The impending Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) is an opportunity for South African corporates to enforce sound business practice across their interests and effectively ‘clean house’, says Anne-Marié Pretorius, partner at Bizmod.
“South African companies are on the low-end of the spectrum when it comes to information security spend. POPI provides the motivation required to update the various aspects of business where personal information is impacted,” says Pretorius.