A brief overview of the respective frameworks for competition and data protection law in South Africa is provided before providing examples of where convergence between the two occurs. An argument is made that it would be best for the competition authorities and information regulator to enter into a formal cooperation agreement in order to best manage this in order to ensure that the potential anti-competitive uses of data are best regulated while avoiding an unnecessary layer of additional regulation for data processors.

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竞争法与数据保护法的融合：南非视角

在提供两者之间发生趋同的例子之前，先简要概述了南非的竞争和数据保护法各自的框架。有观点认为，竞争主管部门和信息监管机构最好签订正式合作协议，以便最好地进行管理，以确保对数据的潜在反竞争用途进行最佳监管，同时避免不必要的层对数据处理者的附加规定。