Opt-out rules bring financial services into the compliance net
The NCC’s draft guidelines include financial institutions and insurers, giving businesses five months to prepare for monthly database cleansing and enforcement.
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Information Regulator sounds alarm over data breaches
The Regulator highlights the scale of security incidents, direct-marketing concerns, enforcement cases, and weaknesses in the legislative framework.
Regulator seeks court test to settle whether telemarketing falls under POPIA
The Information Regulator will push a test case to confirm whether unsolicited telephone calls qualify as ‘electronic communication’ under POPIA.
Spam calls are now electronic communication: guidance note closes direct marketing loophole
The Information Regulator’s Guidance Note on Direct Marketing under POPIA classifies traditional phone calls as electronic communication.
CPA amendments: will financial services face stricter direct marketing rules?
Experts weigh in the impact on financial services of a proposed opt-out registry to protect consumers from unwanted marketing.
No more spam calls? Proposed amendment introduces opt-out registry
A proposed amendment to the Consumer Protection Act aims to establish an opt-out registry, allowing consumers to block unsolicited marketing messages.
