Protection of Personal Information Bill, 2009

The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development intends introducing the Protection of Personal Information Bill, 2009, in the National Assembly shortly. The explanatory summary of the Bill was published in Government Gazette 32495 on 14 August 2009 in accordance with Rule 241(l)(c) of the Rules of the National Assembly.
   
The Protection of Personal Information Bill, 2009, is intended to promote the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies; to introduce information protection principles so as to establish minimum requirements for the processing of personal information; to provide for the establishment of an Information Protection Regulator; to provide for the issuing of codes of conduct; to provide for the rights of persons regarding unsolicited electronic communications and automated decision making; to regulate the flow of personal information across the borders of the Republic; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
   
Copies of the above Bill can be found on the website of the Parliamentary Monitoring Group at http://www.pmg.org.za and may, after introduction, also be obtained from:
   
    1. Government Printers: Cape Town and Pretoria
   
    2. Parliament:    Mr M V Pama
                      mvpama@parliament.gov.za
                      Telephone (021) 403 2078/9