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Protection of Personal Information Bill - the implications for you

Monday, August 24th, 2009

On the one hand, virtually every organisation processes personal information - it is an important part of business.   Up until now, there have been very few laws and regulations that an organisation had to comply with.  That is about to change.  Organisations will still be able to process personal ...

The Law vs the Scourge of Spam

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

(First published on 18 August 2003) INTRODUCTION Unsolicited commercial communications, also known as "SPAM", whether in the form of e-mail, SMSs or instant messages, have been described as being the mosquitoes of the Internet - numerous, annoying and often carrying objectionable content and nasty viruses. What is spam? The word "spam" as ...