INFO REGULATOR SA STRAT PLAN

Measuring Our Performance

Technical Indicators (TIDS)

Our Mandate

Strategic Focus

• Reduced spending on frivolous legal matters.

• Collection of funds from services offered by the Regulator.

• Reduced risk of financial loss due to cyber-attacks. • There would be more

resources for the Regulator.

• Additional financial resources for the Regulator to carry out its mandate. • There would be more

resources for the Regulator to carry out its mandate.

• Increased resources to increase advocacy.

• Affirmed mandate of the Regulator.

PESTEL Threats (External) Implication forthe Regulator Opportunities (External) Implication for the Regulator • Budget constraints. • Inability to effectively defend/initiate legal

• Settling matters and abiding where necessary.

• Enhance systems for

proposed funding model. • Budget provision for cybersecurity.

• Government initiatives and programmes to revive the economy.

• Implementing registration/ renewal fees for IOs.

• Amendments to PAIA to

enable the Regulator to

generate additional income through PAIA processes. • Opportunity to look at

generating additional income for the Regulator.

• Increased advocacy around security measures and building resilience.

• Exploring new technologies

that may assist the work of the Regulator.

• To develop regulations and

guidance notes to facilitate the protection of data subjects’ rights.

proceedings on behalf of the Regulator.

• Unable to match industry

standards on ICT human

resources and systems.

• Financial loss due to cyber attacks.

• The increase in country’s

national debt may lead to

budget cuts, which will have

implications on the budget of the Regulator and its ability to carry out its mandate.

• Slow economic growth. • The Regulator’s inability to carry out its mandate.

• Slow economic growth

impacts negatively on the budget allocation for the

Regulator, which impacts its ability to carry out its mandate effectively.

Social • Increase in crime rate. • High security compromise complaints.

• Inaccessibility of the

Regulator’s services.

• High volume of frivolous

complaints by data subjects.

• Security compromises (cyber attacks).

• The increase in the country’s

national debt and weak rand.

• Limitations that arise out of the disasters (e.g. Covid-19).

• Data subjects uninformed/

misinformed of their rights.

• Opportunism by complainants

and their legal representatives.

Strategic Plan 2025/2026

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