Following circumstances such as mergers and acquisitions, the IT systemsassociated with the participating organisations may need to share access towardsservices and systems with eachother. Access towards systems and services is oftencontrolled using secret information such as passwords or keys. This implies thatsharing access between IT systems is achieved by sharing secret information. This thesis proposes new methods for automatic synchronization of secretsbetween different secret management systems that may not be natively compatiblewith one another. After examining how the already existing secret managementsystems function as well as created a data centric threat model, a system design wasproposed. A secret proxy connects to each secret management system which in turnconnects to a central secret distributor that handles and updates the other proxies. The results indicate that such a system can be implemented and securely distributesecrets automatically. By synchronizing secrets automatically, the work involvedwith supporting several secret management systems in parallel which all needaccess to some common secrets could be reduced. / Under omständigheter så som sammanslagning av organisationer kan ett flertalseparata IT-system tilhörande de olika organisationerna behöva dela åtkomst mottjänster med varandra. Åtkomst mot tjänster regleras ofta med hjälp av hemliginformation så som lösenord eller nycklar. Detta innebär att delning av åtkomstmellan IT-system uppnås genom delning av hemlig information mellan dessasystem. Detta arbetet föreslår nya metoder för att automatiskt synkronisera lösenord ochhemligheter mellan flera hemlighetshanteringssystem som normalt sett inte ärkompatibla med varandra. En arkitekturell modell togs fram efter att en utvärdering av redan existerandehemlighetshanteringssystems funktionalitet samt en analys av den framtagna hotmodellengjorts. En proxy ansluter till det lokala hemlighets-hanteringssystemetsom i sin tur ansluts till ett centralt distribueringssystem vars jobb är att hanteraoch uppdatera alla proxys. Resultatet påvisar att ett system för att automatiskt synkronisera hemligheter påett säkert sätt går att bygga både i teorin och i praktiken. Automatisk synkroniseringkan minska det arbete som krävs för att hantera flera parallella system däralla behöver ha tillgång till gemensamma hemligheter.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research report reviews South African and international legislation aimed at preventing insider trading and provides an overview of the successful criminal and civil proceedings taken against insiders. It highlights the possible preventative measures South African companies and legislature can take to reduce insider trading. The United States of America is one of the few countries that had successfully implemented legislation prohibiting insider trading prior to the 1990s. Most countries, including South Africa, only implemented legislation prohibiting insider trading in the late 1990s. Due to apartheid and sanctions against South Africa, the JSE has built up a legacy of being an insider's haven. The Directorate of Market Abuse has the task of transforming this legacy to restore investors' confidence in the market in order to promote economic growth. The success of the legislation is firstly measured by the knowledge the market has gained relating to insider trading since the implementation of the legislation. According to the South African market, insider trading is unethical, but 22% of the participants in the G:cnesis survey still believe that it is an acceptable practice in the South African market. South African companies therefore need to educate their employees and take preventative measures to reduce insider trading in order to erode this culture. Insider trading can only be prevented and reduced if legislation is enforced. Globally, few legal criminal proceedings have been successful, therefore legislation in most countries makes provision for civil remedies. As the burden of proof in a civil legal proceeding is only on "a balance of probabilities", civil proceedings against insiders have been successful. In South Africa, the majority of cases referred for civil legal action have been settled out of court by the alleged insider without admitting guilt to a criminal offence. The South African legislation regulating insider trading in the market is aligned with legislation globally. South Africa's future challenges are to maintain the initial success achieved in reducing insider trading. The establishment of a specific court specialising in financial crime and monitoring specific changes to legislation could increase the possibility of future success. