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    "id": 974799,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have reservations. You can see the amendment is proposing to amend the definition of “signature” to include two aspects: electronic signature and advanced electronic signature. Those are two different things. An electronic signature is like the hand written signature that you can sign and scan on a document and use electronically. An advanced electronic signature is a digital signature which is something else. I have heard my colleagues talking about security of online transactions now that we are going to have electronic and advanced electronic signatures. The concern I have is that in this country we seem to do things half measure. Last year we went through a very comprehensive national process of the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) where we gave our details including biometric ones. This project has gone quiet yet, it intended to centralise registration of data in one system. But, without it in place, this Bill we are debating here will not work. We need to have NIIMS working because it will give us things like unique biometric identifier. This will help us implement the advanced electronic signature we are talking about in this Bill. This Bill is not talking about data protection. It is dealing with electronic data but there is no reference to data protection. The standard was set since we passed the Data Protection Act which was assented to by the President. Any other Bill that talks about data must make reference to data protection principles. This is the global standard. So, at the Committee of the whole House we will need to make reference that data generated will have to comply with established data protection standards and regulations. Another thing is our capacity to manage digital transaction. I am talking about the digital infrastructure and data security which I wonder if we have. Are we able to manage identity fraud that will result from this? I have concerns because we also passed a law called the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act. I know the matter went to court and was resolved. But, we are still very low on implementation of this law. This is the basis on which this other law will be based. Otherwise, we will have challenges with cybercrime, identity fraud and many others. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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