November

A former bodyguard of President Jacob Zuma, who was accused of submitting a fake matric certificate to the South African Police Service (SAPS), has been appointed as the acting head of crime intelligence.
 
In a statement, Police spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo said King Bhoyi Ngcobo brings to the position a “wealth of policing experience”. Ngcobo was previously Head of VIP Protection Services, and was one of President Jacob Zuma's most trusted bodyguards for more than 20 years.
 
In February, City Press reported that Ngcobo was promoted to Head of VIP Protection Services, despite not having the required NQF Level 6. In addition to his protection services role, Ngcobo is a former crime intelligence officer.

How does Australia's Privacy Act compare with the GDPR?
 
The Privacy Act is the foundation of Australia's national privacy regulatory regime, and is intended to provide a basis for nationally consistent privacy regulation, facilitate the free flow of information outside of Australia while ensuring that individual privacy is respected, provide a complaint mechanism, and to implement Australia's international privacy obligations.
 
Differences between the Privacy Act and the GDPR can be seen in open and transparent management of personal information, anonymity and pseudonymity, collection of solicited personal information, dealing with unsolicited personal information, notification of the collection of personal information, use or disclosure of personal information, direct marketing, cross-border disclosure of personal information, access and correction of personal information, and more.

According to the 2017 Q4 results of the Manpower Group Employment Outlook Survey, Hong Kong employers report upbeat hiring plans.
 
With seasonal variations taken into account, Hong Kong's Net Employment Outlook is up 17%. Hiring prospects are the strongest reported in six years, improving two percentage points when compared with the previous quarter and five percentage points from one year ago. Twenty percent of the employers surveyed forecast an increase in staffing levels in Q4 2017.
 
Lancy Chui, Senior Vice President of Manpower Group, said, “The marketplace is showing signs of entering into a digitization era across different industries, transforming itself to be higher tech and data driven, stepping up to the increased global competitiveness by the development of financial technology. We are seeing employers bring in talents in the areas of data analysis, cloud computing, and apps development positions within the services sector”.