data protection

Information Technology Act or IT Act: Data Protection in India

With a population of 1.3 billion people and a Gross Domestic Product of 2.6 trillion US Dollars, India is a market rich in data, personal and private information. Data protection in India is important because many organisations have a global [...]

By |2022-12-15T10:41:27+02:00January 10th, 2017|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , |

Global privacy law and data protection book

Are you looking for a global privacy law book or data protection book? There are many countries that have privacy, data protection and security laws. It can be very confusing to find all of them and compare them. All the [...]

By |2022-12-08T15:36:38+02:00August 9th, 2016|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , , , |

What is the PIS Standard and Why is it Important?

What is the PIS Standard? China's National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (NISSTC) have created a working group to draft a Personal Information Security Standard (PIS Standard). The standard will have input from various stakeholders including the government, internet companies [...]

Massachusetts data protection law

Many organisations that operate in South African and the United States are concerned about compliance with the Massachusetts data protection law.  You can find out more about it here and here.  And you can read it by clicking here.  It [...]

By |2019-08-22T14:18:44+02:00March 28th, 2010|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , |