On the 6 October 2015 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made the Safe Harbor ruling which declared the Safe Harbor Agreement invalid. The ECJ ruled that the European Commission’s trans-Atlantic data protection agreement that went into force in 2000 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hosting companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are often faced with the dilemma of being requested to reveal information about the identity or activities of their clients. The request may come from: a third party who alleges that a wrong [...]
On Friday 14 August 2009, the Protection of Personal Information Bill was passed by Cabinet. To understand the path that the Bill will now have to follow through Parliament before it comes into law, read our post on "The Life [...]
The Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI or PPI Bill) has been a topic of discussion in the industry for many years now. Many people have been wondering when it will become law and what its current status is. There has [...]
In this post we look at how your laptop may be treated at a South African Airport and the possible impact of this on your right to privacy. Nowadays, more and more people work flexi hours, from home or live [...]
It happens daily: we share photos of ourselves, our families and our friends with others on the Web, especially through social websites like Facebook. Or we email photos for various reasons to a long list of recipients. Or we forward [...]
This is an index of legal resources related to Privacy (especially regards the workplace) as at 6 September 2008. Electronic Communications - email, entrapment, internet, SMS, tapping Note: See "Code of Practice on the Protection of Workers' Personal Data" [ILO, [...]
We often get asked the same questions about privacy. Here are some of them. What is privacy? Privacy is a wide concept. It includes separate, but related concepts, such as bodily privacy (which involves the protection of people’s physical selves […]
