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South African Local Government Association submission to parliament admitted that only 28% of municipalities had implemented minimum Protection of Personal Information Act compliance requirements by mid-2023. Photo: Reuters
INFORMATION REGULATOR OF SOUTH AFRICA

Digital trust at risk: Are municipalities able to protect our personal data?

Residents deserve to know that the information shared with their municipality is securely stored and will not be leaked, sold or weaponised

  • Lesedi Senamele Matlala
7 min read
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South African AI group files complaint against LinkedIn for data use without consent

The SA Artificial Intelligence Association said that LinkedIn may be breaching the Protection of Personal Information Act by collecting local user data for training of AI models

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read