Public Enemy ExposedJan 26

Amended Regulations 💪

"Regarding direct marketing, organisations must obtain a data subject’s written consent to contact them with offers of products and services.

“Consent cannot be inferred from silence or pre-ticked boxes (i.e. opting out), and a copy must be provided upon request. Consent obtained via telephone or automated calls must be recorded,”..."

#POPIA #SouthAfrica #InformationRegulator

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/626638-code-red-for-companies-in-south-africa.html

WikiPartyNov 28, 2024
Truecaller may face #POPIA probe by #SouthAfrica's #InformationRegulator https://techcentral.co.za/truecaller-popia-information-regulator/255990/
Truecaller may face Popia probe by Information Regulator - TechCentral

South Africa’s Information Regulator has received a complaint that Truecaller is violating “multiple sections” of Popia.

TechCentral
WikiPartySep 19, 2024
Here's a challenge for #SouthAfrica's info rights activists. Can Voda's cloud handling of these devices' browsing conform with #POPIA? https://mybroadband.co.za/news/industrynews/561093-vodacom-south-africa-delivers-on-un-pledge-to-drive-4g-migration-at-a-lower-device-cost-with-new-cloud-based-handset.html
ChiefGyk3DAug 27, 2024

It irks me for as much as America complains about China, China has actual data protection laws, whilst Americans keep having their most sensitive data leaked in breaches. Then Politicians in the USA get pissed off at China for wanting to protect their citizens.

Look China may not be perfect and has their own set of issues but this is one Area they are clearly ahead of the USA on.

Canada, EU, South Africa all have data rights too
#Politics #PIPL #PIPEDA #POPIA #GDPR #InfoSec #cybersecurity

WikiPartyJul 26, 2024
There's only one problem: such tracking violates #POPIA - which exists for a good reason: to curb abusive surveillance. https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/545829-licence-plate-scanning-camera-explosion-in-south-africa.html
Show threadWikiPartyJun 8, 2024
@mattotcha Of course, this is flippant reductio ad absurdam; since unintentional onward transmission of information shared with a user *before* they opted in can happen once they do, proper consent is impossible and regulators should ban Recall outright. #InformationRegulator #POPIA #SouthAfrica
WikiPartyJan 6, 2024
@EverMama8_ #SouthAfrica has the Protection of Personal Information Act (#POPIA) to prevent this kind of thing.
DanieJul 4, 2023

South African government department fined R5 million in terms of the POPI Act for its tardiness with fixing IT breaches

https://gadgeteer.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/jail-400x231.jpg The Department of Justice & Constitutional Development’s failure to buy antivirus software, as ordered by the information regulator, has earned it a R5m fine — the highest penalty yet imposed for noncompliance with the Protection […]

https://gadgeteer.co.za/south-african-government-department-fined-r5-million-in-terms-of-the-popi-act-for-its-tardiness-with-fixing-it-breaches/

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-bcf1b4be-4e362776d0a836f8

Danie van der MerweJul 4, 2023

South African government department fined R5 million in terms of the POPI Act for its tardiness with fixing IT breaches

The Department of Justice & Constitutional Development’s failure to buy antivirus software, as ordered by the information regulator, has earned it a R5m fine — the highest penalty yet imposed for noncompliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act ( ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/south-african-government-department-fined-r5-million-in-terms-of-the-popi-act-for-its-tardiness-with-fixing-it-breaches/

#POPIA #privacy #southafrica #technology

South African Government Department Fined R5 Million In Terms Of The POPI Act For Its Tardiness With Fixing IT Breaches - GadgeteerZA

The Department of Justice & Constitutional Development’s failure to buy antivirus software, as ordered by the information regulator, has earned it a R5m

GadgeteerZA
#WikiPartyApr 17, 2023
Information Regulator #SouthAfrica's teething problems https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/487917-1400-complaints-and-not-a-single-fine-why-popias-promise-appears-to-fall-flat.html #POPIA
1,400 complaints and not a single fine — why Popia’s promise appears to fall flat

While the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia) has been in effect for nearly two years, it has seemingly done little to curb the scourge of telemarketing or SMS spam.