Dionne Mthethwa

An overview

Dionne is an inquisitive data protection enthusiast with an eye for detail. She is particularly interested in thinking through the legal “hows” of maintaining privacy in the age of rapid innovation. Dionne’s corporate compliance experience guides her careful problem-solving approach to help clients find a better way. She enjoys working with the client to realise solutions to their problems and counts her warm demeanor as her best asset.
University of KwaZulu-Natal: Law Degree (LLB), 2013-2016
Privacy and Data Protection
When she is not thinking about ways to outsmart her tech savvy little girls, Dionne enjoys binge-watching house-flipping shows on HGTV.

Dionne is currently serving her two year articles with Michalsons, dealing mostly with:

  • IT Contracts;
  • Privacy and Data Protection;
  • Commercial Contracts.
Prior to joining Michalsons, Dionne was the compliance administrator at a global award-winning personalised health and wellness company. She helped her colleagues through the GDPR compliance journey and also managed an active relationship with the Regulator. She was also heavily involved in the ‘Project Screen by Prenetics’ campaign in the UK – an initiative in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to enable frequent testing and allow for normal professional sporting and working activities in the UK to resume.