ICT Law

This area of the law focuses on the legal risks posed by information technology, information security and information management.

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Guide to Email Management
Emails can be records which you may be required to keep for a variety of reasons. Unlike the public sector, there is no E-Records Regulator in the private sector. This means that, by and large it is up to you to determine how to retain and manage your electronic documents, including email, in a manner that promotes admissibility, evidentiary strength (weight) and satisfies legal and business requirements.
Libel laws apply to web
Two recent Canadian court decisions considered the Internet as a medium for defaming individuals and whether the laws that restrict damaging communication in print apply in the same manner to the worldwide web.
How Effective is the Domain Name Dispute Procedure?
If somebody registers a domain name and you think that he is abusing your intellectual property rights by doing so, you can bring an application in terms of the procedure and the adjudicator can order that the domain be transferred to you.
What is the legal status of electronic signatures?
Can a click of a button constitute a valid contract?
Contracting out of the use of electronic signatures
If you want to make it absolutely clear that your company will only regard itself bound by a conventional notice, you must stipulate in your contract of employment that 'signed' refers to a hand-written signature