The role of the credit bureaus in SA and how they operate

The main function of credit bureaus, as intended in the National Credit Act (NCA), is to protect consumers from irresponsible lending and over-indebtedness. For this reason, a credit bureau gathers, stores, and reports credit-related financial information of consumers...

Why the privacy role is more important than ever

The time has come for all organisations to recognise the importance of the privacy role and to see it as a standalone function within the operating model. Cyrus Ndyamba, Bizmod’s privacy consultant, says that although the data privacy and information security...

How will POPIA impact cloud providers?

While Covid-19 has seen organisations shift to cloud platforms overnight to help them remain operational while their workforces are operating remotely, too many are not up to speed with what this means in terms of their data. This is particularly true now that the...

Why cybersecurity is vital for POPIA compliance

The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) has come into full effect since 1 July 2021. Following the ongoing debate amongst industry leaders about being POPIA compliant, businesses should take stringent cybersecurity measures when becoming compliant....

A unified platform is key to POPIA compliance

If the state of our inboxes are anything to go by, most companies spent the last week of June in a desperate scramble to be compliant with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). But now that you’ve told everyone on your newsletter...

Better reporting can save the cryptocurrency industry

The debate over whether cryptocurrencies need tighter regulation in South Africa, has been a controversial topic for some years now. By Wiehann Olivier, digital asset lead and partner at Mazars Looking at certain factors in the cryptocurrency industry today, there...