Anonymised respondent (Current Officer in Charge of the parastatal body)
No breach of the data protection act has been proved. DPO, October 2019.
The facts
The ex-officer in charge of a parastatal body complained that his successor had copied a letter concerning the refund of an overpayment, with an annexure containing his personal data including salary and allowances, to parties who had nothing to do with the matter. In his statement the respondent demonstrated legitimate grounds for those parties to be copied. The complainant attempted to rebut this but added nothing new to show the disclosure was unlawful, and was advised that his grievance about deliberate damage to his reputation belonged in a civil defamation case before the courts.
Orders and outcome
The Data Protection Commissioner found no breach of the Data Protection Act proved, holding that consent was not required because the processing was necessary for a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority, the respondent being a parastatal body operating under a Ministry.
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