Last review date: 31 December 2024
Yes.
Last review date: 31 December 2024
No.
The position of the information officer ("DPO") is an automatic appointment, with the CEO or head of an organization designated as the de facto information officer in terms of PAIA. In addition to an information officer, a responsible party is entitled to appoint or designate deputy information officers as required in order to perform the duties placed on the information officer. The information officer and the deputy information officer are required to be registered with the Information Regulator and can only take up their duties in terms of POPIA upon being registered with the Information Regulator. The information officer's and the deputy information officer's details are to be included in the manual prepared in terms of PAIA and are made available on the Information Regulator's website. Responsible parties are encouraged to register their information officers, but at the moment, a failure to do so is not considered an offence.
Last review date: 31 December 2024
If yes, what are these requirements?
☒ resident in the jurisdiction
☒ other
Yes.
Any person authorized as an information officer should be at an executive level or equivalent position. This means that only an employee of a private body at a level of management and above should be considered for authorization as an information officer of that body.
To ensure accessibility of a private body, the information officer of a multinational entity based outside South Africa must authorize any person within South Africa to act as its information officer.