by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2024 | Data Protection Officer, Privacy Law Reform
Who is the information officer? In terms of South African law, the role of the information officer stems from the Promotion of Access to Information Act No. 3 of 2000 (‘PAIA’) which, at its core, aims to uphold the right to access information (Section 32)...
by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2024 | Cyber security
What is the Cybercrimes Act? In recent years, business lexicons have expanded to include phrases like ‘augmented reality’, ‘Industry 4.0’, ‘quantum computing’, and ‘remote work’ among a plethora of other terms which each...
by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2024 | Data Protection, Privacy
In this Insight article, PR De Wet and Davin Olën, from VDT Attorneys Inc., unpack the regulatory position of cloud service providers and organisations making use of cloud services. To shed light on the phenomenon, this article commences with an overview of the most...
by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2024 | Apps, Children's Data, Consent, Internet, Privacy Law Concepts, Privacy Law Principles
Legislative framework In terms of Section 11 of POPIA, information may only be processed: if the data subject, or a competent person where the data subject is a child, consents to the processing; and provided such processing meet the requirements set out in Sections...
by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence
Despite the numerous advantages of AI, its rapid development is surpassing, not only South Africa’s existing regulatory framework, resources, and capabilities, but also globally. This gives rise to two main issues: firstly, the concerns surrounding data privacy...
