We told you previously that the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) has been signed into law and will become operative on 24 October 2010. The CPA will give consumers lots of rights and protection where in the past [...]
We found this International Crypto laws and regulations map captured from several sources. It is interesting to see how Google Maps has been used to help people find cryptography laws in different jurisdictions. One interesting thing to note is just [...]
Is the sale of on-line products (for example software downloaded directly from a website) subject to taxation? South Africa previously had a predominantly source based tax system but adopted a resident based tax system some few years ago. The sale [...]
The ECT Act (or Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 or ECTA) became law in South Africa on Friday, 30 August 2002 and we summarise it for you. This marked the end of a process initiated by the South [...]
Section 43(5) of the ECT Act requires the supplier in an electronic transaction to "utilise a payment system that is sufficiently secure with reference to accepted technological standards at the time of the transaction and the type of transaction concerned." [...]
The Labour Court (in Jafta v Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (D204/07) ZALC 84 (1 July 2008)) has recently confirmed that you can conclude a contract by email and SMS. You can contract electronically. This is not really anything new. Since the [...]
Chapter VII of the ECT Act deals with consumer protection and applies only to electronic transactions. The following sections of the ECT Act of of particular relevance regards a consumer's right of cancellation: Scope of application 42. (1) This Chapter [...]
