Course Outline

Module 1 – Historic Background

• Historical Snapshot;
  • Reading;
    • Reading Quiz;
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz.

Module 2 – Global Data Protection and Privacy Laws

• Global Movement;
  • ISO 27701;
  • GDPR;
  • Reading
    • Reading Quiz;
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz.

Module 3 – PAIA and POPIA

• Purpose of Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA);
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;
• POPIA Definitions;
• Purpose of POPIA
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;
• Overview of Chapters
  • Reading
    • Reading Quiz;
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;

Module 4 – Further POPIA Requirements

• Prior Authorisation
• Direct Marketing by means of unsolicited communications
• Directories
• Automated decision making
• Opting-in
• Record Retention and Restrictions
  • Exceptions
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;
• Third-Parties and Operators
  • Within the Republic
  • Unlawful acts
  • Defences
  • Trans-border information flow
    • Outside the republic
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;
• Children
  • Reading
    • Reading Quiz;
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;
• Exclusions
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;
• Codes of Conduct
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;
• Notification to the Regulator
• Filing Complaints
• Enforcement
• Offences and penalties
  • Reading
    • Reading Quiz;
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;

Module 5 – Compliance and Best Practice

• Appointment of an Information Officer;
• Guidelines for POPIA Implementation;
• Areas of Risk;
• Compliance Audits;
  • Best Practices;
  • Reading;
    • Reading Quiz;
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;
• Risk Scanning Toolkit;
• Environmental risk assessment;
• Risk assessment Matrix;
• Compliance Checklist;
  • Section Summary;
    • Quiz;

Module 6 – Course Review and Feedback

• Course Questionnaire
• Template downloads
  • Course Summary Slides
  • Compliance Checklist