Tech Legal Matters
Technology continues to challenge the legal system and sometimes laws battle to keep up with the speed at which technology is changing, and the various new technologies that are launched. The Tech Legal Matters podcast will explore cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection and other similar topics at the intersection of technology and the law.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Understanding South Africa's spectrum auction
It took more than a decade for South Africa conclude the auctioning of the high demand telecomunications spectrum. The process has been hampered by legal battles between large telecommunications comp…
00:22:14 |
Tue 22 Mar 2022
What you need to know about POPIA and PAIA
The month of July 2021 has seen the full implementation of South Africa’s Protection Of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Added to that, the Information Regulator (South Africa) is also taking over r…
00:25:46 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Compliance with South Africa's POPIA
South African cyberspace has entered a new dispensation.
The Protection of Personal Information Act, which affords data subjects protection against their information given to entities that process d…
00:25:05 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
Cyber security trends for enterprises in 2020
This episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, a…
00:47:39 |
Sat 16 Jan 2021
The five digital forces for post-COVID-19 pandemic organizations
This episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, a…
00:16:04 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
Cybersecurity's role in the digital transformation journey
This episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, a…
00:42:55 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
The role of privacy regulation in fighting cybercrime
This episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, a…
00:26:33 |
Wed 04 Nov 2020
Changing information security cultures
This episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, a…
00:18:10 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
An African approach to cybersecurity
This episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, a…
00:40:09 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
How Kenya's government approaches national cybersecurity
This episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast is a recording from the World Cyber Security Summit - Africa Edition 2020. The event was successful in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas, a…
00:24:29 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Consumer and business legal options regarding the Experian Data Breach
During August 2020, we got to learn of a data breach at one of South Africa’s big credit bureaus, Experian. As mentioned in the previous episode of this podcast, the whole ordeal around how the data …
00:12:02 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
Everything you need to know regarding the Experian Data Breach
For several years since 2015, we at iAfrikan.com have been reporting on and researching various cybersecurity, data protection, and privacy-related matters around Africa. We have observed several pat…
00:20:45 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
The Nigeria Data Protection Regulation explained
Nigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), was established in 2007 under the West African country's NITDA Act. The NITDA is responsible for planning, developing, and promot…
00:18:05 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Understanding South Africa's cyber laws
You’ll often hear it being mentioned that South Africa has one of the best constitutions in the world. We could even go further and argue that this excellence in legal matters also extends into the c…
00:18:28 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
How to protect your data online
With more and more people going online and various apps and digital platforms becoming part of our daily lives, the legal and security risks associated with them are also increasing. This is because …
00:23:43 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
Fighting and prosecuting corruption in South Africa
When it comes to corruption, whether it be in the public or private sectors, South Africans generally lament that those accused of corrupt activities hardly ever face the consequences of their action…
00:30:55 |
Fri 10 Jul 2020
Legal and regulatory considerations for FinTech solutions
There has been significant growth in the number of financial technology solutions available to consumers in South Africa. More commonly known as FinTech, these solutions mainly aim to replace all the…
00:33:44 |
Fri 03 Jul 2020
Everything you need to know about the EU's GDPR
On 25 May 2018, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation came into force amid much coverage and fanfare. Many companies, especially Internet-based ones, scrambled to comply with GDPR t…
00:26:58 |
Fri 26 Jun 2020
What you need to know about the Life Healthcare data breach
Life Healthcare Group, a private healthcare company that operates private hospitals in South Africa and Botswana, recently said that their IT systems suffered "a targeted criminal attack." According …
00:27:17 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
South African case law regarding defamation and freedom of expression on social media
What we communicate on social media platforms may have consequences which can lead to legal prosecution. There have been several legal cases in South Africa around freedom of expression and defamatio…
00:32:32 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
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