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California passes Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

Earlier this month, the world witnessed another win for the protection of children’s personal information in the online world. On the 15th of September 2022, California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was passed and signed by Governor Newsom. What this means [...]

SA’s AI Institute: Comms Minister unpacks some details

Today, at 8:20 am on SAFM, our Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies unpacked a bit about SA’s AI Institute. Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni recently announced that her Department co-founded the AI Institute with the Johannesburg Business School of the University [...]

By |2024-08-21T14:20:06+02:00September 22nd, 2022|Categories: AI Governance|

How to make the Information Regulator happy with your organisation

Picture yourself sitting on your couch at home, causally flicking through channels. The Information Regulator and data protection are the last things on your mind; and yet there you are, stumbling onto a press conference the Information Regulator is doing. [...]

Recruiter from hell: can POPIA help with a rogue recruitment agency?

Morning. My name is Jacob Clientson. I hope you're well. I need your help with a rogue recruitment agency that I contracted with. I don't want to waste your time. From reading the email from Mrs Non-profit, I can see [...]

By |2025-02-28T13:53:04+02:00September 19th, 2022|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , |

Mrs Non-profit experiences a data breach, and Mr Donor is angry

Good evening. My name is Mrs Non-profit. I'm writing this email to you at a bad time. I need your advice about a data breach we have suffered. I've heard that you may be able to help. You apparently do [...]

By |2025-02-28T16:36:12+02:00September 19th, 2022|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , |

Does a debt collector owe debtors and clients a POPIA debt?

In a galaxy not too far away, a debt collector got a great new mandate from a client. The mandate was simple: use any legal methods to collect money from a debtor. So excited was the debt collector that they [...]

By |2024-12-06T07:15:57+02:00September 19th, 2022|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , |

Information Regulator versus SAPS. The scalding tea.

By now, you’d have heard about SA’s latest battle: Information Regulator versus SAPS. But what’s the actual tea? Why’s our Information Regulator taking on SAPS? Do they even have the authority to take on SAPS? Perhaps you think POPIA doesn’t apply [...]

By |2024-08-15T14:52:06+02:00September 1st, 2022|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , |

ISO/IEC TR 24368:2022 AI’s ethical & societal concerns

Have you ever wondered whether AI might have ethical and societal consequences? Well, you’re not alone. Many people have. In fact, ISO and IEC recently released a technical report on AI’s ethical and societal concerns. It’s called ISO/IEC TR 24368:2022. [...]

By |2024-08-14T13:16:02+02:00August 23rd, 2022|Categories: AI Governance|Tags: , , |

Register with the Kenyan Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

Do you do business in Kenya? If so, you need to register with Kenya’s Office of Data Protection Commissioner (the ODPC). Data controllers and processors need to register with the ODPC from 14 July 2022 based on the regulations issued [...]