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ARTICLE · 08 NOVEMBER 2013

The Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013

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The Privacy Bill, 2013 does not provide any definition of "privacy", but it does however,focus on the protection of personal and sensitive personal data of persons.

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The Privacy (Protection) Bill, 2013 ("Bill") does not provide any definition of "privacy"; however, it focuses on the protection of personal and sensitive personal data of persons. This Bill shall have an overriding effect on all existing provisions directly or remotely related to privacy as section 3 provides that "no person shall collect, store, process, disclose or otherwise handle any personal data of another person except in accordance with the provisions of this Act an d any rules made thereunder." However, it provides an exception to this rule under section 4 by stating that "nothing in this Act shall apply to the collection, storage, processing or disclosure of personal data for personal or domestic use."

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