Blouberg Municipality

Complaint upheld; enforcement notice issued; infringement notice issued. Information Regulator, April 2024.

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

complaint upheld; enforcement notice issued; infringement notice issued

Penalty

ZAR 500,000 (≈ USD 27,200 at the decision date)

Status

final

Source

Official document ↗

Source integrity

SHA-256 cf781118fc5207e1…

Record verified

30 July 2026

The facts

The Information Regulator issued an enforcement notice against Blouberg Municipality after finding it grossly violated a former employee's privacy when personal information was exposed on the internet. The municipality failed to adhere to the corrective instructions in the enforcement notice and became liable to an administrative fine of R500 000, which it did not pay, prompting the Regulator to initiate court proceedings to recover the fine.

Orders and outcome

Enforcement notice; on non-compliance, an infringement notice imposing an administrative fine of R500 000, now the subject of recovery proceedings per the Regulator's briefing.

PURPOSE-LIMITATION · EMPLOYMENT · LOCAL-GOVERNMENT

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