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die projek ondersoek die Suid-Afikaanse en internasionale wetgewing teen binnehandel. Verder word die suksesvolle kriminele en siviele verrigtinge teen diegene wat hulle aan binnehandel skuldig maak onder die soeklig geplaas. Die projek beklemtoon die moontlike voorkomingsmaatreels wat Suid-Afrikaanse maatskappye en regslui kan implementeer om moontlike toekomstige binnehandel te bekamp. Die Verenigde State van Amerika is een van die min lande wat reeds voor die 1990s wetgewing teen binnehandel suksesvol geimplementeer bet. Ander lande, insluitend Suid-Afrika, het eers in die laat 1990s wetgewing teen binnehandel geproklameer. Apartheid en sanksies teen Suid-Afrika het 'n nalatenskap van vrye binnehandel op die JSE gelaat. Dit is die taak van die Direktoraat van Markmisbruik om hierdie nalatenskap uit te wis, sodat beleggersvertroue in die mark herstel kan word, wat weer tot ekonomiese groei sal lei. Een van die maatstawwe om die sukses van die wetgewing te meet, is om te bepaal hoeveel kennis die finansiele gemeenskap sedert die implementering van die nuwe wetgewing ingewin het. Volgens die finansiele gemeenskap is binnehandel oneties, maar 22% van die deelnemers aan die G:encsis-opname glo dat binnehandel wel in Suid-Afrika aanvaarbaar is. Daarom moet Suid-Afrikaanse maatskappye hulle werknemers se kennis oor binnehandel verbreed en ander voorkomende maatreels in plek stel om die kultuur van binnehandel te elimineer. Binnebandel kan slegs voorkom en verminder word indien wetgewing geimplementeer word. Relatief min kriminele sake teen binnehandel lei tot skuldigbevinding, maar plaaslike en internasionale wetgewing maak voorsiening vir siviele aksies. In 'n siviele hofsaak moet ingediende bewyse slegs na alle waarskynlikheid die skuld van die oortreder bewys, wat suksesvolle siviele vervolging moontlik maak. Die meerderheid siviele sake in Suid-Afrika word buite die bar geskik sonder dat die aangeklaagde skuld aan 'n kriminele daad erken. Die Suid-Afrikaanse wetgewing is in lyn met internasionale standaarde. Suid-Afrika staar verskeie uitdagings in die gesig ten opsigte van die handhawing van die huidige suksesvolle bekamping van binnehandel. Die moontlike totstandkoming van 'n spesiale hof, wat slegs finansiele verwante oortredings aanhoor en veranderings aan die wetgewing kontroleer, kan bydra tot die toekomstige sukses van die Suid-Afrikaanse wetgewing.

La chute du communisme en 1989 a constitué un énorme défi pour les Etats européens qui l’ont connu. Les nouvelles démocraties, confrontées à l’immense héritage du passé, ont dû faire face à la question des individus liés à ce régime, et en particulier ceux qui ont travaillé ou collaboré avec les services secrets communistes. La lustration constitue une réponse originale des Etats postcommunistes à ce phénomène. Elle est considérée comme une mesure de justice transitionnelle. La lustration est strictement encadrée par des lois. Celles-Ci mettent en place des procédures permettant de juger le comportement passé des personnes souhaitant exercer des emplois dans la fonction publique du nouvel Etat démocratique. De ce fait, ces lois mettent en place une sorte de purification de la fonction publique. Les procédures de lustration possèdent un caractère contraignant, car elles peuvent violer de nombreux droits et libertés fondamentaux des personnes qu’elles visent. D’où l’importance de l’encadrement de ce phénomène à différents niveaux: au niveau national par les cours constitutionnelles et au niveau européen par le Conseil de l’Europe et la Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme, qui a établi des standards de lustration à respecter par chaque Etat souhaitant la mettre en oeuvre. / The fall of communism in 1989 was a huge challenge for European states who experienced its effects. The new democracies had to face the immense legacy of the past, and had to find a solution on the issue of individuals related to the former regime. In particular, they had to work with those who have worked or collaborated with the communist secret services. Lustration is an original response the Post-Communist States to this phenomenon. It is considered as a measure of transitional justice. Lustration is strictly regulated by laws. They set up procedures to verify the past behavior of persons wishing to pursue employment in the public service of the new democratic State. Therefore, these laws establish a kind of purification of public administration.The lustration procedures are binding because they may violate many rights and fundamental freedoms of the individuals they are targeting. Hence, the importance of the supervision of this phenomenon at different levels: at the national level by the constitutional courts and at the European level by the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights, who has established the standards of lustration to be respected by each State wishing to implement it.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-09-03T12:59:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Daniela Pupo Barbosa Bianchi.pdf: 3174413 bytes, checksum: 8a6adc765c98288926ec9b5434cd353a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-03T12:59:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Daniela Pupo Barbosa Bianchi.pdf: 3174413 bytes, checksum: 8a6adc765c98288926ec9b5434cd353a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / In clinical psychotherapy we observe the frequent presence of secrets. Many of these contents interfere directly or indirectly in the life and constitution of subjectivity of the patient. From the point of view of the Family Therapy approach, secrets are considered systemic phenomena, being part of relationships and forming dyads, triangles, alliances, divisions and disruptions. It is a common finding that family secrets involve facts, events or actions that are considered socially shameful and whose disclosure