President Jacob Zuma today signed the Protection of Personal Information Bill into law.
This act seeks to strengthen the right of
personal information of South African citizens.
Presidential Spokesperson Mac Maharaj said
the Act will give effect to the right to privacy, by introducing measures to
ensure that the personal information of an individual is safeguarded when it is
processed by responsible parties.
Maharaj added that the Act also seeks to
balance the right to privacy against other rights, particularly the right of
access to information, and to generally protect important interests, including
the free flow of information within and across the borders of the Republic.
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