Tech Legal Matters
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Technology continues to challenge the legal system and sometimes laws battle to keep up with the speed at which technology is changing, and the various new technologies that are launched. The Tech Legal Matters podcast will explore cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection and other similar topics at the intersection of technology and the law.
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What you need to know about POPIA and PAIA
July 15, 2021 11:39 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThe month of July 2021 has seen the full implementation of South Africa’s Protection Of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Added to that, the Information Regulator (South Africa) is also taking over responsibility for the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) from the South African Human Rights Commission. Lucien Pierce, Attorney at PPM Attorneys joins us in this episode of Tech Legal Matter. Lucien walks us through POPIA in full, providing in-depth insights on how compliance assessme...
Compliance with South Africa's POPIA
July 08, 2021 11:39 - 25 minutes - 23 MBSouth African cyberspace has entered a new dispensation. The Protection of Personal Information Act, which affords data subjects protection against their information given to entities that process data, came into full effect on 1 July 2021. In response to the growing cyber threat landscape, POPIA requires that responsible parties that process data, put in place measures that ensure compliance and minimize the risk of breaches. More intentional is the act's requirement for the registration of...
Cyber security trends for enterprises in 2020
January 16, 2021 14:49 - 47 minutes - 36.5 MBThis episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, and awareness on key areas such as cyber threat intelligence, data governance, data privacy, and cyber regulations across Africa. A cross-industry panel discussion at the 2020 World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition on cybersecurity trends for enterprises in 2020. The panel discussed several ...
The five digital forces for post-COVID-19 pandemic organizations
November 19, 2020 12:09 - 16 minutes - 12.9 MBThis episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, and awareness on key areas such as cyber threat intelligence, data governance, data privacy, and cyber regulations across Africa. Dr. Ganesh Natarajan, Founder, 5F World, and Chairman of SVP India, Center for AI and advanced analytics, Senior Advisory Board Member, Trescon, India, delivers a keyno...
Cybersecurity's role in the digital transformation journey
November 06, 2020 09:01 - 42 minutes - 33.9 MBThis episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, and awareness on key areas such as cyber threat intelligence, data governance, data privacy, and cyber regulations across Africa. The Middle East and Africa cybersecurity market was reported to be valued at approximately $18.02 billion in 2016. It is anticipated to grow at a healthy growth rate of...
The role of privacy regulation in fighting cybercrime
November 04, 2020 13:59 - 26 minutes - 21.4 MBThis episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, and awareness on key areas such as cyber threat intelligence, data governance, data privacy, and cyber regulations across Africa. In this episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast, Isabella Hofmeyr-Pretorius, Legal Advisor, Capitec Bank (South Africa), and Alice Namuli Blazevic, Partner Head Techn...
Changing information security cultures
October 20, 2020 18:30 - 18 minutes - 14.5 MBThis episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, and awareness on key areas such as cyber threat intelligence, data governance, data privacy, and cyber regulations across Africa. In this episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast, Anna Collard, SVP of Content Strategy and Evangelist, KnowBe4 Africa, South Africa, shares some findi...
An African approach to cybersecurity
October 12, 2020 18:04 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBThis episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, and awareness on key areas such as cyber threat intelligence, data governance, data privacy, and cyber regulations across Africa. Every year that passes African countries experience a growing number of cyberattacks. These cyber-attacks occur both in the private and public sectors and depending on ...
How Kenya's government approaches national cybersecurity
October 02, 2020 12:51 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBThis episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, and awareness on key areas such as cyber threat intelligence, data governance, data privacy, and cyber regulations across Africa. The Communications Authority’s first-quarter report for 2018/19 shows us that the National Cybersecurity Centre detected 3.82 million cyber threats, a rise from 3.46 mi...
Consumer and business legal options regarding the Experian Data Breach
September 04, 2020 15:41 - 12 minutes - 11 MBDuring August 2020, we got to learn of a data breach at one of South Africa’s big credit bureaus, Experian. As mentioned in the previous episode of this podcast, the whole ordeal around how the data was accessed and the subsequent disclosure statements and interviews by Experian, left more questions than answers. We’ve hard from Experian, South African Banks, and the Information Regulator of South Africa. Now, we will hear from an attorney regarding what rights you have as a consumer. Join...
Everything you need to know regarding the Experian Data Breach
August 26, 2020 14:05 - 20 minutes - 38 MBFor several years since 2015, we at iAfrikan.com have been reporting on and researching various cybersecurity, data protection, and privacy-related matters around Africa. We have observed several patterns, some of the more worrying patterns are that many people seem to think that data breaches are victimless crimes. Also, it rare that you will hear or read about authorities in Africa taking serious action against any organization fro failing to protect the data it handles. This is excluding...
The Nigeria Data Protection Regulation explained
August 14, 2020 08:05 - 18 minutes - 33.1 MBNigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), was established in 2007 under the West African country's NITDA Act. The NITDA is responsible for planning, developing, and promoting the use of Information Technology across Nigeria. During January 2019, the NITDA published and was responsible for issuing the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). The NDPR is aimed at regulating and controlling the use of data in Nigeria, it mandates that, amongst other things, privat...
