Are you wondering what the implications of the Protection of Personal Information Bill are for you? On the one hand, virtually every organisation processes personal information - it is an important part of the business. Up until now, there have been very [...]
One thing that makes me uncomfortable is when a person sends me a contract or policy that they have drafted and asks me to rather nebulously "check to see whether they are OK" and then "sign-off" on the contract thereby [...]
On Friday 14 August 2009, the Protection of Personal Information Bill was passed by Cabinet. To understand the path that the Bill will now have to follow through Parliament before it comes into law, read our post on "The Life [...]
We told you previously that the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) has been signed into law and will become operative on 24 October 2010. The CPA will give consumers lots of rights and protection where in the past [...]
We found this International Crypto laws and regulations map captured from several sources. It is interesting to see how Google Maps has been used to help people find cryptography laws in different jurisdictions. One interesting thing to note is just [...]
The days of attorneys working on different drafts of agreements or other legal documents when representing opposing clients, are long gone. Nowadays, Attorney A will prepare and send a first draft to Attorney B, who will take instructions from client [...]
The things we know. What follows are the exact words of the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, as taken from the official transcripts of the US Department of Defense. Watch the Youtube video of him saying it live. "As we [...]
In this post we look at how your laptop may be treated at a South African Airport and the possible impact of this on your right to privacy. Nowadays, more and more people work flexi hours, from home or live [...]
A common issue nowadays is who owns the copyright in content posted to website posts or blogs - content in the form of text, visual images or the like, where a website allows this sort of participation by users. We [...]
Electronic signatures: in 2009 we will see the first authentication product or service accredited as an "advanced electronic signature" by the Department of Communications (the Accreditation Authority) in terms of chapter 6 of the ECT Act. Privacy: the Protection of [...]
Who can enter into a valid and binding contract with no assistance? The same principles apply to both online and traditional agreements. This is important because it determines the pool of your customers. If you cannot contract with a person, [...]
Many of our clients who are software developers ask us: How can we make money from distributing our software under an open source licence? How can we prevent others from making money unfairly from our open source software? Making money [...]
