Access to Information and Privacy Law

The course content addresses the following topics: 

• Basic concepts: information society, privacy, information privacy, transparency, freedom of information.
• Access to information: the constitutional right and the Promotion of Access to Information Act.
• Introduction to the PAIA and other information legislation. The protection of information privacy in the PAIA.
• The transparency obligations in terms of the PAIA.
• Privacy - a philosophical introduction.
• The common law protection of privacy.
• Data protection - introduction to the European system.
• Data protection -Protection of Personal Information Act