Personal information is essentially any information that identifies a person. But the position is a bit more complicated than that because different laws in South Africa define it to mean different things. In other words, personal information means different things [...]
Do not try to protect all the personal information you process all of the time. You should only do what is reasonably practicable to protect personal information. This might sound strange coming from a lawyer who helps organisations to comply with [...]
The law is very strict when it comes to making automated decisions based on special personal data. You need to be very careful in this regard because otherwise, you will be making unlawful automated decisions. These are the questions that [...]
Can service providers demand ID numbers, copies of ID books, and other personal information from consumers? What legal protection do consumers have? I was asked this question in a recent radio interview (see www.capetalk.co.za, John Maytham show 5.10pm, 4 June [...]
The passing of South Africa's privacy law - the Protection of Personal Information Bill - has been fast-tracked. The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development invites stakeholders and interested persons to submit written submissions on the Protection of Personal [...]
Nowadays a customer email database is a very important asset to a business. Why has it become so popular? Simply because emails are cheap and easy to distribute. Direct marketers still phone people, but reaching people through email has become [...]
In National Media Ltd v Jooste, a magazine published an article about Jooste and her child without Jooste's consent. The Court held that a child's personal information was also a guardian's personal information. The Court also held that a person […]
