Data Protection
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(2) The Data Protection Commissioner shall, within thirty days
of receiving an application for the renewal of a certificate of
registration, approve or reject the application and give reasons where
it rejects the application for renewal of the certificate.
(3) A holder of a certificate of registration who submits an
application for the renewal of a certificate of registration in
accordance with subsection (1), shall continue to operate the
business or activity until a decision is made by the Data Protection
Commissioner on the application.
23. A registered data controller or data processor under this
Act shall notify the Data Protection Commissioner of any change
in the particulars relating to the registration within seven days of
the change.
Change in
details of
data
controller or
data
processor
24. (1) Subject to other provisions of this Act, the Data
Protection Commissioner may suspend or cancel the registration
of a data controller or data processor if the registered data controller
or data processor—
Suspension
or
cancellation
of
registration
(a) obtained the registration on the basis of fraud,
misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact;
(b) has ceased to carry on business in the data processing or
controlling industry for a prescribed period;
(c) fails to comply with any term or condition of the certificate
of registration; or
(d) operates the registered business activity in contravention
of this Act or any other relevant written law.
(2) The Data Protection Commissioner shall, not less than thirty
days before suspending or cancelling registration of a data controller
or data processor in accordance with subsection (1), notify the
registered data controller or data processor of the intention to
suspend or cancel the registration giving reasons for its decision
and requesting the registered data controller or data processor to
show cause, within a period as the Data Protection Commissioner
shall specify in the notice, why the registration of the data controller
or data processor shall not be suspended or cancelled.
(3) Where the Data Protection Commissioner is not satisfied
with the reasons advanced by the data controller or data processor
under subsection (2), the Data Protection Commissioner shall
proceed to suspend or cancel, the registration stating the reasons
for the suspension or cancellation.
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