HR Pulse

About Guides FAQs

Profile

Layout

Direction

Menu Style

Apply Reset  
Cpanel
1. New Information Regulator receives 107 complaints
(News)
... and private bodies in line with the provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act No 2 of 2000 and POPIA. The Protection of Personal Information Act promotes the protection of personal information ...
Created on 21 Sep 2017
2. POPI and personal data protection in SA
(Editor's Pick)
Whether one has totally embraced South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act or not – or truly understands the legal responsibilities it enforces upon businesses and organisations, there ...
Created on 16 Aug 2017
3. GUIDELINES FOR ORGANISATIONS STRUGGLING WITH POPI COMPLIANCE
(Editor's Pick)
The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) has created the requirement for business to deal with and protect personal information in a specific and prudent way. “PoPI is by no means new, yet we ...
Created on 10 May 2017
4. Lesotho insurer digitises business with SilverBridge
(News)
... was minimal,” says Patrick Ashton, CEO at Cirrus. Cirrus transported more than 900 boxes of documents from Lesotho to its POPI and ISO 15801-compliant scanning facility in Pretoria. The documents were ...
Created on 14 Feb 2017
5. Bring Your Own Damage Devices
(Editor's Pick)
... imminent POPI Act, as well as PCI-DSS requirements (if applicable to the organisation). Other considerations include geographical spread of the devices, given that this would not only increase risk levels, ...
Created on 12 Sep 2016
6. MCI releases 2016 results of SA's biggest HR Recruitment trend survey
(HR Trends)
... internally before approaching recruitment agencies; * Sixty-four percent of organisations have implemented a strategy to ensure their recruitment process is POPI compliant; * Sixty-nine percent of organisations ...
Created on 9 Sep 2016
7. Cyber security warrants healthy paranoia
(Editor's Pick)
...  In addition to having the correct levels of encryption, once the POPI Act and its regulations come into effect, businesses will need to ensure compliance. “While POPI itself not prescriptive in that ...
Created on 2 Sep 2016
8. LACK OF AWARENESS AROUND LEGISLATION PUTTING BUSINESSES IN SOUTH AFRICA AT RISK OF DATA BREACHES
(Editor's Pick)
More than three-fifths of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) surveyed and a third of larger organisations in South Africa surveyed believe the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) does not apply ...
Created on 1 Jun 2016
9. Rands and sense: Why making the move to cloud saves money
(Editor's Pick)
... around governance and data protection which plays a major role for business owners. The introduction of POPI (Protection of Personal Information Act), as well as many other governance protocols, including ...
Created on 20 May 2016
10. POPI from a Contact Centre’s perspective
(Editor's Pick)
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act has been making headlines over the past couple of months, especially where contact centres are concerned, which opens the debate to what contact centres ...
Created on 3 Dec 2015
11. Why CMOs make great CEOs
(Editor's Pick)
... It must be noted here, too, that IP ownership, the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) and the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) all fall under their areas of responsibility. With over 40 years ...
Created on 12 Oct 2015
12. Why companies are scared of going mobile
(Editor's Pick)
... recent privacy legislation such as POPI in South Africa. By choosing a MWS app that complies with all the security requirements, you are as secure as any mobile banking application and I am sure most people ...
Created on 29 Sep 2015
13. Email is the ideal starting point toward PoPI compliance
(Editor's Pick)
The much talked about Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act is now imminent, and organisations need to realise that the question is no longer around whether it will be implemented, but what they ...
Created on 17 Aug 2015
14. Understanding the legal side of electronic signatures in South Africa
(Editor's Pick)
... (POPI) Act and ensure reasonable security and limited processing of sensitive personal information,” says Rose. In addition, organisations also need to choose a solution that will deliver the desired ...
Created on 6 Jul 2015
15. POPI and the issue of privacy – an opportunity to create competitive advantage
(Editor's Pick)
The recently enacted Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act, which sets conditions for how organisations can process information, has caused significant upheaval in the South African business ...
Created on 6 Nov 2014
16. POPI offers SA business the chance to clean house
(POPI)
  The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) is an opportunity for South African corporates to enforce sound business practices across the board and effectively 'clean house'. South African ...
Created on 24 Jul 2014
17. Employment Services Act assented to on 3 April
(News)
... agency and be required to pay license fees to assist in funding the Public Employment Service. The Public Employment Service will have to comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI). ...
Created on 5 Jun 2014
18. VIEWPOINT: Anthony Olivier, Performanta Consulting
(Company Category)
... the behaviours of organisations, and both require similar governance behaviours. RICA is, perhaps, not as marketable as POPI when selling solutions. Or it appears less relevant: applying to police interception ...
Created on 9 May 2014
19. Protection of Personal Information Act
(Whitepapers)
POPI's purpose is to give effect to the constitutional right to privacy by introducing measures to ensure data subjects' personal information, i.e. employees, is safeguarded when responsible parties, i.e. ...
Created on 3 Apr 2014
20. POPI compliance: Checks and employment references
(POPI)
The introduction of the Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013 (POPI) (not yet in force) will affect you, the employer, when you want to verify candidates' credentials. Employment references ...
Created on 3 Apr 2014


 

SITE SPONSORS

HRPulse on Facebook HRPulse on Twitter HRPulse on LinkedIn HRPulse on Google Plus