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§ Tracker · Mauritius · DPO · 2016

Anonymised respondent (company)

No breach established. DPO, June 2016.

Record ID
mu-dpo-2013-0032
Jurisdiction
Mauritius
Regulator
DPO
Type
determination
Date decided
June 2016
Respondent type
private
Sector
employment
Violations
unlawful processing of biometric data (alleged)
Provisions cited
DPA 2004
Outcome
no breach established
Status
final
Source
Official document ↗
Source integrity
SHA-256 be52e007f2f9ad2f…
Record verified
31 July 2026

The facts

A tenant complained that after a lease dispute his company was locked out of its office and could not recover a biometric lock holding fingerprints and access codes. The landlord explained the tenant had failed to fit out the premises or attend a scheduled inspection despite formal notices, and that the biometric device was removed inert and kept in safe storage untouched. The office asked the complainant to collect the device and submit any further views, but his email domain had expired and he was unreachable, with police confirming he had left the country.

Orders and outcome

The enquiry was closed as no breach of the Data Protection Act could be established, in the absence of further cooperation from the complainant. The document is an undated published summary.

BIOMETRICS · FINGERPRINT · EMPLOYMENT

Cite this decision

DPO (Mauritius), Anonymised respondent (company), determination of June 2016. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/mauritius/dpo/2016/decision-32-fingerprint-appropriation/ (accessed 30 August 2026).

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