{"id":70569,"date":"2014-10-08T14:54:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T12:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=70569"},"modified":"2014-10-08T14:54:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T12:54:20","slug":"sa-intellectual-property-website-exposing-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/70569\/sa-intellectual-property-website-exposing-information\/","title":{"rendered":"SA intellectual property website exposing information?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been complaints that the new Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) website exposes the private information and confidential documentation of all tickets in the system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just visited the CIPC.co.za website, logged in, and opened a ticket, only to discover I was able to view all tickets \u2013 new and resolved,\u201d a CIPC user informed MyBroadband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could and am still able to view confidential documents attached to tickets submitted by various people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve deleted a ticket I\u2019ve opened because it\u2019s unsecured and I\u2019d rather not have my request open for anyone to view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The user also furnished MyBroadband with screenshots showing the tickets which were accessible to him.<\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband tried to alert the CIPC to the possible security and privacy problem, but was initially unable to reach the company.<\/p>\n<p>The helpdesk number worked, albeit with very poor voice quality. However, the call was not answered, apparently due to a high volume of calls.<\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband also alerted the CIPC about the security concerns using email, and CIPC CTO Andre Kritzinger quickly responded saying that they are looking into the issue.<br \/>\nCIPC ticket system<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70571\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-website-tickets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70571\" class=\"wp-image-70571\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-website-tickets.jpg\" alt=\"CIPC website tickets\" width=\"600\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-website-tickets.jpg 1601w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-website-tickets-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-website-tickets-1024x527.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CIPC website tickets<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_70573\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-ticket-system.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70573\" class=\"wp-image-70573\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-ticket-system.jpg\" alt=\"CIPC ticket system\" width=\"600\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-ticket-system.jpg 1407w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-ticket-system-300x93.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CIPC-ticket-system-1024x320.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CIPC ticket system<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Many complaints about the CIPC website<\/h3>\n<p>The Democratic Alliance (DA) said recently that the new CIPC website did not live up to its promise \u201cDon\u2019t call, Don\u2019t queue\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsers are reporting that they have been unable to register new businesses online since the site launched, as it freezes as soon as new applications are submitted,\u201d the DA said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilarly, the submission process for company annual returns, and company name applications, works only intermittently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DA added that the website\u2019s non-performance has not only resulted in extended call times and queues, but adds to the difficulty of starting a business in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DA has received hundreds of complaints in the last few days from frustrated entrepreneurs, accountants, and small business service providers who cannot access any CIPC services via the new website,\u201d the party said at the end of September 2014.<\/p>\n<p>On 30 September 2014 the CIPC acknowledged that \u201cthere appear to be problems with slow response times on director changes and company registration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo deal with this, the CIPC has put in place a number of changes over the past two weeks, including increasing the bandwidth that it has and, most recently, increasing the storage and memory on its infrastructure,\u201d the organisation said.<\/p>\n<p>This article <a title=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/111434-new-cipc-website-exposes-private-information-complaint.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/111434-new-cipc-website-exposes-private-information-complaint.html\">first appeared on 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