Anonymised respondent (ex-employee)

Referred to police for prosecution (s.20). DPO, 3 May 2013.

Record ID: mu-dpo-2013-0012
Case reference: DPO/DEC/12
Jurisdiction: Mauritius
Regulator: DPO
Type: determination
Date decided: 3 May 2013
Respondent type: individual
Sector: general
Violations: unlawful data disclosure, unauthorised data access
Provisions cited: s.20 DPA 2004, s.29(1) DPA 2004
Outcome: referred to police for prosecution (s.20)
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 11 July 2026

Summary

An ex-employee allegedly forwarded company emails to himself without authorisation and disclosed client personal data, including two Excel sheets, to a competitor. The Commissioner referred the case to the Police under section 20 to establish whether an offence under section 29(1) was committed and to advise prosecution.

EMPLOYMENT · DATA-THEFT · POLICE-REFERRAL

Cite this decision

DPO (Mauritius), DPO/DEC/12, determination of 3 May 2013. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/mauritius/dpo/2013/decision-12-ex-employee-client-data/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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