There have been some developments on the Protection of Personal Information Bill or POPI. It is slowly making its way through the process. On 13 February 2013, the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development (a committee of the NCOP) met on POPI. [...]
After many years of waiting, 10 drafts and countless hours of deliberation, the National Assembly finally passed POPI on 11 September. The road until now After the Bill was first introduced, almost a decade ago, it is nearing finality at [...]
Facebook privacy has become a major issue in the workplace. Facebook has many benefits and many employees use it in the workplace. It is not just a social tool, and for many employees it is crucial to their work. But [...]
On 7 November, the Technical Committee deliberated the clauses of working draft 5 of POPI. They went through many clauses and discussed many issues, but here are some key points that stood out for me. There are two things that you [...]
Every organisation should have clearly defined privacy objectives and a privacy strategy. At a very high level, we believe that some objectives of any privacy project should be to: grow the organisation; and avoid legal problems, difficulties, and disputes. Let's explore [...]
Gmail privacy has become an ever increasing issue and topic of conversation. Some employers allow employees to use webmail services, like Gmail. Does an employee have a right to use it? Can an employer monitor their use? Maybe to protect [...]
Many people think that complying with data protection law is simply a case of preparing a privacy policy. In doing so, there appears to be a tendency to simply "cut and paste" from an existing privacy policy online. This is possibly [...]
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 [...]
Recently Mike Silber from Michalsons was a guest on Cape Talk and was interviewed on various topics related to privacy. Click on the play button to listen to the interview. Caution: The audio files on Michalsons can be large. Most [...]
