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Kick the tires and light the fires – guidance note on Information Officers and Deputy Information Officers finally published
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of Competition Law Practice; and Dale Adams, Associate On 1 April 2021, the Information [...]
Blessing or Curse: POPIA requires that an Information Officer must be appointed
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of Competition Law Practice and Dimakatso Khumalo, Candidate Attorney Introduction The digital representation of [...]
Imposing Most Favoured Nation Clauses? Okay, now pay a fine to the tune of £17.9 million
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of Competition Law Practice; and Dale Adams, Associate On 19 November 2020, the Competition [...]
Duchess of Sussex, Privacy and POPIA
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of Competition Law Practice; and Nyiko Mathebula, Candidate Attorney The privacy of individuals is [...]
Minister Patel clarifies his views on employee share ownership programmes and Broad Based Ownership Schemes but uncertainty continues
by Pieter Steyn, Director and Head of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Practice A new Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment ("BBBEE") initiative was announced by Coca [...]
That’s the way the cookie banner crumbles: draft EU ePrivacy regulation seeks to reform the cookies recipe
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of Competition Law Practice; and Tristan Meyer, Candidate Attorney European data protection regulators kicked [...]
Information Regulator issues Guidelines for the development of Codes of Conduct effective 1 March 2021
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of Competition Law Practice; and Dimakatso Khumalo, Candidate Attorney On 22 February 2021, [...]
WhatsApp, a misconceived menace to society?
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of Competition Law Practice; and Dale Adams, Candidate Legal Practitioner and Associate Introduction "By [...]
Data, a commodity of trade in the new world order? Or not…
By Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of the Competition Law Practice; and Dale Adams, Candidate Legal Practitioner and Associate Introduction [...]
Who is looking at what – Digitization, CCTV surveillance and privacy
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and member of the Competition Law Practice "Look you, sir,Inquire me first what Danskers are in [...]
Science fact – the Internet of Things
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice and Member of the Competition Practice; and Dimakatso Khumalo, Candidate Attorney 'It's not science fiction anymore. [...]
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (“BBBEE”) pre-qualification criteria for state tenders declared invalid
by Pieter Steyn, Director and Head of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Practice The Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") has declared that the Preferential Procurement Regulations [...]
Tackling B-BBEE issues in business
Webinar With more than 20 years into a new democratic era, Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) has become a key part of government policy and [...]
Data breaches in South Africa post POPI…Any lessons to be learned?
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of the Data Privacy Practice; and Dale Adams, Candidate Attorney 1. During mid-August 2020, social media, news reports and other [...]
What now? POPI is at your front door.
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of the Data Privacy Practice Questions in relation to POPI compliance are indeed ample. Various companies wish to understand [...]
Solutions thick and fast but as of 1 July 2020, innovation must incorporate POPIA conditions
By Ahmore Burger-Smidt , Director, Head of the Data Privacy Practice Group "The recently reported cyber attack on a healthcare institution in South Africa highlights yet [...]
The date is 1 July 2020…..The day has dawned!
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt , Director, Head of the Data Privacy Practice Group "On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I [...]
The use of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (“BBBEE”) criteria for government relief funds in the COVID-19 crisis
An analysis of the Solidarity/Afriforum case involving the Tourism Relief Fund for small micro and medium sized enterprises (“SMMES”) By Pieter Steyn, Director The serious negative [...]
Unprecedented times should serve as a reminder: The importance of privacy
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of the Data Privacy practice There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any [...]
As little as possible infringement? Is this the case when thinking about the right to privacy in South Africa?
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of the Data Privacy practice A year back there would have been a massive outcry if anyone contemplated for governments [...]
The protection of privacy and personal information. How much personal information will be enough?
One Covid-19. So many tracing apps to locate individuals. "Your recently announced project to respond to COVID–19 by tracking when and where Americans interact with each [...]
Not Today, April fool Protection of Personal Information – South Africa falling further and further behind
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Data Privacy Practice Group, Werksmans Attorneys and Dale Adams, Candidate Attorney With everyone getting to grips with the lock-down [...]
When darkness comes, evil goes phishing….
By Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy Practice Let us not doubt the fact that cybercriminals are looking to exploit the spread of Coronavirus to conduct [...]
Home sweet home…. But do you know who is lurking in your space?
By Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy practice The concept of the home through the ages has been considered as a metaphor for a safe place, [...]
The long road to the protection of personal information – No April Fool’s Joke
The Protection of Personal Information Bill was first tabled 12 years ago, in 2009. It was signed into law in 2013, but very few provisions in [...]
