LAWtrust joins Cloud Signature Consortium

LAWtrust, a global Certificate Authority (CA) and provider of identity and Digital Trust Services, has joined the Cloud Signature Consortium. LAWtrust will work closely with the Cloud Signature Consortium to help drive the development of a common technical...

When is consent required to process your information?

The majority of organisations are not yet compliant with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) which becomes effective on 1 July this year. By Michelle Dickens, CEO of TPN According to a survey conducted by TPN Credit Bureau on how ready companies are for...

IITPSA renews IFIP accreditation

The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has achieved the renewal of its International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) IP3 accreditation for a further five years. IFIP’s International Professional Practice...

SA’s top companies make strides on voluntary tax disclosure

South Africa’s top 100 companies are making great strides when it comes to making voluntary tax disclosure. Globally, there is an increasing awareness of responsible tax behavior as well as rigorous scrutiny from regulators and other stakeholders. Added to this,...

Companies urged to stick with B-BBEE targets

With the majority of companies having their financial year-end this month, its crunch time for their Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) reporting. With Covid-19 having interrupted business, an online IPSOS South Africa survey carried out in September...

Don’t forget to start your POPIA compliance journey

Regulators are no longer afraid to protect peoples’ rights to privacy against tech giants. In recent years, we have seen the likes of Google and Facebook receive large amounts of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines. Rian Schoeman, head of legal and...