Overview     

 The Protection of Personal Information Act of 2013 (POPIA), commenced on 1 July 2020, and requires all businesses (including employers) that process personal information, to ensure that the necessary measures are in place to implement, prove and monitor compliance by 30 June 2021. 

In this 11th webinar in the series, we will focus on some specific financial industry challenges and pitfalls, by working through some case studies that focus on accounting/financial services for example estates and so on.  

If you have missed our earlier sessions, or would like more information on the remainder of future webinars, please click here <link to website> to see the entire series. 

Join our technical expert Lettie Janse van Vuuren CA(SA) accompanied by Karabo Letlhaku and Stephane Geldenhuys on 3 June 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. as they unpack some POPIA challenges facing financial practices in an understandable and practical format.  

Learning objectives    

   By the end of this event the attendee should:   

• Understand some of the pitfalls specifically applicable to financial practices; 

• Be aware of some case studies that focus on accounting services/financial services; 

• Be aware of some of the FAQs relating to POPIA; 

• Know how to manage potential regulatory contradictions between POPIA and industry regulations; and 

• Have access to our POPIA data specialists. 

Content   

   The webinar will cover the following topics:   

• Pitfalls in the financial services space. 

• Case studies. 

• POPIA FAQs. 

• Contradictions with industry regulations. 

• Managing contradictions/confusion. 

• Access to POPIA data specialists. 

Obtaining your CPD certificate   

This webinar qualifies for 2 CPD hours with your professional body including: ACCA, SAICA, AAT, SAIPA, SAIBA, IAC, CIS, ICBA, LSSA, FPI, and the IBA. The SAAA CPD policy is compliant with IFAC IES7 and is recognised by all relevant professional bodies.  All attendees are issued with a CPD certificate available in an online profile.   

 About the presenter 

Lettie Janse van Vuuren CA(SA), RA  

Lettie is a Chartered Accountant, Registered Auditor, as well as an Assessor and Moderator. She joined SA Accounting Academy in November 2017 as Head of Technical. As a professional trainer and webinar host, she is able to hold the attention of an audience with her relaxed and humorous presentation style.  She has a unique ability to communicate with delegates at their respective levels of knowledge and experience.  Over the last 20 years, she has trained thousands of partners, managers, trainee accountants and other professionals.   

She is responsible for researching, compiling and presenting our MCLU (Monthly Compliance and Legislation Updates). She was the Professional Development Manager at SAICA for 4 years and in charge of accrediting new training offices and monitoring existing ones (including the moderation of training offices and trainee assessments).  

Who should attend?  

   The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar:   

• Professional Accountants including: RA, CA(SA), PA(SA) and BAP(SA).   

• Employers. 

• Accounting officers. 

• HR practitioners/Compliance officers. 

 Price                

• R 475.00 - Online admission - Individual.  

• R 950.00 - Online admission - Company.   

Steps to register for the event:   

If you already have a profile, login and register for the webinar.  

If you don’t have a profile, create a free profile then login and register for the webinar.  

Click here  to create a free profile (There is no charge to create a profile and gain access to our free Monthly Practice Management Series).  

Click here  to find out about the Technical Resource Centre & CPD Subscription options.  

 Additional material  

   By attending this webinar you will be provided with:  

• Summarised slide presentation;  

• Reference documents and/or course material where available; and   

• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar.