Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10505 dated 02 February 1998 146 No. 37067 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26 November 2013 Act No. 4 of 2013 Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 146 No. and year of law Short title Extent of repeal or amendment Act 25 of 2002 Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 1. The amendment of section 1 by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘personal information’’ of the following definition: ‘‘ ‘personal information’ means information relating to an identifiable natural person, including, but not limited to— (a) information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person; (b) information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person; (c) any identifying number, symbol, email address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assigned to the person; (d) the biometric information of the person; (e) the personal opinions, views or preferences of the person; (f) correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence; (g) the views or opinions of another individual about the person; and (h) the name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person, but excludes information about an individual who has been dead for more than 20 years;’’. 2. The repeal of sections 45, 50 and 51. Act 34 of 2005 National Credit Act, 2005 1. The amendment of section 1 by the substitution of the definition of ‘‘prohibited conduct’’ with the following definition: ‘‘ ‘prohibited conduct’ means any act or omission in contravention of the Act, other than an act or omission as contemplated in section 55(2)(b) or that constitutes an offence under this Act, by— (a) an unregistered person who is required to be registered to engage in such an act; or (b) a credit provider, credit bureau or debt counselor;’’ .