[22nd December 2023]
REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES
Data Protection Act
SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE
672
ACT
personal data in any manner that is incompatible with the purpose for which
such data has been collected, commits an offence.
(2) A data processor who, without lawful justification, discloses
personal data processed by him or her without the prior authority of the data
controller on whose behalf the data is being or has been processed commits
an offence.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), any person who —
(a)
obtains access to personal data, or obtains any information
constituting such data without the prior authority of the
data controller or data processor by whom the data is kept;
or
(b)
discloses the data or information to another person who is
not entitled to access such data or information commits an
offence.
(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply to a person who is an employee or
agent of a data controller or data processor and who is acting within his or
her mandate with the data controller or data processor.
(5) Any person who offers to sell personal data, where such personal
data has been obtained in breach of subsection (1), commits an offence.
Obstruction
49.(1) No person shall obstruct the Commission or any person acting on
behalf or under the direction of the Commission in the performance of the
Commission's duties and functions under this Act.
(2) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence
and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding SR200,000.
Offence for which no specific penalty provided
50.(1) Any person who commits an offence under this Act for which no
specific penalty is provided or who otherwise contravenes this Act shall be
liable on conviction to imprisonment not exceeding 2years or to a fine of
level 5 on the Standard Scale.
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