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The law
Data Protection Act 2017 (Act 20 of 2017, amended 2023) IN FORCE
commenced 2018-01-15 · Official full text ↗
Scope Controllers/processors established in Mauritius and those using equipment in Mauritius. Key obligations GDPR-aligned principles, lawful bases, DPIAs; Registration of controllers and processors with the DPO; Records of processing DPO required Data protection officer designation per Act. Registration Yes: registration/renewal with the Data Protection Office. Cross-border transfers Adequacy/safeguards/consent conditions for transfers (s.36). Breach notification 72 hours to the Commissioner where feasible; subjects notified for high risk. Penalties Fines up to MUR 200,000 and imprisonment up to 5 years for offences. Authority Data Protection Office (Commissioner for Data Protection) Verified 2026-07-07
Enforcement record
Decision types: Determination · 207
Actions by year 2011: 6 6 2011 2012: 4 4 2012 2013: 6 6 2013 2014: 2 2 2014 2015: 5 5 2015 2016: 15 15 2016 2017: 9 9 2017 2018: 2 2 2018 2019: 14 14 2019 2020: 5 5 2020 2021: 3 3 2021 2022: 35 35 2022 2023: 25 25 2023 2024: 51 51 2024 2025: 25 25 2025 Published decisions only; a year with no bar had no published decision that we could find.
Outcomes Resolved / closed: 131 Closed, no breach: 60 Upheld / breach found: 6 Other: 5 Referred / investigation: 5 Resolved / closed · 131 Closed, no breach · 60 Upheld / breach found · 6 Other · 5 Referred / investigation · 5 First-listed outcome of each tracked decision. Sectors residential: 141 general: 20 employment: 18 banking: 8 government: 5 telecoms: 4 technology: 3 hospitality: 2 retail: 2 media: 2 professional services: 1 education: 1 residential · 141 general · 20 employment · 18 banking · 8 government · 5 telecoms · 4 technology · 3 hospitality · 2 retail · 2 media · 2 professional services · 1 education · 1 Sector of the respondent in each tracked decision.
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ViolationAll (unspecified in published summary) 360-degree CCTV camera with audio directed towards complainant's area, recording complainant and family members in video and audio and posting footage with insults on social media Alleged failure to comply with section 23(2) of the DPA regarding informing individuals at time of data collection Alleged recording of personal conversations Alleged unauthorised access to complainant's account by an ex-employee Alleged unauthorised use of complainant's personal data (name and ID) in a training application submitted to a third organisation Alleged unlawful disclosure of complainant's personal information to her ex-husband Attendance records accessed by a former staff member no longer authorised to do so CCTV camera alleged to be viewing complainant’s private life and premises CCTV camera capturing full view of complainant's plot of land and house CCTV camera directed towards complainant's yard CCTV camera facing complainant’s yard and a public road CCTV camera facing complainant’s yard, watching complainant and family CCTV camera facing directly at complainant's gate entry, yard, house, and rooftop CCTV camera facing main entrance and alleged threat to post video of complainant’s family member online CCTV camera facing the entrance and windows of the neighbouring saloon without permission CCTV camera fixed at first floor wall capturing images of complainant's front yard CCTV camera in communal area pointing at complainant's bedroom, balcony, living room and communal pathway without consent CCTV camera in side alley capturing footage and images from complainant's premises CCTV camera installed by brother on first floor facing complainant's bathroom on ground floor CCTV camera installed directing towards complainant’s house and greenhouse, capturing footage from complainant’s property CCTV camera installed facing the entrance of complainant's premises, allowing respondent to monitor complainant's movements CCTV camera installed in close proximity to complainant's private residence believed to be positioned in violation of the Data Protection Act CCTV camera installed in family courtyard and entrance capturing images and invading privacy of family members CCTV camera installed inside shared residence facing corridor to complainant’s private room, toilet, and bathroom, allegedly to monitor complainant’s actions and record conversations CCTV camera installed near boundary wall potentially enabling surveillance of complainant's home CCTV camera installed opposite complainant's door entrance, violating complainant's privacy CCTV camera installed pointing towards complainant’s compound CCTV camera placed facing complainant’s house and courtyard, without required signage, and capturing outside respondent’s premises CCTV camera placed on an electric CEB pole focused on complainant's main entrance CCTV camera placed on respondent's roof facing complainant's yard and home, with one camera approximately 5 metres directly facing complainant's daughter's window CCTV camera pointing directly towards complainant's yard, balcony, and room window with flashing lights when family members entered or left premises CCTV camera pointing towards complainant's house CCTV camera pointing towards complainant's house equipped with flash, sensors and speakers CCTV camera pointing towards the road alleged to capture images of public space including pavements and road CCTV camera positioned towards complainant's house and personal space CCTV cameras alleged to be installed on complainant's property monitoring his movements and those of his family CCTV cameras alleged to interfere with complainant's private life