Business Day Focus 4.0 LIVE webinar with Oracle explored how business leaders can ensure compliance with data regulationsThe Protection of Personal Information Act is due to come into effect on July 21 2021, which will have a profound impact on every organisation that deals with consumers’ personal data.ailure to comply with Popia’s regulations could have significant implications for organisations both from a legal and brand reputation perspective.
Petkovic, director of business development for security and manageability for EMEA Security & Systems Management, in Dubai in the UAE. Petkovic has been involved in investigating a number of high-profile data breaches in recent years. The Information Regulator SA’s Ntsumbedzeni Nemasisi, the executive responsible for Popia, said that the act requires data collected within a particular country to remain within its borders and only transferred to a third party in a different country in certain circumstances.