Protection Of Personal Information Act, POPIA

The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) was promulgated on 26 November 2013, being effective for a few years now. There are no excuse from companies not to comply! Non-compliance with POPIA and PAIA regulations can lead to criminal and civil fines against companies, the Head of the organisation and ultimately complaints to the Regulator. Although the fines are hefty, the reputational and ethical damage suffered through privacy breaches within an organisation, may be incalculable!

This three hour session aims to simplify the Act to make it practically applicable to your business and demistify the duties of the Information Officer and concepts such as the impact assessment, compliance framework and much more.

Approach

Labour Smart has developed various training sessions, which can be presented online or face to face (we call it distance learning courses), to accommodate Responsible parties on their road to compliance. The courses are practical and highly interactive and designed to solicit interaction from the delegates. This approach stimulates change in thinking and practice and will provide delegates with a safe environment to test ideas, knowledge and practices. The delegate will be supplied with a workbook, inclusive of regulations or codes of good practices. In line with our commitment to the environment we supply our products and material electronically and all delegates will receive all the relevant information electronically.

Outlines for our POPIA and PAIA Courses

1. Our awareness POPIA and PAIA courses are either a full day course or half day (depending on the need of the client for an overview or more in-depth training) and are presented online as distance training or face to face.
2. Our half day POPIA and PAIA courses for management consist of either distance learning or face to face training. This includes the duties of the Information officer, the deputy information officer, the development and implementation of the compliance framework and risk analysis.
3. One-hour sessions are presented for Boards and senior management on the critical elements of compliance and the duties of the Information Officer.