There are new Privacy Shield principles because the final Privacy Shield was approved by the US and EU delegations on the 12 July 2016. This is an extremely important development in the area of digital commerce and has a far [...]
The latest Privacy Shield update is that the Board has come back with comments on the Privacy Shield draft. In this Privacy Shield update, the working party has stated that they are generally satisfied that the draft Privacy Shield is [...]
The European Parliament (or EU Parliament) finally adopted, enacted, or approved the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 14 April 2016 after four years of negotiations. The GDPR is the most important piece of personal data protection legislation in the world [...]
Data security breaches seem to be hitting the headlines frequently these days. So, we decided to make a Top Five list of the Worst Data Security Breaches in the world. Each of the data security breaches on our list [...]
On the 6 October 2015 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made the Safe Harbor ruling which declared the Safe Harbor Agreement invalid. The ECJ ruled that the European Commission’s trans-Atlantic data protection agreement that went into force in 2000 [...]
As every good science-fiction fan knows, robots and their interactions with humans are governed by Isaac Asimov's Laws of Robotics. In the real world, however, the laws of robotics apply very differently. The Laws of Robotics Isaac Asimov was one [...]
What happens when a group of businesses that all sell the same thing, e.g. bread, get together and decide that they will all charge the same price for bread? Well, the consumer is forced to pay this price because there [...]
Using track changes for agreements is a useful way of negotiating changes to agreements electronically. However, there are some critical points to keep in mind when using this tool. The golden rule is that you must ensure the other party [...]
3D printing law is a collective term for the areas of law that are likely to be impacted by the technology of the moment - 3D printing. Already 3D printers have been used to make customised prosthetic limbs, surgical implants, [...]
What happens when a retailer displays the wrong price? Let’s say, for example, the price displayed for a cell phone is R120 when it should be R1,200. The consumer sees R120 and thinks “Great, that is a good deal!” and [...]
