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South Africa: Published draft data and cloud policy includes competition policy review

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Published draft data and cloud policy includes competition policy review

The South African Department of Communications releases its Draft National Data and Cloud Policy for written submissions. The draft suggests a review of competition law to address specific challenges relating to dominance by a few established players and enable local companies a chance of competing with global counterparts.

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Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2021-04-01
in consultation

The South African Department of Communications releases its Draft National Data and Cloud Policy fo…

2021-06-01
processing consultation

The public consultation for the Draft National Data and Cloud Policy is closed. The draft suggests …

2024-05-31
adopted

On 31 May 2024, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies adopted the data and clou…

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