• Do you need a POPIA crash course (or something a little stronger)?

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    30 June 2021. Unless this is your birthday, this date probably fills most of you with some trepidation. No need – let’s turn the anxiety into excitement that POPIA is finally here...

  • Hacking data breaches: We need a new breed of compliance officer

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    R58.4 million. This is the average cost of a data breach today according to IBM. It is no surprise then that cyber resilience is top of mind for CEOs the world over. But...

  • Drafting policies that are read

    Are your lawyers still not writing in plain language?

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    Nearly a decade into having some of the best plain language legislation in the world, why are we not seeing more comprehensible contracts? Why aren't we seeing more of an effort from companies...

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    What we’re up to: Plain Language Policies

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    Over the last few months we’ve increasingly been working on redrafting all different types of policies for various different clients. From HR policies to information governance policies. It may seem like a tedious...

  • Mind the gap

    SA’s largest data breach & how you can protect your data

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    It turns out SA’s largest recorded data breach was traced to a Web server registered to a real estate company based in Pretoria, Jigsaw Holdings. They are a holding company for several real...

  • The 5 key elements of a BYOD policy

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    A ‘Bring Your Own Device’ policy (BYOD Policy) is essentially a set of rules applicable to employees who want to use their personal devices for work purposes. No policy is a one-size-fits-all, so...

  • Going up in smoke

    3 Things that will torpedo risk management

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    All businesses have risks. Ideally, a business would mitigate all the risks, but this simply isn’t practical – you have to prioritise. At a high level risk management is intended to: * Identify...