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Today marks the inaugural Global Encryption Day. This is an initiative by the Global Encryption Coalition (“GEC”).
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 changes to the WhatsApp privacy policy and terms sparked a worldwide uproar with many users migrating to other messaging platforms out of data privacy and security concerns.
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.
Decentralised Finance (DeFi for short) is a financial system built on public blockchains such as BitCoin and Ethereum.
The spread of COVID-19 has negatively influenced the output of work at a global level. It has affected nearly every sector and has ultimately halted cross border trade.
Within the past month, we have gone from mainly needing to authenticate and verify documents through a physical (wet-ink) signature to an era where the need to authenticate and verify documents online is inevitable.
By now, everyone knows that certain constitutional rights can be limited in order to serve a public interest such as public health.
In 2010 the notion of the use of electronic communication by courts was a rumour in South Africa’s judicial system.
We live in an ever globalised and connected world where it is possible to buy someone lunch across borders using a website or a mobile app.
Today marks the inaugural Global Encryption Day. This is an initiative by the Global Encryption Coalition (“GEC”).
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 changes to the WhatsApp privacy policy and terms sparked a worldwide uproar with many users migrating to other messaging platforms out of data privacy and security concerns.
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.
Decentralised Finance (DeFi for short) is a financial system built on public blockchains such as BitCoin and Ethereum.
The spread of COVID-19 has negatively influenced the output of work at a global level. It has affected nearly every sector and has ultimately halted cross border trade.
Within the past month, we have gone from mainly needing to authenticate and verify documents through a physical (wet-ink) signature to an era where the need to authenticate and verify documents online is inevitable.
By now, everyone knows that certain constitutional rights can be limited in order to serve a public interest such as public health.
In 2010 the notion of the use of electronic communication by courts was a rumour in South Africa’s judicial system.
We live in an ever globalised and connected world where it is possible to buy someone lunch across borders using a website or a mobile app.
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In 2010 the notion of the use of electronic communication by courts was a rumour in South Africa’s judicial system.

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