Enforcement & reference

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Every Act, regulation, guidance note, media statement and enforcement document cited across this hub — live-linked and dated.

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Martin Kotze

Attorney, Conveyancer & Notary Public

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Every quotation in this hub is taken verbatim from a primary source: the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, the POPIA Regulations (2018, as amended 17 April 2025), the Information Regulator’s guidance notes and fact sheets, and the Regulator’s own enforcement documents. Each link below was live-tested on 12 June 2026. The hub states the position as at June 2026.

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Links are re-tested quarterly. If an official document moves, the register is corrected in one place and every citation across the hub follows. Found a dead link? Tell us.

Why you can trust this: Martin Kotze has been an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, registered Conveyancer, and Notary Public since 2014, practising from Pretoria. The firm is regulated by the Legal Practice Council under firm registration F17333.

This guide is general information, not legal advice for your specific matter.

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