Purpose
This workshop empowers delegates to:
This POPIA awareness programme addresses the most common questions about POPIA. It enables responsible parties to ensure all personnel having permanent or regular access to personal information understand the provisions of the POPIA, regulations made in terms of the Act, applicable codes of conduct, and information obtained from the Regulator. This course will clarify the right to privacy, the conditions underlying the lawful processing of personal information, and the rights of data subjects.
The qualifying learner will understand:
- Purpose of the Protection of Personal Information Act.
- What personal information is.
- Key roles and responsibilities.
- Conditions for processing personal information.
- Data subject rights.
- What sensitive personal information is.
- Common mistakes when processing personal information.
Training Content Topics:
1. Background to the Protection of Personal Information Act
2. Definition of personal information
3. Who are the data subjects
4. Role of the Information Regulator
5. Accountability for the lawful processing of personal information
6. Valid lawful bases to process personal information
7. Obligation to minimise the collection, processing, and retention of personal information
8. The requirement to take all the measures necessary to prevent harm to data subjects
9. Being transparent about all the purposes for processing personal information
10. Processing beyond the initial purpose is prohibited
11. Need for safeguards to protect the processing of personal information
12. Importance of information quality and the necessity to rectify incorrect information
13. Important to respect data subject rights
14. Data subjects being given the opportunity to intervene
15. Common mistakes when processing personal information