{"id":5143,"date":"2025-06-19T23:26:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/we-just-want-to-be-heard-dataveillance-and-location-data-do-south-africans-care\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:19:09","slug":"we-just-want-to-be-heard-dataveillance-and-location-data-do-south-africans-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/we-just-want-to-be-heard-dataveillance-and-location-data-do-south-africans-care\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We just want to be heard!\u2019 Dataveillance and Location Data \u2013 Do South Africans Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>\u2018We just want to be heard!\u2019 Dataveillance and Location Data \u2013 Do South Africans Care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/981' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/981\/769' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>People\u2019s perceptions of digital communication platforms as related to dataveillance, and location data are examined in order to offer suggestions for increasing regulatory strength on the part of the government. Qualitative data collected from 65 participants through unstructured interviews were analysed. The analysis reveals that most of the participants are concerned about what the technology companies do with data collected without their consent. However, because of the numerous advantages digital platforms offer, they are not bothered about the technology companies\u2019 use of the data collected without their consent. The same applies to location data. Recommendations are offered that could help the South African government strengthen its regulatory framework.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sam  Usadolo (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Bukelwa Belinda Mbinda (Durban University of Technology, Durban)<\/li>\n<li>Itumeleng Judith  Maome (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>Datafication, dataveillance, metadata, digital currency, location data<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: \u2018We just want to be heard!\u2019 Dataveillance and Location Data \u2013 Do South Africans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1892,1893,837,1895,1894],"class_list":["post-5143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-datafication","tag-dataveillance","tag-digital-currency","tag-location-data","tag-metadata","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018We just want to be heard!\u2019 Dataveillance and Location Data \u2013 Do South Africans Care? 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