DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION
10 January 2022
Dear Sir/Madam
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013) (the POPIA) came into effect on I July 2021. The DBE recognizes that section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, provides that everyone has the right to privacy.
This right to privacy includes a right to protection against the unlawful collection, retention, dissemination and use of personal information.