CCTV cameras capturing all acts and movements of employees including personal adjustments CCTV cameras capturing complainant's movements and family's private activities including entry and exit from premises CCTV cameras capturing footage of a public road used as access to a residential co-ownership CCTV cameras capturing images inside complainant's premises CCTV cameras capturing images of complainant's private activities CCTV cameras capturing images of the common road and complainant's house CCTV cameras directed towards complainant's house and yard CCTV cameras facing complainant's kitchen, bedroom windows, terrace, and main door CCTV cameras facing complainant's main gate and capturing images of complainant's yard CCTV cameras facing complainant’s private path CCTV cameras facing directly towards complainant's house CCTV cameras facing towards complainant's gate and the common entrance CCTV cameras fixated at complainant's two gates of entry CCTV cameras fixed facing towards complainant's property CCTV cameras fixed straight on complainant's house CCTV cameras installed around respondent's house with one pointing directly at complainant's window CCTV cameras installed around the ground floor of respondent’s premises allegedly watching complainant CCTV cameras installed by neighbour intrusively capturing images of complainant's private property and monitoring activities within complainant's premises without consent CCTV cameras installed by respondent (complainant's brother) on shared terrain to surveil complainant's private activities CCTV cameras installed facing complainant's house, prayer house, side of complainant's house, and the road, allegedly to spy on complainant and collect information CCTV cameras installed in several locations within shared yard without complainant's consent, violating complainant's and family's privacy CCTV cameras installed on other owners' property without signage CCTV cameras installed on respondents' house facing complainant's property CCTV cameras installed on roof of neighbour's house pointing towards complainant's yard CCTV cameras installed without complainant's consent and facing towards complainant's house CCTV cameras of neighbouring business pointed at complainant's coffee shop and pathway to toilet CCTV cameras placed facing complainant's private property CCTV cameras placed in common yard without notification and facing towards complainant's house CCTV cameras placed to capture areas directly affecting complainant's private use including balcony and entrance to dwelling CCTV cameras placed with angle facing complainant’s garage, room, and entrance CCTV cameras pointed at complainant's house CCTV cameras pointed towards complainant's yard and sharing footage via WhatsApp CCTV cameras pointing directly at the complainant's backyard and two bedroom windows CCTV cameras pointing towards complainant's entrance and balcony CCTV cameras pointing towards complainant's house CCTV cameras pointing towards complainant's house and public road CCTV cameras pointing towards complainant's house, specifically bathroom and laundry CCTV cameras pointing towards complainant's premises CCTV cameras pointing towards complainant's premises and capable of capturing images inside complainant's house CCTV cameras pointing towards complainant's yard and infringing on his privacy CCTV cameras pointing towards complainant’s personal property and store CCTV cameras recording audio CCTV cameras suspected of being directed towards complainant's premises CCTV cameras suspected of capturing images inside complainant's premises CCTV cameras with audio recording facing complainant's main entrance and capturing complainant's movements and family movements CCTV footage monitored by a male security officer in a context involving female employees CCTV footage monitored by male security officer allegedly causing shame to a female employee CCTV footage used in disciplinary proceedings without prior notice or consent CCTV footage viewed by unauthorised persons Camera allowing visibility inside the saloon causing disturbance and discomfort to clients Camera facing towards complainant's premises, recording private activities without consent Camera installed near complainant's kitchen capturing private images of complainant Cameras capturing images outside respondents' property boundaries Cameras directed towards complainant's windows Cameras equipped with LED lights causing disturbance Cameras fixed pointing directly towards complainant's wife's and daughter's room and complainant's yard Cameras installed by neighbour without consent or permission Complainant's movements being monitored Complainant's movements being viewed Disclosure of attendance records to an external investigative authority without complainant's knowledge Disclosure of personal attendance data to an unauthorised person Failure to provide complainant with a copy of his employment contract Footage viewable by multiple unrelated persons Installation and use of CCTV cameras (later confirmed to be dummy cameras) alleged to capture complainant's private life Installation and use of CCTV cameras alleged to cause continuous harassment to complainant Installation done without complainant's consent Installation of 360-degree CCTV camera with audio and recording features directed towards areas used commonly and exclusively by complainant Installation of surveillance cameras allegedly directed into complainant's premises, intruding on privacy Installation of surveillance cameras in shared areas without visible signage, alleged to intrude on complainant's privacy Installation of three CCTV cameras on wall of house facing the street