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Privacy: your questions answered

October 16, 2003 – 1:42 pm by Lance Michalson

What is privacy?

Privacy is a wide concept. It includes separate, but related concepts, such as bodily privacy (which involves the protection of peoples’ physical selves against invasive procedures such a genetic tests, drug testing and cavity searches), the privacy of communications (which covers the security and privacy of snail mail, e-mail, telephones and other forms of communication) and information privacy (which involves rules governing the collection and handling of personal data). Information security law concerns itself with information privacy.

Does South African have any privacy laws?

Yes, in terms of the Final Constitution (1996) and at common law.

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