The South African National Policy on Data and Cloud was published in May 2024. Data is at the heart of everything and so it is hard to imagine a more important government policy. If South Africa gets its government [...]
Data localisation laws require organisations to process data within a particular territory or location—for example, storing locally—in a particular country or a local computing environment rather than in the cloud. There are a growing number of data localisation laws. For [...]
You know data is precious to your organisation, but with all the regulations protecting it, it feels impossible to leverage its value. We explore commercialising data (law)fully—with an emphasis on fully. This event will help you comply with the law [...]
There is a new Biden executive order on American sensitive personal data that protects American citizens from exploitation by countries of concern. It relates to sensitive personal data or information. It authorises the Attorney General to prevent the large-scale transfer [...]
Most organisations worldwide transfer personal data as part of their everyday operations. This is valid for Africa as well. If you are trying to expand into Africa, you need to be aware that each African country will have its own [...]
The South African Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has gazetted a directive on cloud computing in the public service. In essence, the directive instructs government departments on adopting, using, managing, scaling, and terminating cloud services. I’ve written [...]
Data localization laws are essentially laws that require data to be processed within a particular territory or location. For example, storing locally - either in a particular country or in a local computing environment rather than in the cloud. There [...]
Cloud compliance is about complying with the laws and regulations that apply to using the cloud. Most organizations are moving to the cloud because there are good business reasons to do so. The law does not prevent the adoption of [...]
