Be POPIA Compliant

The only POPIA Compliance plugin that is NOT JUST a Cookie Banner!
Use Be POPIA Compliant and ensure your website is 100% POPIA Compliant in as little as 15 minutes with PRO.
We also provide a checklist with all the conditions as per the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013. If you’d rather read up by yourself, please visit https://bepopiacompliant.co.za/popia/act/index.php for the full legislation. Using our PRO Be POPIA Compliant Plugin, you will already be able to receive consent process data requests and data deletion requests automatically, without any need to intervene!

• Fun Fact: There is not a single mention about cookie banners in the POPIA Act, and yet many website owners think that is all they require to be POPIA Compliant.

NOTE: INSTALLING THIS PLUGIN ALONE DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SITE POPIA COMPLIANT. COOKIES, IS REQUIRED BY GDPR, BUT NOT POPIA SINCE THERE IS MUCH MORE TO BE CONSIDERED. YOU NEED TO ENSURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED EVERY STEP IN THE POPIA CHECKLIST. YES, WE KNOW… IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET ALL OF THAT IN ORDER. AND THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO PROCESS DATA REQUESTS MANUALLY. THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE OFFER THE PRO VERSION SO THAT YOUR SITE IS COMPLETELY POPIA COMPLIANT IN AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES, WITH MINIMAL TO NO FURTHER ACTION FROM YOU IN FUTURE.

3rd Party and External Services

For our plugin to work on your site, we rely on our server to communicate with your plugin. This 3rd party service together with the circumstances under which we make calls are documented herein:

We make calls to our server, using our plugin from your WordPress website. This enables us to perform data requests on your behalf, as well as to send you notifications, and to do certain checks so you get the best we have to offer. For your security we have codded the calls in such a manner, to only allow transmission between sites that contain our plugin and our server with a specific URL only. Each call is signed with your API Key and therefore no unauthorised calls can be made to our server, and no calls are ever made to the Be POPIA Plugin on your site. We add a single cronjob via our plugin to run data requests every hour.

Link to service: https://bepopiacompliant.co.za/
Link to service Privacy Policy: https://bepopiacompliant.co.za/#/privacy/80

Below is a list of calls we make together with a description of what is being transmitted and for what reason:

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/newusercreated
– each time a user registers on your website, we collect your domain name, user ID and email address and send it to our database to log an entry so that we can collect further data that you store about that user in the case of a data request.

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/plugindetailscheck/“server_name”
– we collect your domain name to check if your domain is registered with us to use our plugin.

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/plugindetails/$id
– to indicate whether our plugin is active, inactive or deleted from your website.

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/plugindetails/
– to indicate when our plugin is installed on your website.

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/domain/”server_name”
– to get data from our database to indicate that you completed the PRO steps and save it to your database.

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/getmessage/
– to show you any notifications about POPIA updates in your admin panel, that we might need to share.

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/plugindetailscheck/“server_name”
– to show a message if we disapprove of the use of our plugin on your website, especially if we determine that you do not comply with POPIA using the free version, but claims that you are compliant. Misuse of our plugin may result in a suspension after which a thorough inspection will be required to determine whether your plugin should be reinstated.

These inspections shall be billed at R500 per inspection request before the inspection is initiated. If we have found after any inspection request that your plugin is still not used correctly, we will provide you with a report of all fixes that are required. After fixing those problems, you shall be required to submit a follow-up inspection request and again pay an R500 inspection fee before we do the inspection. When we are satisfied that all the requirements are met and that your site is POPIA Compliant, we shall reinstate your plugin.

Alternatively, you can sign up for the PRO version of BE POPIA Compliant in order to wave the inspection and reactivation costs.

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/domainapicheck/$company_key
– to validate your entered key for using the PRO Version of Be POPIA Compliant in our database to ensure you are registered with us as a Pro Member.

https://py.bepopiacompliant.co.za/api/domain/check_expiry/”server_name”
– to check whether your PRO Membership is up to date and paid in full.