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South Africa's privacy framework. Connected to your programme.

Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013

Turn local requirements into assigned work, linked records and evidence you can review.

Pretoria

South Africa · in hlola

The framework at a glance.

South Africa's data protection law, enforced by the Information Regulator.

Country
South Africa
Primary legislation
Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
Statutory clocks
Breach notice 72 hours · rights requests 30 days

Key areas

From requirements to practical work.

  • Governance1 control to evidence
  • Principles3 controls to evidence
  • Lawfulness1 control to evidence
  • Retention1 control to evidence
  • Records1 control to evidence
  • Transparency1 control to evidence
  • Security1 control to evidence
  • Third parties1 control to evidence
  • Incidents1 control to evidence
  • Rights1 control to evidence
  • Special categories2 controls to evidence
  • Risk2 controls to evidence
  • Marketing1 control to evidence
  • Transfers1 control to evidence

See how the work connects.

Move from a requirement to the record, owner and evidence behind it.

Explore platform features

Statuses support programme review; they are not legal certification.Illustrative records

What an inspector checks

18 controls, mapped to the Act.

  • ZA-001 · Sections 55 and 56

    Register the Information Officer

    The head of the responsible party is its Information Officer unless the duty is delegated. Register the Information Officer, and any deputies, with the Information Regulator before they take up their duties.

  • ZA-002 · Section 8

    Assign accountability for the conditions of lawful processing

    The responsible party must ensure the conditions for lawful processing are complied with, from deciding the purpose through to the processing itself.

  • ZA-003 · Sections 9 to 11

    Process lawfully, minimally and on a justification

    Process personal information lawfully and only where it is adequate, relevant and not excessive, on consent or another justification in Section 11, respecting objections.

Three are shown here; the full set, with tasks and evidence guidance, is in hlola.Pending review by counsel.

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