Interview with Ridwan Oloyede
How can the right to privacy in Article 12 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights be protected and enforced in countries that...
Data Protection and Privacy: A Child's Rights
There is no denying the relevance of data protection and privacy in the world today. It is a field that is receiving unprecedented...
South Africa's Data Protection Law takes effect on 1 July 2020
EndCode's Pria Chetty provides an overview of the recent press release by the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, announcing...
Seychelles Drafting New Broadcasting and Telecommunications Act
The Department of Information and Communications Technology announced this week that it is currently deliberating on the new Broadcasting...
EndCode Publishes A COVID-19 Privacy Notice For South African Organisations
EndCode has drafted a Privacy Notice (“Notice”) intended to assist South African organisations in responsibly and lawfully processing..
Data Protection During a Pandemic – African DPAs Respond
In an attempt to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, governments are using citizens’ personal data by collecting health data and contact...
South Africa Using Surveillance To Fight COVID-19
On 2 April 2020, the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs released further amendments to the Disaster Management...
All You Need To Know About COVID-19 Track And Trace Rules
The Information Regulator has acknowledged the need to track and trace infected persons and potentially infected persons to effectively...
Should Leaving a Digital Footprint Worry You? Part 2
The lack of regulation in the public sector poses a genuine threat to privacy rights. The significance of appropriate regulation, with...
Should Leaving A Digital Footprint Worry You?
Where private actors like Facebook employ profiling practices, is there a distinguished line beyond which they cannot go? In addition,...
Direct Marketing Under Data Protection Law - Part 2 (EU)
In Part 1 of this three-part mini series, I considered the regulation of Direct Marketing in South Africa under the Protection of...
Direct Marketing Under South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act - Part 1
This three-part mini-series will consider the regulation of Direct Marketing under data protection law. Part 1 will consider the position...
2020 Election: Is Ghana’s National Digital Identification Voter Suppression?
In 2017, Ghana launched a nationwide electronic chip-based authentication known as the Ghana Card. The registration drive was initiated...
The Impact of Brexit on the GDPR: A South African Perspective
On 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) formally left the European Union (EU). The political, economic and social impact of this...
What Is The Difference Between An Information Officer And A Data Protection Officer?
Information Officers are required under South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act of 2013 (“POPIA”) and Promotion of Access...
Zambia To Capture Mobile Users’ Biometrics
The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has introduced regulations to collect facial biometric information...
Ghana Set For A Digital Census
Samuel Kobina Annim, the Ghanaian government statistician, declared at the inaugural meeting of the National Census Publicity, Education...
Information Regulator Nudges President to Proclaim The Remainder of the POPIA
It is encouraging to note that the South African Information Regulator has delivered a letter to South Africa's President Cyril...
Cybercrime and Data Protection Developments in Zimbabwe
The Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill of 2019 was passed by Zimbabwean cabinet in October 2019. The Bill is currently...
Does Kenya have a Data Protection Law?
In November 2019 Kenyian President Kenyatta signed the Data Protection Act 2019 (the Act) into law. The law is the first of its kind in...
