The course consists of the following modules:
- Introduction and background to data protection;
- International perspective on Data Privacy and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR);
- POPIA: Introduction to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) , Lawful processing conditions in the POPIA , The Common Law of Privacy and The Information Regulator and regulatory challenges;
- Introduction to Protection of Access to Information Act;
- Grounds of refusal, public interest under PAIA and POPIA;
- Introduction to the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act (RICA);
- The Constitutionality of the RICA; and
- Overview of data protection law and its limitations.
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