alleged to be used to spy on complainant Lack of adequate signage near some cameras Light emitted by cameras at night causing disturbance Neighbour's CCTV cameras facing complainants' premises Neighbour's CCTV cameras pointed towards complainant's premises and recording images from inside complainant's property Neighbour's camera pointing into complainant's courtyard Placement of a surveillance camera in a car directed towards complainant's room, alleged to invade complainant's privacy Possible unregistered data controller status for the specific camera Respondent alleged to use camera microphone to direct insults at complainant's family Respondent's camera capturing images towards complainant's private premises Respondent's camera capturing movements of complainant's daily life and family Rotating CCTV camera capturing images of complainant and family including tracking movements Rotating CCTV camera capturing images of complainant's bedroom, balcony and house Rotating CCTV cameras capturing images inside complainant's premises Three 360-degree motion-sensor CCTV cameras alleged to target complainant's house, a mosque, and another neighbour's house Three CCTV cameras facing towards complainant's yard and house Two fixed CCTV cameras alleged to monitor all personal movement of complainant and complainant's family Use of CCTV footage in disciplinary proceedings without informing or obtaining consent of the employee Workplace CCTV capturing all acts and movements of employees including intimate adjustments absence of signage notifying of CCTV surveillance accessing complainant's confidential and personal information stored on a company-assigned laptop alleged collection of information about persons entering complainant's house alleged monitoring and harassment of residents, visitors and employees alleged recording of conversations alleged recording of family conversations breach of the Act (alleged) bullet-type cameras directed towards complainant's house and private road camera fixed by brother violating complainant's privacy camera fixed facing into complainant's garage and partly into daughter's bedroom camera installed on respondent's property capturing footage of complainant's premises camera lights directed towards windows causing disturbance at night camera monitoring every action taking place within complainant's home camera pointing towards common public road camera pointing towards complainant's personal street camera possibly capturing images at complainant's entrance cameras alleged to be 360-degree rotating and audio recording devices cameras directed towards neighbouring properties rather than respondent's own house cameras directed towards public road capturing passers-by and vehicles cameras flashing when movement detected cameras have audio recording capability cameras installed without complainant's permission cameras monitoring complainant's movement and visitors cameras operating continuously day and night cameras placed without respecting 3-foot distance perimeter from boundary wall cameras pointing directly onto complainant's property capturing movements and activities of complainant and visitors change of purpose for which personal data was collected collecting personal data by phone without prior consent or right to withdraw notice collecting personal data for website registration without valid purpose complainant sought removal of cameras concern about misuse or sharing of recorded footage concern that footage may be shared abroad for unlawful purposes copying a letter containing complainant's personal data (salary and allowances) to unconcerned parties disclosure of complainant's financial situation to a third party without consent disclosure of complainant's personal information by employer and ex-employer excessive data collection (alleged) failure to consult complainant before disclosing personal information failure to consult complainant before placing cameras four cameras installed on private lane without complainant's permission inadequate password confidentiality (alleged) inadequate protection of card data (alleged) incorrectly sending confidential personal and financial information of visa applicants to unknown third parties without consent installation of CCTV cameras all around the ground floor of shared residence installation without informing complainant installation without informing the complainant invasion of privacy monitoring and recording of complainant's activities monitoring complainant's movement in and out of property monitoring of complainant's movements despite being asked to reposition cameras monitoring of complainant's movements when leaving and entering house multiple CCTV cameras capturing complainant's home, entrance, front yard and driveway multiple CCTV cameras with motion sensors directed towards complainant’s property neighbour's CCTV camera capturing images in front of complainant's house neighbour's CCTV cameras facing towards complainant's private property neighbour's camera believed to be viewing complainant's entire property no signage informing persons that they are being recorded one camera monitoring inside complainant's compound possessing customer personal data for no valid reason processing without consent processing without lawful justification publication of false and malicious information (alleged) publishing an investigation report containing staff personal data to a public mailing list without consent repeated installation of CCTV cameras facing and pointing towards complainant’s premises after prior Data Protection Office intervention requiring registration for reservation despite non-functional online systems respondent