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Monday, March 1st, 2010
How will it help you ?
By default the Chief Executive Officer of a private body or the Head of a public body is the Information Officer - this is as per the Promotion of Access to Information Act. This template letter will allow you to change the default ...
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Many people are asking why they need to be aware of and, comply with the Protection of Personal Information Bill (PPI Bill)? What are the risks associated with privacy? What is the impact on an organisation? What is the risk of non-compliance?
Well apart from it being a new law, it ...
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
How will it help you?
The tool is in the form of a spreadsheet. Its purpose is to identify the types of personal information(PI) you collect, store and use.
It focuses on:
Customer PI that you hold; and
Employee PI that you hold.
Customer PI
The assessment usual involves the following, but will be tailored for your ...
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Compliance with the law can be seen as a process that involves the following steps:
Be aware of the issue and applicable laws
Assess where you are (by doing assessments)
Determine the gap between your reality and compliance with the law (usually a gap analysis)
Find solutions to fill the gap
Implement solutions to ensure ...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Organisations must comply with all applicable laws (including ICT laws). So for example, you must comply with RICA. COBIT however is not a law and therefore you do not have to comply with it.
Organisations should consider adhering to rules, codes and standards (including ICT rules, codes and standards).
There is an ...
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
If you want to determine whether an email management solution "complies" with the ECT Act, then these are the questions that you should be asking:
Is it capable of storing records in a trustworthy manner?
Does the product protect the integrity, reliability, accessibility and accuracy of information throughout its lifespan?
Does the product ...
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
This is a list of some of the laws, rules, codes and standards in South Africa that relate to ICT.
Laws directly related to ICT - must comply
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECT Act) 25 of 2002 - View | Guide
Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAI Act) 2 of 2000 ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
King III has confirmed what we have always known. Companies must comply with all applicable IT (or ICT) laws. Due to the pervasiveness of ICT in business today this obligation has become all the more relevant. This applies equally to any other organisation, government body, or entity. This is nothing ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
There are many benefits to be gained by managing your emails properly. These are some of them:
the ability to automatically migrate the emails to other storage media, thereby making the email servers more efficient and users more productive;
the ability to make the email system serve as an organisational knowledge store, ...
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
Yes, you can issue bills (invoices, credit and debit notes) electronically instead of in paper format. But there are some legal requirements that have to be met. Failure to meet the legal requirements can invalidate your bills and result in a fine or penalty. The requirements set out by SARS ...
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