would have bad consequences for the family. In view of the above, this study aimed at contributing to the understanding of the role of secrets within a family system from a trans-generational perspective. The overall goal was to understand how the participant perceived and attributed meaning to the secrets in his life trajectory. The specific objectives were to analyze how the participant perceived and attributed meaning to the transmission of secrets through the generations as well as to analyze how the relationship between secrets and family myths was established. To achieve the proposed objectives, a qualitative research was developed based on an instrumental case study. The instruments employed were a semi-structured interview, the family play genogram and the sandplay. The results, analyzed from a systemic perspective, indicate that the participant understands that the secrets interfered directly in his life and in the construction of his identity. He realizes that the transmission of these contents, throughout the generations, took place by oral transmission of beliefs and values, as well as by the observation of behaviors and attitudes. As for the family myths, it was possible to infer that they were directly related to the family secrets in a feedback mechanism, by which these phenomena sustained and fed each other. In the life history of the participant, there is a central axis also revealed by this study, that is, the uprooting. The diaspora and the experience of expatriation - that have caused such uprooting - activated the familiar mythology that has prompted the phenomenon of the secret in the search of system protection / Nos atendimentos clínicos em psicoterapia podemos observar a presença frequente de segredos. Muitos desses conteúdos interferem direta ou indiretamente na vida e na constituição da subjetividade da pessoa atendida. Sob o ponto de vista da abordagem da Terapia Familiar, os segredos são considerados fenômenos sistêmicos, uma vez que estão ligados aos relacionamentos, formando díades, triângulos, alianças, divisões e rompimentos. É comum perceber que os segredos familiares envolvem fatos, acontecimentos ou ações que são considerados socialmente vergonhosos e cuja revelação teria consequências ruins para aquela família. Diante do exposto, este trabalho visa contribuir para a compreensão do papel do segredo dentro de um sistema familiar a partir de um olhar transgeracional, por meio de um estudo de caso instrumental. O objetivo geral foi compreender como o participante percebeu e significou os segredos em sua trajetória de vida. Os objetivos específicos foram: analisar como o participante percebeu e significou a transmissão do segredo através das gerações bem como analisar como se estabeleceu, nesse caso, a relação entre segredos e mitos familiares. Para atingir os objetivos propostos, foi utilizada uma abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, a partir da perspectiva sistêmica, desenvolvida com a utilização de entrevista semiestruturada, genograma lúdico e sandplay. Os resultados apontam que o participante percebe que os segredos interferiram diretamente em sua vida e na construção de sua identidade, sendo certo que, para ele, a transmissão desses conteúdos, ao longo das gerações, deu-se por transmissão oral de crenças e valores, bem como pela observação de comportamentos e atitudes. Quanto aos mitos familiares foi possível inferir que, na presente pesquisa, estão diretamente ligados aos segredos familiares em um mecanismo de retroalimentação, por meio do qual esses fenômenos se sustentam e se alimentam reciprocamente. Há, ainda, na história de vida do participante, um eixo central revelado pelo estudo, qual seja, o desenraizamento. A diáspora e a experiência de expatriação – promotores desse desenraizamento – ativaram a mitologia familiar que acabou por desencadear o fenômeno do segredo na busca de proteção do sistema

A partir do contexto de ampliação dos direitos da personalidade, muito tem se discutido a respeito deles com relação à pessoa jurídica. A maior parte da doutrina e a jurisprudência praticamente uníssona orientam-se pela possibilidade de extensão dos direitos à pessoa jurídica, com esteio no art. 52, do Código Civil, bem como na consagrada Súmula 227, do Superior Tribunal de Justiça, que estabelece a possibilidade de a pessoa jurídica sofrer danos morais. Como esses danos, segundo entendimento hoje corrente, decorrem da violação de direitos da personalidade, infere-se a pertinência de estabelecimento de relação entre a pessoa jurídica e os direitos da personalidade. O posicionamento esposado na presente tese, todavia, é radicalmente contrário ao que ora predomina, motivo pelo qual o trabalho versa especialmente sobre a demonstração do equívoco desta comparação, sob a inspiração de que os direitos da personalidade são mais do que uma mera categoria jurídica; são a glorificação do esplendor da alma humana, da qual decorre a dignidade que embasa o ordenamento jurídico. É em razão disso que é admissível o amparo dos direitos da personalidade ao nascituro e à pessoa já falecida, no que cabível, mas não à pessoa jurídica. Assim, o art. 52 do CC deve ser lido de maneira condizente com essa orientação. A fim de atingir o mencionado objetivo, dar-se-á especial atenção aos direitos subjetivos, modalidade