Maia Karnecka — karnecka.dev
This is my manual under section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA). It explains what records I hold and how to ask me for one.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| PAIA | Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 |
| POPIA | Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 |
| Information Officer | The person responsible for this body's compliance with PAIA and POPIA — for a sole proprietor, the owner, by default |
| Information Regulator | The South African regulator for both PAIA and POPIA |
Section 51 of PAIA requires every private body to publish a manual describing the records it holds and how to request access to them. This manual exists so that anyone — not only a client — knows what I hold and how to ask for it, without needing to guess.
The Information Regulator publishes a general guide on how to use PAIA, as required by PAIA section 10. You can get a copy from the Information Regulator directly, at the contact details below, or from its website. To request a record from me under this manual, email me at maia@karnecka.dev, describe the record you want as precisely as you can, and I will respond within the time PAIA allows.
Information Regulator (South Africa)Everything published on karnecka.dev is available to anyone without a request: this manual, my privacy policy, and the description of my work and services on the site's other pages.
Subject to PAIA's grounds for refusal, I hold and can be asked for: correspondence with clients and enquirers; contracts and engagement letters; invoices and financial records relating to my work; and records of enquiries submitted through this website. I do not hold records I have not yet been asked to create — a request under this manual is for records that already exist.
How I collect, use and protect personal information — including what this site's two AI agents do with what you type — is set out in full in my privacy policy, not repeated here. Read the privacy policy →
This manual is available on this website, at the head office address above for inspection during business hours, on request by emailing maia@karnecka.dev, and to the Information Regulator on request.
I will update this manual the day anything above changes — not before, not after.
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