[22nd December 2023]
REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES
Data Protection Act
SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE
632
ACT
Interpretation
2.
In this Act unless context otherwise requires —
“biometrics” means personal data resulting from specific
technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or
behavioral characteristics of a natural person, which allows or
confirms the unique identification of that natural person;
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer
appointed under section 41 of the Access to Information Act;
“Commission” means the Information Commission established
under section 36 of the Access to Information Act;
“consent” means an informed, freely given and unambiguous
agreement to the processing of personal information by a data
subject;
“data controller” means an individual or legal entity which alone,
or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of
processing personal data and has decision making power with
respect to the processing;
“data processor” means any natural or legal person who
processes personal data for or on behalf of a data controller;
“data protection impact assessment” means a tool to identify and
assess privacy risks arising from the development life cycle of a
program or system;
“data subject” means any natural person whose personal data is
being collected, processed, stored or further distributed;
“designated officers” means officers or individuals tasked by the
Commission to conduct an investigation or audit;
“genetics” means personal data relating to the inherited or
acquired genetic characteristics of a natural person which give
unique information about the physiology or the health of that