POPI ACT COURSE

What is the POPI Act?


POPI refers to South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act which seeks to regulate the Processing of Personal Information. Personal Information broadly means any information relating to an identifiable, living natural person or juristic person (companies, CC's etc.) ... opinions of and about the person

THE PURPOSE OF THE POPI ACT


The purpose of POPI is to protect you and I from harm by protecting our personal information – to make identity fraud, accessing of your banking account details, and generally to protect and respect our privacy, which is a fundamental human right.



POPI ACT & ESTATE AGENTS


POPI governs how Estate Agents may collect, store, record, use and disclose personal information of their customers. POPI states that Estate Agents must notify customers (or potential tenants/purchasers) of the purpose for the collection, storage, recordal, use and disclosure of personal information.




POPI ACT COURSE


Course content is free for Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty Agents