Posts Tagged ‘PPI’

November 11th, 2009 - 2:58 pm § in Compliance, Governance, Information Security

New privacy law proposed for the UK would cost £2 billion to implement

The U.K. government said Monday it plans to push for a law requiring service providers such as ISPs to retain data about instant messages, e-mail and other electronic communications – every phone call, text message, e-mail and Web site visit will need to be stored for a year and made available[...]

August 19th, 2009 - 10:04 pm § in Compliance, Information Security

Privacy law reality now one step closer…

Cabinet has approved the Protection of Personal Information Bill to go before Parliament. The draft law has been nine years in the making and will have a profound impact on business, lawyers say. Yesterday, Cabinet spokesman Themba Maseko said the Bill was drafted by the South African Law Commission[...]