§ Tracker · Mauritius · DPO · 2019
Anonymised respondent
No offence found; enquiry closed. DPO, 28 June 2019.
The facts
An accountant suspended from her post at a government body since February 2017, who had taken employment as finance manager at another government body, complained that both bodies disclosed her personal information without her consent after her new employer asked her to explain the circumstances of her earlier suspension, prompting her resignation.
Orders and outcome
The Data Protection Commissioner held that the disclosure had a lawful basis in compliance with the Act and that no breach had been found.
Cite this decision
DPO (Mauritius), Anonymised respondent, determination of 28 June 2019. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/mauritius/dpo/2019/decision-70-employment-allegation/ (accessed 30 August 2026).
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