{
  "id": 10968252,
  "title": "Information Regulator to engage Gauteng over e-Panic Button data breach",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/information-regulator-to-engage-gauteng-over-e-panic-button-data",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-30T14:50:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-09-30-information-regulator-to-engage-gauteng-over-e-panic-button-data-breach/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Information Regulator plans to engage the Gauteng Department of e-Government regarding a reported data breach affecting the province's e-Panic Button app, after confirming it received no official notification.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "GroundUp",
        "title": "DA to report e-Panic data breach to Information Regulator",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/da-to-report-e-panic-data-breach-to-information-regulator",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:34:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}