by admin | Aug 18, 2026 | POPIA and compliance
POPIA applies to any South African business that holds personal information about customers, staff or suppliers, regardless of size. There is no small business exemption, no employee threshold and no turnover threshold. If you hold a client’s identity number, a...
by admin | Nov 14, 2023 | POPIA and compliance
3 September 2026LANTEK Computers The most common thing we hear from a business owner about POPIA is a version of the same sentence: we know we are supposed to be doing something, we are not sure what, and we do not have anybody here who could tell us. That is a fair...
by admin | Sep 12, 2023 | POPIA and compliance
3 September 2026LANTEK Computers Work down this list and mark each item done, partly done or not started. There is no score at the end, deliberately: POPIA sets no threshold you can total up to, and a number would imply otherwise. What you will have is an honest...
by admin | Jul 11, 2023 | POPIA and compliance
3 September 2026LANTEK Computers When businesses map what personal information they hold, they list the systems. Almost nobody lists the front door, and the front door is collecting more than most of the systems are. None of this is legal advice, and the biometric...
by admin | Apr 11, 2023 | POPIA and compliance
3 September 2026LANTEK Computers This article describes how the question is generally approached. It is not legal advice, and the decision about whether to notify is one to take with your attorney, because it turns on a judgement about your specific facts. With that...
by admin | Jul 12, 2022 | POPIA and compliance
3 September 2026LANTEK Computers Of all the POPIA conversations we have, this is the one that produces the longest pause. Not because the requirement is complicated, but because the answer to who is your Information Officer is usually you, and the person being told...