The High Court in England has ruled that it can order companies accused of breaking competition rules to require employees to disclose work-related communications stored on personal electronic devices.
The court was dealing with a disclosure and inspection dispute in relation to a competition damages claim filed by a mobile phone retailer. Phones 4U’s insolvency
On 22 June 2020, the effective commencement of the Protection of Personal Information Act 2013 (POPI) was gazetted as 1 July 2020.
Anyone processing personal information in South Africa will have a 12 month grace period to ensure that they comply with the requirements of POPI. After 1 July 2021, any non-compliance with POPI will
The answer to this question posed by the media, probably lies in the National Health Act (the Act).
The Act provides that all information concerning a patient, including their health status, treatment or stay in a health establishment, is confidential. This information may not be disclosed unless:
In terms of section 8.2 of the Electronic, Communications, Postal and Broadcasting Directions, the Minister of Communications has directed that the South African Post Office may make available its national address system and any other applicable database to assist authorities to identify and trace individuals who are infected by COVID-19, and others who have been
The outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has affected many areas of business, and the legal implications extend far beyond the obvious sectors such as tourism and employment law. Click here to look at our publications for a range of insights on the impact of the pandemic if it continues to spread.
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Privacy and data protection concerns have been triggered by Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s reliance on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s private emails and bank statements of various entities used by his CR17 presidential campaign team. These records were used by Mkhwebane to support her report, which found that Ramaphosa had misled Parliament by failing to declare the
A jury in England has found four individuals and the firm providing loss adjusting and claims management services guilty on charges of unlawfully disclosing personal data that was illegally obtained regarding the financial information of a number of individuals including details of their banking transactions.
The firm used private investigators who obtained and disclosed the
Although the Information Regulator is not yet fully operational, it has already received numerous complaints relating to the unlawful processing of personal information under the Protection of Personal Information Act 2013 (POPI). POPI itself is not yet fully in force. We are currently awaiting publication of a revised draft of the regulations following the closure
In her latest briefing session on 13 February 2017, advocate Pansy Tlakula, Chairperson of the Information Regulator, elaborated on the work that the office of the Information Regulator will be focused on and the progress they have made thus far, namely:
The Department of Justice informed the members of the Information
The functions of the Information Regulator include: