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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

By Pieter Steyn, Director A Public Benefit Organisation ("PBO") is defined in the Income Tax Act as a non‑profit company or a trust which has been [...]

If your business has met all the requirements of European data privacy regulations, do you then also comply with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act [...]

by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy Practice Companies that fail to protect their customers’ personal information may face class action suits once the Protection of [...]

By Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy Practice In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely [...]

by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy Practice Online security is one of the most important things to consider in today’s business world. Much is made [...]

With data breaches becoming commonplace it seems as if businesses need to now consider not whether they will be victims of a data breach but rather [...]

By Tebogo Sibidla, Director and Kirsten Whitworth, Senior Associate In anticipation of the coming into operation of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 ("POPIA"), many [...]

By Pieter Steyn, Director The Broad‑Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Commission has published its findings and recommendations following its investigation of the MTN Zakhele Futhi Scheme. [...]

By Pieter Steyn, Director On 11 June 2019, the Broad‑Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Commission published its findings and recommendations following an anonymous complaint relating to Eskom's [...]

By Pieter Steyn, Director On 31 May 2019, the Minister of Trade and Industry replaced the existing Codes of Good Practice relating to enterprise and supplier development, [...]

By Pieter Steyn, Director Recent statements by the Commissioner of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment ("BBBEE") Commission, Ms Zodwa Ntuli, have resulted in much media attention [...]

By Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director, Head of Data Privacy Practice, Werksmans Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd HOW DO THEY PHISH? DATA BREACHES AND DATA SECURITY The loss of [...]

by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy Practice and Mahlogonolo Motimele, Candidate Attorney A CLOSER LOOK AT THE VOTERS ROLL POPIA applies to the processing of [...]

Companies, when obtaining and processing personal information must not mislead and must also provide certain information to the individual data subjects.  The data protection regime in [...]

On 14 December 2018, the Regulations relating to the Protection of Personal Information were finally published by the Information Regulator ("Regulator") under section 112(2) of the Protection [...]

by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy Practice The POPIA[1] centres around eight Conditions detailing how personal information should be handled while regard is given to [...]

A dawn raid can be carried out on any business, big or small, and companies must be mindful of the possibility of a raid. It is [...]