News and Articles
On 26 March, the Information Regulator held a media briefing on its enforcement activities over the past year. In this article, we break down some of the statistics released on PAIA and POPIA compliance in public and private organisations.
This article discusses the type of security compromises that must be reported to the Information Regulator and compares the South African position to the GDPR.
This article discusses compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act and lessons from the TransUnion security compromise.
This article describes China’s PIPL. the new Personal Information Protection Law adopted in November 2021.
On 2 March 2022, the CCMA handed down a ruling relating to an unfair labour practices dispute. The applicant, an employee of the Rail Safety Regulator (the respondent), alleged that she was excluded from receiving benefits that were due to her which other employees were entitled to.
Following the “Schrems 2” decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 16 July 2020 invalidating the privacy shield((The Court of Justice invalidates Decision…
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
Social media refers to forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, videos and other content.
The Pretoria High Court, today, granted an urgent interdict compelling South Africa’s Department of Basic Education (“the Department”) to publish matric results on various media platforms.
The Internet of Things (“IoT”) refers to the interconnection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data.
