To promote the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies; to introduce certain conditions so as to establish minimum requirements for the processing of personal information; to provide for the establishment of an Information Regulator to exercise certain powers and to perform certain duties and functions in terms of this Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000; to provide for the issuing of codes of conduct; to provide for the rights of persons regarding unsolicited electronic communications and automated decision making; to regulate the flow of personal information across the borders of the Republic; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Latest Developments:

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013), has been updated with a Notice in terms of Section 37(1) of the Act (POPIA) Exemptions, as per Notice No. 3923 of GG49379, dated 29 September 2023.

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013), Schedule: Laws Amended by Section 10 has updated and made amendments to:

Public Protector Act 1994

Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000

Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 and

National Credit Act, 2005,

as per Notice No. 912, dated 26 November 2013.

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) has been updated with a Notice in terms of Section 62(1) of the Act: Code of Conduct - Credit Bureau Association (CBA), as per Notice No. 2602 of GG46159, dated 7 October 2022.

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) has been updated with a Notice in terms of Section 62(1) of the Act: Code of Conduct - The Banking Association of South Africa (BASA), as per Notice No. 2601 of GG46159, dated 7 October 2022.

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) has been updated by the publication of Information Regulator – Amendment of Notice, as per Board Notice 560, of GG 44761, dated 25 June 2021.

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) has been updated by the publication of the commencement of Regulations relating to the Protection of Personal Information published under GN R1383 in GG 42110 of 14 December 2018 and Guidelines to develop Codes of Conduct, as per Notice 75, of GG 44191, dated 26 February 2021.

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) has been updated to take into account of the Commencement of certain sections of the Act, as per Proclamation PR 21, of GG 43461, dated 22 June 2020.

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) has been amended by Government Gazette 37544, Notice No. R. 25 of 2014, Commencement of Section 1, Part A of Chapter 5 and Sections 112 and 113 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013).

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) has been added to the website by Government Gazette 37067, Notice No. 912, dated 26 November 2013.