Tara Davis is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Senior Associate at Power Singh Inc.
Tara focuses on constitutional law, data privacy and information and media law, with an interest in access to justice, online harms reduction, and privacy.
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Tara Davis is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Senior Associate at Power Singh Inc.
Tara focuses on constitutional law, data privacy and information and media law, with an interest in access to justice, online harms reduction, and privacy.
Contact Tara
Protecting and promoting fundamental rights and freedoms
About Tara
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Tara is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Senior Associate at Power Singh Inc. She holds a B.A., LL.B from the University of Cape Town and is currently completing her LL.M. in Information and Communications Law at the University of Witwatersrand.
Before joining Power Singh Inc., Tara completed her articles of clerkship at a civil litigation firm. Thereafter she worked at Corruption Watch (2018-20), a civil society organisation, where she engaged in strategic litigation to bring about greater accountability and the achievement of human rights. Tara is still concerned with issues around accountability and transparency and assists clients with the development of good governance processes.
Tara presently also acts as a Researcher // Analyst at ALT Advisory (2020-).
Tara focuses on constitutional law and information rights, with a focus on data protection and the right to privacy. She is particularly interested in understanding the implications of technology and artificial intelligence on the changing scope of the right to privacy.
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- Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, admitted on 2 March 2018.
- Member of the Legal Practice Council (Membership Number: 96066).
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B.A. (Rhodes University), LL.B. (University of Cape Town).
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Currently completing an LL.M. in Information and Communications Law (University of the Witwatersrand).
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Short Course in Government Contracts and Procurement Law (University of Cape Town).
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- Presented at MozFest 2022 on human rights impact assessments for artificial intelligence.
- Presented at the Forum for Internet Freedom Africa 2022 on transparency and the governance of artificial intelligence.
- ‘What companies and government bodies aren’t telling you about AI profiling’ News24 19 September 2022.
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Tara Davis, ‘Commission-weary South Africans can take heart from High Court Judgment overturning Seriti arms deal inquiry’ (6 September 2019) Maverick Citizen.
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Tara Davis, ‘Guns, lies, politics: seeking a judicial inquiry into arms deal’s whitewash commission’ ( 16 June 2019) Sunday Times.
Ensuring public and private-sector accountability
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