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Privacy Training

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 ...

Privacy FAQ

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 ...

Be careful when formulating your Privacy Policy

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 ...

Privacy Impact Assessment

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 ...

Privacy and protection of personal information services

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 ...

How will the PPI Bill affect you?

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. Reserve ...

Privacy Solutions

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 ...

The Protection of Personal Information Bill Conference

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 ...

Online Legal Guidance on Privacy

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Read the articles on Online Legal here.

Global Privacy Book

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 ...