Information Regulator (South Africa)

South Africa's Democratic Alliance says it will report a data breach involving the e-Panic system to the Information Regulator. The party is taking the step under South Africa's data protection framework, which obliges notification of security compromises. The full scale of the breach and who was affected have not yet been detailed publicly.

South Africa's Democratic Alliance says it will lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator over a data breach involving the e-Panic button service. The party is escalating the incident under the country's data protection framework, raising questions about how the emergency alert system handles users' personal information and who is responsible for safeguarding it.