PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has just signed the Cybercrimes Bill, which seeks to bring South Africa’s cybersecurity laws in line with the rest of the world, into law.
It is interesting to note that the act does not define “cybercrime” but rather creates several offences such as those canvassed above. A person who is convicted of an offence under the Cybercrimes Act is liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period of up to 15 years or both a fine and such imprisonment as may be ordered in terms of the offence.
One of the conditions for lawful processing in terms of Popia is security safeguards which prescribe that the integrity and confidentiality of personal information must be secured by a person in control of that information.
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