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2.5. Such invasion of privacy by way of either surveillance and or interception of
communications is typically grounded in laws such as the select examples below;
2.6. Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Chapter 10:27]
2.6.1.

The protection of privacy, together with the constitutional limitations
attendant to it, presently find further expression in the Access to Information
and Protection of Privacy Act [Chapter 10:27][6] which is an Act of Parliament
meant to “provide members of the public with a right of access to records and
information held by public bodies; to make public bodies accountable by giving
the public a right to request correction of misrepresented personal information;
to prevent the unauthorised collection, use or disclosure of personal
information by public bodies; to protect personal privacy…”[7]

2.6.2. Aside from creating a right to access only to information held by public bodies
in line with Section 62 of the Constitution, and most importantly for purposes
of this discussion, this Act provides a substantive right to the protection of
personal privacy by, among other things, prohibiting unauthorised collection,
use or disclosure of personal information by those public bodies;
2.6.3.

It is notable that the right to personal privacy provided for by the Act is
restricted to the interaction of persons only with public bodies and does not
extend to other private persons and or entities;

2.6.4. The Act protects personal privacy and personal information more particularly
as follows:
2.6.5.

“personal information” for purposes of the Act and the protection thereof
is defined to mean “recorded information about an identifiable person, and
includes—the person's name, address or telephone number; the person's race,
national or ethnic origin, colour, religious or political beliefs or associations; the
person's age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or family status; an
identifying number, symbol or other particulars assigned to that person;
fingerprints, blood type or inheritable characteristics; information about a
person’s health care history, including a physical or mental disability;
information about educational, financial, criminal or employment history;
anyone else’s opinions about the individual; and the individual’s personal