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Road block ahead! Are data protection laws stifling technological innovation?
5th August 2022 Oh, where the time has gone! It has been four years since the European Union’s flagship data privacy legislation, the General Data Protection... →
Sticks, straws and bricks: POPIA compliance strategy & governance framework
5th August 2022 The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA) is now over a year in full effect. Indeed, the POPIA compliance process has not come... →
Fake news – The three sisters: Mis, Dis and Mal.
5th August 2022 The Fourth Industrial Revolution (colloquially referred to as “4IR“) has given individuals around the globe almost-continuous access to near... →
POPIA and consent, the biggest misunderstanding? 
5th August 2022 It has been over a year since the compliance deadline of the Protection of Personal Information 4 of 2013 (POPIA), and yet there are still many... →
Stronger Penalties Needed In Climate Change Bill
4th August 2022 Earlier this year, the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Sixth Assessment Report, also known as... →
Taking the Collusion out of Collaboration
4th August 2022 he Competition Commission’s 2022 ‘Guidelines on Collaboration Between Competitors on Localisation Initiatives’ and avoiding cartel conduct Pursuant... →
Once empowered, always empowered?
4th August 2022 There has been a recent shift in emphasis by the Competition Commission of South Africa (the Commission) from simply protecting competition and... →
Manna or a bitter pill – a perspective on public interest
4th August 2022 There is little debate around public interest considerations should carrying the same weight as competition issues in South African merger... →
