Level-2 B-BBEE 125% Procurement Recognition

MODULE 1

Introduction to Personal Information Act

• The purpose of POPIA

• Trends driving data protection

• The characteristics of POPIA

 

MODULE 2

The status of data protection in South Africa

• Appointing an Information Officer.

• Commencement

• Compliance

• Processing personal information during Covid-19

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MODULE 3

Unpacking personal information

• Personal information vs information

• Personal information vs confidential information

• Characteristics of personal information

• Categories of personal information

• Additional levels of personal information

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MODULE 4

Unpacking Processing

• Definition

• Potential Mistakes

• Categories of processing

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MODULE 5

POPIA Act Key Stakeholders

• The Information Officer

• The Information Regulator

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MODULE 6

Conditions for Processing

• Eight conditions of processing

• Accountability

• Processing limitation

• Further process limitation

• Information quality

• Data Subject Participation

• Security Safeguards

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MODULE 7

Sanctions

• Personal information vs information

• Criminal offenses

• Civil Remedies

• Defenses

• The Power of the Court

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MODULE 8

Cybersecurity Awareness in POPIA

• Cybersecurity Trends

• Data Security Threats

• Social Media Data Security

• How to start a Cybersecurity Program

• Types of Cybercrime Actors

• How to protect against data security threats

• Incident Management Process