Ф franciscronje.com

  • Home
  • Services
  • POPIA
  • About
  • POPIA WORKSHOPS
  • Blog
  • Referrals
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use

Sensitive Personal Information (POPI)

1/30/2012

0 Comments

 
There is still much debate as to how the legislators will resolve the issue round children's personal information. A lot of objection has been voiced against making it unlawful to process any personal information of a person under the age of 18 (children), without having obtained parental consent.  

Theoretically it seems like the best way of ensuring our children's safety, but the practical implications are borderless. Social media and networking sites (Mxit, Facebook, MySpace etc.) would argue that parental control over teenagers might be futile and that children would loose their voice and access to information.

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the US requires parental consent for children under the age of 13.

Several arguments have been lodged at the Parliament's Technical Working Committee on POPI for a similar stance. 

A practical solution would be to treat children's (aged 13 or under) personal information, , the same as other person's personal information, with the exception of the Regulator issuing stricter security safeguards, and imposing bigger penalties.

Precedents in Europe could send a strong message to future regulation in SA.

Read what happened to a Scottish Council - click here for full story.
  
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Francis Cronje is an Information Governance specialist and provides insight from a legal and governance perspective on a wide range of topics in the Information and ICT sphere, including matters pertaining to the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) / Data Protection / Privacy, Information Security and other related topics.

    View my profile on LinkedIn
    Follow @franciscronje

    Archives

    September 2017
    January 2016
    September 2015
    July 2015
    May 2014
    February 2014
    November 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    March 2013
    January 2013
    November 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    June 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    September 2011

    Categories

    All
    Corporate Governance
    Data Protection
    Developing Countries
    Ict
    Information Security
    Ncop
    Popi
    Privacy
    Protection Of Personal Information
    South Africa
    Zuma

    RSS Feed

  • Home
  • Services
  • POPIA
  • About
  • POPIA WORKSHOPS
  • Blog
  • Referrals
  • Contact
  • Terms of Use