dentro da qual se incluem os direitos da personalidade, bem como à evolução dos direitos da personalidade, partindo do direito romano em direção aos séculos XIX e XX, momento de verdadeiro desenvolvimento desses direitos, seguido pelas principais declarações de direitos posteriores à Segunda Guerra Mundial. Serão tratados, igualmente, aspectos atuais dos direitos da personalidade, e sua inserção dentro do Ordenamento Jurídico. Sobre a pessoa jurídica, abordar-se-ão sua formulação histórica e as diversas teses existentes para explicar a sua natureza jurídica. Finalmente, será destinado um capítulo específico à desmistificação dos supostos direitos da personalidade da pessoa jurídica, aludindo-se ao nome empresarial, honra na acepção objetiva, imagem, intimidade e sigilo industrial, direitos morais de autor e marca. / From the context of expansion of personality rights (a special kind of personal rights), much has been discussed about these rights with respect to legal entities. Most of doctrine and jurisprudence agree with the possibility of extending these rights to legal entities, with mainstay in art. 52 of the Civil Code and in the consecrated Súmula (Precedent) 227 of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ). This Súmula establishes the possibility of the legal entity suffering moral damages. As this moral damage, according to current understanding, derive from the violation of personality rights, its usually inferred the appropriateness of establishing relation between the legal entity and personality rights. The position espoused in this thesis, however, is radically contrary to what currently prevails, and thats the reason why the work revolves especially around the demonstration of the misconception of this comparison, under the inspiration that personality rights are more than just a legal category; theyre the glorification of the splendor of the human soul, which explains the dignity that underlies the legal system. It is because of this that personality rights are extended to unborn and deceased person, when applicable, but not to the legal entities. Thus the art. 52, CC, should be read in a manner consistent with this guidance. In order to achieve the mentioned goal, it will be given special attention to the personal rights, within which the rights of the personality are included, as well as the evolution of personality rights, starting from the Roman law towards the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, moment of true development of these rights, followed by the main declarations of human rights after the second world war. It will also be treated the current aspects of personality rights, and their inclusion within the Brazilian legal system. On the legal entities, it will be addressed its historical development and the various existing theories to explain its legal nature. Finally, the last chapter is intended to demystify the alleged personality rights of legal entities, alluding to: company name, objective honor, image, privacy and industrial secrets, copyright (moral rights) and trademark.

The major problems associated with trade secret law in New Zealand are that it is confused in definition and in jurisdiction. This confusion contributes to the failure of trade secret law in some instances, particularly to protect information created in the emerging biotechnology and computer software industries. This has contributed to alternative forms of protection, notably through copyright for computer programs. From a review of the current law, categories of trade secrets are identified, including sub-patentable and patentable trade secrets. The jurisdictional dispute may be resolved if it is recognised that trade secrets represent a form of property right. To this end, the legal and economic approaches to property rights are synthesised. This synthesis is then extended to create a legal-economic model of the justifications for, and the problems with, the protection of these rights: the intellectual property rights continuum. From this model, it is concluded that some legal protection of trade secrets is justified, provided that equally harmful effects are not created. In particular, sub-patentable trade secrets may warrant greater protection, and patentable trade secrets may be over-protected. One proposal is to punish industrial espionage, although some harmful effects may result. Utility models and laws that protect trade secrets in general are considered and rejected as solutions. Instead, patents of improvement (PI) are proposed which would protect trade secrets that represent an advance on an existing patent. PI would represent a lower standard of inventiveness that is adopted from American biotechnology patent disputes, and so protect sub-patentable trade secrets. The other, higher threshold from the existing English patent law would remain as the patent standard. If a PI were granted to a patent owner, then s/he could practise price discrimination, but if granted to a rival, then competition could result. Either outcome could protect trade secrets, yet mitigate the harmful effects of legal protection. If these proposals were adopted, more information could be produced as well as utilised. Moreover, the growth of the biotechnology and computer software industries in New Zealand could be furthered.

