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Why asking for your ID at boom gates could become illegal

Sowetan · · 127 words · By Kabelo Khumalo
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“The Information Regulator has published the “Own-Initiative Code of Conduct for Gated Access Areas””
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The claim is confirmed by multiple independent sources: a cross-reference from Timeslive and a web search result explicitly stating the Information Regulator has published the code of conduct for gated-access estates.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Impress: The Independent Monitor for the Press CIC (formerly stylised as IMPRESS) is an independent press regulator in the UK. It was the first to be recognised by the Press Recognition Panel. Impress…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impress_(regulator)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Means of communication or media are ways used by people to communicate and exchange information with each other as an information sender and a receiver. Diverse arrays of media that reach a large audi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Responsible Gambling, also known as Safer Gambling, is a set of social responsibility initiatives held by the gambling industry – including government regulators, operators, and vendors – to ensure t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_gambling
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“The code will govern how gated-access environments handle personal information to conform to the prescripts of the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia).”
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Web search results confirm the Information Regulator is implementing a POPIA Code of Conduct for Gated Access to regulate how controlled-access properties collect and store visitor data to comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third-wealthiest …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Green Fins is an approach to sustainable marine tourism activities operating in Southeast Asia, Caribbean and the Indian Ocean that works with business operators, communities and governments. It helps…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
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“The code applies to residential and commercial premises with access control.”
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Both Timeslive and a specific web search result regarding the 'POPIA Code of Conduct for Gated Communities' confirm that the code applies to residential estates, sectional title schemes, office parks, and commercial complexes with access control.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third-wealthiest …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Green Fins is an approach to sustainable marine tourism activities operating in Southeast Asia, Caribbean and the Indian Ocean that works with business operators, communities and governments. It helps…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Fins
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales an…
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“It is not a guidance note but a code of conduct”
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While the existence of the 'Code of Conduct' is verified in other claims, the specific distinction that it is 'not a guidance note' is not explicitly corroborated by the provided external evidence; the evidence confirms it is a 'Code', but does not explicitly contrast it against a 'guidance note'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA or the PoPI Act) is a piece of legislation which governs the law of data protection and privacy in South Africa. The act was passed to regulate the ri…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Silent information regulator (SIR) proteins are involved in regulating gene expression. SIR proteins organize heterochromatin near telomeres, ribosomal DNA (rDNA), and at silent loci including hidden…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Regulator Movement in North Carolina, also known as the Regulator Insurrection, War of Regulation, and War of the Regulation, Regulator Revolution, was an uprising in Provincial North Carolina fro…
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