The Financial Intelligence Center (Centre) published guidance on information processing in relation to POPIA. In its communication, the Centre confirmed that privacy laws (like POPIA) do not prevent accountable institutions from reporting some personal information about their clients to the [...]
In Minister of State Security v Makwakwa, the court prevented Makwakwa from publishing a classified intelligence report on any medium or platform. The court took a "judicial peek" at the report titled "US interest in ANC party dynamics". The judge [...]
The information regulator has finally established the enforcement committee (committee). The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) provides for the establishment of an Enforcement Committee (see section 93). The committee has a key role to play in supporting the information [...]
In Smuts v Department of Economic Development (Department), the Landmark Foundation Trust (the Foundation) won the right to access the Department's records. The court ordered the Department to hand over all records of applications and permits issued to individuals allowing [...]
Since 2021, health and pharmaceutical companies have come under severe cyber-attacks. Cybercrime involving health-related data is a global concern because of the steep increase in these attacks. Therefore, information security teams are beefing up processes in preventing cybercrime in healthcare. [...]
The Regulator received a Code of Conduct (Code) from the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA). The Code deals with how the banking sector will process personal information. The BASA Code of Conduct aims to promote appropriate practices by [...]
The South African Police Service (SAPS) published a revised version of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the investigation, search, access, or seizure of electronic evidence in terms of the Cybercrimes Act. The comment period ended on 15 August 2022. [...]
If a complainant lodges a complaint against you for infringing their privacy rights, the information regulator can issue any one of a few types of notices to you. For example, you could receive an information notice, an enforcement notice, or [...]
The Convention on Cybercrime, commonly known as the Budapest Convention, has undergone a landmark amendment. According to a press release, the Council of Europe (CoE) announced that 22 CoE member states adopted the revised Convention on 12 May 2022. In [...]
The information regulator released the Information Regulator Strategic Plan for 2022/3 to 2026/7. The plan outlines the steps that the regulator will take to implement its vision for 2027. The regulator's key focus is to fulfil its dual mandate as [...]
The information regulator issued a guideline on procedures for making information electronically available (dated March 2022). The purpose of the guideline is to recommend the procedures for public and private bodies to make information electronically available to enable people to obtain [...]
