Who’d have thought there’d be a link between POPIA and the nasciturus fiction? We’ve uncovered one. Let’s start you off with some context. Generally speaking, SA law doesn’t see an unborn child as a legal person with legal rights and responsibilities. [...]
South African intellectual property officials have become the world’s first to grant a patent to an AI inventor. Across the globe, several lawyers have tried to register patents in the name of AI inventors. However, each time, they’ve failed. [...]
Do you use CCTV monitoring? Are people aware that you are recording their every move? You might be infringing their right to privacy! Whether or not a person is able to claim that an audio or visual recording is "private", [...]
Many companies have a ‘meet the team’ page on their website which displays mugshots of their employees. Some even use employee photos in marketing materials such as brochures and reports. While these are great ways to show the human side [...]
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services has once again exempted most organisations from having to compile a PAIA manual. The Minister has decided to exempt certain private bodies "from compiling the Manual contemplated in section 51(1) of PAIA...". [...]
