You are currently viewing the ‘Audits’ Category
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Social Media has established itself as a valuable tool for promoting and building an organisation's brand online. Just as social media can be a boon for your business, it can also be it's bane. Social Media is characterised by a distinct lack of control of the conversation, especially when compared to ...
Posted in Audits, Compliance, Web Sites | No Comments »
Monday, April 5th, 2010
Summary
Before you can draft your Privacy Policy, guidelines, procedures and other documents, you need to have a privacy strategy and conduct a Privacy Impact Assessment ("PIA"). The strategy should take into account the nature of your organisation, its business activities and needs. The strategies range from minimalist to broad.
You also ...
Posted in Audits, Compliance, Privacy | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
We offer the following plain language services in line with our view that compliance is a process.
Be aware, develop policies and guides, and plan
We can help you to be aware of and learn about plain language and the law that requires it. We do this by:
conducting a plain language ...
Posted in Audits, Compliance, Plain Language | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
We can help you to comply with the information, communications and technology (ICT) laws that apply to your organisation and manage key risks posed by the use of ICT in organisations. We do this by following these steps:
We make you aware of the ICT laws. We do this by ...
Posted in Advice, Audits, Compliance, Legal Risk Management, Technology | Comments Off
Monday, May 18th, 2009
There are several laws in South Africa which impose obligations on organisations to treat certain types of information as "sensitive". In this regard, "sensitivity" includes all references in a law to information which is personal, private, confidential, secret, sensitive or cannot be disclosed. Many of the laws provide for offences ...
Posted in Audits, Information Management | No Comments »
Monday, May 18th, 2009
There are eight pieces of legislation where plain language is required and eleven where it is referenced. One example is the newly promulgated Consumer Protection Act (where there is a "right to information in plain and understandable language"). Another example is the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (which makes ...
Posted in Audits, Documents, Plain Language | No Comments »
