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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 ↗
Source integrity
SHA-256 bd2b273bd7c1ff23…
Record verified
30 July 2026

The facts

Three staff members alleged that their employer published an investigation report, compiled from information staff had given to a law chambers during an internal investigation, onto a public mailing list without their consent and despite a written objection sent to the chairman through the chief executive. The office found the report sufficiently anonymised the data subjects, that no adverse action was taken against the complainants after publication, and that the employer acted under a legal obligation and legitimate interests in publishing it. The complaint was withdrawn.

Orders and outcome

The Data Protection Commissioner found no breach of the Data Protection Act committed.

WORKPLACE INVESTIGATION · DATA DISCLOSURE · MAILING LIST · EMPLOYMENT

Cite this decision

DPO (Mauritius), Anonymised respondent (a company), 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 30 August 2026).

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