What you'll learn

This course will provide you with a basic understanding of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act.
What is POPI?
Where does POPI come from?
Who does POPI apply to?
Why do we have POPI?
What are the consequences of non-compliance with POPI?
How to read POPI and apply it?

Course content

7 sections • 21 lectures • 37m total length

Intro to this course and about the presenter.1:47

Making sense of POPI: POPI's structure - Intro1:57
POPI Condition 1 - Accountability1:27
Create accountability under POPI condition one by appointing an information officer to oversee POPI compliance, implement policies, and manage reporting and sanctions.
POPI Condition 2 - Processing Limitation1:38
POPI Condition 3 - Purpose Specification0:59
POPI Condition 4 - Further Processing Limitation1:22
Quick Recap of Conditions 1 to 41:24
POPI Condition 5 - Information Quality1:12
POPI Condition 6 - Openness1:31
Understand openness by documenting all processing operations for the data subject, detailing what is collected, why, where, who collects, consequences of non-consent, and Section 18(1) requirements.
POPI Condition 7 - Security Safeguards2:57
POPI Condition 8 - Data Subject Participation0:37
Quick Recap of Conditions 5 to 81:30
Quiz on the 8 conditions of POPI

Requirements

There are no prerequisites for this course.
This is a foundation course which gives the basics.
The POPI Act is a piece of legislation in South Africa. The course is available to anyone that is interested in learning more about Protection of Personal Information Act.

Description

This course will provide you with a basic understanding on what the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) is all about, how it came to being, where it is now, as well as how it is structured. After this, you will know what POPI means for South African citizens. Further courses to come that build on this.

Who this course is for:

Beginners.
Anyone that is new to the POPI legislation.
Anyone that would like a high level understanding of what POPI entails.
Anyone with a desire for getting your company better equipped to deal with the new Regulation.

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Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Introduction to POPI: what is POPI and where does it come from?1 lecture • 2min

Who does POPI apply to?1 lecture • 2min

Why does POPI exist and what happens if you don't comply with it?2 lectures • 5min

Important Definitions in POPI4 lectures • 7min

Making sense of POPI: POPI's structure11 lectures • 17min

Tackling POPI for yourself.1 lecture • 3min

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