Articles

The Magna Group publishes articles in various media from time to time.  These articles are also available on this page.

This is a list of recent articles:

Consent, The big word in Privacy Compliance

Johan Eloff (15 May 2017)

The word “consent” might creep into the everyday vocabulary of households and businesses in the next few months.  Becoming compliant with South Africa’s Privacy Act (POPI Act in short) gives effect to the constitutional right to privacy. We will hear concerns and questions such as “did you give consent”, “what did the consent require”, “can they do this without my consent”, “can I cancel my consent” and “can I refuse to sign a consent form”…read the full article

POPI Impact Assessment and Gap Analysis

Johan Eloff (5 May 2017)

Have you started your privacy compliance journey with a POPI Gap Analysis (GAP) or Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), sometimes called a POPI Readiness Assessment? This is probably a good way to start but organisations should be aware of the objective, contribution and limitations of these two methodologies. The two terms GAP and PIA are the most commonly used internationally. …read the full article