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​​​GOVERNANCE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Stellenbosch University is committed to protecting the privacy of our students, employees and partners, in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA).

​​PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY

​WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION? 
AND WHAT IS A BREACH?

​DID YOU KNOW?

​Personal information: 
Personal information is any information that can be used to identify a person or a business. This includes the information you may have of your customers, your employees, or service providers.

Breach: 
Reasonable grounds to believe that personal information (any information that can be used to identify a person or a business, e.g. staff or student number, address, financial information, educational information) has been accessed/acquired by an unauthorised person.

To learn more, click here for an infographic.

Public Wi-Fi networks can be less secure. Avoid accessing sensitive information, like banking details, when connected to public Wi-Fi networks.

 

​​OUR SERVICES

​PRIVACY INCIDENT AND BREACH REPORTING

​ACCESS TO INFORMATION
(INSTITUTIONAL PERMISSIONS)

PRIVACY ASSESSMENT​

​If you suspect a potential incident involving a breach of personal information, such as phishing, please report it immediately via:

​Institutional permission serves as a key control to ensure that Stellenbosch University, and its researchers, comply with and give effect to South African privacy-related legislation. 

Click here to read more.

Please also see the SU PAIA Manual.

​​Internal users including researchers can make use of the links below to assess the risks pertaining to the personal information you plan to collect or process.​​​

​PAIA REQUESTS

​CONSULTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES

 
For help with your Promotion of Access to Information (PAIA) application, please click here.

​​Our consulting and advisory services include workshop-based training and awareness sessions, as well as guest speakers.

You can request any of these services via our service desk.

 


 

 

​​RESOURCES

The documents below contain valuable information relating to the management of personal information.

​DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES

​SHORTENED DOCUMENTS AND INFOGRAPHICS

SU Privacy Regulation
POPIA
​Incidents/security breaches

 

CONTACT US

For general enquiries, please send an email toe [email protected]