Reproduced by Sabinet Online in terms of Government Printer’s Copyright Authority No. 10505 dated 02 February 1998 36 No. 37067 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26 November 2013 Act No. 4 of 2013 Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 36 information, if the Regulator has reasonable grounds to believe that such publicity would protect a data subject who may be affected by the compromise. Condition 8 Data subject participation Access to personal information 23. (1) A data subject, having provided adequate proof of identity, has the right to— (a) request a responsible party to confirm, free of charge, whether or not the responsible party holds personal information about the data subject; and (b) request from a responsible party the record or a description of the personal information about the data subject held by the responsible party, including information about the identity of all third parties, or categories of third parties, who have, or have had, access to the information— (i) within a reasonable time; (ii) at a prescribed fee, if any; (iii) in a reasonable manner and format; and (iv) in a form that is generally understandable. (2) If, in response to a request in terms of subsection (1), personal information is communicated to a data subject, the data subject must be advised of the right in terms of section 24 to request the correction of information. (3) If a data subject is required by a responsible party to pay a fee for services provided to the data subject in terms of subsection (1)(b) to enable the responsible party to respond to a request, the responsible party— (a) must give the applicant a written estimate of the fee before providing the services; and (b) may require the applicant to pay a deposit for all or part of the fee. (4) (a) A responsible party may or must refuse, as the case may be, to disclose any information requested in terms of subsection (1) to which the grounds for refusal of access to records set out in the applicable sections of Chapter 4 of Part 2 and Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act apply. (b) The provisions of sections 30 and 61 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act are applicable in respect of access to health or other records. (5) If a request for access to personal information is made to a responsible party and part of that information may or must be refused in terms of subsection (4)(a), every other part must be disclosed. Correction of personal information 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 24. (1) A data subject may, in the prescribed manner, request a responsible party to— (a) correct or delete personal information about the data subject in its possession or under its control that is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading or obtained unlawfully; or (b) destroy or delete a record of personal information about the data subject that 40 the responsible party is no longer authorised to retain in terms of section 14. (2) On receipt of a request in terms of subsection (1) a responsible party must, as soon as reasonably practicable— (a) correct the information; (b) destroy or delete the information; 45 (c) provide the data subject, to his or her satisfaction, with credible evidence in support of the information; or