[22nd December 2023]
REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES
Data Protection Act
SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE
650
ACT
(8) Any information that is required under this Part to be provided to
the data subject shall be provided free of charge, unless a request from a data
subject is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
(9) Where a data subject request is considered unfounded or
excessive, the data controller may charge a reasonable fee for dealing with
the request, or refuse to act on the request.
(10) The data controller shall facilitate the data subject to exercise his
or her rights both in person and through remote access, and shall implement
such safeguards as may be necessary to protect data from unauthorized
access, use and disclosure as well as effectively identifying the legitimate
data subject.
(11) The data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with
the Commission if he or she considers that the processing of personal data
relating to him or her is being or has been conducted in contravention of this
Act.
(12) The data subject may in addition to subsection (11) lodge a
complaint to the Commission in a case where the data subject considers that
his or her rights have not been sufficiently responded to.
(13) The Commission shall inform the complainant on the progress
and the outcome of the complaint including the possibility of a judicial
remedy.
(14) The Minister may make regulations prescribing any matters
regarding the data subject's rights under this Part, including limits to fees,
timelines and such other matters as the Minister may consider necessary.
Right to be informed
26.(1) The data controller shall, for the purpose of enabling the exercise
of a data subject's rights under this Part, give the data subject the following —
(a)
information about the legal basis for the processing;
(b)
information about the period for which the personal data
will be stored or, where that is not possible, about the
criteria used to determine that period;
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