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The regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in South Africa
Mini-dissertation (LLM (Mercantile Law))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/103415 The regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in South Africa Magau, Phemelo vuyosalim@gmail.com Salim, Salim Musa Lvuyo UCTD Consumer protection Consumer privacy Regulation Digital age Enforcement Mini-dissertation (LLM (Mercantile Law))--University of Pretoria, 2025. This study examines the strengths and weaknesses of South Africa’s legal framework for consumer privacy, focusing on the Constitution, the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, the Consumer Protection Act, and the Protection of Personal Information Act. Key challenges identified include low administrative fines, the absence of AI-specific legislation, a lack of a clear breach notification period, no requirement for locally based Information Officers, and the Information Regulator’s inability to award damages directly to consumers. Through a comparative analysis of the EU and Indian privacy frameworks, the study proposes reforms to enhance South Africa’s alignment with global privacy standards and improve the enforcement of consumer privacy rights in the digital age. Mercantile Law LLM (Mercantile Law) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws 2025-07-16T13:13:24Z 2025-07-16T13:13:24Z 2025-09 2025-04 Mini Dissertation * S2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/103415 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29533667 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Consumer protection Consumer privacy Regulation Digital age Enforcement The regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in South Africa |
| title | The regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in South Africa |
| title_full | The regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | The regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in South Africa |
| title_short | The regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in South Africa |
| title_sort | regulation and enforcement of consumer privacy in the digital age in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Consumer protection Consumer privacy Regulation Digital age Enforcement |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/103415 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.29533667 |