South Africa: Cybercrimes Act enforced with grace period
Description
Cybercrimes Act enforced with grace period
The Cybercrimes Act is signed by the President of South Africa, after the approval by the Parliament and will come into force on a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Official Gazette. The Act establishes new offences regarding cybercrime, in particular to criminalise the disclosure of certain types of data messages. Also, the Act regulates the powers to investigate cybercrime and imposes obligations to report data breaches and establish a Point of Contact.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2017-02-20
under deliberation
2020-12-02
adopted
2021-05-26
in grace period
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Regulated subjects
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Type
Any
Economic activity
cross-cutting
Category
All
Policy change by business practice
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all goods (physical or digital): distribution (any form)
Regulatory tool
Preventive security requirement
Responsive security requirement
Sanctions
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