Practice areas · Business, employment and technology
Legal support for the way you use technology
Technology changes faster than most laws, yet the rules on data, online trade and communications still apply to you. We help you understand them and meet them.
Suite 6A, Monpark Building, Monument Park · Confidential technology and data matters
Who this is for
Where technology meets the law
Most organisations now handle personal information, whether they planned to or not.
You hold customers’ personal information.
You want to meet your data protection duties.
You sell or serve online.
You want your e-commerce set up on a sound legal basis.
Something has gone wrong online.
You face a cybercrime or a digital evidence question.
You create digital content.
You want your intellectual property protected.
How we can help
ICT law services
- Digital intellectual property. Advice on protecting and using intellectual property online.
- E-commerce. Legal guidance for trading electronically, including the ECT Act.
- Privacy and data protection. Advice on protecting personal information under POPIA.
- Freedom of expression and content regulation. Advice where online content raises legal limits.
- Cybercrime. Guidance where computers or networks are used to commit offences.
- Electronic and digital evidence. Advice on how digital records are treated as evidence.
- Digital forensics. Legal guidance connected to digital forensic work.
- Telecommunications law. Advice on regulation of telecommunications, including jurisdiction.
- RICA. Advice on the law on interception of communications.
- PAIA compliance. Help meeting access-to-information duties.
Compliance is ongoing
Data protection touches contracts, staff practices, suppliers and cross-border data flows. An attorney can help you look at those parts together instead of one at a time.
How it works
How we help with technology law
- 1
Describe the issue.
Tell us briefly what systems or data are involved.
- 2
Define the work.
We discuss the matter and confirm the fee before we begin.
- 3
Advise and implement.
We give advice, update documents where needed and keep you informed.
Straight answers
What technology law advice can do
Legal compliance is not the same as technical security.
We cannot promise that your systems will never be breached or that a regulator will never query your practices. We can explain your legal duties, help you document them, and advise you on a response if something goes wrong.
Enquire
Ask about ICT law
Send a brief description and our office will respond.
Questions
Technology law questions
How is the work priced?
We quote per matter after we understand the scope, and confirm the fee first.
What should I prepare?
A short note of what data you hold, how you use it and any concern you have.
How long will it take?
It depends on the size of your operation, and we will give you a realistic view.
Is the discussion confidential?
Yes, your information stays confidential.
Keep your technology on the right side of the law.
Tell us how you use data and technology and we will explain what applies.