Module 8 · 10:14 video + 10-question quiz
POPIA at Work — Protecting Personal Information
The Protection of Personal Information Act in the language of a working day: what counts as personal information and the special kinds that need extra care, five everyday rules, the places it must never go (personal email, WhatsApp, USB sticks, unapproved AI tools), and why slips and requests go straight to the Information Officer.
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The scenario
Tuesday, 14:10 — the payroll sheet for 214 people goes into a free AI chatbot to tidy the formatting.
The habit this module drills
Need it? Safe? Gone when done?
After this module you can
- ✓Recognise personal information — and the special kinds that need extra care.
- ✓Apply five everyday rules: need, purpose, need-to-know, safe, and gone when no longer needed.
- ✓Keep it out of personal email, WhatsApp, USB sticks and AI tools nobody approved.
- ✓Report a slip at once, and send requests about people to your Information Officer.
What this module evidences: ISO/IEC 27001:2022 clause 7.3 (awareness) and Annex A control A.6.3 (information security awareness, education and training); POPIA Regulation 4(1)(e) (the Information Officer's duty to see that internal awareness sessions are held). The quiz result is recorded against your account, and passing it earns this module’s dated certificate.
Module 8 quiz
Ten “what would you do” scenario questions. Pass mark 80% — retake as often as you like. Pass it and this module’s certificate is issued in your name with the date; it is due again in twelve months. The quizzes and certificates come with a 12-month licence — for one person or for your company.
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