{"id":4058,"date":"2026-07-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/helpcenter\/rica-and-your-personal-information\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:00:00","password":"","slug":"rica-and-your-personal-information","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/helpcenter\/rica-and-your-personal-information\/","title":{"rendered":"RICA and Your Personal Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RICA requires personal information, so it is natural to ask how that information is protected.<\/p>\n<h2>What is collected<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Your full name and ID or passport number<\/li>\n<li>Your physical address<\/li>\n<li>Your contact number and SIM card number (ICCID)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How it is protected<\/h2>\n<p>Operators and MVNOs must handle your information in line with the <strong>Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)<\/strong>. That means it is processed for a clear purpose (RICA compliance), kept secure, and not used for unrelated reasons without consent.<\/p>\n<h2>Your rights<\/h2>\n<p>Under POPIA you have the right to ask what personal information is held about you and to request corrections. Contact your provider&#8217;s data protection or support team if you need to exercise these rights.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is for general education and is not legal advice. Always confirm the latest requirements with the relevant regulator or your service provider.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICA requires personal information, so it is natural to ask how that information is protected. What is collected Your full name and ID or passport number Your physical address Your contact number and SIM card number (ICCID) How it is protected Operators and MVNOs must handle your information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). That means it is processed for a clear purpose (RICA compliance), kept secure, and not used for unrelated reasons without consent. Your rights Under POPIA you have the right to ask what personal information is held about you and to request corrections. Contact your provider&#8217;s data protection or support team if you need to exercise these rights. This article is for general education and is not legal advice. Always confirm the latest requirements with the relevant regulator or your service provider.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[36],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4058","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-rica-sim-registration"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":139,"total_views":"1","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"KTO Digital Admin","author_nicename":"tsholo","author_url":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/author\/tsholo\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"RICA &amp; SIM Registration","term_url":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/docs-category\/telecom-compliance\/rica-sim-registration\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=4058"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=4058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}