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Sunday, August 8th, 2010
There are several reasons by training is important:
Firstly, the Protection of Personal Information Bill ("POPI") requires that "appropriate, reasonable" measures be taken to protect information from loss, damage or unlawful access (as does the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and ISO 27001).
This implicitly requires companies to set up training programs to help employees understand ...
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Sunday, August 8th, 2010
What impact will the new privacy bill have on my business?
the way you manage information: in terms of the the Protection of Personal Information Bill ("POPI"), you will now have to classify what information you hold constitutes "personal information" (PI). King 3 also requires companies to identify what "records" and ...
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Many people think that complying with the Protection of Personal Information Bill (the "PPI Bill") is simply a case of preparing a privacy policy.
In doing so, there appears to be a tendency to simply "cut and paste" from an existing privacy policy online. This is possibly due to the fact that ...
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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 ...
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Friday, April 2nd, 2010
Our practice focuses on all legal issues that impact on privacy and the processing of personal information. In the recent past we have built up an extensive body of knowledge and advised a large variety of businesses, both domestic and international, on legal issues. our activities have included:
Making representations to the South African ...
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
Wondering how the Protection of Personal Information Bill (PPI Bill) will affect you? We offer a webinar (online seminar) on the subject. Get a working understanding of the affect of privacy and protection of personal information issues on your organisation and its business. Get up to speed quickly.
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
We can help you identify and implement various privacy solutions. They include the following:
Formulate, draft or revise your privacy policy
Formulate, draft or revise your privacy procedures (the policy provides high-level statements of your positions on particular issues whereas procedures bring those positions down to earth by laying out specific actions ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
The Institute for International Research (IIR) is holding a conference on the Protection of Personal Information Bill (PPI Bill) and how it will be affecting businesses. The conference will run from 17 March 2010 to the 18 March 2010 at the Hyatt Regency, Rosebank, Johannesburg. If you want your business ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Read the articles on Online Legal here.
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
A new book has just been published called The Global Privacy and Security Law Reference. The ultimate reference for Global Privacy and Security Law, this book analyzes the privacy and data protection laws, usages, and trends of more than 55 countries.
We are proud to be able to say that we ...
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