On 1 February 2022, section 58 (2) of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA) came into full operation. This section relates to application for prior authorisation. What is prior authorisation and when should a Responsible Party apply for one? In instances where a Responsible Party is involved in processing certain types of information, they may need [...]
With the coming into full operation of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), we have been receiving questions from clients regarding the implementation of the POPIA sanctions. We noticed that a lot of people are confused on when POPIA sanctions can be imposed on a business, organisation or individual acting as responsible parties. For example, if [...]
It has been a few months since the grace period for the coming into full operation of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) lapsed. The hype and frenzy around POPIA compliance is slowly dying down. This may be because most organisations have taken the steps to ensure they are POPIA compliant or they are ‘testing the [...]
What happened with WhatsApp? The case that Max Schrems filed against WhatsApp back in December 2018 has been finalized at last. WhatsApp was recently fined by the Irish Data Protection Commission an amount of 225 million Euros, which is over 3,7 billion Rands. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the equivalent of the Information Regulator in South Africa. The [...]
In terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”), a Responsible Party must comply with POPIA 8 conditions for lawful processing of personal information. As a business, you may engage the services of other service providers and vendors. If such third parties are processing personal information on behalf of your business, they are called Operators. It [...]
Introduction If we put aside the misery around Covid-19 for a moment, we can notice that a lot of exciting developments have taken place and are still taking place in South Africa’s legislative landscape. We are 5 months away from POPIA[1] coming into full effect. By 1 July of this year, both private and public companies, organisations and institutions will [...]
By now, everyone knows that certain constitutional rights can be limited in order to serve a public interest such as public health. However, concerns around privacy protection keep mounting, especially so with the implementation of lockdown regulations on contact tracing.[1] Contact tracing is being implemented on a global scale with countries leveraging different technologies to prevent the spread of COVID-19. [...]
Introduction On 5 March 2020, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed South Africa’s first case of the Coronavirus.[1] The news alert indicated that the patient had travelled to Italy with his wife and they were part of a group of 10 travellers. After consultation with his doctor, it was confirmed that the patient had been infected with coronavirus [...]
Introduction Facebook recently announced its 2020 plans to launch its first cryptocurrency, Libra. There are mixed feelings amongst people as some are welcoming this initiative as a promotion for financial inclusion, while others are sceptical about people’s privacy and the potential for an increase in cybercrime. Libra is not the only cryptocurrency on the market, we have popular ones like [...]
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