This study investigates the ways that children engage with a repeatedly viewed film in domestic settings. The research questions focus on the children's language, their multimodal behaviours while viewing and the understandings they form about a film. The study aims to provide insights for educators by demonstrating the range and nature of the educationally significant understandings, about film, that children construct. An initial survey of 9 and 10 year olds produced 17 children who nominated Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Columbus, 2002) as a favourite film that they had viewed at least 10 times. A video illustrating the research procedures was used to inform and to stimulate discussion with these children, to ensure that they were able to give educated consent. Observations of pairs of children viewing the film in their homes, followed by a series of activities to elicit discussion, created a set of rich data on the children's engagement practices and understandings of the film. Framed within the interpretivist paradigm, social semiotics and a sociocultural model of learning informed the generation and analysis of the data. A viewing practices engagement framework adapted existing frameworks in literature, literacy and critical literacy to better analyse viewing behaviours, responses and understandings. The engagement practice categories (literal, connotative, aesthetic, structural and critical) enabled multimodal and transcribed verbal data to be meaningfully linked. Several analytic approaches (including multimodal analysis and discourse analysis) were used to provide a full description of viewing engagement. The findings revealed variable levels of overt behaviour during viewing which did not relate to levels of understanding about the film. The range of understandings included aspects of characters, narrative, causation in the film and special effects. Discourse analysis revealed a range of viewing positions taken and social languages used, as well as gender differences in the balance of language used to attribute the film’s emotional effects. The findings provide evidence that children construct a range of educationally relevant understandings through their repeated home viewing of favourites, although structural and critical engagement was not well developed in this group. The findings are relevant to children's learning, audience research and the culture of childhood. The study has implications for parents, for primary school teachers and for education policy.

Orientador: Jete Jane Fiorati / Banca: Elisabete Maniglia / Banca: Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura / Resumo: O presente estudo iniciou-se com análise de legislações domésticas que contribuíram para a formação do Primeiro Regime Internacional de Propriedade Intelectual, inaugurado com a Convenção de Paris de 1883. Tal fase objetivou extrair os verdadeiros paradigmas que sustentam os Direitos de Propriedade Intelectual, bem como apontar a importância da inovação tecnológica enquanto bem juridicamente valorado pela sociedade. Após tal análise, passou-se ao estudo do Primeiro Regime Internacional de Propriedade Intelectual, onde foram abordados todos os Tratados, Acordos e Convenções Internacionais que objetivaram proteger o potencial criativo e as inovações tecnológicas sob os auspícios da Organização Mundial da Propriedade Intelectual (OMPI). Em seguida, sob uma perspectiva histórica, foram analisados os fatores sociais, políticos e econômicos que contribuíram para o fim do Primeiro Regime e o início do Novo Regime Internacional de Propriedade Intelectual. Dentre os denominadores apontados, recebeu destaque o fenômeno de internacionalização do comércio, o qual passou a gerar efeitos a partir de meados dos anos 70 (setenta). Finda tal etapa, analisou-se o Novo Regime Internacional de Propriedade Intelectual, cujo marco inicial é o Anexo 1.C. do Acordo Constitutivo da Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) de 1994. Tal Anexo é conhecido pelo nome de TRIPS (Treaty Related Aspects of Intellectual Property). A mudança de Regime foi estudada sob a perspectiva da modificação dos princípios sob os quais se estruturou o Primeiro Regime Internacional de Propriedade Intelectual. Neste ponto, concluiuse que o principal marco de ruptura foi a inserção dos princípios de livre-concorrência dentre os princípios que disciplinavam a matéria desde a Convenção de Paris de 1883. Outro fator de ruptura foi a inclusão do tema "Propriedade Intelectual" nas matérias...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Resumen: El presente estudio se inició con análisis de legislaciones domésticas que contribuyeron para la formación del "Primer Régimen Internacional de Propiedad Intelectual", inaugurado con lo Convenio de Paris de 1883. Dicha fase tuvo como objetivo extraer los verdaderos paradigmas que sostienen los Direitos de Propriedade Intelectual, bien como apuntar la importancia de la innovación tecnológica como un bien juridicamente valorado por la sociedad. Después de este análisis, se pasó al estudio del Primer Régimen Internacional de Propiedad Intelectual, donde fueron abordados todos los Tratados, Arreglos y Convenciones Internacionales que tenían como objetivo proteger el potencial creativo y las innovaciones tecnológicas bajo los auspícios de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI). En seguida, bajo una perspectiva histórica, fueron analizados los hechos sociales, políticos y económicos que contribuyeron para el fin del Primer Régimen