Freedom of Information Act, 2020 Zimbabwe (e) the personal opinions, views or preferences of the individual, except where they are about another individual or about a proposal for a grant, an award or a prize to be made to another individual; (f) correspondence sent by the individual 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 individual; (h) the views or opinions of another individual about a proposal for a grant, an award or a prize to be made to the individual, but excluding the name of the other individual where it appears with the views or opinions of the other individual; and (i) the name of the individual where it appears with other personal information relating to the individual or where the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the individual; but excludes information about an individual who has been dead for more than twenty years; "principal officer", in relation to any entity, means the person who is the executive head, by whatever name known, of the entity concerned, or any person acting in that capacity; "private entity" means an entity other than a public entity, public commercial entity or statutory office; "public commercial entity" means a company or other commercial entity which is owned or controlled by the State or by a person on behalf of the State; "public entity" has the meaning given to it in the Public Finance Management Act [Chapter 22:19]; "responsible person" means the principal officer or one of several officers of— (a) a public entity; (b) a public commercial entity; whose duty it is to create, keep, organise and maintain information on behalf of the entity; "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Zimbabwe Media Commission; "third party", in relation to a request for access to information, means any person, group of persons or organisation other than the person who made the request; "trade secret" means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, programme, device, product, method, technique or process, that is used, or may be used, in business or for any commercial advantage and— 3. (a) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (b) is the subject of reasonable efforts to prevent it from becoming generally known; and (c) the disclosure of which would result in harm or improper benefit. Objects of Act The objects of this Act are— (a) to give effect to the right of access to information in accordance with the Constitution; and (b) to establish voluntary and mandatory mechanisms or procedures to give effect to the right of access to information so as to facilitate swift, inexpensive and simple access to information; and (c) to promote transparency, accountability and effective governance by taking any steps necessary to — (i) educate or inform the public of their rights in terms of this Act; and By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 3