refused to remove camera despite police request rotating CCTV camera facing complainant's entrance and monitoring complainant's movements rotating CCTV camera following complainant’s movements and capturing complainant’s kitchen rotating CCTV camera installed on roof focusing on complainant’s property rotating CCTV camera with motion detection and long-distance view pointed directly towards complainant's premises rotating surveillance camera directed towards complainant's room security camera pointed at and watching complainant's property several CCTV cameras installed in the yard, alleged to violate the complainant's privacy six cameras on boundary wall capable of capturing passers-by and vehicles staff member threatened to use complainant's personal details to slow down her file staff refused to identify herself suspected advanced camera features constituting intrusion into privacy three CCTV cameras capturing complainant’s bedroom, balcony, garden, living room, and common access road two CCTV cameras capturing complainant’s yard, garage, and children’s room, used to monitor family movements two CCTV cameras, one facing complainant’s main gate and the other facing complainant’s door and windows two cameras capturing images of other individuals' houses unauthorised access to members' files (alleged) unauthorised data access unauthorised direct marketing unauthorised disclosure (alleged) unauthorised disclosure of email addresses unauthorised transfer of confidential information (alleged) unauthorised use of personal data (alleged) unauthorised viewing of personal images (CCTV) unlawful data disclosure unlawful data disclosure (alleged) unlawful disclosure (alleged) unlawful disclosure of debtor status (alleged) unlawful disclosure of sensitive personal data unlawful disclosure of subscriber data unlawful disclosure to the press (alleged) unlawful monitoring of emails (alleged) unlawful processing (alleged) unlawful processing of biometric data (alleged) unlawful processing of biometric data without consent unlawful processing without registration unlawful publication of personal data (alleged) unlawful surveillance (CCTV) (alleged) unlawful surveillance and broadcast (alleged) unlawful use of personal data (alleged) unlawful use of photographic image (alleged) unsolicited communication (alleged) using complainant's mobile number to send defamatory and insulting text messages for a purpose other than business voice/audio recording camera capturing conversations
YearAll 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
OutcomeAll No breach of the DPA is thus found committed Subject to corrective measures being implemented, the enquiry is thus closed The enquiry is thus closed appropriate protective measures found biometrics determination breach of s.24(1) found corrective actions taken corrective measures implemented corrective measures taken determination issued determination with findings directives complied with disclosure held to be processing enquiry can be closed to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. Thus, no offence is found to be committed under the Data Protection Act enquiry closed enquiry closed for complainant non-cooperation enquiry closed for complainant non-response enquiry closed for lack of complainant collaboration enquiry closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act enquiry closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 2017 enquiry closed under section 6 (resolved to the satisfaction of all parties) enquiry has not disclosed the commission of an offence under the DPA and is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 2017 (DPA) enquiry has not disclosed the commission of an offence under the DPA and is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 under the Data Protection Act (DPA) enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties concerned enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act (DPA) enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 2017 (DPA) enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act has occurred enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 under the Data Protection Act (DPA) enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties. Thus, no breach of the Data Protection Act has occurred enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties. Thus, no breach of the Data Protection Act has occurred. enquiry was closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 42 of the Data Protection Act inadvertent disclosure found no breach established no breach found no breach found after clarifications no breach of the DPA has been established and the enquiry is thus closed no breach of the Data Protection Act has been proved no breach of the Data Protection Act is found. The enquiry is thus closed no breach of the Data Protection Act, based on enquiry above, has been found committed no evidence of source of leak no evidence of unlawful disclosure no incriminating evidence no irregularity established no offence disclosed no offence found no offence found (administration-of-justice exemption) no offence found (cameras non-functional no prejudice found (genuine error) referred to police for prosecution (s.20) referred to police for prosecution of the CEO (s.20) resolved by removal s.22 offence found proved the enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 2017 (DPA) this enquiry has been conducted successfully to the satisfaction of all parties concerned relating to the applicability of the Data Protection Act within the Mauritian context. The enquiry is thus closed violation established
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