by Tenile Timmins | Mar 20, 2025 | Data privacy, Data Protection, Medical information, National Health Act, PAIA, POPI Act, POPIA
The right to privacy In South Africa, the right to privacy is set out in Section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. This right extends to the protection and confidentiality of a person’s medical records, which are protected under the...
by Tenile Timmins | Feb 27, 2025 | CPA, Direct marketing, Opt-in, Opt-out registry, POPI, POPI Act, POPIA
Direct marketing is considered to be a legitimate business interest worldwide and is used by businesses to obtain new clients or customers. Direct marketing practices generally involve activities such as cold calling, automated telephone calls, e-mails and electronic...
by VDT Attorneys | May 1, 2024 | BYOD, Cyber security, Data breach, Data Leakage, Data Protection, Data Security, Personal Device, POPI Act, Remote Work
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a widely recognised practice in terms of which employers permit their staff to utilise their personal devices such as smartphones, laptops, or tablets for work-related activities, including accessing the business’ data, network,...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 14, 2021 | Employee, Employment law, POPI, POPI Act, POPIA
Remote work has most certainly become an increasingly common phenomenon thanks largely also to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many businesses have been forced to enable staff to work remotely without much thought always to the concomitant security issues relating to such...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 10, 2021 | POPI Act, POPIA
WhatsApp is a popular communication platform between people and the ability to form groups on WhatsApp has become a common occurrence across the world. Even businesses have started to use WhatsApp for business communication, marketing activities and customer...
by VDT Attorneys | Jun 14, 2021 | Government, Information, Information and data protection, Municipality, POPI, POPI Act, POPIA
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”) has been enacted to give effect to the constitutional right to privacy as enshrined in section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. POPIA does this by putting measures in place to...
