NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 458 / NW498E
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 25 February 2011
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 3 of 2011
Mrs S V Kalyan (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
Whether her Department sold the data it has on citizens to any commercial
venture; if so, what are the relevant details?
NW498E
REPLY:
No. The data is the intellectual property of Government, and no one has a
mandate to sell it to commercial organisations.