National Department of Health

Referred to enforcement committee. Information Regulator, 21 February 2023.

Record ID: za-ir-2023-0001
Jurisdiction: South Africa
Regulator: Information Regulator
Type: investigation
Date decided: 21 February 2023
Respondent type: public
Sector: government
Violations: PAIA non-compliance, failure to respond to information notice
Provisions cited: PAIA 2000
Outcome: referred to enforcement committee
Status: ongoing
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 14 March 2026

Summary

The Information Regulator referred the National Department of Health to its enforcement committee on 21 February 2023 for refusing to provide information about personal data collected during COVID-19 contact tracing. The Department had failed to respond to a formal Information Notice issued in November 2022 within the prescribed timeframe.

PAIA · ACCESS-TO-INFORMATION · COVID-19

Cite this decision

Information Regulator (South Africa), National Department of Health, investigation of 21 February 2023. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/south-africa/information-regulator/2023/national-department-of-health-paia-covid-data/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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