by VDT Attorneys | Oct 10, 2018 | Business, Commercial, Company, Compliance, Corporate, Data Protection, Information and data protection, POPI, Privacy
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/21/cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-users-profit] It seems like the more selfies, intimate family pictures, personal movements and travels, dietary activities and opinions we share with the entire world, the more we...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 4, 2018 | Compliance, Consumer, Data Protection, POPI
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPI”) was enacted to promote the constitutional right to privacy and align South Africa with the international community regarding information and data protection. Although POPI has not yet fully come into...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 10, 2018 | Compliance, Litigation, Property
For over 40 years estate agents have been regulated by the Estate Agency Affairs Act 112 of 1976 (“Act”). But that is set to change with the new Property Practitioners Bill (“Bill”) which is likely to be passed into law in the near future and holds important changes...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 8, 2018 | BEE, Compliance, Property
It must be appreciated that BEE compliance has become a key aspect of doing business in South Africa. Through the application of industry sector charters as well as the pervasive impact of preferential procurement, it is nearly unavoidable in today’s times for any...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 8, 2018 | BEE, Commercial, Company, Compliance
Since the Amended Codes of Good Practice for BEE (“BEE Codes”) came into operation about three years ago, many larger companies have found it increasingly difficult to comply with the elevated targets set for them under the Procurement element of their BEE scorecard....
by VDT Attorneys | May 15, 2018 | Commercial, Compliance, Data privacy, Data Protection, Information, POPI
In an era where personal information is collected, shared, and sold to third parties for commercial gain or benefit, often without the knowledge or consent of the consumers, people want to know how their personal information will be handled by businesses and to whom...
