Southern Africa / South Africa
AvailableSouth 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.
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
- Regulator
- Information Regulator (South Africa)
- 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 featuresStatuses 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.
Resources
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