Anonymised respondent (individual occupying first floor)

Enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties. thus, no breach of the data protection act has occurred.. DPO, 27 June 2025.

Record ID

mu-dpo-2025-0192

Case reference

Decision No 192

Jurisdiction

Mauritius

Regulator

DPO

Type

determination

Date decided

27 June 2025

Respondent type

individual

Sector

residential

Violations

installation of CCTV cameras all around the ground floor of shared residence, complainant sought removal of cameras

Provisions cited

Data Protection Act (as applied by the DPO)

Outcome

enquiry is closed to the satisfaction of all parties. Thus, no breach of the Data Protection Act has occurred.

Status

final

Source

Official document ↗

Source integrity

SHA-256 28af7e4b4f83e909…

Record verified

30 July 2026

The facts

The complainant alleged a breach of confidentiality and privacy through CCTV cameras installed around the ground floor of the residence by the occupier of the first floor, and asked for their removal. A Police enquiry found the respondent had installed the cameras in the open garage for the security of vehicles and that they captured no images towards the complainant's premises.

Orders and outcome

The Data Commissioner closed the enquiry to the satisfaction of all parties, finding that no breach of the Data Protection Act had occurred.

CCTV · SHARED RESIDENCE · PRIVACY

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