POPIA challenges in private investigations (Part 1)
Information protection authorities from across the globe are now pursuing investigative bodies for non-compliance with legislation aimed at Protecting Personal Information. An Investigative firm was recently fined more than €150,000 for illegally obtaining private bank records of an individual whom they were investigating.
To “opt-in” or “opt-out”, that is the question
Over the past few months, you may have received various e-mails from business entities claiming that you indicated that you would like to receive information from such business, OR that you are a previous customer and as such could receive the electronic marketing.
You would have further been informed that should you wish not to receive such e-mails, you can “unsubscribe” or use the “opt-out” function.
