Overview

Organisations faced with cybercrime or data breach risks need to have a clear, effective and robust plan on hand to deal with these incidents. The plan needs to consider the interaction between the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 35, 2005 (“ECTA”), the Cybercrimes Act 19, 2020 (“Cybercrimes Act”) and the Protection of Personal Information Act 4, 2013 (“POPIA”).  

The Cybercrimes Act was signed into law on 26 May 2021, but the Act will only come into operation on a date yet to be proclaimed by the President in the Government Gazette. Once in force, the Act will repeal sections 85, 86, 87 and 88 of ECTA. Chapter 2 of the Cybercrimes Act will then deal with cybercrimes, malicious communications, sentencing and orders to protect complainants from the harmful effect of malicious communications. 

POPIA came into effect, by and large, on 1 July 2021, and in terms of Processing Condition 7, places an obligation on the responsible party to secure the integrity and confidentiality of personal information in its possession or under its control by taking appropriate, reasonable technical and organisational measures to prevent loss of, damage to, or unauthorised destruction of personal information and unlawful access to or processing of personal information. In order to so, the responsible party must take reasonable measures to identify all reasonably foreseeable internal and external risks to personal information in its possession or under its control.

Join Adv Prof Sizwe Snail on the 15th of June 2022  from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm as he presents a law update and other significant changes that affect you.

Learning Objectives:  

By the end of this webinar the attendee should:

• Understand the aims and objectives of the various Acts and interplay with one another.
• Understand Enforcement procedures and consequences of non-compliance with the Acts
• Understand the protections conferred by the Acts
• Understand how non-compliance with the POPIA Act may constitute an offence in terms of the Cybercrimes Act 
• Duties and responsibilities of an information officer
• Understand the 8 conditions for lawfully processing of Personal information
• Exemptions and prior authorization
• The new Cyber Crimes Act, Act 19 of 2020
• Unlawful access of data or information systems
• New Cyber crimes
• Revenge porn

The webinar will cover the following topics: 

• How the POPIA Act aims to regulate the storing and safeguarding of personal information
• The Cybercrimes’ Act’s substantive and procedural powers to pursue infringements on persons’ personal information.
• Unlawful incitement to cause damage to property or bodily harm
• What to do in the event of a data breach

Who should attend: 

The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar:

• Legal Practitioners;
• HR Representatives; 
• Legal officers of companies;
• Employees; and
• Anyone interested in Employment Law.

Price: 

• R 450.00 per person

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Additional material

By attending this webinar you will be provided with:

• A summarised slide presentation.
• Reference documents and/or course material where available.
• You can ask questions during the webinar, and you will also have access to the presenters after the webinar.