Blouberg Municipality

Enforcement notice issued. Information Regulator, April 2024. month-precision date

Record ID: za-ir-2024-0003
Jurisdiction: South Africa
Regulator: Information Regulator
Type: enforcement notice
Date decided: April 2024
Respondent type: public
Sector: government
Violations: unlawful further processing, breach of purpose limitation
Provisions cited: POPIA 2013 s.15
Outcome: enforcement notice issued
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 14 March 2026

Summary

The Information Regulator issued an enforcement notice against Blouberg Municipality for grossly violating the privacy of a former employee. The municipality unlawfully processed the employee's personal financial disclosure information for purposes beyond those for which it was originally collected.

PURPOSE-LIMITATION · EMPLOYMENT · LOCAL-GOVERNMENT

Cite this decision

Information Regulator (South Africa), Blouberg Municipality, enforcement notice of April 2024. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/south-africa/information-regulator/2024/blouberg-municipality-purpose-limitation/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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