A guided implementation to protect personal information in South Africa
Protection of Personal Information – POPI Act
Essert helps you get POPI Act and PAIA compliance done.
Whether your goal is to satisfy privacy requests from your customers and employees or comply with an agreement with your partners, or avoid fines and lawsuits, Essert has a detailed roadmap for your guided compliance.
Essert gets you covered for all the policies and manuals required to become compliant. We also provide you the agreements needed to engage your vendors and customers.
POPI Act Compliance
Registration of information officers and deputies
The Information Regulator (link) requires you to register an Information Officer or Deputy under the POPI Act. One of the first steps is to appoint and register your Information Officer with the Information Regulator. The Information Officer or a deputy is responsible to ensure personal information is processed lawfully.
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Information Regulator
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POPI Act
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PAIA (Promotion of Access to Information Act)
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Instantaneous reports of any violations
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360 degree visibility with dashboard
Promotion of Access to Information Act Manual
One-click deployment of PAIA manual
Essert provides a comprehensive library of policies and manuals including the PAIA manual. You may quickly modify the manual for your business and deploy it on your website as required under the regulations of the Information Regulator. Easy and rapid deployment of the PAIA manual is yet another step towards avoiding fines and lawsuits.
POPI Act compliance – protection of personal information act (POPI Act South Africa).