IT Law

IT Law (or information technology law) as it is known in most parts of the world is a specialist area of law. IT Law is one of our key focus areas and we help provide many with practical legal solutions that they need. In the articles below, you can read our insights about IT Law.

South African ICT Regulatory Hype Cycle

In 2005 we developed the South African ICT Regulatory Hype Cycle for an insurance company with Gartner. A hype cycle is a graphic representation of the maturity, adoption and social application of specific technologies. The term was coined by Gartner. [...]

By |2022-11-15T16:01:38+02:00March 16th, 2011|Categories: IT Law|Tags: , |
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Measuring Compliance is Hard

Measuring compliance is very important, but difficult to achieve. One of the most difficult issues with compliance is precisely how to measure it as the determination is very subjective. There are different types of compliance. For us, compliance itself is not [...]

By |2019-08-01T14:29:52+02:00May 9th, 2010|Categories: IT Law|Tags: , , , |
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ISPs: when and when not to reveal information on your client

Hosting companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are often faced with the dilemma of being requested to reveal information about the identity or activities of their clients.  The request may come from: a third party who alleges that a wrong [...]

By |2023-02-28T07:09:09+02:00October 16th, 2009|Categories: IT Law|Tags: , , , , |
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Guide to the ECT Act in South Africa | ECTA

The ECT Act (or Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 or ECTA) became law in South Africa on Friday, 30 August 2002 and we summarise it for you. This marked the end of a process initiated by the South [...]

By |2022-12-08T15:56:42+02:00September 25th, 2008|Categories: IT Law|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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Corporate Governance and IT in South Africa

There are many definitions of corporate governance. Simply put, corporate governance is doing what is right, decent, honest and proper in order to hold a balance between, on the one hand, economic and social goals and, on the other hand [...]

By |2019-08-02T11:28:19+02:00November 3rd, 2007|Categories: IT Law|Tags: , , |
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