The law confers upon you a number of rights relating to the personal data being processed by us. These rights are set out below. If you wish to exercise any of the said rights, we encourage you to contact our Data Protection Officer.
6.1 RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT AT ANY TIME
Where we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, you may withdraw such consent at any time. The withdrawal of your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing done by us prior to such withdrawal.
Please note that withdrawing your consent may result in us not being able to provide certain services to you or enter into a contractual relationship with you.
6.2 RIGHT OF ACCESS
You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. Kindly ensure that such request is made in writing to our Data Protection Officer.
Please note that if, in our opinion, your request is manifestly excessive, we may either not attend to your request or charge a fee for attending to same.
6.3 RECTIFICATION, ERASURE OR RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING
You may also, at any time, request:
- to have any inaccurate personal data we hold on you corrected. This includes the right to supplement and/or update existing personal data provided to us;
- that we erase any personal data we hold on you where (i) such data is no longer necessary in relation to the purpose for which it was collected or otherwise processed; (ii) you have withdrawn your consent to us holding and processing such data and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the continued processing; or (iii) your personal data has been unlawfully processed.
You will understand that this right is not absolute and that it will not be applicable where the exceptions provided for by law apply, including where our processing of your personal data is necessary for the purpose of historical, statistical or scientific research or for compliance with a legal obligation or for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claim;
- us to restrict processing of your personal data where (i) the accuracy of your personal data is contested by you. This restriction will apply for such period as may be necessary to enable us to verify the accuracy of the data; (ii) we no longer need the personal data for the purpose of processing; (iii) you deem the processing of your personal data to be unlawful, but do not wish us to erase it; or (iv) you have objected to the processing of your data. Such restriction will apply pending verification as to our legitimate grounds to keep processing the personal data, despite your objection.
6.4 RIGHT TO OBJECT
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data at any time. Upon receiving such objection, we will stop processing your personal data, except where there are compelling legitimate grounds to continue such processing;
6.5 RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT
If you feel that we have not processed your personal data lawfully, please do feel free to contact us through our Data Protection Officer.
If you remain unsatisfied, you may lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commissioner in Mauritius. Her contact details are as follows:
Address: 5th Floor, SICOM Tower, Wall Street, Ebène
Email address: dpo@govmu.org
Phone number: + (230) 460-0253
Fax: + (230) 489-7346