2024 Matric Results | Information Regulator takes DBE to court over publication of results

[@TheKaapie]

What privacy issues? What I can recall when my matric results came out all that was published were our names, the school's names, and if we passed and if it was wit exemption.

[@marcsamons9]

‘‘personal information’’ means information relating to an identifiable, living, natural person, and where it is applicable, an identifiable, existing juristic person, including, but not limited to- (a) information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the person; (b) information relating to the education or the medical, financial, criminal or employment history of the person; (c) any identifying number, symbol, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number, location information, online identifier or other particular assignment to the person; (d) the biometric information of the person; (e) the personal opinions, views or preferences of the person; (f) correspondence sent by the person that is implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential nature or further correspondence that would reveal the contents of the original correspondence; (g) the views or opinions of another individual about the person; and (h) the name of the person if it appears with other personal information relating to the person or if the disclosure of the name itself would reveal information about the person;

[@marcsamons9]

See provided definition.

[@davidopsina3871]

This is crazy! How are companies supposed to identify the stupid ones who got a matric and ensure they don't hire them??

[@NdzhakaMabasaHomes]

The information will be shared by the applicant by his own will, and it's not like companies go around checking for matriculants on newspapers

[@LeratoMphenetha]

Can u update me when the results be released please if it's possible😢🥺🥺