Processing of personal data – Meaning of, and legal bases for What is processing? The word “processing” is perhaps the most common word one comes across in any discourse relating  to privacy and data protection compliance.  Processing refers to any and every action taken by a data controller or data administrator in relation  to the...Read More

Personal data What is personal data Personal data, or personal identifiable information, refers to data that can be used to identify a person. The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) defined personal data as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual”, and went on to define an identifiable person as “one who can...Read More

Data Protection Impact Assessment A data protection impact assessment (“DPIA”) is an evaluation of a project, process, or activity (PPA)  within a data controller’s operations, with a view to identifying the impact of the PPA on the personal  data of data subjects. DPIAs are usually undertaken when a data controller intends to roll out a...Read More

DP 101 – An introduction Data protection refers to the protection of data from unauthorised possession and use.  The term data has a more restrictive meaning within the context of data protection. Data protection is  particularly concerned with the security of personal data. Personal data – also known as personally identifiable  information – is any...Read More

Scope and applicability of the NDPR Every law creates rights and/or duties1in relation to one or more classes of persons. As we mentioned in the  preceding issue, the NDPR was developed in recognisance of the need to protect the right to privacy guaranteed  pursuant to Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution. Thus, the NDPR created...Read More

Introduction Imagine that you are a car enthusiast, and you  take interest in reading about the German brand  of cars – Mercedes, BMW and Volks Wagen.  When you want to purchase your next car, your  choice of which car to buy will very likely have  been narrowed down to any 2 or 3 of the...Read More

Introduction Selling a business (asset or company) should  not be difficult. All a seller is ordinarily  required to do is to deliver the business in  exchange for payment. But this is not really the  case for a seller in a Merger & Acquisition  (M&A) transaction. The M&A sale process is  complex and time consuming, thereby ...Read More

Introduction An M&A activity/transaction should be  intentional. As obvious as this statement seems  (simplistically, no one makes a buy or sell decision  without ‘intending’ to do so), its importance to  both sides of an M&A deal cannot be  overemphasized. The Webster’s dictionary  defines ‘intentional’ as an adjective that means  something is ‘done purposely’. To be...Read More

The place of integrity Business relationships are frequently commenced (and terminated) every day around the world:  mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, management buyouts, vendor engagements, outsourcing of  business services – the list goes on and on. The main reason for commencing such relationships is not  far-fetched. To compete effectively in today’s business world, it is necessary...Read More

In my 2021 article titled ‘The Why Behind Mergers and Acquisitions’, I explained with examples,  the driving factors behind most of the M&A transactions that define the global business  landscape. In that paper which was well received, I highlighted survival, perceived synergies,  industry changes, and other factors as the core drivers of M&A deals.   The...Read More