Constitutional Right
Privacy is a valuable aspect of personality. Data or information protection forms an element of safeguarding a person’s right to privacy. It provides for the legal protection of a person in instances where his or her personal information is being collected, stored, used or communicated by another person or institution.
In South Africa the right to privacy is protected in terms of both our common law and in sec 14 of the Constitution. The recognition and protection of the right to privacy as a fundamental human right in the Constitution provides an indication of its importance.
The constitutional right to privacy is, like its common law counterpart, not an absolute right but may be limited in terms of law of general application and has to be balanced with other rights entrenched in the Constitution.
See other legislation with regards to privacy here.
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