POPIA - Important Issues Impacting Retirement Funds

The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA) requires retirement funds to be complaint with the Act by 1 July 2021. The webinar aims to provide more information on these requirements building on a previous POPIA webinar hosted by the IRFA.

On 24 June 2021 from 14h00 to 16h00 members of the IRFA Legal & Technical Committee who have gained extensive knowledge of the POPIA requiremenbts will discuss important issues impacting retirement funds. The topics that will be covered are: 

1. Registration of Information Officers (Chantal Manson & Fiona Rollason)
2. Who is a Responsible Party / Operator (Leanne van Wyk & Samantha Davidson)
3. Prior Authorisation (Chantal Manson & Fiona Rollason)
4. Grounds/justification and authorisation (Leanne van Wyk & Samantha Davidson)
5. Proposed IRFA Requests to the Information Regulator (Nancy Andrews)

Please click here to watch the IRFA webinar introducing the POPIA requirements.

The cost for IRFA Members is R250 and for non-members R350. 

The panellists are: 

Nancy Andrews - Chairperson IRFA Legal & Technical Committee (Head of Legal Discovery Employee Benefits and Invest) 

Samantha Davison - IRFA Legal & Tax Committee Member (Partner Shepstone & Wylie) 

Fiona Rollason - IRFA Legal & Tax Committee Member (Head of Legal Alexander Forbes)

Leanne van Wyk - IRFA Legal & Tax Committee Member (Director ICTS Legal Services) 

Chantal Manson -  IRFA Legal & Tax Committee Member (Head of Legal Liberty Group)