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Anonymised respondent (a company)

No breach of the dpa is thus found committed. DPO, 24 February 2020.

Record ID
mu-dpo-2020-0064
Case reference
Decision No 64
Jurisdiction
Mauritius
Regulator
DPO
Type
determination
Date decided
24 February 2020
Respondent type
private
Sector
general
Violations
publishing an investigation report containing staff personal data to a public mailing list without consent, change of purpose for which personal data was collected
Provisions cited
s.23 Data Protection Act 2017, s.24 Data Protection Act 2017, s.28(1)(b)(ii) Data Protection Act 2017, s.28(1)(b)(vii) Data Protection Act 2017, s.42 Data Protection Act 2017, s.6 Data Protection Act 2017
Outcome
No breach of the DPA is thus found committed
Status
final
Source
Official document ↗
Record verified
17 July 2026

Summary

Three complainants alleged that the respondent organisation published an internal investigation report about workplace bullying, harassment, and non-disclosure agreement violations to a public mailing list without staff consent, in breach of sections 23 and 24 of the Data Protection Act 2017. The respondent argued that publication was covered by legal obligations under the Employment Rights Act 2008 and by legitimate interests under section 28 of the Data Protection Act 2017. The DPO found that the published report did not name individuals, that no adverse action had been taken against the complainants, and that anonymisation sufficiently protected data subjects. After the lead complainant withdrew the complaint, the DPO found no breach of the Data Protection Act.

WORKPLACE INVESTIGATION · DATA DISCLOSURE · MAILING LIST · EMPLOYMENT

Cite this decision

DPO (Mauritius), Decision No 64, determination of 24 February 2020. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/mauritius/dpo/2020/decision-64-workplace-investigation-data-disclosure/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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