y el início del Nuevo Régimen Internacional de Propiedad Intelectual. Entre los denominadores apuntados, recibió especial atención el fenómeno de internacionalización del comércio, el cual pasó a generar efectos a partir de mediados de los años 70 (setenta). Terminada tal etapa, se analisó el Nuevo Régimen Internacional de Propiedad Intelectual, cuyo marco inicial es el Anexo 1.C. del Acuerdo Constitutivo de la Organización Mundial del Comércio (OMC) de 1994. Tal Anexo es conocido por el nombre de ADPIC (Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio). El cambio de Régimen fue estudiado bajo la perspectiva de la modificación de los princípios bajo los cuales se estructuró el Primer Régimen Internacional de Propiedade Intelectual. En este punto, se concluyó que el principal marco de ruptura fue la inserción de los princípios de libre competencia entre los princípios que disciplinaban la materia desde lo Convenio de Paris de 1883... / Mestre

LLM / Department of Mercantile Law / The study critically analyses the concurrent enforceability of restraint of trade and garden leave in South African Labour law. The study seeks to answer the question of whether or not the simultaneous enforceability of restraint of trade agreements and garden leave is reasonable. Designed within a qualitative paradigm primarily based on a critical literature review, the study employs a doctrinal approach to establish the contemporary legal position in respect of the simultaneous enforceability of restraint of trade agreements and garden leave in South African Labour law. The objectives pursued by the study are to mitigate the controversies and clear the confusion relating to the enforceability of restraint of trade agreements; to justify the doctrine of restraint of trade; assess the reasonableness of the simultaneous enforceability of garden leave and restraint of trade; examine the onus of proof in matters dealing with the enforceability of restraint of trade agreements; test the constitutionality of restraint of trade agreements; evaluate the relationship between restraint of trade agreements and garden leave; and propose practical recommendations that can be employed to address identified legal flaws in the context of the topic. Structurally, the study begins with unpacking the background to the research topic, the history, origin and rationality of restraint of trade agreements together with an assessment of their enforceability. It further examines the effect of garden leave on restraint of trade agreements, outlines comparative perspectives on restraint of trade, including aspects relating to garden leave and highlights lessons South Africa may learn from the selected jurisdictions. Finally, the study recommends that South African jurisprudence should be developed to shift the burden of proof to employers to prove reasonableness of garden leave and restraint of trade agreements, to impose an obligation on employers to pay former employees for rendering them jobless and to set a maximum period that an employee can be prevented to compete or be employed by employer’s competitors. / NRF

Thesis (MPH.) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / Background: Disclosure of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) is still a challenge to people living with the disease because of the discrimination, stigma and judgemental attitudes. Women prefer to keep their illness to themselves and make it a secret. The revealing of HIV status relies on an individual who is living with the illness. The concept of non-disclosure is a vital issue that threatens immediate families in which there are people, especially women battling the non-disclosure of their HIV status. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to explore and describe the experiences of concealing HIV positive status to the immediate family by women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus at the selected villages in Limpopo Province. Methods: The qualitative and descriptive phenomenological method was followed. Due to saturation, ten women participated after being selected through purposive sampling from the database with the consideration of the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews in Sepedi. The data was transcribed, translated and analysed through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results: WLW-HIV continue to manage to live with a secret about their HIV status due to the unpleasant feelings they hold about the illness continue, still pointing fingers and sceptical about disclosing, particularly to their children. They further tell lies about their illness and hide their medications away from the members of their family. The reasons about concealing their status include among others fear of prejudice, lack of trust, fear of abandonment and rejection, fear of blame and humiliation, denial, misconceptions that people still hold about HIV and the view of it as a predicament. Others conceal because of the lack of support and the target of the disclosure. xii Conclusion: The outcomes of the study have uncovered that there is still less awareness by members of the society about HIV/AIDS, which puts pressure on the WLW-HIV to effectively deal with an HIV positive status and disclose to their family members. These factors contribute to concealment and compromise the level of support that WLW-HIV would get from their family members, further impacting negatively on adherence. Keywords: Concealment, HIV/AIDS, Phenomenological study, Stigma and Immediate family.