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...
Whose problem is regulatory reporting?
Steyn Basson, director of integration and products at Synthesis, talks about the phenomenon of SEP and how it relates to regulatory reporting. When I was a teenager I loved to read. I still do, but an abundance of audio-books, on-demand television shows, podcasts, and...
Is your website POPIA compliant ?
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have a significant impact on websites and other digital platforms like social media, email marketing and e-commerce activities. By Nick Durrant, CEO of Bluegrass...
How to secure electronic signatures
With many businesses forced into remote working by the Covid-19 pandemic - and likely to continue working a physical-virtual hybrid model for the foreseeable future - paperless processes and stricter privacy requirements are top priorities for the C-suite. According...
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...
Roles and obligations of an information officer under POPIA
With the imminent grace period for organisations complying with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2008 ("POPIA") coming to an end on 30 June 2021, it is now crunch time for organisations to ensure that their processing activities are compliant with...
In mid-large companies, don’t mistake the CEO role for that of the CIO
The accelerated adoption of digital technologies has raised disruption in areas that has not been considered previously. Digital transformation skyrocketed upwards and onwards in a bid to safeguard customer and employee health and wellbeing, as well as data. By...
Carbon budgets, pollution prevention plans critical for Carbon Tax compliance
While businesses only need to calculate their liability and submit their carbon tax return once a year, compliance with the Carbon Tax Act itself is not a once-off accomplishment nor is it as difficult to achieve as some organisations think. By: Eckart Zollner, head...
What you need to know about POPIA
All businesses with employees, customers and suppliers must comply with POPIA, which comes into effect on 1 July 2021. Wendy Tembedza from Webber Wentzel offers a practical guide to the most important aspects. With the commencement date of the Protection of Personal...
Pandemic highlights need for HSE compliance
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for fully compliant health, safety and environment (HSE) policies and procedures in businesses. By Louise Woodburn, GM of KBC Health & Safety This is an unintended positive outcome of the current situation in which...
Time is now to cash in on carbon credit opportunities
South African businesses have been warned that they are taking too long to cash-in on the savings they can achieve through carbon credits, and to appreciate the effort which will be needed to master the process. With the Carbon Tax burden in South Africa set to climb...
E-commerce: SA’s new frontier
The rise of e-commerce in the country over the past year may have been driven by the pandemic, South Africa was arguably too slow in initially adopting e-commerce, chiefly because it appeared focused on the niche upper end of the market. Thus, many retailers did not...