{"id":261715,"date":"2026-06-02T02:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/iso-27701-helps-demonstrate-privacy-compliance-beyond-popia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:45:20","slug":"iso-27701-helps-demonstrate-privacy-compliance-beyond-popia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/iso-27701-helps-demonstrate-privacy-compliance-beyond-popia\/","title":{"rendered":"ISO 27701 helps demonstrate privacy compliance beyond POPIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itweb.co.za\/article\/iso-27701-helps-demonstrate-privacy-compliance-beyond-popia\/WnxpE74YX1RMV8XL\">ISO 27701 helps demonstrate privacy compliance beyond POPIA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itweb.co.za\/article\/iso-27701-helps-demonstrate-privacy-compliance-beyond-popia\/WnxpE74YX1RMV8XL\">https:\/\/www.itweb.co.za\/article\/iso-27701-helps-demonstrate-privacy-compliance-beyond-popia\/WnxpE74YX1RMV8XL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-02 02:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.itweb.co.za\">www.itweb.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span\/><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Boyes, Senior Security Administrator at Galix. <\/p>\n<p>By now, most South African organisations are aware of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and have taken steps to address its requirements. However, being aware of the law or having policies in place does not necessarily mean that privacy is being managed effectively. This becomes a challenge when organisations are asked by clients, partners or regulators to show how personal information is being handled. ISO 27701 addresses this gap by extending ISO 27001 to include privacy-specific controls and also provides a structured way to manage personally identifiable information (PII) across its life cycle. This gives organisations a way to demonstrate how privacy is managed, rather than relying on internal policies or self-assessments alone.<\/p>\n<p>Organisations often assume that addressing POPIA requirements is sufficient to demonstrate privacy compliance. However, when privacy processes are not clearly defined, consistently applied or formally governed, gaps can appear and risk can be introduced. One of the reasons for this is that while POPIA sets out clear requirements, it does not define how those requirements should be implemented and managed. It also does not include a formal certification process, which makes it difficult for organisations to show that their privacy controls are in place and being applied consistently.<\/p>\n<p>ISO 27701 addresses this by building on ISO 27001 and extending the existing Information Security Management System (ISMS) to include privacy. This requires organisations to define how personal information is managed, assign responsibility and put controls in place, while also ensuring that these processes are reviewed and maintained on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n<p>For businesses with international clients, privacy requirements extend beyond POPIA, adding another layer of complexity. Clients in the European Union (EU), for example, require alignment with regulations such as the General Data&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itweb.co.za\/article\/iso-27701-helps-demonstrate-privacy-compliance-beyond-popia\/WnxpE74YX1RMV8XL\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISO 27701 helps demonstrate privacy compliance beyond POPIA https:\/\/www.itweb.co.za\/article\/iso-27701-helps-demonstrate-privacy-compliance-beyond-popia\/WnxpE74YX1RMV8XL Publish Date: 2026-06-02 02:44:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.itweb.co.za\/static\/africa\/pictures\/2023\/10\/Ryan-Boyes-2023.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261717,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261715\/revisions\/261717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}