{"id":374,"date":"2026-06-10T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/information-officer-declaration\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:30:33","slug":"information-officer-declaration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/information-officer-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Officer Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spp-wrap\">\n<div class=\"spp-hero\">\n<div class=\"spp-badge\">Legal Requirement<\/div>\n<h1>Information Officer Declaration<\/h1>\n<p>Under POPIA, every organisation must appoint and register a designated Information Officer responsible for ensuring compliance with the Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"spp-meta\">\n<div class=\"spp-meta-item\"><svg width=\"14\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"rgba(255,255,255,0.4)\" stroke-width=\"2\"><rect x=\"3\" y=\"4\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" rx=\"2\"\/><line x1=\"16\" y1=\"2\" x2=\"16\" y2=\"6\"\/><line x1=\"8\" y1=\"2\" x2=\"8\" y2=\"6\"\/><line x1=\"3\" y1=\"10\" x2=\"21\" y2=\"10\"\/><\/svg>Declaration date: <strong>10 June 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"spp-meta-sep\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"spp-meta-item\"><svg width=\"14\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"rgba(255,255,255,0.4)\" stroke-width=\"2\"><path d=\"M12 22s8-4 8-10V5l-8-3-8 3v7c0 6 8 10 8 10z\"\/><\/svg>Section: <strong>POPIA Section 55<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"spp-section\">\n<div class=\"spp-section-header\">\n<div class=\"spp-icon\" style=\"background:#e8f0fe;\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#1a6fc4\" stroke-width=\"2\"><path d=\"M20 21v-2a4 4 0 00-4-4H8a4 4 0 00-4 4v2\"\/><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"7\" r=\"4\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<h2>Designated Information Officer<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>PJS Business Solutions<\/strong> hereby declares the following person as Information Officer under POPIA Section 55:<\/p>\n<div class=\"spp-card\">\n<div class=\"spp-card-row\" style=\"color:#e65100;\">Information Officer name not yet set \u2014 update in plugin settings<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"spp-alert\">\n<p><strong>Action required:<\/strong> This Information Officer has not yet been registered. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov.za\/inforeg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Register now at justice.gov.za\/inforeg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"spp-section\">\n<div class=\"spp-section-header\">\n<div class=\"spp-icon\" style=\"background:#e8f5e9;\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2e7d32\" stroke-width=\"2\"><path d=\"M9 11l3 3L22 4\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<h2>Responsibilities of the Information Officer<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"spp-list\">\n<li>Encouraging compliance with POPIA across the organisation<\/li>\n<li>Dealing with requests made to the organisation in terms of POPIA<\/li>\n<li>Working with the Information Regulator in relation to investigations<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring that a POPIA compliance framework is developed and implemented<\/li>\n<li>Developing, implementing and monitoring a Complaints Procedure<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"spp-footer\"><span>Generated by <a href=\"https:\/\/silverstreamdigital.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">SilverStream Privacy Toolkit for POPIA<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverstreamdigital.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">SilverStream Digital<\/a><\/span><span>Last updated: 10 June 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Requirement Information Officer Declaration Under POPIA, every organisation must appoint and register a designated Information Officer responsible for ensuring compliance with the Act. Declaration date: 10 June 2026 Section: POPIA Section 55 Designated Information Officer PJS Business Solutions hereby declares the following person as Information Officer under POPIA Section 55: Information Officer name not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-374","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pjs-consulting.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}