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If you don’t comply with a Rule 41A of the Uniform Rules of Court, you run the risk of being stopped dead in your tracks or being turned away by a Registrar when attending court to issue summons or a
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If you don’t comply with a Rule 41A of the Uniform Rules of Court, you run the risk of being stopped dead in your tracks or being turned away by a Registrar when attending court to issue summons or a notice of motion.

The case that Max Schrems filed against WhatsApp back in December 2018 has been finalized at last.

For the first time in 16 years, when it seemed like South Africa would finally get new spectrum licensed, legal battles brought the spectrum auction to a standstill.

On the 27 August 2021, the Department of Justice published new regulations relating to the Promotion of Access to Information Act (“PAIA”).

Today, 28 September 2021, the world commemorates International Day for Universal Access to Information.

In South Africa the month of August is of great significance. It marks Women’s month, when the country pays tribute to thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings on the 9th of August 1956 to protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women.

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.

Today is World Telecommunications & Information Society Day. This day is celebrated annually on the 17th of May to mark the founding of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and to commemorate the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention which took place of the 17th of May 1865.

On 4 June 2021, the European Commission adopted two new sets of Standard Contractual Clauses (“2021 SCCs”). The 2021 SCC’s will replace the old SCC’s adopted in 2010.

The Advertising Regulatory Board (“the ARB”) is an independent entity established to regulate advertising in South Africa. The ARB administers the Code of Advertising Practice which regulates the content of South African advertising.