Justice Department publishes RICA amendments

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Justice Department publishes RICA amendments

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has published a summary of amendments to the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information (RICA) Bill.

RICA is South Africa's legal intercept legislation, although South Africans likely know the law best for its know-your-customer provisions.

 

[RonSwanson]

• Specify the tenure of designated and review judges;
• Adequate safeguards for practising lawyers and journalists that are the subject of surveillance;
• A means of notifying persons of their surveillance without jeopardising the purpose of their surveillance;
• Safeguards to address the fact that interception directions are pursued and obtained ex parte;
• Procedures to ensure data obtained is managed lawfully and not used or interfered with unlawfully;
• Procedures to be followed for processing, examining, copying, sharing, disclosing, sorting through, using, storing, or destroying of any data; and,
• Principles for the safeguarding of data during its management.

Yeah, yeah, I strongly doubt that they can / will implement this. Easier to say "sorry" if / when they are discovered, plus there are no consequences.

 

[RaptorSA]

“South Africa is plagued by serious and violent crime which necessitates the adoption of measures such as RICA to detect, investigate, and curb serious crimes,”

 

[Hemi300c]

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