Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

55.   Denial of access to personal data

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    (1)   A data controller shall not comply with a request under section 52 where —

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      (a)     he or she is being requested to disclose information given or to be given in confidence for the purposes of—

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        (i)     the education, training or employment, or prospective education, training or employment, of the data subject,

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        (ii)     the appointment, or prospective appointment, of the data subject to any office, or

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        (iii)     the provision, or prospective provision, by the data subject of any service;

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      (b)     the personal data requested consist of information recorded by candidates during an academic, professional or other examination;

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      (c)     such compliance would, by revealing evidence of the commission of any offence other than an offence under this Act, expose him or her to proceedings for that offence.

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    (2)   The data controller shall notify the data subject or relevant person, in writing, of a refusal of a request made by a data subject or relevant person and shall include a statement of the reasons for the refusal and an indication that the data subject or relevant person may complain to the Commissioner about the refusal.