Guides and tools for understanding your data protection duties
Plain-language guides to the Cyber and Data Protection Act and SI 155, and the tools on Privacy Lab Africa (PLA). They live on PLA and open in a new tab.
Using Trident
The Help Center explains the terms Trident uses in plain words, with where to find each one in the app.
Open the Help CenterGuides and tools on PLA
Each link opens on PLA in a new tab.
The Cyber and Data Protection Act (opens in a new tab)
The full text of the Act in the PLA legal library.
Licensing tier and DPO checker (opens in a new tab)
Works out whether the law treats you as a data controller and which POTRAZ licensing tier your numbers put you in.
DPO appointment guidance (opens in a new tab)
POTRAZ guidance CDPG 1 of 2024 on appointing, training and certifying a Data Protection Officer, in full.
Breach reporting triage (opens in a new tab)
Tells you whether a breach is reportable, to whom, and how long you have left on the clock.
Africa Privacy-Law Tracker (opens in a new tab)
Privacy and data protection law across African jurisdictions, side by side, with every entry sourced and dated.
RoPA starter (opens in a new tab)
Builds the record of what personal data you hold, why you hold it, and where it goes.
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