02/07/2021
Important notice: POPIA disclaimer
The admins of this page need to share a POPIA disclaimer as all face book groups and pages need to adhere to the regulations surrounding this Act from 1 July 2021, with some sections delayed to end Feb 2022.
The compliance due date for the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”), being 30 June 2021, is here. This deadline brings a few changes. One of these changes is that the administrators will be required to obtain your consent for being part of this Facebook group. As such, you are herewith notified that you are entitled to refuse such consent and you may exercise such a right by leaving this group before 31 July 2021.
Should you elect to remain in this group, it will be accepted that you have consented to being a part of this group and to your personal information (being your profile picture and name) being noticeable to any person in this group (current as well as future members).
In this regard, we request that all members of this group, in good faith, do not make use of personal information pertaining to other members for whatever reason, without first obtaining the consent of the relevant person.
The Act does not apply to personal use. Section 6 (1)(a). Joining a group is personal use. A group on Face Book does not gather or process personal information as its core function. By joining a group one expressly consents that certain minimum personal information is given and kept by the administrator. What is illegal is if the administrator or member of the group uses that information for another purpose other than that of the core function.
