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otherwise processed; (ii) you have withdrawn your consent to us holding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