Staff Reporter
The High Court in Pretoria has rejected a bid by the Information Regulator to appeal a ruling that allows matric results to be published in newspapers and online using exam numbers.
The ruling keeps in place the court’s earlier decision setting aside the regulator’s enforcement action against the Department of Basic Education (DBE) over the publication of National Senior Certificate results.
The dispute centred on whether publishing results without learners’ names, but with examination numbers, amounted to the unlawful processing of personal information under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
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