Pensions World SA CPD Assessment Q3 2021

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Trustee Tutor: Issue 7 - The protection of personal information in retirement funds

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SA ID Number

Company Name

FPI Memberhip Number (if available, otherwise type "no number")

Contact number

Email address

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ASSESSMENT FORM

1. The intention of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) is to:

a. Legislate a person’s right to privacy.

b. Set out the framework for the processing of personal information.

c. Prevent harm to people by preventing personal information falling into the wrong hands.

d. All of the above.

2. A person’s fingerprint is considered to be special personal information.

a. True

b. False

3. Who are the data subjects in a retirement fund?

a. The trustees.

b. The members.

c. The employer.

d. The employee benefits consultants.

4. Choose the incorrect answer: Agreements between a retirement fund (responsible party) and its administrator (operator) must:

a. Provide that the administrator will only process personal information with the authorisation of the fund.

b. Ensure that the administrator maintains the necessary confidentiality and security measures.

c. Place a duty on the administrator to advise the fund of any unauthorised access to or sharing of personal information within a reasonable amount of time.

d. Ensure the administrator tells the fund about any sub-contractors it is using to process personal information of the fund.

5. In terms of Condition 2 of POPIA (processing limitation), personal information may only be processed its purpose is:

a. Adequate

b. Relevant

c. Not excessive

d. All of the above

6. In terms of section 14 of POPIA, a fund may hold on to records longer than it needs to provided:

a. This retention is requested by the non-member spouse.

b. This retention is requested by SARS.

c. This retention is requested by a tracing agent.

d. None of the above.

7. Which of the following statements is incorrect.

When personal information is collected, the fund must take reasonable steps to ensure that the member is aware of:

a. The information being collected.

b. The name of the retirement fund only.

c. The purpose for which the information is being collected.

d. The fact that, should it be applicable, the responsible party intends to transfer the information to a foreign country or international organisation.

8. The retirement fund must have a process in place to ensure that the personal information collected from/about its members is complete, accurate, not misleading and updated where necessary.

a. True

b. False

9. In order for retirement funds to keep personal information secure against the risk of loss, unlawful access, interference, modification, unauthorised destruction and disclosure, they must put in place reasonable measures to:

a. Identify all reasonably foreseeable internal and external risks to personal information in its possession or under its control.

b. Establish and maintain appropriate safeguards against these identified risks.

c. Regularly verify that safeguards are effectively implemented against current and identified future risks.

d. All of the above.

10. A retirement fund member can ask the fund to:

a. Correct or delete personal information about another member.

b. Correct or delete personal information about the fund’s Information Officer.

c. Correct or delete his or her personal information that is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading or obtained unlawfully.

d. Only collect personal information with his or her consent.

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