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  • Court says there’s no way around PAIA for Steinhoff Holdings

    • 12th May 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Barnard Briefs, Commercial Litigation, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Court Rulings, Latest News, PAIA
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    PAIA and Steinhoff

    The High Court has ordered Steinhoff to share a PwC forensic probe into accounting fraud with the media after the company refused PAIA requests.

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  • Will South Africa’s Information Regulator scrutinise Meta’s ‘data play’?

    • 25th Apr 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Barnard Briefs, Commercial Litigation, Competition Law, Corporate Governance, COVID-19, Data Privacy, Latest News
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    WhatsApp and Information Regulator

    It will be interesting to see if the Information Regulator, established in terms of POPIA, will take its own steps against WhatsApp.

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  • These are the types of cyber attacks that must be reported to the Information Regulator

    • 13th Apr 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Barnard Briefs, Compliance, Corporate Governance, Data Privacy, Latest News, Social Media Law
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    When a breach has occurred on a network system, a notification must be made to the Information Regulator and data subjects as soon as reasonably possible.

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  • The TransUnion data breach and the duties of the Information Regulator

    • 25th Mar 2022
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Barnard Briefs, Compliance, Data Privacy, Latest News, Litigation
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    Data Privacy and the Information Regulator

    With the scale and impact of the TransUnion hack, it will be interesting to see if and how South Africa’s Information Regulator will try and mitigate the impact.

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