The Draft South Africa National AI Policy was approved by Cabinet and gazetted on 10 April 2026, with a 60-day public comment period ending on 10 June 2026. The final version was due by March 2027, with sector-specific strategies [...]
The Consumer Protection Act is a South African law that protects consumers from harm. It also creates significant compliance obligations for most businesses in South Africa. Read the practical implications and take action. The Consumer Protection Act came into [...]
The information regulator prescribed rules or regulations on the processing of health information under POPIA on 6 March 2026. The Health Information Regulations apply to specific responsible parties (not everyone) who process personal information concerning a data subject’s health for […]
The Botswana Data Protection Act, 2024 (the new Act) has officially come into effect on 14 January 2025 after the Data Protection Act of 2018 (the 2018 Act) was repealed after facing multiple delays since its transition in 2021. The [...]
The grace period for your organisation to comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act or POPIA) ended on 1 July 2021. Just so you know, you have to comply now. What action does your organisation need [...]
The EU AI Act was published in the Official Journal of the EU. Â The EU AI Act commencement date is 2 August 2024 . This crucial development impacts how artificial intelligence is regulated within the European Union and beyond. Understanding [...]
Understanding the EU AI Act's impact and ensuring your business follows its rules is like learning origami. You must do each step carefully, turning something simple into something complex and beautiful. As we move past the first steps of these [...]
Let’s give you the tea on Zoom’s Terms of Service update that require you to take action. What has changed? Zoom initially updated its terms, particularly sections 10.1 to 10.6, to include clauses around how they use, process and handle [...]
ISO/IEC 38507:2022 has arrived! [Cue dramatic music]. Let’s see how it will support your organisation’s artificial intelligence (AI) governance. Who’s the audience? In short, it’s a document that guides an organisation’s governing body on how to enable and govern AI. [...]
This is the ICT Weekly Update on legal, regulatory and policy developments in the ICT industry prepared by Lisa Thornton Inc for clients and colleagues. Michalsons reproduces it, in part, here with the permission of Lisa Thornton Inc. You [...]
The President of South Africa has signed the Cybercrimes Act into law. This means that South Africa now has a comprehensive law to regulate cybercrime. The wait is finally over, and it is now time for you to take action. [...]
The Information Regulator in South Africa published the first POPI regulations on 14 December 2018 (or POPIA regulations or POPI Act Regulations as some people call them). The regulations say that "These Regulations shall be called the Regulations relating [...]
