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Recording conversations without consent
October 24, 2008 – 8:32 pm by Lance MichalsonI bet you did not know that it is lawful to monitor a phone conversation or even someone speaking in a room full of people without their consent to do so.
This is something that recently happened to the Springbok (sorry Protea) rugby player Luke Watson.
The Financial Mail ran a piece on 24 October 2008 around statements at a rugby club function by controversial player Luke Watson, about the Springbok jersey and the “Dutchmen” who run the game in SA.
Section 4 of our monitoring law, the Regulation of Interception of Communications & Provision of Communication-Related Information Act of 2002 (RICA) states that “Any person, other than a law enforcement officer, may intercept any communication if he or she is a party to the communication…” It says nothing about
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