Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10505 dated 02 February 1998 50 No. 37067 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26 November 2013 Act No. 4 of 2013 Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 50 affect the protection of the personal information of data subjects, and reporting to the Minister the results of that examination; (iv) reporting upon request or on its own accord, to Parliament from time to time on any policy matter affecting the protection of the personal information of a data subject, including the need for, or desirability of, taking legislative, administrative, or other action to give protection or better protection to the personal information of a data subject; (v) submitting a report to Parliament, within five months of the end of its financial year, on all its activities in terms of this Act during that financial year; (vi) conducting an assessment, on its own initiative or when requested to do so, of a public or private body, in respect of the processing of personal information by that body for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the information is processed according to the conditions for the lawful processing of personal information; (vii) monitoring the use of unique identifiers of data subjects, and reporting to Parliament from time to time on the results of that monitoring, including any recommendation relating to the need of, or desirability of taking, legislative, administrative, or other action to give protection, or better protection, to the personal information of a data subject; (viii) maintaining, publishing and making available and providing copies of such registers as are prescribed in this Act; and (ix) examining any proposed legislation that makes provision for the— (aa) collection of personal information by any public or private body; or (bb) disclosure of personal information by one public or private body to any other public or private body, or both, to have particular regard, in the course of that examination, to the matters set out in section 44(2), in any case where the Regulator considers that the information might be used for the purposes of an information matching programme, and reporting to the Minister and Parliament the results of that examination; (c) to consult with interested parties by— (i) receiving and inviting representations from members of the public on any matter affecting the personal information of a data subject; (ii) co-operating on a national and international basis with other persons and bodies concerned with the protection of personal information; and (iii) acting as mediator between opposing parties on any matter that concerns the need for, or the desirability of, action by a responsible party in the interests of the protection of the personal information of a data subject; (d) to handle complaints by— (i) receiving and investigating complaints about alleged violations of the protection of personal information of data subjects and reporting to complainants in respect of such complaints; (ii) gathering such information as in the Regulator’s opinion will assist the Regulator in discharging the duties and carrying out the Regulator’s functions under this Act; (iii) attempting to resolve complaints by means of dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation and conciliation; and (iv) serving any notices in terms of this Act and further promoting the resolution of disputes in accordance with the prescripts of this Act; 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50