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Regulator refers the Department of Health to enforcement committee

The South African Information Regulator (IR) has referred the National Department of Health (NDoH) to the enforcement committee because the NDoH has not provided information about personal data it collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The regulator might issue an enforcement [...]

By |2023-02-21T11:51:07+02:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , |

Enabling business in a post coronavirus world

Michalsons is a member of the Lexing Network, an international network of lawyers dedicated to digital and technology law. The Lexing Network produces Lexing Insights, a collection of views from digital and tech law attorneys from around the globe. We share [...]

By |2022-10-18T14:24:02+02:00July 30th, 2021|Categories: Labour Law|Tags: , |

Guidelines for employers to implement a compulsory vaccine policy

Like most countries, South Africa continues to suffer under the pandemic. With a delayed vaccine rollout programme, employers are not yet ready to receive employees in the workplace. The Department of Labour published a guideline for employers who want to [...]

By |2022-10-18T14:23:14+02:00June 28th, 2021|Categories: Labour Law|Tags: , , |

How to report fake news about COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s crucial that you have access to accurate and reliable news. Almost everyone relies on the news for information about the lockdown restrictions, the spread of the virus, and other health and safety tips. Particularly, social [...]

By |2025-02-24T15:28:11+02:00May 11th, 2020|Categories: Life@Law|Tags: , , , |

.za landing pages should link back to www.sacoronavirus.co.za

The minister of communications and digital technologies has directed that all .za websites must have a landing page with a visible link to the South African Resource Portal on COVID-19 and the Coronavirus. In this article, we give guidance on [...]

By |2022-11-01T11:16:28+02:00March 28th, 2020|Categories: Media Law|Tags: , , , |

Permit to perform essential service | Template and guidance

To comply with level 5 lockdown regulations get an editable template of a permit for a staff member to perform an essential service and get guidance on how to quickly issue permits to your staff members who need to [...]

By |2025-02-24T15:27:50+02:00March 28th, 2020|Categories: Life@Law|Tags: , |

Coronavirus and data protection | Key considerations and useful resources

Coronavirus is part of our reality and while governments, schools, community schemes and organisations try to #FlattenTheCurve and prevent the spread of the virus, it is important to ask: what effect does this have on privacy and data protection? [...]

By |2023-02-20T17:09:11+02:00March 18th, 2020|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , |