Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013)Chapter 3 : Conditions for Lawful Processing of Personal InformationPart B : Processing of special personal information31. Authorisation concerning data subject's political persuasion |
| (1) | The prohibition on processing personal information concerning a data subject’s political persuasion, as referred to in section 26, does not apply to processing by or for an institution, founded on political principles, of the personal information of— |
| (a) | its members or employees or other persons belonging to the institution, if such processing is necessary to achieve the aims or principles of the institution; or |
| (b) | a data subject if such processing is necessary for the purposes of— |
| (i) | forming a political party; |
| (ii) | participating in the activities of, or engaging in the recruitment of members for or canvassing supporters or voters for, a political party with the view to— |
| (aa) | an election of the National Assembly or the provincial legislature as regulated in terms of the Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998); |
| (bb) | municipal elections as regulated in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Electoral Act, 2000 (Act No. 27 of 2000); or |
| (cc) | a referendum as regulated in terms of the Referendums Act, 1983 (Act No. 108 of 1983); or |
| (iii) | campaigning for a political party or cause. |
| (2) | In the cases referred to under subsection (1), no personal information may be supplied to third parties without the consent of the data subject. |
