Anonymised respondent (press)

No breach established; personal-data scope holding. DPO, 24 January 2019.

Record ID: mu-dpo-2019-0051
Jurisdiction: Mauritius
Regulator: DPO
Type: determination
Date decided: 24 January 2019
Respondent type: private
Sector: media
Violations: publication of false and malicious information (alleged)
Provisions cited: DPA 2017 (definition of personal data)
Outcome: no breach established; personal-data scope holding
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 11 July 2026

Summary

A college complained about allegedly false and malicious press reporting. The Commissioner applied the Data Protection Act 2017's definition of personal data - 'any information relating to a data subject' - and found no breach could be established, an early scope holding on the 2017 Act and press content.

MEDIA · SCOPE · DPA-2017

Cite this decision

DPO (Mauritius), Anonymised respondent (press), determination of 24 January 2019. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/mauritius/dpo/2019/decision-51-college-v-press-personal-data-scope/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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