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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
