The POPI Act, not unlike any other, is fraught with terminology, jargon and wildly interpretable words. Sadly, understanding the POPI Act and terminology is the basis of preparing yourself for POPI compliance. Firstly, it is important to understand the 4-fold purpose of the Protection of Personal Information Act: (a) To support our constitutional right […]
Information Officer The Information Officer is often the CEO/MD (or equivalent) or a similar senior position in the company. As it is always not feasible for the head of the business to carry out the practical daily responsibilities required in terms of POPI, the head of business can delegate his/her responsibilities as Information Officer to […]
Google accused of GDPR privacy violations by seven countries Consumer groups across seven European countries have filed GDPR complaints against Google’s location tracking (via Reuters). The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), of which each of the groups are a member, claims that Google’s “deceptive practices” around location tracking don’t give users a real choice about whether to enable it, […]
SEEING THE OPPORTUNITY IN PRIVACY REGULATION (Published in Forbes Africa August 2018) From the news, to social media and dinner party conversations, privacy is the talk of the town. Not only do organisations not take our privacy seriously but we don’t take it seriously ourselves. This has to change. Google is tracking our every move, […]
