No single source of law covers the regulation of social media in South Africa. Instead, several existing laws govern what people and businesses do on social media platforms. These laws protect freedom of expression while also addressing privacy, defamation, hate [...]
Your company is building a mobile app. Developers add a third-party software development kit (SDK), such as an analytics or attribution tool. That is where ePrivacy device access can become relevant. The privacy review starts with the usual GDPR questions. [...]
In Financial Mail (Pty) Ltd v Sage Holdings Ltd, the Court extended personality rights to a corporation in 1993. This judgment was a significant development in our law and underpins POPIA's requirement that responsible parties protect the personal information of [...]
Kenya has introduced important new guidance for organisations transferring personal data across borders. On 8 September 2026, Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) published its Guidance Notes for Cross-border Data Transfers, giving organisations more detailed direction on how […]
A group can achieve a goal faster and more effectively than one person working alone. Information security law compliance is difficult and requires an information security team of people to do it properly. Your team should include people from [...]
Many organisations are reviewing processes and looking for ways to do them electronically and automatically. Putting digital first or moving from a paper-based environment to a digital environment. There are obviously huge benefits to going digital - saving time [...]
The Ayinde v London Borough of Haringey judgment highlights the risks of using generative AI for legal research. It shows why lawyers must apply proper judgment. The English High Court considered matters in which lawyers had submitted AI-generated hallucinations to […]
At some point, you’ve invited or were asked to allow an AI meeting assistant into a meeting. These AI-enabled tools are useful, but are they lawful, safe, secure and in line with your organisation's compliance requirements? Would you let a [...]
Many vendors experience the same problem. Salespeople work hard to make a sale, but then it takes forever to sign the contract. From the salesperson's perspective, the sale is made, but not from a legal perspective, since the transaction must [...]
We recommend and use a modular approach to drafting documents (like IT contracts, agreements and policies). However, a modular approach doesn't always suit every agreement or offering. This object-oriented approach mainly benefits people who want to: Sign documents faster. Avoid [...]
We know IT contracts; we have been formulating, drafting, negotiating, signing, and managing contracts and SLAs for more than 20 years. We have a proven way of working and a set of templates refined by drafting thousands of IT contracts [...]
For cleverly structured customer agreements, follow a modular approach. Each Customer Agreement should be made up of: one or more Orders (this is defined to include goods, licences, services or work orders); and Customer Relationship Terms. All the commercial terms are in [...]
