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§ Tracker · Mauritius · DPO · 2017

Anonymised respondent (company)

No breach found; concluded despite complainant silence. DPO, 14 February 2017.

Record ID
mu-dpo-2017-0040
Jurisdiction
Mauritius
Regulator
DPO
Type
determination
Date decided
14 February 2017
Respondent type
private
Sector
employment
Violations
unlawful processing of biometric data (alleged)
Provisions cited
DPA 2004
Outcome
no breach found; concluded despite complainant silence
Status
final
Source
Official document ↗
Source integrity
SHA-256 2e00b46a95b487cc…
Record verified
30 July 2026

The facts

An employee complained that fingerprint devices were installed at the company for attendance and that employees had to provide fingerprints without being asked for consent. The company replied that fingerprinting was not compulsory and only employees who consented gave fingerprints, and it was reminded that an alternative attendance method must be provided where consent has not been obtained. The office wrote to the complainant several times for a response and received none.

Orders and outcome

The enquiry was concluded with no breach of the Data Protection Act found, despite the complainant's silence in the face of the office's correspondence.

BIOMETRICS · FINGERPRINT · ATTENDANCE

Cite this decision

DPO (Mauritius), Anonymised respondent (company), determination of 14 February 2017. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/mauritius/dpo/2017/decision-40-fingerprint-attendance-silent-complainant/ (accessed 30 August 2026).

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