Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013
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Oct 18, 2026
LynnHOST
has Ampath
KaylaHOST
confirmed? An incident that likely exposed personal information, forensic specialists engaged, and the information regulator notified under Section 22 of Popia, the Protection of Personal Information Act.
KaylaHOST
AMPATH says it's contained, with no indication that clinical information, test results, or banking details were involved.
KaylaHOST
What may be exposed is names, ID numbers, contact details, medical aid membership numbers, and payment details.
Elijah MhlangaGUEST
So that's what took place.
Elijah MhlangaGUEST
So we are saying as part of our commitment to protecting people's personal information and as part of respecting the process as stipulated by the Protection of Personal Information Act, we therefore needed to take action, including legal steps, which is what we are doing right now.
Elvis PreslinHOST
So again, the question about the developer, because if a system of this nature, including a concern that was raised by the legislature when we spoke to its chairperson, that the fact that this information was easily available within minutes to someone who would have hacked into a system, that is a huge cause for concern, as you put it, right, to say they hacked into the system.
Elvis PreslinHOST
Now, If that is a huge cause for concern from the Gauteng legislature and some of members of the public, one would then ask again, what is being done about those who developed this as far as accountability goes in ensuring that the information of people is safeguarded, given the fact that there could have been witnesses whose information has been compromised?
CarlHOST
You're in the pound seats, right? But you sit down at your laptop to answer comments, and the first thing on top of the inbox is a cease and desist because you didn't disclose that you had a sponsor.
CarlHOST
You violated the POPI Act, and the FPB says you were supposed to self-classify your content.
CarlHOST
You've made all the mistakes.
CarlHOST
Guys, what am I talking about?
Ahmore Burger-SmidtGUEST
I think what I aimed to do was to get people to think and get a debate going, so might I [laughs] just first say that.
Ahmore Burger-SmidtGUEST
I think we all agree that unwanted spam should end, but we've been waiting since the Consumer Protection Act came into operation for this Do Not Contact list, and in the meantime, we've got POPIA, the data privacy piece of legislation.
Ahmore Burger-SmidtGUEST
And why I'm asking the question, which I do believe we all should think about, is whether this will limit businesses' ability to reach their customer base is because we've got these two systems.
Ahmore Burger-SmidtGUEST
So it seems to me that POPIA opens the door for businesses to reach their customers.
Ahmore Burger-SmidtGUEST
That's what my client also says.
Ahmore Burger-SmidtGUEST
You know, you can consent.
Clifford YudelmanGUEST
If someone gets defensive, if you see someone who wants to give you 28 crowns and you say to them, "Oh, I think I'm gonna go see my, my, uh, whatever, my, my brother's dentist," and they get all rude and defensive, then that tells you something.
Clifford YudelmanGUEST
You can ask for copies of your X-rays and your scans, which you're entitled to under the POPIA, POPIA Act in South Africa, so that way you don't pay for them twice.
Clifford YudelmanGUEST
And then you ask a second dentist an open question rather than, "Do you agree?" You can say something like, "What would you do? What are my options? What would you do if this was your tooth?" And beware that, um, the second opinion, that's just a cheaper quote for the same big plan.
Clifford YudelmanGUEST
In other words, you know, you go for a second opinion, and the dentist now agrees with the other dentist but wants to do it for you cheaper, then I'd go for a third opinion.
FaroukHOST
Things like client lists, customer personal details, contracts, anything confidential.
FaroukHOST
Check the privacy settings of the tool you're using, and remember that in South Africa, the POPI Act applies on how we handle other people's personal information.
FaroukHOST
If you wouldn't put it on a billboard, think twice before you put it into a free tool.
FaroukHOST
Equally important is not to trust any facts, figures, or quotations without first checking.
Hardin RatshisusuGUEST
So they will be able to file, you know, an individual block or, or just, um, you know, a, a block, you know, around a category of marketers and so forth.
Hardin RatshisusuGUEST
But this should not be confused with what the information regulator does through the promotion, you know, of, uh, prote- the Protection of Personal Information Act, that, um, everyone in the country, and the chairperson clarified this, every direct marketer would still require consent, uh, of the data subjects.
Hardin RatshisusuGUEST
So if someone is not on the opt-out registry, it doesn't mean that the direct marketers can willy-nilly call that person.
Hardin RatshisusuGUEST
They still need, through POPIA, uh, need to require consent.
ChristianHOST
Now, law firm Bowmans has been telling South African employers since August that that's a problem, and that that problem doesn't stay with the employee.
ChristianHOST
So this all comes down to the POPI Act.
ChristianHOST
That law makes the employer the responsible party, because it decides why and how personal information gets used at work.
ChristianHOST
So when staff put someone else's detail into a public AI tool, the employer may be the one held accountable, and that handing that work to an AI vendor or recruitment agency doesn't pass that responsibility along either.
Petro NtabaGUEST
We see consumers, um, registering profiles.
Petro NtabaGUEST
We see direct marketers, they want to comply with the law, with the CPA, but also with the Po- um, POPI Act, as you mentioned earlier.
Petro NtabaGUEST
Because two laws, um, they exist to complement each other.
Petro NtabaGUEST
Um, so where you don't have an opt-out, um, as a consumer- They can't use your information willy-nilly or share your information willy-nilly.
Phetho NtabaGUEST
We see consumers, um, registering profiles.
Phetho NtabaGUEST
We see direct marketers, they want to comply with the law, with the CPA, but also with the PO- um, POPI Act, as you mentioned earlier.
Phetho NtabaGUEST
Because two laws, um, they exist to complement each other.
Phetho NtabaGUEST
Um, so where you don't have an opt-out, um, as a consumer, they can't use your information willy-nilly or share your information willy-nilly.
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