Identity crisis
ITWeb Brainstorm South Africa
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Good morning. Advocate Pansy Tlakula, our Information Regulator, said recently that guards at checkpoints were collecting too much information, and that all they should be getting is the colour of the car and its registration number. At present, many are scanning your license disk, which has all manner of personal information. She also wondered how long this information was being kept, and where, exactly, was it being stored. Our writer spoke to some security companies to get their side of the story.
We also spoke to Standard Bank's Justin Thomas, who heads up the bank's fleet management division. He says the bank has 8 000 vehicles on its books, which it rents to courier companies and "butchers, bakers and candlestick-makers". As for the future, Thomas says he’d like to see the vehicle itself become the payment mechanism, with the system recognising that the vehicle is on the forecourt; conducting a digital handshake between the fuel pump and the vehicle to open and then close the pump; and debit the payment.
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By?Matthew Burbidge
There’s a reason we’re still talking about the digital divide.
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By?Lesley Stones
Standard Bank’s Justin Thomas believes technology is pointless if it doesn't solve a business problem.
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By?Tamsin Mackay
Gated communities, access control, office parks, hotel security – who decides what personal information is required, where it’s stored and whether it’s a violation of the PoPI Act?
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By?Nafisa Akabor
Travelling in the digital age is less about getting lost and more about convenience.