Understanding South Africa's cyber laws
August 07, 2020 14:05 - 18 minutes - 33.8 MBYou’ll often hear it being mentioned that South Africa has one of the best constitutions in the world. We could even go further and argue that this excellence in legal matters also extends into the country’s cyber laws. For example, considered a first world country, but the USA has yet to pass a law that specifically addresses personal data protection similar to South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Not only that, POPIA, as it is commonly known, is often argued that...
How to protect your data online
July 24, 2020 16:05 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBWith more and more people going online and various apps and digital platforms becoming part of our daily lives, the legal and security risks associated with them are also increasing. This is because all these apps and platforms collect our data in various forms. These digital platforms and apps sometimes take precautions to ensure that our data is securely stored and not accessible to anyone who shouldn’t have access to it. In some cases, like we have seen over the years at iAfrikan.com with...
Fighting and prosecuting corruption in South Africa
July 10, 2020 06:05 - 30 minutes - 70.8 MBWhen it comes to corruption, whether it be in the public or private sectors, South Africans generally lament that those accused of corrupt activities hardly ever face the consequences of their actions. This is due to several reasons some being that obtaining evidence of corrupt dealings and proving the corruption link often, legally takes time. In this episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast, we are joined by Nazreen Pandor, an attorney in Johannesburg who is also a certified fraud examine...
Legal and regulatory considerations for FinTech solutions
July 03, 2020 02:05 - 33 minutes - 77.2 MBThere has been significant growth in the number of financial technology solutions available to consumers in South Africa. More commonly known as FinTech, these solutions mainly aim to replace all the functions that a customer would typically perform in a physical bank branch with a digital app and platform. However, this welcome convenience and efficiency come with its own legal and regulatory risks. Among those risks are privacy, data protection, security, to name but a few. Joining us on ...
Everything you need to know about the EU's GDPR
June 26, 2020 10:01 - 26 minutes - 61.7 MBOn 25 May 2018, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation came into force amid much coverage and fanfare. Many companies, especially Internet-based ones, scrambled to comply with GDPR to ensure to they don't suffer any penalties if they were to be found guilty of not complying with any of its laws. In this episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast, we are joined by Delphine Daversin, a French qualified lawyer with 17 years of experience with a strong focus on privacy and IT reg...
What you need to know about the Life Healthcare data breach
June 19, 2020 12:05 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBLife Healthcare Group, a private healthcare company that operates private hospitals in South Africa and Botswana, recently said that their IT systems suffered "a targeted criminal attack." According to the company, the attack affected its hospital admissions systems, business processing systems, and e-mail servers. South Africa has experienced a marked increase in cybersecurity attacks and data breaches in recent years. These attacks have spanned both public and private sector organizations ...
South African case law regarding defamation and freedom of expression on social media
June 05, 2020 06:25 - 32 minutes - 74.5 MBWhat we communicate on social media platforms may have consequences which can lead to legal prosecution. There have been several legal cases in South Africa around freedom of expression and defamation on social media. In this episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast, we are joined by Lucien Pierce, an Attorney at PPM Attorneys. Lucien takes us through some case law examples of how the law was applied in South Africa regarding freedom of expression and defamation as they relate to social med...
Legal implications of what you post on social media
May 29, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 67.8 MBSocial media has become a big part of many people’s lives. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, and many other social media platforms have become some of the prominent forms of communication we use today. However, what we communicate on these social media platforms may have consequences which can lead to legal prosecution. Also, if you are employed, and as we have witnessed with some instances in South Africa, it can also lead to you being dismissed. ...
Digital technology solutions for legal professionals
May 22, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 28 MBThe legal profession and justice systems in many countries are often seen to be the last to adopt digital technology solutions. However, there's usually a good reason for that. Among many other considerations when adopting digital technology solutions in the justice system is that of being able to prove that the documents and information being used have not been tampered with and have been preserved as they were originally received or produced. In this episod...
Legal considerations when live streaming
May 15, 2020 14:00 - 37 minutes - 85.6 MBLive streaming has been around for many years. More recently it has been made accessible and more popular by various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and many others. Simply put, it is like having your own media channel broadcasting publicly, live. Even before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, live streaming was proving to be popular with music artists and other professionals in the entertainment industry. However, a...
The role of South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act during the COVID-19 pandemic
May 08, 2020 14:01 - 22 minutes - 50.5 MBAfter details were announced regarding South Africa's COVID-19 Tracking Database, the country's Information Regulator issued guidance notes regarding the database and collection of people's data. The notes cover how South Africa's government and business should handle people's data during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast, Yashoda Rajoo, an attorney at PPM Attorneys, joins Tefo Mohapi to elaborate on what role the Information Regulator plays in South Af...
Welcome to Tech Legal Matters
May 01, 2020 11:31 - 22 minutes - 51.7 MBOn 26 March 2020 South Africa enforced its COVID-19 lockdown by amending the Disaster Management Act. As part of this, also as part of looking to contain the spread of COVID-19, several regulations were implemented that led to what people in South Africa can consider infringements on their rights as guaranteed in the country's constitution. Notably, the right to freedom of movement is one of the main ones that are affected as the government tries to reduce the spread of the v...