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The Information Officer and POPIA: What you need to know

20 May 2021

I am the compliance officer for our retail business. I’m aware of the deadline of 1 July 2021 to be... POPIA compliant and we are busy putting the necessary in place. I’ve recently heard that the Information Regulator now requires information officers to be registered with the Information Regulator. Is this true and what are the main responsibilities of an information officer?

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A world in chaos: Do businesses have options to weather the storm?

20 April 2020

The year 2020, or 20plenty as it was commonly referred to when the new decade commenced, has over the last... few months, primarily as a result of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, turned out to be an unprecedented time in our history. This is not only true for South Africans, but for all countries and people across the globe. Various negative effects are culminating from and being amplified this virus, not the least of which are medical and economic in nature. All indications are that the world is facing the deepest recession and most challenging health and economic crisis in last 100 years, which will affect everyone at some point and in some way or another.

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What happens to my shares in the company when I die?

14 August 2019

We are four friends that started our own company a few years ago with each of us being equal shareholders.... We are thankful that is has been going well with the business, but now that there is some money and equity in our company, we were wondering what would happen in the event that one of us passed away.

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My company is going under - what is my personal exposure?

08 August 2018

My wife and I are the sole shareholders and directors of our family company. We’ve had a few good years,... but with the current economic times, despite our best efforts to keep the company afloat, it doesn’t look like the company is going to make it. For the first time this reality has hit us and we are both worried that the company’s creditors will come after us and take our home and savings. Can they do this?

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POPI and your data security

15 May 2018

I have an advisory business serving private and corporate clients. Our client information is stored on a central server in... our offices. I have been advised to review our data security due to the growing risk of being hacked and the requirements of POPI to protect the personal information of my clients. What does POPI require of me in this regard?

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