sessies oor bewusmaking, gefasiliteerde impakstudies op privaatheid en interne advies- en konsultasiedienste is ook beskikbaar op versoek. Vir meer inligting, kontak <a href=\"mailto:privacy@sun.acza\">privacy@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lees ook: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/af\/2021\/04\/popia-how-valuable-is-personal-information\/\">POPIA: Hoe waardevol is jou inligting?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Everlytic, <\/em>die digitale boodskap-platform, het ook `n verskeidenheid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everlytic.co.za\/category\/popia\/\">nuttige artikels op sy webwerf,<\/a> sowel as `n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/Documents\/Everlytic-POPIA-Guide.pdf\">handige POPIA Powerpoint-gids<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en] The Protection of Personal Information Act (4 of 2013) (POPIA) is in full effect from 1 July 2021.\u00a0 A brief summary of the POPIA Act is available here. 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