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Complying with RICA – a guide

RICA stands for the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication Related Information Act 70 of 2002 and finally came into effect on 30 September 2005. RICA is the piece of South African legislation that governs the interception or [...]

By |2022-11-29T14:38:46+02:00January 1st, 2019|Categories: Monitoring Law|Tags: , , , , , |

Monitoring or intercepting of communications lawfully

The monitoring of communications must be done lawfully. For example, employers often monitor employee communications (for example, email, websites visited and telephone calls made) in order to gather the evidence required to dismiss an employee fairly. Companies sometimes monitor [...]

By |2020-12-02T17:28:59+02:00September 25th, 2018|Categories: Monitoring Law|Tags: , , , |

Recording Conversations without Consent

Do you want to record a conversation without someone's consent? Do you wonder whether it's lawful to do so? While different jurisdictions will give you different answers, you might be surprised to find out that - in many cases - recording without consent is legal. This [...]

By |2019-06-27T11:53:17+02:00March 28th, 2017|Categories: Monitoring Law|Tags: , , |

Privacy in the workplace – an interview

Recently Helaine Leggat was one of the guests on Kaya FM to comment on the interception of email, voice, or other communications in the workplace and the right to privacy in the workplace. Caution: The audio files on Michalsons can [...]