POPIA – South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act

Get ready for any POPIA data requests or audits with PII Tools

Where?

POPIA applies to any organization that processes personal and sensitive information in the Republic of South Africa. It focuses on the actual location of data processing rather than on the individual whose data are being processed.

Why?

Protecting the PII of your clients and partners increases your public reputation, prevents embarrassing data leaks, and increases your karma, that’s why. As a bonus, it helps you to avoid possible fines or criminal penalties.

What?

POPIA describes personal information as any information relating to an identifiable person, company, or legal entity, protecting individuals as well as companies. Examples include race, gender, and email addresses.

Where?

POPIA applies to any organization that processes personal and sensitive information in the Republic of South Africa. It focuses on the actual location of data processing rather than on the individual whose data are being processed.

Why?

Protecting the PII of your clients and partners increases your public reputation, prevents embarrassing data leaks, and increases your karma, that’s why. As a bonus, it helps you to avoid possible fines or criminal penalties.

What?

POPIA describes personal information as any information relating to an identifiable person, company, or legal entity, protecting individuals as well as companies. Examples include race, gender, and email addresses.

How PII Tools helps with POPIA

Local Formats Support

PII Tools natively supports most South African PII formats, such as SA ID or company registration numbers. No configuration needed. Plus, with the Custom Detectors feature, you can easily add any custom information you want to find.

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Thorough PII Discovery

Find all the sensitive data in your environment. Scan local and cloud storages, emails, databases, archived and password-protected files, images, signatures, and more (see the complete list). Rely on built-in OCR to analyze scanned or rotated documents.

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Discovery Automation

Set up automatic scheduled scans of your environment and confirm that no sensitive data lives outside the designated locations. Plan automatic daily, weekly, or monthly recurring scans, or run an on-demand scan to monitor the PII data in your systems.

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Data Subject Rights Requests

Instantly find all the data related to a specific subject across your entire inventory, including the exact file locations. By using PII Tools’ unique PII Analytics, you can filter and search for affected documents in real time, allowing you to easily react to any DSR request.

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Erasure Requests

With only a few clicks, delete or quarantine PII data in your environment. Don’t waste time manually looking for files containing specific information. Use our Remediations feature to securely erase all the data about a specific subject when needed.

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Audits and Compliance Reports

Thanks to the state-of-the-art technology backing PII Tools, you know the precise position of each personal identifier (names, credit card numbers, etc.). Create clear and interactive reports showing which files or databases contain PII data to share with your colleagues, clients, or auditors.

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Manage POPIA requirements with PII Tools

Our clients use PII Tools to comply with POPIA as well as other regulations, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.

Clients worldwide use PII Tools to deal with audits & compliance effectively.

Manage POPIA requirements with PII Tools

Our clients use PII Tools to comply with GDPR as well as other regulations, like HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or LGPD.

Our clients use PII Tools to comply with POPIA as well as other regulations, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.

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Need help with POPIA compliance?

Is your business looking to establish best POPIA practices and get the right processes in place? Want to consult your compliance and security posture with a specialized service professional?

PII Tools is automated data discovery & remediation software, meaning it provides no compliance services. But let us connect you with our POPIA service partners in your area.

Is your business looking to establish best POPIA practices and get the right processes in place? Want to consult your compliance and security posture with a specialized service professional?

PII Tools is automated data discovery & remediation software, meaning it provides no compliance services. But let us connect you with our POPIA service partners in your area.

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