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🇿🇦 South Africa

South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is the country's primary data privacy law, enforced by the independent Information Regulator. It became fully enforceable on 1 July 2021 with eight conditions for lawful processing.

POPIAData privacy · since 2021
Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013

POPIA is South Africa's comprehensive data protection law, enacted in 2013 with core operative provisions commencing on 1 July 2020 and becoming fully enforceable on 1 July 2021. It sets eight conditions for the lawful processing of personal information and is enforced by the independent Information Regulator.

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