Software as a Service agreements, or SaaS contracts, are unique and require careful consideration. Are you interested in software as a service (SaaS), developing it for your customers, or using it in your business? Software as a service is a [...]
Happy World Password Day! It is on the first Thursday of May each year. The day is here to raise awareness of the crucial need for robust and unique passwords for all your online accounts. The need is pretty [...]
South Africa’s Information Regulator has issued a formal enforcement notice against WhatsApp for failing to comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).This marks a significant step in enforcing South Africa’s data protection laws and signals that the Regulator [...]
Get a password manager to improve your security. You have signed up for a new service, and they ask you to create a password. The thought of having to create a new password is a nightmare for you. You ask [...]
The POPIA Amendment Regulations commenced with immediate effect on 17 April 2025. These amended regulations cover new proposed rules of procedure, administrative fines, and expand the data subject's rights to their personal information. In this post, we summarise the regulations, [...]
Let's talk artificial intelligence (AI) explainability and legal governance. AI often seems like a magic show: impressive but hard to understand. However, with increasing reliance on AI, legal frameworks now demand transparency. Recent advances, particularly Anthropic's research on circuit tracing, [...]
You need to achieve POPIA compliance. We're the organisation you're looking for to help you do it. Why us? We're experts with deep knowledge of the field; we have years (and years) of experience, and we focus on practical legal [...]
It's time to address corporate artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake fraud. AI can now create compelling fake videos and audio of real people. This 'deepfake' technology presents a growing threat to businesses, particularly through financial fraud. Criminals are using deepfakes to [...]
Personal data deletion rights aren't just paperwork — they're like removing permanent marker from a whiteboard: simple to describe but tricky to do correctly. Data protection laws now give people more rights to control their personal information. One crucial right [...]
Wouldn't it be lovely if there were a comprehensive checklist that could help you comply with POPI or POPIA? Because the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act in South Africa is a principle-based law, it is not possible to [...]
The information regulator published a Guideline on notification of security compromises to the information regulator in July 2020. The guideline explains the procedure responsible parties or information officers should follow to notify the regulator of a security compromise or data [...]
