The Information Regulator rules against publishing the 2024 matric results in newspapers, and issues an enforcement notice.
The Department of Basic Education has become the latest entity to be issued with an enforcement notice for a violation of the Protection of Personal Information Act .
The assessment found the department was not compliant with section 11 of POPIA and was in breach of the conditions for the lawful processing of personal information. Instead, the results must be made available to learners using methods that are compliant with POPIA. This includes each learner obtaining their result from the school, or using the DBE’s secure SMS platform, which enables each learner to access their results confidentially.
“The IR has directed that the DBE should not publish the results of the 2025 matriculants if the enforcement notice instructions are not complied with.” The court ordered that the results be published via various media platforms without the first names and surnames of the learners, noting only exam numbers should be publicised.
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