Regulator battles for data privacy: major cases against SARS, SAPS and IEC
The Information Regulator gives feedback on cases tackled this year against various public entities to enforce compliance with PAIA and POPIA.
The Information Regulator gives feedback on cases tackled this year against various public entities to enforce compliance with PAIA and POPIA.
The Information Regulator’s upcoming guidance note clarifies that direct marketing via phone calls falls under POPIA’s consent requirements.
The Information Regulator (IR) has finally published the proposed amendments to the regulations issued in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). It has also published the Rules of Procedure governing […]
Unbeknown to most of our readers, they almost became criminals overnight. In an article titled Important changes to PAIA on Monday we reported about changes to the Promotion of Access to Information Act […]
Unbeknown to most of our readers, they almost became criminals overnight. In an article titled Important changes to PAIA on Monday we reported about changes to the Promotion of Access to Information Act […]
Whilst a lot has been said about POPIA, its older but lesser known cousin, the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) has quietly entered the stage, left, almost as a postscript to […]
The Promotion of Access to Information Act came into being in the year of our Lord 2000. When it was eventually discovered that virtually every person in South Africa, including the informal street […]
The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2000 requires all public and private bodies to compile manuals that must contain information which is to be made available in certain circumstances. A copy of […]